Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-08

self 1t said to the midnight, II resign
to thee this spectacle upon which I have
no strength to gaze: thou art blind, oh,
midnight, and for that reason | commit
to thee this tragedy" Then the night
hawk and the bat few by, and the jackal
howed in the ravineS.
Now we follow our Chieftain as they
carry his limp and lacerated form amid
the flowers and trees Of q garden, the
gIadioluSes, the oleanders, the lilies, the
geraniums, the mandralles, down five or
six steps to 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 to this
day in their ashanti and ruptured state
declarative of the fact that something
extraordinary there happened And we
see our Cheftain arouse from his brief
sumber and wrestle down the ruftian
Death who would keep him imprisoned
in that cavern and put both heels on the
monster, and coming forth with a cry
that will rot cease to be echoed until on
the great resurrection day the door of
the last sepulcher shall be unhinged and
flung changing into the debris of demOl
ished cemeteries.
Now we TO low our Chieftain to the
shoulder of Mount Olivet, 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
mpanionship, and all heaven lifted Il
shout of welcome as he entered. and of
coronation as up to the mediatOrial
throne he mounted 1t was the greatest
day heaven had ever seen. They had
him back again from tears, from
wounds, from ills, from word that
never appreciated him to world in
which he was the chief delight. In all
the lbretto of celestial music it was
hard to find an anthem enough conJubi-
liant to celebrate the JOY sanity seraph-
ic, archange ic, deific.
But still we follow our Chcftain in
his march through the centuries, for in
visibly he still walks the earth, and by
the eye Of faith we still follow him.
You can tell where be walks by the
churches and hospitals and reformatory
institutions and houses Of mercy that
spring up along the way. | hear his
tread in the SickrOom and in the abOdes
of bereavement He marches on and
the nations are gathering around him.
| The islands of the sea &C 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 be his. All the earth viii
be his! Do you realize that until now it
was impossible for the world to be con-
vertcd? Not until 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 discovered, and not
until now have the "uttermOSt parts OF
the world" been revealed
One by one governments viii fall into
! line and constitutions and literatures
will adore his name. More hOnOred and
worshiped is He in this year Of 1891
than at any time since the year one, and
the day hastenS when all nations will
Join in one procession "fOllOwing the
Lamb whithersoever he goeth. " March
ing on! Marching ONT
The navigator did his work, the eX
p.Orer 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, ms assured off, and geog
raphiZed, the lost hidden and unknown
tract has been mapped out, and now
the work of cvangclzation will be be-
| gun with an earnC> tneSS and velocity as
yet unimagined. The steamships are
ready, the lightning express trains are
ready, the printing presses are ready,
the telegra ph and telephone are ready,
millions Of Christians are ready and now
see Christ marching on through the cen
tnries. Marching on! Marching on!
This dear old world whose back has
been scourged whose eyes have been
blinded whose heart has been wrung
will yet rival heaven The planets torn
robe Of pain and crime and dementia
will come off and the white and spOtless
and glittering robe OF holiness and hap
pineSs will come on. The last wound
will have stung for the last time, the
grief will have wiped its last tear, the
last criminal will have repented Of his
last crime and our world thai has been
a stragglor among worlds, 4 lost star, a
! hayward planet, u rebollious globe, a
miscreant satellite will hear the voice
that uttered childish paint in Bethle-
hem and agonized prayer in Gethsem-
anc and dying grOan on Golgotha, and
as this voice cries "COmG," our world
will return from it's wandering never
again to stray. Mar hing on, march
ing on!
1t may be after our word, which is
thought to have about fifteen hundred
million people, shall have on its decks
twice its present population, namely,
three thousand million souls, and all
redeemed. and it will be after this world
shall be so damaged by contlagration
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 tho twelve gates Of the eternal
city shall have changed shut, never to
open except for the admission of some
&C estiaI cmbassage returning from some
other world, and Christ may strike His
SCARED but healed hand in emphasis on
the arm OF the amethystine throne and
say in substance: "All my ransomed
ones are gathered The work is done.
l have finished my march through tns
centuries"
Faithful.
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