Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-27

Spain only the highest mountain Of that
sunkon continent. Plato described that
continent its grandeur, the multitude OF
Its inhabitants, its splendor and Its awful
destruction, and the world thought it was
romance. but arch@ologists have found
out 1t was history, and tho English and
the German and the American fleets have
gone forth with archmologists, and tho
Challenger and tho Dolphin and the Ga
zelle have dropped anchor, and in deep sea
soundings they have found the contour OF
that sunken continent
All to Christ.
Oh there 10 trouble marked on tho
rocke, on the sky, on tho sen, on the flora
and tho auna-astronomical trouble,
geological trouble, oceanic trouble, politi.
cal trouble, domestic trouble-and stand.
ing in tho presence of oil those stupendous
dovastations, ask IL l am not right in
saying TINT tho great want of this age
and all ages is divine sympathy and ON.
nipotcnt comfort and they arc found not
in the Brahma of the Hindoo or tho Allah
of tho Mohammedan, but in tho Christ
unto whom shall tho gathering of tho poo.
pie DO. Other worlds alay fall, but this
morning star will never be blotted from
tho heavens. The earth may quake, but
this rock Of ages will never DO shaken
from its foundations. The same Christ
who fed the 8, 600 will feed oil tho world S
hunger The same Christ who cured Bar.
tiInous will illuminc oil blindness. Tho
same Christ who made the dumb speak
will put on every tongue "a hosanna. The
same Christ who awokc Lazarus from the
sarcophagus will yet rally all the pious dead
In glorious resurrection. Il know that my
Rodeomer livcth," and that ito him shall
the gathering OF the people bo." All, my
friends, when Christ starts thoroughly and
quickly to lift this miserable wreck of a
sunken world, it will not take him long
TO lift it.
have thought that this particular age
in which we live may be given up to dis.
covories and inventions by which through
quick and instantaneous Communication
all cities and all communities and all
lands will be brought together and then
in another period perhaps these invent ions
which have been used for worldly purposes
will DO brought out for gospel invitation,
and some great prophet of tho Lord will
come and snatch tho mysterious, sub.
lime and miraculous telephone from
the hand of commerce, and, all lands
\ and kingdoms connected by Il wondrous
wire, this prophet of tho Lord may,
through telephone communication, in an
instant announce to all nations pardon
and sympathy and life through Jesus
Christ, and then, putting the wondrous
tube to the car of the Lord prophet, the
response shall come back 81 believe in
God, tho Father Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his
only begotten Son."
You and may not live to SEQ the day.
think those of us who are over 40 years of
ago can scarcely expect to see the day.
expect before that time our bodies will be
sound asleep In the hammocks of tho old
gospel ship rs it goes sailing on. But
Christ will wake us up in time to sec the
achievement. We who have sweated in the
hot harvest fields will be at the door of
tho garner whom the shenvcs como in.
That work for which in this world we
toilod and wept and struggled and wore
ourselves out shall not come to consum-
nation and we be oblivious of tho achieve.
mont. We will be allowed to come out
and shake hands with the victors.
The Great Victory.
We who fought in the earlier battles
will have just as much right to rejoice as
those who reddoned their feet in tho last
Armagoddon All, yea, those who could
only give oupful of cold water in the
name of disciple those who could only
scrape handful of lint for wounded
soldier, those who could only administer
to old ago in its decrepitude, those who
could only coax poor waif of the street
to go back home to her God, those who
could only lift little child in tho arms OF
Christ, will have as much right to take
part In the ovation to the Lord Jesus
Christ as Chrysostom. 1t will be your
victory and mine, as we'll as Christs. He
the conqueror, we shouting in his train,
Christ the victor will pick out the hum
blcst of his disciples in the crowd, and
turning half around on the white horse OF
victory he shall point her out for approval
by tho multitude as he says, "She did
what she could" Then putting his hand
on the head of some man, who by his in
dustry made one talent do the work OF
| ten no will say, "Thou hast been faithful
over u few things; l will make thee ruler
over ten cities" Two different theories
about the fulflllment of this promise.
There are people who think Christ will
como in person and sit on throne. Per
haps he may l should like to see the
SCARED feet going UP the stairs of "a palace
in which all the glories of the Alhambra,
and the Tai Mahal, and st. Marks,
and the Winter palace arc gathered.
should like to SEQ the world pay Christ
in love for what 1t did to him in maltrcat-
mcnt. l should like 10 be one of tho
| grooms of the chargers, holding the stir
rup as tho king mounts. Oh, what glo'
rious time it would no on earth If Christ
would break through the heavens, and
right here where he has suffered and died
have this prophecy fulalled-"Unto him
shall the gathering of the people be-" But
failing in that, bargain to meet you at
the ponderous gate of heaven on the day
when our Lord comes back. Garlands OF
all nations on his brow-.of the bronzed
nations of tho south and the pallid ma
lions Of tho north-Europe, Asia, Africa
North and South America, and tho othel
continents that may arise meantime from
the sea to take tho places Of their sunkel
ENTHUSIASTICALLY Of Trajan, arch o
Elysees, all too poor to welcome this kinl
of kings and lord of lords and conquero
Of conquerors in his august arrival. Turf
out Ill heaven to meet him. Hang al
along the route the flags of earthly do
minion, whether decorated with crescent
or star, or oaglo, or lion, or coronet. Ham,
out heavens brightest banner, with it
ono star of Bethlehem and blood stripe
of the cross. l hear the procession now
Hark Tho tramp Of the feet, tho rumblin
Of the wheels, the Gathering Of tho hoof
and the shout of the riders! Ten thousan
times ten thousand and thousands of thou
sands. Put up in heavens library, RICH
beside the completed volume of the world