The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-28

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n ioy sanity seraphic. archangelic, deiilc.
q But still we follow our chleftaln III us
, march through the centuries. for lnVlsloIy
2 he still walks the earth. and by the eye %
4 faith we still follow him. You can ten
, where he walks by the churches, ana nos
pitfalls, and reformatory institutions anu
, houses of mercy that spring up along the
way | hear his tread IN the SICK FOoui'
and in the abodes of bereavement. lie
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 hlsl Eu-
rope will be hisl Asia will be his: Africa
viii be his! Australia will be his!
New Zealand will be his! All
the earth will be bis DO you
realize that until now it was impossible for
the world to be converted. Not unth 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
"ends of the earth" been discovered and not
until now have the "uttermost parts of the
world been revealed. 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 cheated has
| the world been known, measured off, and
! geographical, the last hidden and unknown
! tract has been mapped out and now the
work OF evangelization will be begun with
an earneStness and velocity as vet uu-
! imagined. The steamships are ready the
| lightning express trains are ready; the
| printing presses are ready. the telegraph
and telephone are ready; millions Of Christ
ians are ready and now see Christ marching
on through the centuries. Marching onl
| Marching onl
One by one the governments will fall into
| line and constitutions and literatures will
adore his name. More honorei and wor-
shipped is he in this year of 1891 than at
any time since the year one, and the day
hastens when all nations will join one pro-
cession following the Lamb whithersoeYer
he Eoeth." Marching on, marching onl
This dear old world whose back has been
scourged, whose eyes have been blinded,
whose heart has been rung, will yet rival
heaven. This planets torn robe of pain aud
crime and dementia will come off and the
white and spotless and glttering robe Of
holiness and happiness will come on. The
last wound will have stung for the last
time; tue last grief will have wiped its last
tear; the last criminal will have repented
of his last crime ana our world that has
been stragger among worlds, lost star,
a hayward planet, a rebellious globe a
mscreant satellite, will hear the voice that
uttered childish plant in Bethlehem, and
agonlzed prayer In Gethsemane, and dying
groan on Golgotha, and as this vocs cries
Come" our world will return from its
wandering never again to stray. March
ing on, marching on!
Then this worlds joy will be so great
that other worlds besides heaven may be
glad to rejoice with us. By the aid Of
powerful telescopes, year by year becoul-
ing more powerful, mountains in other
stars have been discovered and chasms aud
volcanoes and canals, and the style of at
mosphere, and this will go on, and mightier
and mightier telescopes will be invented
until | should not wonder If we will be
able TO exchange signals with other planets.
And as | have no doubt other
worlds are inhabited, for God would not
have bnilt such magnificent world-houses
to have them stand without tenants or
occupants. In the final joy Of earths re-
demption all astronomy l think will take
part, we signaling other words and they in
turn signaling their stellar neighbors. o
| what day IN heaven that will be when
this march Of Christ Is finished / know
that on the cross, Christ said, it is finished -
but he meant his sacriiciel work was flu
| lShed. All earth and all heaven knows that
evangelization is not finished, but there will
come day in heaven most rapturous, 1t
may be after our world which is Thought to
have about fifteen hundred million people
shall have on its decks twice its present pom
ulation, namely three thousand million souls
and all redeemed, and it will be after this
world shall be SO damaged by con1agration
that no human foot can tread its surface
and no human being can breathe its air 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 re-
turning from some other world. and Christ
may strike his SCARED but healed hand in
emphasis on the arm of the amethystiue
throne and say in substance: "All nv ran
somed ones are gathered; the work is done
| have finished my march through the
centuries"
When in 1873 after the battle of I,eipsic.
which decided the fate of the nineteenth
century, In some respects the most tremen-
dous battle ever fought, the bridge down,
the river incarnadined, the street choked
around strewn with dead soldiery from
whom all traces of humanity had been
dashed out, there met in the public square
OF that city Of Leipsic the allied conquerors
aud kings who had gained the victory-the
King OF Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, tbs
Crown Prince of Sweden, followed by the
chiefs of their armies With drawn sword:
these monarchs saluted each other and
cheered for the continental victory they hac
together gained. History has made the
/ scene memorable.
Greater and more thrilling will be the
spectacle when the world is all conquered
for the truth and in front Of the palace o.
heaven the kings and conquerors of all tht
allied powers Of Christian usefulness shall
salute each other and recount the struggle.
by which they gained the triumph and thei
hand over their swords to him who is tn,
chief of the conquerors, crying: thine, c
| Christ, is the kingdom; take the crown o
victory; the crown of dominion; the crown
of grace; the crown OF glory" ION hi
| head Were many crownsN