The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-03

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Nour hands. they will be more apt to take
| from US the bread of Eternal Life. The
missionaries of different denominations
in India at forty-six stations are already
| distributing relief sent through the Chris
| tan Herald. Is it not plain that those
missionaries, after feeding the hunger of
| the body will be at better advantage to
| feed the hunger of the soul? When Christ,
| before preaching to the five thousand in
| the wilderness, broke for them the mira
! culous loaves, he indicated that the best
| way to prepare the world for spiritual and
| eternal considerations is first to look after
| their temporal interests. o, church of God
| in America and EurOpe This is your OPP
! portunity. We have on occasions of
! Christian patriotism cried: America for
| Cod! Now let us add the battle shout:
| Asia for Godp' In this movement to
give food to starving India I hear the
| rustling of the wing Of the Apocalyptic
| Angel, ready to fly through the midst of
| heaven proclaiming to all the kingdoms
| and people and tongues the unsearchable
riches of Jesus Christ.
And now bethink myself Of something
never thought of before. I had noticed
| that the circle is Gods favorite figure,
and upon that subject 1 addressed you
| some time ago, but it did not occur to me
until now that the Gospel seems to be
moving in a circle. 1t started in Asia,
| Bethlehem, an Asiatic village; Jordan,
an Asiatic river; Calvary, an Asiatic
mountain. Then this Gospel moved on to
! Europe; witness the chapels and churches
| and cathedrals and Christian universities
| of that continent Then it crossed to
America. 1t has prayed and preached and
| sung its way across our continent. 1t
| has crossed to Asia, taking the Sandwich
| Islands in its way and now in all the
| great cities on the coast of China people
| are singing 'Rock of Ages" and There
| is Fountain Filled With Blood for you
must know that not only have the Scrip
| lures been translated into those Asiatic
| tongues, but also the evangelical hymns
! My missionary brother, John, translated
some of them into Chinese, and Mr.. Glad
| stone gave me copy Of the hymn, Jesus,
Lover of My Soul" which he himself had
| translated into Greek The Christ who it
| seems spent sixteen or eighteen years of
| his life in India is there now in spirit, con-
! vertng and saving the people by the hun
dreds of thousands, and the Gospel will
| move right on through Asia until the
story of the Saviors birth will anew be
| made known in Bethlehem, and the story
| of a Saviors sacrifice be told anew
on and around Mount Calvary, and the
story of Savior's ascension be
| told anew on the shoulder OF
| Mount Olivet And then do you not see the
circle will be complete? The glorious cir
Gle the circle of the earth! This old plan
| ct; gashed with earthquake and scorched
| with conflagration and torn with revolu-
| tions, will be girdled with churches, with
| schools, with universities with millennial
| festivities. How cheering and how inspir-
ing the thought that we are, whether Civ
| ing temporal or spiritual relief, working
| on the segment of such circlel And that
| the Christly mission which started in Asia
will keep on its way until it goes clear
around to the place where it started! Then
| the earth will have demons trated that for
which it was created, and as soon as a
| world has completed its mission it dies.
| Part of the heavens is a cemetery of dead
| worlds. Our world, built 70 demonstrate
| to the worlds which have been loyal to
| God the awful results of disloyalty, so
| that none of them may ever attempt it
l say our world, having finished its mis-
sion, may then go out of existence. The
| central fires of the world, which are burn
| ing out rapidly toward the crust may
| have reached the surface by that time and
the Bible prophecy be fulfilled, which de-
| clares that the earth and all things that
| are therein shall be bur I'd up. The ram
| somed human race at mat time on earth
| will start unhurt in those chariots Of fire
| for the great Metropolis of the Universe
| the heaven. where the redeemed of the
| Lord shall talk over the famines and the
| plaques and the wars which this earth suf-
| fered, and against which we struggled and
| prayed as long as there was any breath
In us. Glorious contamination!
May the 10th, 1862 was a memorable
| day, for then was laid the last tie that
| 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 We're
| within arms reach of meeting, only one
more piece of the rail track to put down
| A great audience assembled. mid-conti-
| nent, to see the last tie laid. The lOcomo-
| tives Of the eastern and western trains
| stood painting on the tracks close by Ora
ton explained the occasion and prayer
| solemnized Il, and music enchanted IT, The
| tie was made of polished laurel wood
| bound with silver bands. and three spikes
were used-a gold spike. presented by
| California; "A silver spike. presented by
| Nevada, and an iron spike, presented by
! Arizona. When all heads uncovered and
| all hearts thrilling with emotion, the ham
| mer struck the last spike into its place
| the cannon doomed it amid the resounding
| mountain echoes and the telegraphc in
| struments clicked 10 all nations that the
| deed was done. Nv friend, " the LAYING
| of the last tie that bound the east ana the
| west Of one continent together was such
a resounding occasion, what will n be
| when the last tie OF the track OF GOSPEL
! influences, reaching clear around the
| world, shall be laid amid the anthems Of
| all nations? The spikes will be the golden
ana silver spikes fashioned out OF the
| Christian generosity OF the hemispheres
| The last hammer stroke that completes
the work will be heard by all the raptured
and piled-up galleries OF the universe. and
the mountains OF earth will shout 20 tho
| thrones OF heaven. "Halleluiahi For the
Lord God Omnipot,nt reigncth. Halle
| lujahl For the kingdoms OF this world
have become the kingdoms OF our Lord
| Jesus Christi