The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1893-02-17

whlo mayors and governors and prcsl-
dents, with uncovered heads looked oni
Hut put all those grand reviews to-
gethcr and they arc tamo compared
with the review which on this New
Years day You from the pew and 1
from the pulpit witness
Hear them pass in chronological order
all the years before the food oil tho
years since the Hood; decades abreast;
centuries abreast; cpochs abreast; NIL
lenniums abrenst Egyptian civilization,
liabylonian populations Asyrlan do
minions, armies OF Persian, Grecian,
Pcloponncsinn and Roman wars; nyzan'
tine empire, Saraccnic hosts, crusaders
of tho first tho second, third and tho
last avalanche Of men; dark ages In
somber cpaulets and brighter ages with
shields OF silver and helmets Of goldi
Italy Spain, France, Russia, Germany,
England and America, past and pres
ent dynaatics, feudal domains, despot-
isms, monarchles, republics, ages ON
ages, ages on ages, passing to-day In %
chronological review, until one has no
more power To look upon the advancing
columns, now brilliant. now squalid,
now garlandcd with peace, now crim-
son with slaughter, how horrid with
ghastliness, now radiant with love and
Joy,
| This chronological study affords,
among other practical thoughts, espe-
cinlly two-the one encouraging TO the
last degree and the other startling The
encouraging thought In that the main
drift OF the centuries has been toward
bettermcnt, with only here and there u
| stout reversal. Grccinn civilization
was vast Improvement ON Egyptian
civilization, and Roman civilization u
vast Improvement on Grecian civiliza-
tlon. and Christian civilization Is vast
Improvement on Roman civilization.
What was the boosted age of Perlcles
compared with the age OF Longfellow
and Tcnnyson? What was Queen
| Elizabeth ms u specimen of moral wom'
anhood compared with Queen Victoria"
| What were the cruel warriors OF olden
times compared with the most distin'
guished warriors of the last half CEN
fury, all Of them as much distinguished
for kindness and good morals as for
pro wess-tho two military leaders of
our civil war ON northern and southern
side commandment members OF Christian
churches, and their home life rs pure IN
their public life?
| Nothing impresses me In this chrome
| logical review more than the fact that
the regiments of years are better and
better regiments rs the troops move ON.
| thank God that You aud were not
born any sooner than we were born,
How could We have endured the disns-
ter OF being born In the eighteenth or
seven teenth or sixteenteenth century?
| Glad am that we are In the regiment
now passing the reviewing stand, and
that our children will pass the stand In
"A still better regiment God did not
build this world for slaughter house
or den OF infamy,
A good deal OF cleaning house will DO
necessary before this world becomes IN
clean and sweet ms 10 ought 20 DO, but
the brooms and the scrubbing brushes,
and the upholstcrerS and plumbers are
already busy, and whom the world gets
| fixed up, MS IL will be, II Adam and Eve
ever visit it, IN expect they will, they
will say To each other; "Well, this
beats paradise when we lived there,
and the pears and the plums are better
than we pluclScd from the first trees,
and wardrobcs are more complete and
the climate is better,
Since settled In my own mind the
| fact that God was stronger than the
devil have never lost faith In the
cmparadisation Of this planet With tho
exception of rctrogrcssion In the DarlC
Ages, the movement of the world has
been on and on, and up and up, and
have two jubilant hosannas -onc for
the closing year and the other for tho
new year
But the other thought coming out OF
this subject In that Biblical chronology,
and indeed all chronology, Is urging tho
world To more punctuality aud immcdi-
ntcncSa What an unsatisfactory and In
definite thing IL must have been for two
business mon la the time of Ahaz To
make an appointment, saying; I'VE Will
settle that business matter tomorrow
when the shadow on the dial OF Ahaz
reaches the tenth step from the top, " or
-" will meet you In the street called
Straight In Damascus In the time of tho
new moon" or when asked In court.
room what time nm occurrence took
place should answer, 1T was during
the time Of tho latter rain" or at was
az tho time OF the third growing OF
the 'barnyardv'
You and remember when ministers
OF the gospel In the country, giving out
n notice OF an evening service, instead
OF saying nj q or or 4 o'clock, would
say. 1.-THE service will begin at early
candle light" Thank God for enron.