The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-12-13

telegraph chart of the world. On that chart
tho wires crossing the continent aud tn 3.
cables under the sea look@l like veins re !
With blood. On that chant I sea that thu
headquarters of the lightniugs ara in Great
Britain and the United Stsfes. In London
and New York the llghtnmgs ara stabbed,
waiting TO be harne5sed for some quick dis
match. That shows you than the telegraph
is in possession of Christianity.
n ia n significant fact tlg,t the man who
invented the telegraph was an old fashioned
Cbristian-Professor Morse--and that the
man who put the telegraph under the sea
was an old fashioned Christian-Cyrus w.
Field-and that the president Of the most ia
nous of the telegraph companies OF this
country was an old fashioned Christian
William Orton-going from the communion
table on earth straightto nis.hone in heaven.
What does all that mean
do NOT suppose that the telegraph was in
vented merely to let us SNOW whether flour
is m or down. or which flly won the race at
the DERBY. or which msgksman beat at Dol
Jvmount suppose then telegraph was in
vented and built to call Gle world to God.
In some of the attributes of the Lord we
seem to share on a small scnle-for instance,
in His love and in His kindness. But until of
late foreknowledge, omnisoSence, omnispres-
ence, omnipotence. seem to have been ex-
clusiyely Gods possession, God desiring to
make the race like Himself, gives us spe-
cies of foreknowledge in theweather proba-
bilties. gives us a species of omniscience In
telegraphy, gives us a species of omnipres-
cnce in the telephone, gives us species OF
omnipotence in the steam power. Discov-
cries and inventions all around about us,
people are asking what next
T will tell you what next. Next.
stupendous religious movement. Next, the
end of war Next, the crash OF despotisms.
Next. the worlds expurg alton. Next the
Christlike dominion. Next the Judgment.
What becomes of the world after that L care
NOT. It will have suffered and achieved
enough for one world. Lay it up in the
drydocks Of eternity, like an oad man-of-war
gone out OF service. or fit it up like ship
of relief to carry bread to some other surfer
ing planet, or let it 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 me tho place where
the Eurydice sank with 200 or 3O0 young
men who were in training for the British
navy. You remember when theatraining ship
went down there was thrill OF horror al
over the world. Oh, my friends, TINS
we are training for heaven The old
ship sails up and down the ocean OF i'm
mensitv. now through the dark wave OF the
midnight. now through the goden crested
wave OF the morn, but sails on anu sails on.
After awhile her work will bo done, and the
inhabitants of heaven will look out and find
n world missing The cry wil' oe: "Where
is that earth where Christ died and the hu,
man race were emancipateda Send out
fleets of angels to find the missing
craft" Let them sail up and down
cruise up and down the ocean OF eternl
ty. and they will catch not one glimpse oil
her mountain masts or her top gallants o
floating cloud. Gone down The training
sbjp of a world persisted in the last lorna 10.
Oh. let it not be tnat she goes down with all
on board, but rather may it be said OF hel
passengers as it was said or the drencneI
passenpers of the Alexandrian corn ship thai
crashed into the breakers OF Melita, 'They al
escaped safe to land.