The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-24

up through the valleys of the Mississippi.
and we are finding now the remains of
their mounds and their cities in Mexico,
in Colorado and the table lands of the
west. II Is a matter of demonstration
that a whole continent has gone down,
the Azores off the coast of Spain only the
highest mountain of that sunken CONT
nent. Plato described that continent, it's
grandeur, the multitude of its inhabitants,
its splendor and its awful destruction,
and the world thought il was a romance.
but archaeologists have found out it was
history, and the English and the Ger
man and the American fleets have gone
forth with archaeologists, and the Chal-
lenger and the Dolphin and the. Gazelle
have dropped anchor and in deep sea
soundngs they have discovered the con-
tour of that sunken continent.
Oh. there is trouble marked on the
rocks, on the sky, on the sea, on the fora
and the fauna Astronomical trouble,
geological trouble, oceanic trouble, politi-
cal trouble, domestic trouble, and stand
ing in the presence of all those stupendous
devastations, | ask if l am not right in
saying that the great want of this age
and all ages is divine sympathy and omni-
potent comfort, and they are found not
in the Brahma of the Hindoo, or the
Allah of the Mohammedam, but in the
Christ unto whom shall the gathering of
the people be. Other worlds may fall,
but this morning star will never be blot
ted from the heavens. The earth may
quake but this Rock of Ages will never
be shaken from its foundations. The
same Christ who fed the 5000 will feed all
the worlds hunger. The same Christ who
ness. The same Christ who made the
dumb speak win put on every tongue a
hosanna. The same Christ who awoke
Lazarus from the sarcophagus will yet
rally all the pious dead in glorious resur-
rction. Il know that my Redeemer
liveth," and that ito him shall the gath
ering of the people be-" All my friends,
when Christ starts thoroughly and quick
ly TO lift this miserable wreck of a sun
ken world, 1t will not take him long to
/ have thought that this particular age
in which we live may be given up to dis
coveries and inventions by which through
quick and instantaneous communication
all cities and all communities and all lands
win be brought together, and then in an
other period. perhaps, these inventions
which have been used for worldly purposes
will be brought out for gospel invitation,
and some great prophet of the Lord will
come and snatch the mysterious, sublime
and miraculous telephone from the hand
of commerce, and all lands and kingdoms
connected by wondrous wire, this proph-
ct of the 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 ear of the Lord S
prophet, the response shall come back: II
believe in God, the Father Almighty, MAX
er of heaven and earth, and in Jesus
Christ, his only begotton SON." You and
| may not live to see the day. 1 think
those of us who are over forty years of
age can scarcely expect to see the day 1
expect before that time our bodies will be
sound asleep in the hamfnocks of the old
gospel ship as ii goes sailing on But
Christ will wake us up in time to see the
achievement. We who have sweated in
the hot harvest-fields will be
at the door of the garner when the
sheaves come in. That work for which
in this world we toiled and wept and
struggled and wore ourselves out shall not
come to contamination and we be obliV-
ious of the achievement. We will be al
lowed to come out and shake hands with
the Victors. We who fought in the earl
Ter battles will have just as much right to
a Nnrlan 4 4 t,l1 Nl,.s,.
in the last Armageddon. All! yea, those
who could only give cupful of cold wa
! ter in the name of disciple, those who
| could only scrape a handful of lint for a
wounded soldier, those who could only adj
minister to old age in it's decrepitude those
| who could only coax poor waif Of the
| street to go back home to her God those
! who could only lift a little child in the
! arms of Christ, will have as much right
| to take part in the ovation to the Lord
| Jesus Christ as a Chrysostom. 1t will
| be your victory and mine, as well as
| Christs. He the conquerer, we shouting
| in his train, Christ the victor will pick out
| the humblest of his disciples in the crowd
and turning half around on the white horse
| of victory he shall point her out for APP
prevail by the multitude as he saws: "She
/ did what she could" Then putting his
! hand on the head of some man, who by his
| industry made one talent do the work of
| ten, he will say: Thou hast been faith
| full over few things, l will make thee
| ruler over ten cities" Two different theo-
| ries about the fulfilment of this promise
There are people who think Christ will
| come in person and sit on a throne Per-
| haps he may. l should like to see the SCARF
| ed feet going up the stairs of palace in
which all the glories of the Alhambra,
and the Tai Mahal, and the ST Marks
and the Winter Palace are gathered. [
should like to see the world pay Christ in
love for what ii did to him in maltreat-
ment ] should like to be one of the
grooms of the chargers. holding the stir
rup as the King mounts. o! what a glo-
rious time 1t would be on earth if Christ
would break through the heavens, and
right here where he has suffered and died
have this prophecy fulfilled. Unto him
shall the gathering of the people be" But
! failing in that, l bargain to meet YOU at
when our Lord comes back Garlands of
all nations on his brow-of the bronzed
nations of the south and the DalIid ma
| tons of the north-EurOpe, Asia, Africa
! North and South America, and the other
continents that may arise meantime from
! the sea, to take the places of their sunk
| EN- predecessors; Arch of Trajan, Arch of
! Titus, Arch of Triumph in the Charms
] ElyseeS, all too poor to welcome this King
! of Kings. and Lord of lords. and CONQUER
err of conQuerers in his august arrival
| Turn out all heaven to meet him. Hang
! all along the route the flags of earthly do
minion, whether decorated with crescent
or star. or eagle. or lion, or coronet. Hang
! out heavens brightest banner with IT'S ono
/ star of Bethlehem, and blood-striped of
! the cross. l hear the procession now Hank
| the tramp of the feet, the rumbling of the
/ wheels, the Gathering of the hoofs and
| Shout of the riders. Ten thousand times
| ten thousand, and thousands of thousands
1 Put up in heavens library, right beside
| the completed volume of the worlds ruin
/ the completed volume of Shoh's triumph
The old promise struggling through the
! ages fulfilled at last: Unto him shall me
gathering of the people be-"
While everlasting ages roll.
Eternal love shall feast their soul
And scenes of hiss for ever navy