The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-12-02

Their oilers thee, running with
water ]courses2 Why let your foe..
be consumed Of thirst when theFesg
the neither springs and the mons
springs-eomfort here aud glory beg
after3
You and ] need soretisb
than this world can give his. The ~,
Is thar il cannot give us anything az
awhile II is a changing world
you knew that even the mouptsjus
The back Of a thousand streams
leaping into the yalley9 The Alie.
-ghenies are dying. The dews win
crystalline mallet are hammerinp aus,
the rocks. Frosts and showers az.
Hghtnings are sculptnring Mourt
Washington and the Catskills. Niaoer
every year is digging for Itself
quicker plunge. The Sea all around ybs
earth on its shifting shores is MAXIM
mighty changes in bar and bay ana
firth and promontory, some Of the old
seaeoasts are midland now. OF MAJ.
tucket, eight feet below low-watsr
mark, are found now the stumns \
trees, showing that the waves are con
q~uering the land. Parts Of Nova Scotia
are sinking. Ships to-day sail over
what. only a little while ago, was solid
ground. Near the mouth Of the a
Croix river is an island which. in ia
movements Of the earth, is SLOWLY bus.
certainly rotating. All the face Of me
earth is changing-ehanging. In 1891
an island springs up in the Mediter
ranean sea. In 1866 another island
comes UP under the observation Of the
American consul as he looks off from,
the beach. The earth all the tims
changing the columns Of a temple near
Bizoi show that the water has risen
nine feet above the place it was when
these columns were put down. Chang
ing! Our Colorado river. once vaster
than the Mississippi, flowing through
the great American desert, which was.
then the Eden of blxuriance, has now
dwindled to a small stream creeping
down through a gorge. The earth IT.
self, that was once vapor, afterwardt
water-nothing but water-afterward
molten rock. cooling off through tha,
ages until plants might live and ami
mails might live and men might live.
changing an the while. now erumblihg,
now breaking off. The sun. burning
down gradually in its socket. Chang
ing, changing, an intimation Of the last
great change to come over the world
even infused into the mind OF the
heather who has never seen the Bible.
The Hindoos believe that Brahmq,
the creator, once madc all. things. lie.
created the wafer, then moved over ths
water, out of it lifted the land. grew
the plants and animals and men on it.
Out Of his eye went the sun. Out Of his
lips went the fire. Out Of his ear went
the air. Then Rrahma laid down to.
sleep 1890 900, 600 years. After that
they say he will wake up, and then the
world will be destroyed. and lie wilB
make it over again, bringing up land,
bringing up creatures upon it, then ~
ing down again to sleep 1920, 100000
years, then waking up and destroying
the world again-creation and demnli-
tion following each other, until after
800 sleeps, each one of these slumberss
320,0O 600 years long, Brahma will
wake up and die and the universe will
die with him-an intimation. though
very faint, Of the great change to come
upon this physical earth spoken of I'M
the Bible, but while Brahma may sleep
our God never slumbers nor sleeps. and
the Heavens shall pass away with a
great noise, and the elements shan melt
with fervent heat, and the earth and
things that are therein shall be-
burned up.
We'll" says some one, III that is so,
the world is going from one change
to another, then what is the use of my
for its betterment?" That's the
point on which l want to guard you. Il
do not want you to become nissan
thropic. IT is a great ard glorious
world. If Christ could afford to spend
years on it for it's redemption. then
you can afford 10 toll and pray for the
betterment Of the nations and for the
bringing Of Of the glorious time when
all people shall see the salvation Of
God, While therefore ! want to guard
you against misanthropic notions il re-
spect 10 this subject ! have presented,
/ want you to take this thought home
with you: This world IS a poor foun
lation 10 build on. It is d changing
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