Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-12-22
.e1eoranh chart OF the world. On that chart

telegraph chart of the world. On that char
the wires crossing the continent and the
cables under the sea looked Ike veins red
with blood. On that chart l see that the
headquarters OF the lightninys are Ia Great
Britain and the Uai;ed States. In Lonioa
and New York the lightniags are stabbed
waiting TO be harnessed FOR some quick dis
patch. That shows you that tee telegraph
Is 10 possession Of Christianity.
II Is q significant fact that the man WHO
invented the telegraph was an old fashioned
Chr:.tian-Pro.essor Morse-and that the
man who put the telegraph under tae sea
vas an old fashioned Christian Cyrus W..
F.elt-and tina, the president 0. the most IA
nous OF the telegraph companies OF this
country was an old fashioned CArisilan-
William ~Orton-2otng from TIE coDn1ai1a
table on earl s:raishtto nis one heaven.
What does all that mean
| DO not suppose thattae, telegraph vas ia
vente,! merely 70 let us know whether aour
+ % or down. or which Ally Won the race at
the D-rby, or waich narssnan BEAT N Dol
lynoun,. suppose the telegraph MS 10
vented and built TO call the world TO Goa.
In some Of the attributes OF the Lori We
seem 10 share on q small scale-'orinsiance.
In His love and In His Kindness. But until OF
late f~oreknowiedge, Omn!sctence. ona.spros-
ence, onnipotsnce. seem TO have been ex-
c~iustvely Gods possession, God desiring to
lIdhN me IA-E AAi4IkSC!is ~ ~ -
cles Of t~oreknowledse In the weather proba-
bili,tes, gives US @ species Of ouniscience IN
,eiegraphy, gives US q species OF onnipres.
ence In the telephone, gives US a species OF
omntpotence IN the steam power. Dlscov-
erie. and Inventions all around ahoue US.
peop.e are asking what next
l will tell you what mkt. Next, a
~stupendous rell 2ious movement. Next. thu
end OF war. Next, the crash CT desposisns.
Next, the worlds e~xpursation. Mex, the
Christlike dominion. Next, the iutg nent.
What becomes OF the world after that l care
not. 1t will have suffered and achieved
enough for one world. Lay il up in the
irydocks OF eternity. like an ole nan-ot-war
gone out Of service. or 1t It up ike d snip
Of relief TO carry bread to some other suffer-
ing planet, or ie. 1t be demolished. Fare
we'll, dear old world, that began with
paradise and ended with judgment con-
Migration
One summer / stood on the Isle OF Wight.
and / had pointed out to Taa the place where
the Eurydice sank with 200 or 800 young
men who were In training for the British
navy. You remember when the training ship
went down there was a thrill Of horror all
over the worli. Oh, my frien Is. this
world is only u traln.n, ship GA 1t
We are training for heaven. Fac old
ship sails up AMI down the ocein OF I'M
nensity. now through the dark waYe OF the
midnight. now through the g~Oiiep<crestet
wave OF the morn. but sails on an sails on.
Amer awhile her work will DO 4ous, AMI the
inhabitants OF heaven will look out an tinI
a world missing. The cry will be Where
Is that earth wnere Cnr.ss died AMI the hu-
man race were emancipated? Send out
fleets of angels to tinl the missing
craft" Let them sail up and down,
cruise up and down the ocean Of ete-ni-
IS, ami they will catch not one glimpse OF
her mountain masts or her top gtliants of
floating cloud. Gone down. The training
snip OF q world p rlshed In the last tornado.
On, let 1t not be That she goes down with all
on board, but rather may II be sal / OF her
passengers rs it was said Of the drencne1
passengers OF the Aicxan iran corn snip that
crashed into tho breakers Of Nel!ta. "Iney All
>..,rti safe 20 Ian