The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-04
THE BETTER EARTH.
Or. TALMAGE ON "THE WORLD AZ
" WILL BE-" i''S
Improvement In Human Conditions
After the Earth Has Been Revolu-
tionised For Good-The Glories Of
the Coming Century.

| After the Earth Has been Rev0hu-
tionised For Good-The Glories Of
the Coming Century. -.
| q copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1901
WASHINGTON. Dec. a. BY novel
mode DR.. Talmage In this discourse
shows how the world will look after It
has been revolutionized for good; text.
ii Peter Iii, 10, "A new earth, wherein
dwclleth righteousness"
Down In the struggle to make the
world better and happier we sometimes
! get depressed with the obstacles to BE-
overcome and the work to be accomplish
cd. VIII 1t not be tonic and an inspi-
ration to look ut the world a. II will be
when It has been brought back to para
dlsaical condition. So let VI for a few
moments transport ourselves into the fu-
ture and put ourselves forward In the
eenturie, and see the world In It's rescued
and perfected ftate, as we will see II II
In those times we are permitted to revis.
| II this planet, a. am sure We will. We
all want to see the world after 1t has
been thoroughly gospelized and all
wrongs have been righted. We will want
to come back, und we will come back to
look upon the refulgent consummation
toward which we have been on larger or
smaller scale toiling. Having heard the
opening of the orchestra on whose strings
some discords Travelled, we will want to
hear the last triumphant bar of the per-
fected oratorio. Having seen the picture
as the painter drew its first outlines up
on canvas, we will want to see it when it
Is as complete as Reuben's Descent
From the Cross or Michael Angeles
Last Judgment" Having seen the
world under the CLEAN Of the star Of
Bethlehem, we will want to see 1t when,
under the full shining of the sun Of right
eousness, the towers shall strike IL at
| noon.
There will be nothing In that coming
century Of the worlds perfection to hin
der our terrestrial visit. Our power and
velocity of locomotion will have been
improved infinitely. 1t will not take us
long to come here, however far off in
Gods universe heaven may be. The BIZ
bic declares that such visitation is going
on now. "Are they not all ministering
spirits sent forth to minister to those who
shall be heirs of salvation7" Surely the
gates Of heaven will not be bolted after
the world 10 Edenixed SO as to hinder the
redeemed from descending for tour of
inspection and congratulation and tri-
umph.
You know with what interest we look
upon ruins-ruins of Kenilworth castle,
ruins of Melrose abbey, ruins Of Rome,
ruins of Pompeii. So this world in ruins
Ii an enchantment to look at, but we
want to see 1t when rebuilt, repillared,
recovered, realtered, rededicated. The
exact date of the worlds moral restora-
ton I cannot foretell. 1t may be that
through mighty awakenings it will take
place in the middle of the nearby twen-
tieth century. 1t may be at the opening
of the twenty-first century, but 1t would
not be surprising II it took more than 100
years to correct the ravages Of sin which
have ragged for 5000 years. The chief
missionary and evangelstic enterprises
were started In this century, and be not
dismayed IL it takes couple of centuries
to overcome evils that have had full
swing for go centuries. take no respon-
sibility in saying on what page Of the
earthly calendar 1t will roll in, but Gods
eternal veracity is sworn to it that it will
roll In, and as the redeemed in heaven do
as they please and have all the facilities
Of transit from world to world, you and
I, my hearer or reader, will come and
look at what my text calls "A new earth
wherein dwelleth righteousness"
No Alarm For Glorined Spirits.
imagine that we are descending at
that period of the worlds complete gos-
pelizaton. There will be no peril in such
descent. Great heights and depths
have no alarm for glorifed spirits. We
can come down through chasms between
worlds without growing dizzy and across
the spaces of half the universe without
losing our way. Down and farther down
we come. As we approach this world
we breathe the perfume of illimitable
gardens. Floralization that in centuries
past was hero and there walled in lest
reckless and dishonest hands pluck OF
despoil 1t surges Its pillows of color
across the fields and up the hllsides, and
that which was desert blossoms as the
rose. All the foreheads Of crag crowned
with flowers, the feet of the mountains
slippered with flowers! Oh, this perfume
of the continents this aroma of hemi-
spheres! As we approach nearer and
nearer we hear songs and laughter and
hosannas, but not one groan of distress,
not one sob Of bereavement. not one
clank Of chain.
Alghted on the redeemed earth, we
are first accosted by the spirit Of the
twenty-frst century, who proposes to
guide and show us all that We desire to
see. Without his guidance we would lose
our way, for the world is so much chang
ed from the time when we lived in 1t.
First of all, he points out to us n group
Of abandoned buildings. We ask this
spirit of the twenty-first century, What
are those structures whose walls are fall
ing down and whose gates are rusted on
the hingesT' Our escort tells us: "Those
were once penitentiaries filled with Of
Tenders, but the crime of the world has
died out. Theft and arson and fraud
and violence have quilted the earth
People have all they want, and why
should they appropriate the property of
others even if they had the desire? The
marauders, the assassins. the buccaneers,
the derods, tne Mana sau,ps .uo Tue ~,
mans inc phnua.s, are t .s C VI, ali
eu ny the power u .ne s. ,
g'oil' are NJ" UPRIGHT IN" 'en'"e'nt ANU
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