The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-05-08

some OF them INTO Cn,nese, ana MT: uino-
stone gave me copy of the hymn, Jesus,
Lover of MY Soul, which he had himself
translated into Greek. The Christ who IL
seems spent 10 or 10 years of his life IN
India Is there now In spirit, converting
and saving the people by the hundreds OF
thousands, and the gospel will move right
on through Asia until the story of the
Saviour's birth will anew be made known
in Bethlehem, and the story of a Saviour's
sacrifice be told anew on and around
Mount Calvary, and the story of q Saviours
ascension be told anew on the shoulder OF
Mount Olivet. And then do you not see
the circle will be completef The glorious
circle, the circle of the earth. This OLD
planet, gashsd with earthquake and
ecorched with conflagration and torn with
revolutions, will be girdled with churches
With schools, with universities, with MIL
lennial festivities. How cheering and how |
inspiring the thought that we are, Wheth-
er giving temporal or spiritual rene1'
working on the segment of such circle,
| and that the Christly mission which start
ed in Asia will keep on it's way until 10
goes clear around to the place where IL
started. Then the earth will have demon.
| strated that for which it was created, ana
as soon as q world has completed Its mis-
sion 1t dies Part of the heavens is a Gem
| etery of dead worlds. Our world, built 10
demonstrate to the worlds which have
been loyal to God the awful results OF ols-
loyalty, SO that none OF them may ever a"
tempt it say our world, having finished
its mission, may then go out OF existence
| The central fires of the world which arc
burning out rapidly toward the crust may
have reached the surface by that time ana
the Bible prophecy be fulfilled, which de-
; clares that the earth and all things that
are therein shall be burned up. Inc ran
somed human race at that time on ear5n
will start unhurt in those chariots OF nre
for the great metropolis of the universe
| the heaven where the redeemed OF inc
:, Lord shall talk over the famines, ana the
: nlauues. and the wars which this earth
suffered and against which we struggled
and prayed as long as there was any breatn
| in us Glorious contamination!
Christian Generosity.
:. Nav ~. 1869. was q memorable day,
). for then was laid the last tie that con
q nected the two rail tracks which united tht
Y Atlantic and Pacific oceans The Centra
3 Pacific railroad WAS built from California
!, eastward. The Union Pacific railroad wa
g built westward. They were within arm
10 reach Of meeting, only one more piece o
fe the roll track to put down. great auui
10 ence assembled, midcoDtinent, to see Tn
"a | Lost he laid The locomotives OF the east
In erp and western trains stood pansmg o
It. the tracks close by. Grafton explained tn
r. occasion, and prayer solemnized II ana III.
0nCn6OvOO
nj no,,shed laurel wood, bound with silve
or bands, and three spikes were used-a gol
h. spike, presented by California; sn Nv
ke spike, presented by Nevada, and w m 'r Q
IL spike. presented by Arizona. wnen, .
no haod. uncovered and all hearts thrall1n
"a with emotion, the hammer struck the la
ral snike into its place, the cannon doomed
ca amid the resounding mountain echoes al
ty. the telegraphic instruments ciickeu ~
OF. nations that the deed was done.
r.. friends, If tho laying of the last tic tn
., l,ound the east and the west OF one con
nent together was such lns9 t,s
Of sion, what will 1t be wnen sne A nsoo TtS
4 gn clear round the world, shall be laid al, m
tho tho anthems of all nationsa The spill
IN will be the golden and silver spikes ta'
toned out OF the Christian generos,.y
the hemispheres. The last hammer stro
ing that completes the work will be heard
ced all the raptured and piled up galleries
and the universe, and the mountains OF ca