The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-03-04

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pat on every tongue G hosanna. The
! same Christ who awoke Lazarus from
the sarcophagus will yet rally all the
pious dead in glorious resurrection. II
know that ny Redeemer liveth," ard
that 'to him shall the gathering Of the
people be-" Ah, my friends, when
Christ starts thoroughly and quickly to
lift this miserable wreck Of sunken
world it willn not take him long to lift it.
have thought that this particular
age in which we live may be given up
to discoveries and inventions by which
through quick and instantaneous COM
munication all cities and all communi-
ties and all lands Will be brought to-
gether, and then in another period per-
haps 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, SUBJ
lime Ind miraculous telephone from the
hand Of commerce, and, all lands and
kingdoms connected by wondrous
wire, this prophet Of the Lord may,
through telephonic communication, in
an instant announce to all nations par
don and sympathy and life through
Jesus Christ, and then, putting the
wondrous tube to the ear of the Lords
prophet, the response shall sssme back,
II believe in GOO, the Father lmighty,
Maker Of heaven and earth, and in Jesus
Christ, his only begotten Son.
You and l may not live to see the
day. think those Of Us who are over
20 years cf age can scarcely expect to see
the Gay. expect before that time our
bodies will be sound asleep in the ham
mocks of the Old gospel ship as it 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 III. That work for which
in this world We toiled and wept and
struggled and wore ourselves out shall
not come to consummation and we be
cblivious of the achievement. We will
be allowed to come out and shake hands
with the victars We who fought in the
earlier battles will have just as much
right to rejoice as those who reddened
their feet in tho last Armageddon. All,
yea, those who could only give cupfnl
of cold water III the name Of q disciple;
those who could only scrape handful
of lint for wounded soldier; those vino
could only administer to old age in its
decreptitude; those who could only
coax poor waif of the street to go back
homo 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
& Chrysostom. It will be your victory
and i2ino as we'll as Christ's, he the
conlueror, we shouting in his train.
Christ the victor will pick out the hum
blcst of his disciples in the crowd, and
turning half around cn the white horse
of victosy he shall point her out for ap-
proval by the multitude as ho says,
she did what she could" Then put
ting his hand on the head Of some man,
who by his industry made ono talent
do the work Of ten, he will say: Thou
hast been faithful over 4 few things. I
will make thee ruler over ten cities. "
Two different theories about the fulfill
menJ of this promise
Gathering of the People.
There are people who think Christ
will come in person and sit Oh throne.
Perhaps he may. should like to see
the scared feet going up the stairs CT a
palace il which all the glories Of the
Alhamb-a, and the Tai Mahal, and
st. Marks, and the Winter palace are
gathered I should like to see the world
pay Christ in love for what it did to
him in maltreatment. I should like to
be one Of the grooms Of the charges
holding the stirrup as the King mounts.
Oh, what glorious time it would be Oh
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 1
bargain to meet you at the ponderous
gate CT heaven on the day when our
Lord comes back. Garlands Of all ma
tiors on his brow-of tho bronzed IA
tions Of the south and the pallid nations
CT 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
sunken predecessors; arch Of Traian,
arch of Titus, arch of Triumph in the
Champs Elysees, all too poor to well
come this King of kings, and Lord Of
lords, and Conqueror Of conquerors IN
his august arrival. Turn out all heaven
to meet him. Hang all along the route
the flags Of earthly dominion, whether
decorated With crescent or star or eagle
or lion Cr coronet. Hang out heaven s
brightest banner, with its one star of
Bethlehem and blood striped Of the
cross. hear the procession now. Hark,
the tramp of the feet, the rumbling OF
tie wheels, the gathering Of the hoofs
end the shout of the riders! Ten thou
sand times ten thousand and thousands
Of thousands. Put up in heavens libra
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