The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-10-03
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barbarian and n savage, and never
pretended to be anything but bar
barian and II savage. The other pre-
tended to be representative of
Christian nation. Notwithstanding
all this, the general disgust with war
and the substitution of diplomatic
skill for the glittering edge OF keen
steel is II sign unmistakable that 1.-THE
day is at hand"
l find another ray OF dawn in tho
compression of the worlds distances.
What IA slow, snail-liSe, almost impos-
sible thing would have been the worlds
rectification with 400, 900, 900 of popu-
lation and no facile means of cummu-
nication; but now, through telegraphy
for the eye and telephone intimacy
for the ear, and through steamboating
and railroading, the %, 900 miles Of
the worlds circumference are shriv-
cling up into insignificant brevity!
Hong Kong is nearer to New
York than few years ago New Ha-
ven was; bombay, Moscow, Madras,
Melbourne within speaking distance.
Purchase Geographic chart, aad by
the blue lines see the telegraphs OF
the land, and by the red lines the ca
bles under the ocean. You see what
opportunities this is going to give for
the final movements of Christianity.
A fortress may be months or years in
building, but after it is constructed
it may do all its work in 20
minutes. Christianity has been
planting its batteries for nine
teen 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 all do their work in
"a hours. The world sometimes de-
rides the church for slowness Of move
mcnt. is scieucC any quicker? Did it
not take science J,G52 year, to find out
so simple a thing as the circulation of
the human blood? With the earth and
the sky full OF electricity, science took
$500 years before it even guessed that
there was any practical use that might
be made of this subtle and mighty clc-
ment. When good men take posses
sion of all these scientific forces, and
ali these agencies of invention, do
not lnow0tha the redemption OF the
world win be more than the work
of half n day. Do we not
read the queens speech at the
prorouguing of parliament the day
before in London? If that be SO,
is it anything marvellous to believe
taatin "a hours "a Divine communica-
ton can reach the whole earth? Sup
pose Christ should descend on the ma
tions- many expect that Christ will
come among the nations personally
suppose that tomorrow morning the
Son of God, from IL lowering cloud,
should descend upon these cities.
Would not that fact be known all the
world over IN ii hours? Suppose He
should present His Gospel in a few
words, saying: II am the Son Of God;
l came to pardon all you sins and To
heal all your sorrows; to provo
that am a supernatural being, | have
just descended from the clouds. DO
you believe me, and do you believe me
now?' Why, all the telegraph sta
tions of the earth would be crowded
as none Of them were ever crowded
just after a shipwrecll.
l tell you all these things to show
you it is not among the impossibii,ics
or even the inproba Utilities that Christ
will conquer the whole earth, and do
it instanter, when the time comes.
There are foretokenings in the air.
Something great is going to happen.
do not think TINT Jupiter is going to
run us down, or that the axle of the
world is going 20 break; but mean
something great for the worlds bless
going to happen. / think the world
has had it hard enough. Enough,
the famines and plaques. Enough, the
Asiatic choleras. Enough, the wars.
Enough, the shipwreclss. Enough, the
con fla rations. | think the world
could stand right well procession of
properties and triumphs. Better DO
on the lookout. Better have your OBJ
servatories open toward the heavens,
and the lenses of your most powerful
telescopes well polished. Better have
your Leyden jars ready for some new
pusatiop of mighty influence. Better
have new fonts of type in your print
ing offices to set up some astounding
good news. Better have some new
banner that has never been carried
ready for sudden professions. Better
have the bells in your church towers
well hung, and rope within reach,
that yon may ring out the marriage OF
the Kings Son. Cleanse all your court
houses, for the Judge of all
the earth may appear. Let all
your legislative halls be gilded,
for the great Law-giver may DO
a bout to come. Drive off the thrones
of despotism all the occupants, for the
King of Heaven and earth may be
about to reign. The darkness of tho
night is blooming ard whitening into
the lilies of morning cloud, and the
lilies reddening into the roses of
stronger day--tit garlands, whether
white or red, for Him on whose head
are many crowns. THE day is at
hand"
Brother! brother! all am afraid Of
Is, not that Christ will lose the battle,
but that you and / will not get into it
quick enough to do something worthy
of our blood-borght Immortality. o
Christ how shall | meet Thee Thou Of