Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-03

Then tho nighthawk and the bat few
by and the jakal .howeled In the ra-
vines.
Now we follow our Chieftain as they
carry His limp and lacerate6 form amid
the flowers and trees OF q garden, the
gladioluses, the oleanders, the lilies.
the geraniums, the mandrakes. down
five or six steps to an aisle OF granite
where He sleeps.
But only a little while He sleeps
there, for there's an earthquake In all
that region, leaving the rocks TO this
day in their aslant and ruptured state
declarative OF the fact that something
extraordinary there happened. And
we see our chieitain arouse from HIS
brief slumber and wrestle down the ruff
fan Death who would keep him i'm
prisoned in that cavern and put both
heels on the monster, and coming forth
with a cry that will not cease to be
echoed until on the great resurrection
day tie door OF the last sepulche rshall
be unhinged and flung changing into the
debris OF demolished cemeteries.
Now we follow our Chieftain to the
shoulder OF Mount Olivet, and without
wings he rises, the disciples clutching
for his robes too late too reach them,
and across the great CULTS OF space with
one bound he gains that world which
for thirty-three years had been denied
His companionship, and all heaven
lifted shout OF welcome as he entered
and coronation as up the mediatorial
throne He mounted. 1t was the grand
est day heaven had ever seen. They
had Him back again from tears. from
wounds, from ills, from a world In
which He was the Chief delight. In all
the ,ibretto Of celestial music II was
hard to find an anthem enough coljubi-
liant to celebrate the Joy sanity sera-
phic, archangeiic, deiiic.
The islands OF the sea are hearing His
voice. The continents are feeling His
mower. America will be His. Europe
will be His. Asia will be His. Africa
will be His. New Zealand will be His
All the earth will be His. Do you real
ize that until now 1t was impossible for
the world to be converted? Not until
very recently has the world been found.
The Bible talks about 1.-THE ends OF the
earth" and 1.-THE uttermost parts OF the
world Us being saved, but not until
now have ''the ends OF the earth" been
discovered, and not until now have 1.-THE
u.termost parts of the world" been re-
vealed The navigator did his work.
the explorer did his work, the scientist
did his work, and now for the first time
since the world ha. )een created has
the world been kn l. measured oil and
geographical; the t hidden and un,;
known tract has h mapped out, and
now tine work of G lgelization will be
begun with an ear 'tness and velocity
! as vet unimaginc The steamships
are ready, the ligE ing express trains
are ready, the p. ating presses are
ready, the telegraph and telephone are
ready, millions OF Christians are ready,
and now see Christ marching on through
the centuries. Marching on! March
ing on.
But most certainly the day will come
when heaven will be finished and the
last OF the twelve gates OF the eternal
city shall have changed shut, never to
open except for the admission Of some
celestial embassage returning from
some other world and Christ may
strike his Scared but healed hand in
emphasis on the arm OF the amethy'
stine throne and say in substance: "All
my ransomed ones are gathered: the
work is done: hi finished my march
through the centuries"
When in 1913 after the battle OF Leip.
sic, which decided the fate OF the nine
teenth century. in some respects the
most tremendous battle ever fought.
the bridge down, the river incarna'
dince. the street choked with the
wounded, the fell for miles around
strewn with a deal soldiery from whom
all traces Of hum nifty had been hashed
out, there met in the public square Of
that city OF Leipsic the allied conquer
ers, and the kings who had gained
the victory-the king o! Prussia, the
emperor OF Russia, the crown prince OF
Sweden-followcd by the chiefs OF their
armies. With drawn swords these
monarch saluted each other and cheered
for the continental victory they had
together gained. History has made
the scene memorable.
Greater and more thrilling will be
the spectacle when the world is all con-
quored for the truth. and in front OF the
palace of heaven the kings and con.
querors of all the allied powers oil
Christian usefulness shall salute each
other and recount the struggles by
which they gained the triumph, and
then hard over their swords TO Him
who is the Chief of the conquerOrs,
crying: "Thine, o, Christ, Is the
kingdom; take the CT own Of victory, the
crown OF pominion, the crown of grace.
the crown OF glory" ION His head
were many crowns"