The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23

TO demonstrate h gigantic disas-
ters that would come upon any
world that allowed sin TO enter. Which
world should 10 be? Well, the smaller
the world the better, for less numbers
would suffer, so our world was selected.
The stage was plenty large enough for
the enactment of the tragedy. Enter
on the stage Sin, followed by Murder,
Pain. Theft, Fraud, Impurity, False
hood, Massacre. War and all the abom-
nations and horrors and agonies OF
centuries. Although we know compa
atively little about the other worlds
lest we become completely dissatisfied
with our own, no doubt the other
worlds have heard and are now hearing
all about this world in the awful
experiment of sin which the human
race has been making. In some way
intcrstellar communication Is open and
all worlds, either by wing or flying
spirits, or by direct communication
from God, are learning that disloyalty
and disobedience doom and damn every
thing they touch, and the spectacle
practically says to all other worlds:
''Obey God, keep holy and stay in the
orbit where you were intended to swing,
or you will suffer that which that re-
creant world out yonder has been suf.
fering for thousands of years"
But notice that as other worlds rolled
into the first book of the Bible, the
book Of Genesis, they also appear in the
last book Of the Bible, the book OF
Revelation. They will take part in the
scenes of that occasion which shall be
the earth's winding up and a tremen-
| dous occasion for you and me person.
ally. MY father was on the turnpike
| road between Trenton and Bound
Brook, n. ]. II was the night Of the
18th and the morning of the 18th of
| November, 1888. The sky was cloudless
| and the air clear. Suddenly the whole
heavens became a scene never to- be for
gotten. From the constellation Leo
mcteors began to shoot out In all direc-
ton. For the two hours between 4 and
9 In the morning IL was estimated that
ZOO mcteors a minute flashed aud ex-
pired. II grew lighter than MONDAY.
Arrows of fire. Balls of fire. Trails of
fire. Showers OF fire. Some of the APP
%pearances were larger than the full
moon. All around the heavens
explosion followed explosion. Sounds
as well as sights. The air
filed with uproar. All the lumi-
narics of the sky seemed to have received
marching orders. Many a brain that
night gave way. 1t was an awful
strain on strongest nerves. Millions of
people fell on their knees in prayer.
Was the world ending, or was there
some great event for which all heaven
was illuminated? For eight momentous
hours the phenomenon lasted. East,
west, north, south, it looked rs though
the heavens were in maniac disorder.
The spectacle ceased not until the
rising sun Of the November morning
eclipsed 1t, and the whole American ma
tion sat down exhausted with the agi-
~tations of a night to be memorable un-
, til the earth itself shall become q fall.
ing star. The Bible closes with such a
|, scene Of falling lights, not only hdgety
meteors, but grave old stars. st. John
|, saw It in prospect and wrote: 1.-The
, stars of heaven fell INTO the earth,
Z even Us Il fig tree casteth her un'
, timely figs when she Is shaken
, Of a mighty wind" What q
A.. time that will be when worlds drop
: Rain Of planets. Gravitation letting
/ loose her grip on the worls. Constella-
, tons flying apart. Galaxies dissolved.
, The great orchard of the universe swept
4 by the last hurricane letting down the
G stars like ripened fruit. Our old earth
@ will go with the rest. and let II 60, fol
{ it will ave existed long enough Il
complete its tremendous experiment
But there will be enough worlds left tc
| make u heaven out of, II any mor'
heaven needs to be built. That day
Q finding us in Christ our nature regen
IS Grated, and our sins pardoned, ant
our hope triumphant, we will fee
no more alarm than when in Sep
TENDER passing through an orchard
v you hear the apples thump to tn
h ground, or through a conservatory ant
you hear an untimely fig drop ON tn
n floor. You will only go upstairs int
!? another story, u better lighted story,
better furnished story, a better ventil
ated story. u better pictured story AM
into a story where already many o
d your kindred are waiting for you, an
where prophets and apostles and mar
IT tyrs will pay You celestial visitation
Is and where, with rapture beyond tn
most radiant anticipation, You shall
n bow before Him that ''buildeth Hi