Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-11
NEW SERIES-VOL. XVI. NO Q

a"NFson, AMI cut o. your berrsw.-..
s@aF persecution, rour poy-r.ies. yaur - :.
so<saaes. NAV vrs come an eserual hsave-
oa. waae mercy IL Il that in tie .ax. ..s
All ~ AMI dowa tho Bsb.e C;ssf t,s.,.-s. @-s1
) 10 sook out toward other worl... .sss>,s -
sFaeo'Gs II Iaaes&s. IN Joshua. In IaA =.
sAs fsaans. IN tue praph-s<. major a,t
I}nor; II 81. Johns Ar.ocslvrs.e u-s-,s~.as~
saving: Worlds. Norl1ss wsrla,, O..
read. for ta-ut" We hny, = ns.s. 49,
world here tha. We stick 70. - .aoar.s -.
thaf Ne iose AT We ara afraid =, ..f,,--
81 tbs aisic rafs o. w1rs4i We ar. a.r,sS
that souae ues~orsc ieonoclass viii So.
high; smash Ii, and We wan, .x.v,.As.. -
Ersoive around /, Aai are da.appo.r M esi v,~c
we Ind that II revolves aroual ta. sun In
stead q sne sun Fsss7s.ssnS around II. What
ia-s We make about tkts little tit OF a
weird. It's existence only short time h~-
tween Two spasm-, tho paroxysn hy which
II Was harisi from ch0as INTO cfdcr al -.
raroxysm OF its demolition.
Anu am CAD isa, 30 naanv sexts call us
% aoo> on 70 o,aer waylds, many OF them
larger AMI eraaier ami more rsssp,en s.n,
l.eoS there says job. .as Mas,rotn AMI
AFcsufns ami his sons.' Lock ,h.r- !.
saws s.. John, "a, the moon uns.r
.hrsss feet 'Loo@ there. ssys
Joshua. "a; the sun stan linz sill annxs
W - oeoh. LOOK there. says Moses, at
tie sparkling armament" Look ,h.r. :"
says Amos. the herdsman. sag ira ..w,.
stars and Orion" Do not II u ba :, at
about those VINO shove Of from this wsr,a
under Chris,ly pilotase. nanut ls, IL re s.
agliatea ahont our owu going OF this iisilc
barge or cop or canal boat If world TO
get on sonse Grea; Esssern Of the heavens.
Do net LEI Us persist in waGtin: 10 siav in
tbs barn. this shet, this ou;lousa ot a world,
when al! the Kings palaces already occupied
by many of our he>t friends nr. swinging
vi - open their gates 20 let US in.
When | read. In Ny Fathers honse ara
many mansions" do not know but that
each world is Il room. anj as.Fnany rooms ~
,.:are are worl8s, stellar stairs. stellar ga-
ler!es. stellar Railways. siel ar W allows,
stellar dones How our departed friends
must pity us shut up in these crannti apart
ments tired If we walk fifteen miles. wa.n
they soma morning, by one stroke 81 wing,
can make circuit OF the whole stellar system
ani lie back in time for ma'ins' Perhaps
yont.er twiukhn2 constellation is th. resi-
f.enre OF the martyrs; that group Of twelve
luminaries may he tina celestial home Of tho
apostles. Perhans that steep OF light Ia tho
dwelling place Of angles eherubic. saraphic.
arcaanseiic. A mansion with IA many rooms
as worlds. and all their windows illuminated
tor festtvity'
OH, how this wiieus and lifts AMI stimu-
l2tes our expaeta;ion, How iI,iie 1t makes
20 present, AMI how stunen1oas II makes
the fufurei How Ii consoles Us at5nnt our
pioGs dead. that, instead Of being boxed mp
ini under the ground, have the range Of ~
many rooms as there ar. worlds and well
zone everywhere for ii IL the Fathers
house in which 'hare ara many mansions.
D Lord Col OF the seven stars md Orion,
now can endure the transport. tho eesl asy,
VI such vision! l must obey my toxf and
seek Him. / will seek Him. / seak Him
now. for eall to mind that it is not thu ma
ssriai universe that is most valuable, but tho
.plriual. aud thnt each OF ns has nj sohl
isssb s.pssa hss;.s', s;ssn A u % Il II sss, ,s.s',
the hills Of reaoa.
Inat studied 1t bafer,, but the cathedral
of Cologne, Germany. never impressed mo
az ii did one summer 1t Is admittedly the
-raniest Gothic structure In the world, It's
fonnf.a;ion laid In l2is. onlv n few years ago
completed. More than G10 years IN build
ins. Al. Europe taxed FOR is construction.
Is ehape Of the Na.i. with precious ST fonas
"n0Ggh to fHrfhgse Il kingdom. Its chapel
III ~ A.nes. with masterpieces ot painting
rs splre sprin.ing 5!l toag into tho heavens.
rs stained glas@ tia chorus of al rich co9ors.
statues eneireslag the pillars aud enclrcling
alt. Statues above statues uatsl srnptur.
ean do no more. hut fainls ana tails bacxi
against earye stalls and town on pavemenls
over which the kings AMI queens Of the earth
have walked 10 con fexsionai. Nave aud nis!es
AMI transep. and portals combining tho
Af'ehioFs of sunrise au1 sunset. lnteriace..
inferf0liatel. interroiu rnet grandeur. Az
STOOD outside. looking NJ the double range
of living buitre--e@ and the forest Of psnnacies.
hicite- afd higher and higher until | almost
ree.ei from tlZz ntss. exclaimed "areat
doxoloev III stonel Frozen prayer cf many
@,ati9n-..'t
But wnile staniinctha-a ! saw poor man
enter AMI put down his pack ani knea. be-
side his bur len On the nnrd foar Of that
cathedral AMI tears ~ deep emotion cans
into NJ "res ~ | saii II rrys.i'. There ~ .
-ctf1 worta aanr. than nj the material SIR
fnan3an-=. Thai man wati live ate: the ls~.
aacie has Il .ea. nnl Eo. one s;ono o. all
ta., cattle lGal glory stall remain an@
crInh4ef II il uogr y Ta-atas in raz.s asi
poverty ard wsattg"2s. b 4 immortal. aat n
ia ot the L9~i God 4 mighty. All fss
prayer a. n3@ Gsf~r-. though ANIL fnaev
sap*rs:tt5oas. | lsiieye Col wii hear nai
a9opgthe apostles whGse s~agptarsI forms
stand IL tiie surrounding niche. he will nj
AT us lifted a13 Into The trszan - ~ tEas
C3ri~t Esaase 4Hf*r4a*. asa refrss @nte ~
tee - u s5.x k@f3ta which ae bsws aai ass
raised III fse tIuie out - nj tsis possrtsss
i9te The glorious hone hui 1T .ar hin All
ii, II 'es - ; Hfsa wAo t.a&esa Ills asgsn
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