The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-12-07
HUMANITY'S FUTURE,
THE GLORY PRoPHEsleD BY THE co.
luMBlAN EXPOSITION.

rho spnse OF Beauty Is Part OF the DivStte
In Man, and to Awaken II Is the First
Stop In Progrcss-The Past outdone,
NEW York, Dec. 8. Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., began in Association hall this
morning the second series Of sermons on
"The Prophecies of tho Worlds Fair"
This series will extend through the five
Sundays in December. The subject of
today's discourse was 'rThe Future Glory
Of Humanity" which will be followed
by 1.-THE Era Of the Common People,"
1.-THE Dawn Of International Life" 1.-THE
Magic Spell of the Court Of Honor" and
1.-THE Flags at Halfmast; or, The Tragic
End"
In his sermon today he declared that
the beauty and glory of the White City
beside Lake Michigan was an achieve
ment Of man full Of sublime promise
that will haunt the souls of millions as
| the trumpet call Of God to nobler life.
No eye saw it but must believe in great
| er things fcrman, seeing in it the eclipse
| Of historic achievements, the dawning
| Consciousness of beauty that must
dominate life and the reassertion of the
boundless capacities of man. The text
chosen was from the twenty-first chap
ter Of Revelations, "And l saw the holy
city, New Jerusalem, descending out of
heaven from God, made ready as q bride
adorned for her husband"
The apocalypse seer saw new heaven
and a new earth. He saw the new earth
descending out Of heaven and taking
form upon earth. The sublimest thought
yet bresthed into the soul of man is tht
thought of fhe incarnationl Glorious
promise! The Word became flesh, sym
bolic of that universal incarnation al
last when the very earth itself shall bt
made anew. "And the dwelling place
of God shah be among menp
Do we grow faint in our struggle will
dirt, disease and sin? Let us lift up on,
heads and catch glimpse of the glor!
God would reveal to us Of the future!
The former things shall pass away
All shall be made new. Let the pes
simist walk through the turnstile int,
the grounds of the Columbian expo
sition. 1t is worth the trip of
thousand miles to Chicago n bundre
times over for the one look at thos
grounds Of buildings. What beauty
What perfect form! What matches
groupingl What colossal piles, yet pei
feet in every detail! 1t sways the sou
like the burst of an oratorio from bC
meath the throne Of Godl We are LITE
for q moment from the dust covere
earth. The soul rises on its wings. W
see the new city descending from HEAVIER
made ready as bride adorned for he
husband! No man with soul can eve
forget the quickened beat of his heart i
that moment of the revelation Of the
| vine in the human.
Tho beauty and glory of the Whit
city beside Lake Michigan is an achiev,
ment Of man pregnant with sublin
promise that will haunt the souls {
millions as the trumpet call of God to
nobler life, and no eye saw it but mul
believe in greater things for man. Z
must
| First-Because he beholds in this tr
umph higher mark than any yet mao
in the record.
History is here eclipsed.
From the point of view of the magn
tude and management of the enterpri
as mere show, the past has been ou
done. No other show in the history
the world can compare with it,, either
the grandeur Of its conception, the pc
4 fection of its details, the magnitude
its buildings and exhibits or the capt.
4 invested and millions received at Il
Il gates The record is as follows: