The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-03-20

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ilnent, lia grandeur. the mullitude % st. In
hnhltautas lia apiendor and IA awful de-
slfaeuon, and tbs world thought Ii wa a
romance. bat arehmoloslsts have found out
q was history, aad the English and the Ger /
man and che American Fleets have gone forth |
With psychologists, and the Challenger. and /
the Dolphin, aud the Uaznlle have dropped !
anchor and Ia deHp sea 80undlnRs they nave
found the contour ni that auukon continent.
Oh, there q trouble marked on The rocks.
on the sky on tbs sea on the fora and the |
launal Astronomical trouble, geological
trouble, oceanic trouble. political trouble,
domestic trouble, and standing IN the pres
enee ot ali fhuse atupan1ouH doYastaIuus il
ask itI am not right IN saying that the great
wan. Of this age and an ages u divine SYM
pathy aud omnlpotent comfort. and they are
found not in the BFahmn Of the Hlndoo or
the Allah Of the Mohammedad. bat in the
Christ unto whom shall the gathering Of the
people be- Other worlds may iall. but this
morning star viii never be- blogled from the
heavens. The earth may quake, bat this rock
Of ages viii never be- shaken from lia f0un-
dations. The same Christ who fed the
COCO viii feed all the worlds hunger. The
same Christ who cured BaulmBus viii illu-
mine all blindness. The same Christ who
made the dumb speak will put on every
tongue a hos0anua. The same Christ who
awOke Lazarus from the safg0phagus will
yet rally AL the plous dead Ia glorious res
direction. II kB0W that my Bajeemer
llveth, and ITO Him shall the gathering Of
the people be-" An, my friends. when Christ
starts thoroughly and quickly to ne this
miserable wreck Of sunken world IL viii
not take Him long to lift Il.
/ have thought that this particular age in
which We live may be givenup discoveries
instantaneous communication all cities and
all communities and all lands viii be
brought together, and then in another period
perhaps these inventions which have been
used for worldly purposes win be brought
out for gospel Invitation, and some
great prophet Of the Lord viii come
and snatch the mysterious. sublime
and miraculous telephone from the
hand Of commerce, and, all lands and king
doms connected by a wondrous wire, this
prophet Of the Lord may. through tels-
phonic communication. In an instant an
nounee 20 ell Nations pardon and sympathy
and life through Jesus Christ. and then,
putting the wondrous tube to the ear OF the
Lords prophet, the response shall come
back, ''Ibelleyein God, the Father Almighty,
Maker OF heaven and earth. and in Jesus
Christ. His only )egotten Son."
You and may not live TO see the day. I
| think those Of US who are over forty years OF
age can scarcely expect to see the day. ! ex-
/ peet before that time our bodies will be
sound asleep In the hammoeks Of the old
/ gospel ship as II goes sailing on But Christ
/ will wake US up In time to see the achieve
ment. We who havo sweated In the hot
/ harvest fields viii be at the door OF the gar
ner when the sheaves come In. That work
/ for which IN this world we toned and wept
/ and struggled and wore ourselves out
t shall not come to contamination and we
be oblivlous OF the achievement. We Will
be allowed to come out and shake hands
/ with the vletors. We who fought in the
earlier battles will have Just as much right
to rejoice as those VINO Redeemed their feet in
the last Armageddon. All, yea those who
| could only give a eupiul Of cold water in
the name of a disciple; those who could
only scrape a handful of lint for a wounded
soldier; those who could only administer to
old age in his decrephtude; those who could
only coax a 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 Ohrysostom. II will be your victory and
mine as we'll as Ohrist's, He the conqueror
we shouting in His train. Christ the victor
will pick cut the humbest of His disciples in
white horse Of victory He shall point her out
for approval by the multitude as He says,
"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 o.
ten, He will say: "Thou hast been faithful
over a few things / will make thee ruler
over ten cities" Two different theories
about the fulhlment Of this promise.
There are people who think Christ viii
II. 14-gA -,
He may. / should like to see the Scared fee
going up the stairs of palace in which al
the glories OF the Alhambra, and the TIA
Mabal, and ST. Marks, and the Windsor pal
ace are gathered. should like to see tn
world pay Christ in love for what ii did {
Him in maltreatment. l should like to b
one Of the grooms of the chargers holdin
the stirrup as the King mounts. Oh, what
glorious time it would be on earth If Chris
would break through the heavens, and RICH
here where He has suffered and died hav
this prophecy fulfilled, "Unto Him shall tn
gathering of the people be-" But failing /
that bargain to meet you at the ponderou
gate of heaven on the day when our Lor
comes back. Garlan Is of all Nations on Hi
brow-of the bronzed Nations of the Sout
and the pallid Nations of the North-EU
rope, Asia, Africa. North and South Americ
and the other continents that may aris
| meantime from the sea TO take the places
their sunken predecessors; the arch OF Trajal
arch of Titus, arch of Triumph in tn
Champs Elysees, all too poor to WELDON
this King of kings, and Lord
lords, and Oonqueror of conquerors
His august arrival. Turn out all heave
to meet Him. Hang all along the rout
: the flags of earthly dominion, whetht
decorated with crescent or star or Gag
| or lion or coronet. Hang out heaven
, brightest banner, with its one star of Bethl,
: hem and blood striped of the cross. / hef
the procession now. Hark, the tramp OF th
3 feet, the rumbing Of the wheels, the ella
: tering OF the hoofs and the shout Of IL
! riders! Ten thousand times ten thousand an
I thousands ofthousands. Put up in heaven
| library, right beside the completed volun
= of the worlds ruin, the completed volum
5 of shiloh's triumph. The old promise strui
. Cling through the ages fulfilled at las
a "Unto Him shall the gathering Of the peop
be.
9 While everlasting ages roll
r Eternal love shall feast their soul
I, And scenes of bliss forever new
Rise In succession to their view.