The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-14

with glowing accounts of the story OF
this kingdom for all time, and OF its
glory there shall be no end.
Sccond-ltS success is assured by the
law of religious progress. There is a Cer-
tain progress from the beginning of the
Christian Era to the present time. At the
end of the first century 600 Christians
at the end of the second, 100000; at the
end of the fiftecneh century, 100, ,00OO OOJ;
at the end of the eighteenth century,
300 Christians; at the end OF the
nineteenth century perhaps I00,OOJOOO
which proves that Earth shall be fun Of
the knowledge of the Lord as the watccs
cover the sea-"
THE VICTORY ASSURED.
Third-We see the victory assured in
the nature of the plan, and the spirit of
the conquest. At the end OF the third
century Constantine saw this motto in
the heavens: "a cross" and the words,
"by this conquer" Not generally under
stood then, but now VIC know that it is
the power of truth and the spirit of
love, "for there shall come u star out Of
Jacob which signifies light of truth and
knowledge of righteousness, and the
sCeptor is that OF love and conquest
This love shown in large sacrifices for
mankind, which is the spirit of ChriSt's
kingdom among men, money ana life for
the enlightenment of India and China.
Fourth-Thc last stage of Christs king
dom will be glorious. This is His king
dom on earth cOnsummated. Christ said
''it is eXpedicnt for you that l go away"
Thus the disciples were prepared for
greater things. 1t was indeed pleasant
to be under the eye of the Master. but
the true development must be in His alb
scncc. And thus only could they be pre-
pared for the kingdom of glory, for now
they would see Him no more, for the les
son must lie learned THAT the things
which are seen are temporal, but the
things which are not seen are eternal
The afternoon session was devoted
mainly to statistics. 1t was presided
over by DR.. l.. l.. Sprag que and Rev. NJ
ID. Fuller conducted the devotional eX-
crcises.
At the evening session Bishop Fowler
gave his great lecture on Abraham Lin
coin before a large audience. 1t was
magnificent in word painting, inspired
in eloquence and rich in humor, pathOs
and dignity. He compared Lincoln to
Abraham, Moses, Pericles, Paul, Richie
lieu, Cromwell and Washington in
faith, leadership, intellect, spirituality,
political greatness, integrity, patriot
ism.
GREAT BRITAIN'S STRONG POINT.
He spoke Of Mason and the Sidel
incident, saying that he liked one thing
about Great Britain, that no British
subject could be touched by a foreign
nation without being called to account
in less than twenty-four hours. He be-
lieved if the Maine had belonged to
4 l.. I'll,
above the surface of the sea. Lincoln's
greatness consisted in his moral sense,
reason and common sense, Had he
lacked either quality he would have
been buried beneath the ruins Of a re-
public. Lacking the first he would
have been a villain, the second a fool.
the third a dreamer.
Lacking none he was Abraham Lin
coin. lie did not tell all the stories
accredited to him, but told many and
they We're always to the point. They
were great parallels in philosophical
truths. They kept him from dying be-
meath his great strain He was the
greatest stump speaker the world ever
saw, possessing simplicity, breadth,
logic and beauty. The great Cooper IN
stitute speech stands with absolutely
but one other, Daniel Webster's reply 10
Hale, of South Carolina.
The University of London, In select
ing examples of perfect English took
but one from this side Of the Atlantic
and that from Lincoln's Gettysburg
speech. His state papers We're marvel
GUS in diplomacy and dignity His
emancipation proclamation is only
equaled by the magma charta, the dec
laration Of independence and ukase Of
of Russia. He picked up the
rim Of the world, shook il until he
shook the coWardice out Of our peo-
pie, the yulture out of our eagle lie
shook us until he made us one great
free undivided nation. 1t Is worth
something today to vote fifty millions
for detenses i'm twenty-four minutes
without one dissenting voice.