The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-12-07
HUMANITY'S FUTURE
GLORY pRopAEs1E0 sY T-E CO..
LUaBIAf. EXPOSITION.


The sense 81 Betty L. Part Of the p'sfhs
In Nan. and to Akea IL 4. the fir-s
St~pIn P.ogre>--Th~ Past oaid"ae-
NEW Work. Dc. 3 Rev. Thomas
Dixon. Jr. began II Association hall TINS
morning the second seTles OF sermons on
..Tb. Prophecies II the Worlds Far.
Thi. series will extend through the i've
SUNDAYS in December The subject Of
today's discourse was The Future Glory
Of Humanity" which will oe followed
by The Era Of the Common People,
The Dawn of International Life, Inc
Magic Spell of the Court of Honor ana
The Flags at Halfmast: or, The Tragic
End"
In his sermon today he declared that
the beauty and glory 81 the White CITY
beside Lake Michigan was an achieve
ment II man full If sublime promise
that viii haunt the sau!s of mliioHs as
the trumpet call If God u nobIer HE
No eve saw II but must believe Ill treat
er things for man. seeing IN II the eclpse
Of historic achtes anpnts. the daWning
consci BUSINESS of a beauty that must
dominate life aud the reassertion Of the
boundless cApaclt5e, of man. The text
chosen was from the twenty-fIrst CHAP
ter OF Revelations. And | saw the molly
CITY. New Jerusalem. descending out OF
heayel. from God ma, - ready as BRIDE
adorned for her husband.
The apocalvptic seer saw new heaven
and a new earth He saw the new earth
descending ont OF heaven and taking
form upon earth. The suhhmest thought
vet br1at.Ioi INTO the soul of man Is the
thought OF the incarnation. Glorious
promise. The Word became flesh, sym
bolic Ct that universal incarnation at
last when the very earth itself shall be
made anew And the dwelling place
of God shall be among men,
Do we grow faint III orr struggle with
dirt. disease and sin? Let us lift up our
heads and catch glimpse of the glory
God would reveal to us of the futurel
The former things shall pass away.
All shall be made new. Let the pes
simist walk through the turnstlle into
the grounds Of the Columbian expo
sition. 1t is worth the trip of a
! thousand miles to Chicago ii hundred
times over for The one look at those
grounds of buildings. What beauty!
What perfect form! What matches
grouping. What colossal piles, yet per-
feet i'll every detail! 1t sways the soul
like the burst of an Oratorio from be-
meath the throne of God! We are lifted
for moment from the dust covered
earth. The soul rises on its wings. We
see the new city descending frSn heaven,
made ready as IL bride adorned for her
| husband! No man with a soul can ever
| forget the quickened beat of his heart in
that moment Of the revelation of the di-
vine in the human.
| The beauty and glory of the White
city beside Lake Michigan is an achieve
ment Of man pregnant with a sublime
promise that will haunt the souls of
millions as the trumpet call of God to a
nObler life, and no eye saw it but must
believe in greater things for man. He
| must
First-Because he beholds in this tri-
umph higher mark than any yet made
in the record.
History is here eclipsed.
From the point of view of the magni-
tude and management of the enterprise
as mere show, the past has been out
done. No other show in the history of
the world can compare with it, either in
the grandeur Of its conception, the per-
| lection of it's details, the magnitude of
| its buildings and exhibits or the capital
invested and millions received at the
gates. The record is as follows: