The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-12-30
A RIGHTEOUS EARTH
Dr.. ralmags Diseourses on the
World as Il Win Be-
Improvement In Human Conditions
After "a Has Beer RevoistionIssa
for eoes-oieries OF the
Coaing ceatary.

tcopyrighL isNs. BY Louis Klopsehl
Washington, Dec.
BY = novel mode DR.. Talmage in this
discourse shows how the world will look
after IL has been revolutioniEed for
good; text. 2 Peter s;is, "A new earth.
wherein dwelleth 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 accom-
plished. VIII II not be q tonic and an
Inspiration to look at the world as II
will be when Il has been brought back
20 paradisaical condition? So let US for
. few moments transport ourselves into
the future aud put ourselves forward in
the centuries and see the world In its
rescued and perfected state, az we will
see 1t IL in those times we are permitted
10 revisit this planet, as l am sure we
viii. We all want TO see the world after
ithasbesnt thoroughly Gospelired and all
wrongs have been righted. We will
want TO come back, and we will come
back TO look upon the refulgent eonsum-
nation 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 Il hear the last triumph
ant bar Of the perfect oratorio. Having
seen the picture as the painter drew its
frst outlines upon canvas. we will want
to see Il when il is as complete as Reu-
ben'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 righteousness, the tower
anal strike az a. noon.
Alighted on the redeemed earth. we
are first aceosted by the spirit Of the
twenty-irst 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 10 much
changed from the time when we lived
in 1t. First Of all, be points out to US
. group Of abandoned buildings. We
ask this spirit Of the twenty-frst cen
fury: what are those structures
whose walls are naIling down and whose
gates are rusted on the hingeS?" Our
escort tells us: "Those were once peni-
tentiaries filled with Offenders. 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 II they had
the desire7 The m~arauders, the assas-
sins, the buccaneers. the Herods. the
Mana Sahibs, the rufians, the bandits.
are dead or. transformed by the power
Of the Christian religion, are nov up
right and b~enefcept and useful.
After passing on amid columns and
statues erected In memory Of those who
have been mighty for goodness in the
worlds history. the highest and the
most exquisitely sc%ulptured those IN
honor Of such Ne have been % eff
iectuAl in saving life or improving life
rather than those renowned for de-
stroyinR life. we come upon another
group OF buildings that must have been
transformed from their original shape
and adapted TO other uses. what IL all
this?" we AJAX our escort. He answers;
Those were almshouses and hospitals,
but accuracy In making and prudence
In running machinery Of all sort have
almost abolished the list OF casualties,
and sobriety and industry hay nearly
abolished pauperism. 80 that those
buildings which once were hospitals
Beeeu elRih ssss. h haS ta Rss e. tpSBsSSlpa te
and II you will look in you will see the
poorest table has abundance, and the
smallest wardrobe luxury. and the harp.
waiting TO have its strings thrummed,
leaning against the piano, waiting for
its keys TO be fingered.
Hospitals and almshouSes must have
been a necessity once. but they would be
uselessnow. And you see all the swamps
have been drained. the sewerage Of the
great towns has been perfected. and the
worlds climate Il 10 improved that
there are no pneumoniaA TO come out Of
the cold, or rheumatisma out Of the
dampnesS or feyers out Of the heat.
Consumptions banished. pneumonias
banished, diphtheria banished. ophthal-
mia banished. neuralgia banished. As
near as / can tell from what / have read.
our atmosphere Of this century is q
minging Of the two months Of May and
October Of the n~ineteenth century"
And we believe what our escort says,
for as we psss on we find health glow
ing in every cheek and beaming, In
every eye and springing in every step
and a~rticulating in every utterance,
and you and I whisper TO each other
~ BUR escort has his attention drawn
20 some new sunrise upon the morning
sky, and we say, each to the other
who would believe that this 10 thi
world We lived in over 100 years ago.
Look ct those men and women W,
pass on the roadl How improved tn,
human race! Such beauty, sucl
strength, such grscefulness, sucl
eeniality! Faces without the mark o
one sorrowl Cheeks that seem neyei
TO have been wet by one tear! A rae
subllmatedi A new world born!"
|, But ] say to u escort: did al
this merely happen so7 Are all tn
good here spontaneously good2 How
did you get the old shipwrecked worl'
afoat again, out OF the breakers int.
the smooth seas7' "No, mol" respond
our twenty-lrst century escort. I'd
you see those towers? Those are tn
towers Of churches, towers Of reform
atory institutions, towers Of Christia
schools. Walk with me, and let u
enter some Of these temples" We er
ter, and I find that the music IL I
the major key and none of II in th
minor. "0loris In ExcelKis" risin
a above "Gloria In Excelsis." Tremo
stop in the organ not so much us'
as the trumpet stop. More OF Ari
than OF Naomi. More chants this
dirges. Not n thin song, the Wort
Of which no one understands On Il
lip Of = soloiSt, but mighty harmoni'
that roll from outside door 10 cha
o eel and from floor 10 grained raft
az though Handel had come out
A the eighteenth century into the TIVE
ty-frst and had his foot on the orgt