The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-15

sung It's way acru18 our continent II
has crossed 10 Asia. taking the sand
wieh Islands IN its way. and now In all
the great cities on the coast OF China
people are singing Rock " Ages" and
There Is a Fountain Filled with
Blood" for you must know that not
only have tho Scriptures been trans
lated into these Aslatlc tongues. but
also the evangelical hymns. Ny mis-
sionary brother. John. translated some
OF them into Chinese. and Mr.. Glad
stone gave me n copy OF the hymn.
Jesus. Lover OF My Soul" which he
himself had translated into Greek. The
Christ who II seems spent sixteen or
eighteen years Of bis life In India Ia
there now In spirit. converting and
saving the people by hundreds OF thou
sands. 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
saviour'a sacrifice be told anew on and
around Calvary. and the story Of Saw
iour's Ascension be told anew on the
shoulder OF MI Oiiyet And then do
you not soc the circle will be complete?
Tho glorious circle. the circle Of the
earth? This old planet. gashod with
earthquake and scorched with confa-
grafton and torn with revolutions. Will
be girdlod with churches. with schools.
with universities. with mlllennlal 'es-
uyltics How cheering and how insplr-
Ing the thought that we are. whether
giving temporal or spiritual relief.
working on the segment OF such a
circle. And that the Chr'stly mission
which started Ia Asia will keep on lis
way until Il goes clear around 10 the
I place where Il started! Then the earth
will have demonstrated that Tor which
/ Il was created. and as soon a. a world
/ has completed Us mission II dies. Part
of the heavens is a cemetery of dead
worlds Our world built 10 demon
strate 10 the worlds which have been
/ loyal 20 God the awful results OF dis
/ loyalty. 80 that none o. them may ever
attempt 1T say our world. having
finished rs mission. may them 20 out
o. existence The central fires Of the
world which are burning out rapidly
toward the crust. may have reached
the surface by that time and the Bible
prophecy be fulillei. which declares
that the earth and all things that are
therein shall Doc burned no.
May the 10Th. 1869. was o memorable
day. Tor then was laid the last ia
which connected the two rail tracks
which united the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans The Central Pacific Railroad
was built from California eastward
. The Union Pacific Railroad was built
westward They were within arms
reach o. meeting. only one more plec,
Of the rail track 20 put down A greai
audience assembled. mid-contIuent. q
see the last tie laid The locomotive,
Of the Eastern and Western traini
stood painting on the tracks close by
Grafton explained the occasion. and
prayer solemnized Il and music
enchanted H. The tie was made
% pol he'd laurel wood. boun,
with silver bands. and thro'
spikes were uscd-a gold spike
presented by California. a 81
yer spike. presented hy Nevada. an.
an iron spike. presented by Arizona
when. an heads uncovered and M
hearts thrilling with emotion. the ham
mer struck The last spike into its place
the cannon doomed 90 amid the re-
sounding mountain echoes and the tcle
graphic Instruments clicked 90 all IA
t.ons that the deed was done. ~
friends. u The laying % The last lie TIA
bound the East and the West % on
continent together was such a resouna
ing occasion. what viii q be when IN
last tie ~ the track Of Gosnol Infu
cnccs. reaching clear around the worlt
shall De laid amid the anthems OF a
natlous7 The spikes will De the sold
en- and silver spikes fashioned out q
the Christian generosity Of the hemlr
phcrcs The last hammer stroke tina
completes the work will be heard by Al
the raptured and piled-up galleries G
the universe. ard the mountains q
earth will shout 20 the thrones Of hea
ven, "ialleluiah' For the Lord Go
omnipotcnt roignoth Hallelujah' 70
the Kingdoms Of this world have b
come the Kingdoms Of our Lord Jesu
Christi