Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-10-08

UIuses, tLe OIeanGers, the nises, Jne sera-
NUNS, the uiaudrakes, down five or six
steps 20 an aisle Of granite. where he sleeps.
But only little while he sleeps there, for
there Is an earthquake in all that region,
leaving the rocks - this day In their aslant
and ruptured state. deClHrtrive Of the fact
that something extraordinary there hap
pened And We see our Chieftain arouse
from his brief -lumher and wresile down
the ruiiian Death, who would keep him
imprisoned in thai cavern. and put both
heels on the mons, ,r, and coming forth with
a cry that will not cease 20 he echoed until
on the great resurrection day the door Of
the lost sepuicher shall he uuhuged and
flung changing into the debrI, Of demol-
ished cemeteries.
Now we follow our Chiefain to the
shoulder of Mount OliveJ, and without
wings he rises, the disciples Clutching for
his robes too late to 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 com.
paniOnship, and all heaven lifted shout
of welcome as he entered, and Of corona
tion as up the mediatOrial throne he
mounted. 1t was the greatest day heaven
had ever seen They had him back aguin
from tears, from wounds, from Ills, from "A
world that never appreciated him to a
world in which he was the chief delight
In all the libretto of celestial music it was
hard to find an anthem enough conjubiant
to celebrate the Joy sanity, seraphic arch
angelic deifc
But still we follow our Chieftain in his
march through the centuries, for invisibly
he still walks the earth, and by the eye of
faith we still follow him. lou can tell
where he walks by the churches, and hos
pitfalls, and reformatory institutions, and
houses of mercy that spring up along the
way. hear his tread in the sick room
and in she 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 feel
ing his power America will be hisl Eu-
rope will be hisl Asia will be hisl Africa
will be hisl Australia will be his! New
Zealand will be his! All the earth will be
hisl Do you realize that until now it was
impossible for the world to be converted?
Not dntil very recently has the world been
/ found
| The Bible talks about "the ends of the
earth" and the "uttermost parts of the
world" as being saved, but not until now
have the lends of the earth" been dis
covered, and not until now have the
"uttermost 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 has been created has the world
been known, measured off and geogra
phized, the lost hidden and unknown
tract has been mapped out, and now the
work of evangelization will be begun with
an earnestness and velocity as yet unim
agined. The steamships are ready; the
lightning express trains are ready; the
printing presses are ready; the telegraph
and telephone are ready; millions of Chris
tians are ready and now see Christ march
ing on through the centuries. Marching
onI Marching onl
One by one governments will fall into
line and constitutions and literatures will
adore his name. More honored and wor
shipped is he in this year of 1891 than a
any time since the year one, and the day
hastens when all nations will join on
procession following the Lamb whittier
soever he goeth." Marching onl March
ing onl
This dear old world whose back has beef
scourged, whose eyes have been blinded
whose heart has been wrung, will yet riva
heaven This planets torn robe of pail
and crime and dementia will come off ant
the white and spotless and glittering rob
of holiness and happiness will come on
The last wound will have stung for tn
last time; the last grief will have wiped it
last tear; the last criminal will have re
pented of his last crime and our world tha
has been straggler among worlds, a los
star, a wayward planet, a rebellious globe
miscreant satellite, will hear the voic
that uttered childish plaint in Bethlehem
and agonized prayer in Gethsemane AM
dying groan on Golgotha, and as this voic
cries, Come" our world will return fror
its wandering never again to stray. March
ing onl Marching onl