Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-25


find another ray of dawn In the COM
preston of the worlds distances. What a
Slow. snaillike, almost impossible thing
would have been the worlds rectification
with 1. 400, 600, 600 of population and no
fncile means of communication, but now,
through telegraphy for the eye and tele'
phonic Intimacy for the ear and through
steamboating and railrpading the $4,000
miles of the worlds circumference arp
shriveling up into insignificant brevity.
HonRkong is nearer to New York than q
few years ago New Haven was, Bombay,
Moscow, Madras, Melbourne within speak
ing distance. Purchase q telegraphic chart,
and by the blue lines see the telegraphs Of
the land and by the red lines the cables
under the ocean. You see what oPportuni-
ty this is going to give for the final move
ments of Christianity.
A fortress may be months or years In
building, but after 1t Is constructed 1t
may do all Its work In 20 minutes. Chris
tianity has been planting its batteries for
10 centuries and may go on in the work
through other centuries, but when those
batteries are thoroughly planted, those
fortresses are fully built, they may oil do
their work in "a hours. The world some
times derides the church for sloWpess Of
movement. Is science any quickeFy DIG "
not take science 5000 years to find out so
simple a thing as the circulation OF the
human bloOdf With the earth and the sky
full of electricity, science took ., 800 years
before 1t even guessed that there was any
practical use that might be made OF this
subtle and mighty element. When good
men take possession Of all these scientific
forces and all these agencies of invention,
1 do not know that the redemption Of the
world will be more thnn the work of half
day. Do we not read the queens speech
no the prOroguing of parliament the day
before In London? If that he 81. Is It anSs
tInng marvellous 70 DeneYe UnRJ IN "a hours
divine communication can reach the
whole earthP Suppose Christ should dc
scend on the nations-many expect that
Christ will come among the nations per
sonally; suppose that tomorrow morning
the Son of God from a lowering cloud
should descend upon these cities Would
not that fact be known all the world over
in "a hoursf Suppose he should present
his gospel in few words, saying; u am
the Son of God. / came to pardon all your
sins and to heal all your SORROW, To prove
that / am q supernatural being have
lust descended from the clouds. Do you
Why, all the telegraph stations Of the earth
would be crowded as none Of them were
ever crowded just after a shipwreck.
tell you all these things to show you 1t
is not among the impossibilities or even
the improbabilities that Christ will con-
quer the whole earth, and do 1t instanter
when the time comes There are fore
tokenings in the air. Something great is
going to happen. do not think that jpi
piter is going to run US down or that the
axle Of the world is going to break, but
mean something great for the worlds
! blessing and not for the worlds damage Is
going to happen. think the world has
had It hard enough. Enough the famines
and plaques Enough the Asiatic chol-
eras. Enough the wars Enough the
shipwrecks Enough the CONGREGATIONS.
think our world could stand right well
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