The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-12-21

tringing oil the ancient scriptures
nto one unfolding and harmonious
1eSlsn. Great and momentous in
'erests to individuals and tribes and
nations attached literally md locally
to the lives and Offices of men and
women who were temporary instru-
ments in the development of Gods
great plan; but the paramount sipnif.
icance of all was the prophetic rela-
tion they bore to the advent of Him
wnom God has promised as humm,i- |
tvs great Prophet, Priest and King
For long, dark ages, moral night hung
almost universally about the world,
but from time to time prophetic stars
would rise and shine and burn on the
black horizon as cleaning harbingers
of the coming day. But as tho non
luminous members of world SYSTEMS
shine only in the reflected light Of
burning, central suns, 80 every hu
man planet in the prophetic galaxy of
ante christian days, at his best and
brightest shining, hung only as an
orb of light in the gross darkness,
rejecting the cilulgent rays of the all
glorious Suns Of Righteousness which
WAS to arise with healing in His
wings.
One thing that has always stagger-
ed human fnith and hope is, that a
thousand years with God is as one
day, SO that men in all ages, in their
great impnticnce, have counted that
| nd &c Il. ri
and promises. But children grow
impatient with the most loving pa
rents, who are makiug all possible
haste to supply their wants. The mos
startling thing in the history of the
world Is, that even Il day with God
finally comes to an end. At lus:, in
the lulIncss of time, the long, dark
night # thousands of years was about
to disappear, and all the prophetic
, lights to lose themselves in the per
feet dawn of day. Men on earth are
not only impressed with the fact that
u great revolution from heaven is
about to be accomplished, but the an
gels themselves, who for ages have
desired to understand the mystery
of Cots promise concerning the chill.
tlrcn of men, havo solved the prob
lem and understand that Redccmcr
one VIII - is mighty to snve--is about
to be sent. This is beautiful and
blessed thought and one which com
ports clearly with reason and rcvcla.
tion, that is, that above us and near
er to the Divine Mind is an angelic
olicr OF lGtclilGCnces, who are in full
sympathy with us, and who first re-
ccive from the Infinite Father new
revelations OF His purposes, and who
60 through the uttermost parts of
the earth as minstcrinS angels, i'm
pressing the minds Of men with that
which is come to pass. 1t is a truth
that "comlnS events cast their shal.
owS bcfore,' and there is Il divine
cause for the unexplained phcnome-
Eon. On, beautiful earth, hanging IN
midhcaNcn, compnSs"d with sound
ing seas, and rolling rivers and plains
inhabited by men who bear the i'm.
age of God, nnd ov,rhung with the
infinite and ~tarry Skies what spec
tAclc! And yet what lone, lost
atom Is all the round world and al!
that moves upon il and what despair
! "h!.a ",n'h all the stars and in all !
| the fields OF space if there are no |
heavenly intelligenccs and heavenly
voices above us and beyond us But
the earth and its environments are
bnt Il beautiful suburb, with sun Int
avenues Of light ! aiding into the great
citadc | Of God, and tho angelic mes
SenScls are moving in and ont, im-
pressing the minds OF men with the
fact that things are coming to pass
IN the enrth- things which for uyes
have been foretold by Gods prophets
and which have been on record in the
Divine Word, but which through hu
man unbcllrf aud indifference have
been neglected and forgotten.
The greatest event in the history
of creation is now about to trunspire
the minds of men are now ready
for it, and they are searching the
prophets and watching the gates of
heaven for the advent Of Him who
was to come. Poor, at!righ ted shep
herds, why arc We SO dlsmaycd The
VISION ut which We trtmble and fall
nron your faces and faint is but the
proclamation Of cnrth's tmuncipntion
from sin and d,ath Graud old Isni.
abs rlorhrcv of hundreds Of wears
Is 1t last fulfilled. "a child is born
unto MS a son is given, and His name
Nholl hr called Emmanuel, Wonderful
Counselor, the Mighty God, the ever
lasting Father, the Prince Pyncc."
\ select company Of r,fo aug angels
are commissioned +" fl ) To tie hills Of
Bethlehem and make the t}iciai an.
n"nnGrment. What IL privilege, what
nhGcilc distinction and honor must
have been conferred upon the angels
who composed that glorious clnbas.v, !;
What Burning desire, what holy ri. I
valry, what heavenly ambition must =
h1Vp bprn StIrrpl ~, o,,,..,,.