The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-10-07

scalded and drenched the earth with hu-
mau gorc-that sun could not look upon
the scene. The sun dropped over its
face veil Of cloud. 1t withdrew. 1t
hid itself. Ii said 10 the midnight, Il
resign to thee this spectacle upon which
| | have no strengh. u gaze; thou art
hllnd, Oh. Midnight! and for tnat reason
commit to thee this trasecy" Thea
the niyhtnawk and The bat flew h., the
| iackal kowled III the rav!leS.
Now we follow our Chieitaln as they
carry his limp and lacerated form amid
the flowers and trees OF a garden, The
sladIolusts 8, the oleanders, the lilies, the
seranlums, the mandrakes, down live or
six steps TO al aisle OF granite wher. he
sleeps. But only little while he sleeps
there, for there ls au earthquake III all
that region, leaving the rocks To this day
in their aslaut aud ruptured state dcclar-
atlve of the tact tn It something eNLraor-
dinary there happened. And We see our
Chieftaiu arouse from his br!ei sluul Der
and vrestle down the rutlisn Death Who
would keep him imprisoned in thsl
cavern and put both heels on the NOUS
ttr, aud coming forth with cry that
will not cease 10 be echoed until on The
great resurrection day the door OF The
last sepuchre shall be uuhinyeI and
| hupg changing into the debris of demol-
ished cemeteries.
Now we follow our Chiettain to / e
shoulder Of Mount OIiveL. AMI ylthn Ut
wings e rises, the disciples clulching
| for his robes too late to reach them, and
across the great Suits Of space with one
bound he gains that world which for
thirt, three yeals had been denied his
companionship, and all heaven lifted
shout of welcome as he entered, aud Of
coroation as up the mediaiorial throne
he mounted. 1t was the greatest day
heaven had ever seen. They had him
| back again from tears. from wounds,
:7o:c :s7rSo:c Ills, from world that never appre-
ciated him, 10 world in which he was
the chief delight. In all the libre1to OF
celestial music, IL WAS hard 10 find an an
them enough conjubllant to celebrate
the JOY sanity. seraphic, arch-augelic,
deitc.
But still we fellow our Chiettlan in
bis march through the centuries, for
invlsibly he still walks the earth, and
by the eye OF faith We still follow him.
You can tell where lie walks BY the
churches, and hospitals, and reforma-
tory institutions. and houses of mercy
that spring up along the way. hear
his tread in the sick room, and in the
abodes Of bereavement. He marches on
and the nations are gathering around
him. The islands OF the sea are hearing
his voice. The continents are feeling
his power America will be his! Europe
will be his! Asia will be his! Africa
will be his! Australia will be his! New
Zealand will We his! All the earth will
be his! Do you realize that until now
it was impossible for the world to be
converted: Not until very recently has
the world been found The Bible talks
about "ths ends of the earth" and the
.'uttermost parts OF the World'' as be-
lny saved. but not until DOW h I'VE ''lhe
ends OF the earth" been discovered. aud
not until now have the ''uttermost parts
of the world" been revealed. The
navigator did his work, the explorer d d
bis work, the scientist did his work, and
now for the first time since the world
has been created has the world been
known, measured OFT, and geographical,
the last hidden, and unknown tract has
been mapped out and now the work OF
evanyellzation will be begun with an
earnestness and velocity as yet un-
imagined. The steamships are ready;
the lightning express trains are ready;
the printing-press are ready; tae tele-
graph;and telephone are ready; millions
Of Christians are ready and nov see
CHRIST marching on thr, ugh the CEN
turtles. Marching on! Marching ou!:
One by one governments will fall into
line and constitutions aud lltelatlres will
adore his name. More honored and wor-
shipped is he in this year of 1891 tl:an at
any time since the year one, and the day
hastens when Ill nations Will 10 u ole
proce ssion Following the Lamb whittier
soever he yoeth." Marching on, march
iug on!
This dear old world whose uack has
been scourged, whose eyes have been
blinded, whose heart has been wrung,
will yet rival heaven. This planets
torn robe OF pain and crime aud demen-
tia will come Oft aud the white aud spni-
less and glltlerlny rooe oi holiness and
happiness will come on. The last wound
wall haye strung tor the last tim; the
last grief will have wiped its last tear;
the last criminal will have repeated oi
his last crime and our world that has
been slrayylsr among worlds, L lost
star, a walward planet, rehelilous
globe. a miscreanl satellite. will hear
the Voice that uttered childish plant in
Bethlehem, and agonizud prayer ii
Gethsemaue aud dying groan on Col 90
tina. aud AZ this VOICE cries Come
our world will return from its Hauder-
ing never again to stray. Marching Oh,
marching on!!!
Then this worlds joy will be 50 great
that other worlds beside heaven may
be glad 10 rejoice with us. BY the and
oi po" eriul telescopes. year BY year be-
coming more powerful, mountains in
other stars have been discovered and
chasms aud VOLCANOES and canals. and the
ty!e OF atmosphere, and this will 20 on,
and mlgh.ler and mishtier telescopes
will be invented until l should not won-
der If we will not be able 10 exchange
siyn.ls with other planets. Aud as
have no doubt other worlds are luhat'i-
ted. for God would not have pult such
magnificent world-huuses To have them
stand without tenants or occupants, in
the final joy of ealth's redemption all
astronomy I think will take part, we
signalling other worlds and they in turn
signalling their stellar neiyhborS. Oh
what day in heaven that will be when
this N arch of Christ Is flushed! l know
that on the cross Christ said. st is fin
ished," but he meant his sacriticial
work Was finished. All earth and all
heoven tnnsx that er.npa1iZatlon i not