The herald., 1893-02-26

where religion had overhowed tn,
churches and passed into the streets
inundating every house and Workshop
and permeating the whole socia, anC
comm srcial life-one such Christian city
would seal the redemption of the world
And such city is the city of Heaven,
the new Jerusalem. But why not try
to restore the natural force OF the ex
preston, and as we live today let it be
said a new London, or new Chicago, ol
q new Los Angeles. What John cav
was Christ; he knew Christ as the light
of the world, and that light John saw
would fail everywhere-especially upon
cities.
Survey the cities of the world today
survey your own city, town, village,
home and prophesy. Gods kingdom is
surely to come to this world With
Christianity as the supreme actor in the
worlds drama, the future of it's cities is
even now quite clear. Project the lines
OF Christian and social progress to their
still far-of goal, and see even now that
Heaven must come to earth.
And 60 we leave the first part and in
the second chapter, entitled, His Ser
wants Shall Serve, we find that, if any
one wishes to know what he can do to
help on the work of God in the world
let him help to make city, or a street,
or house of that street, and this little
volume tells.you where to begin, how to
work and how to interest others who
will assist in that work.
The third and last chapter is fitting
finale to this prophecy of the future--a
future go great and noble and happy
that it is hardly conceivable. The sub
title of this chapter is l Saw no Temple
There. In the first chapter we see the
city, in the second it's people and their
habits and now we have description of
a city whore pomp and circumstance,
| fashion and form, vesture and posture,
beautiful carvings and elegant mosaics
are not mistaken for Christianity. no
matter how they aid it, or in what
measure they serve it, for they only
defraud the souls of men, and rob hu-
manity OF its dues. The ideal OF this
New Jerusalem-is no temple, but a
God-inhabited society; where His SER
wants shall serve Him; and they shall
see His face; and His character shall
be written on their characters. Whose,
in whatsoever place, receivsth little
child in My name receiveth Me. This
is how men get to know God-by doing
his will.
Acts react upon souls. Good acts
make good men; just acts, just men /;
kind acts, kind men; divine acts, di-
| vine men. And there is no other way of
becoming good, just, kind, divine. And
theirs is no heaven for those who have
not become these, for these are heaven.
And now l advise all to read this beau
tiful little book. 1t will do no harm,
and may perhaps do you good. The de-
mand is 30 great that the supply is
almost exhausted, and in one-half the
time its sales have exceeded The Great
est Thing in the World, his most popular
book until this one was issued.
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The author ia NOT imaginative nor has
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Harper & 90. have just published
Morocco as 1t Is; With an Account Of
Sir Charles Evan Smiths Recent Mis-
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is timely publication, for Morocco is q
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The author of the book, young
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personal and official character and the
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!. in sight of Gibralter. The description
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