Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-12-13
SERMON
Rev. DR.. Calr1aee

NV. III. (QIIDQye
Subject; The World as 1t Will Be-lm.
provement in Human Conditions After
the Earth Has Been Kevolufionize6
For GoOd-The Coming Century.
/ Copyright. Louis Klopsch 1891
WAsHINaToN, D. C.-By a novel mode Dr..
TaImage in this discourse shows how the
| world will look after 1t has been rsvolu.
tionized for good; text, II Peter ILL.,, Is
"A new earth, wherein dwelleth righteous
| 1ess."
Down in the struggle to make the worlo
better and happier we sometimes get de-
pressed with the obstacles to be overcome
and the work to be accomplished Will 1t
not be a tonic an an inspiration to look
| at the world as it will be- when 1t has been
brought back to paradisaical condition?
30 let US for few moments transport our
selves into the future and put ourselves
forward in the centuries and see the world
In its rescued and perfected state, as we
will see it IL In those times We are permit
ted to revisit this planet. as I am sure we
will. We all want to see the world after il
has been thoroughly gospelized and all
wrongs have been righted. We will want
to come back, and we will come back to
look upon the refulgent consummation to-
ward 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 upon
| canvas, we will want to see 1t when 1t Is
complete as Reubens' sd escent From the
| Cross" or Michael Angeles 'LaIz Judg-
ment." Having seen the world uiIr v the
| CLEAN OF the star OF Bethlehem, We will
want to see it when, under the full shining
OF the sun of righteousness, the towers
| shall strike IL at noon.
There will be othing IN that coming cen
| rury Of the worlds perfection to hinder
city OF locomotion will have been improved
infinitely. 1t will not take US long come
here, however far off in Gods universe
heaven may be. The Bible 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 sal
vation?" Surely the gates OF heaven will
| not be bolted after the world Is Edenzed
| 80 as to hinder the redeemed from descend
Ing for tour OF inspection and congratu-
| latton and triumph.
You know with what interest we looA
upon ruins-ruins of Kenilworth castle,
ruins Of Melrose abbey, ruins of Rome,
ruins Of Pompeii. So this world in ruins is
an enchantment to look at, but we want to
see it when rebuilt, repillared, recovered,
|
the worlds moral restoration cannot
foretell. 1t may be that through mighty
awakeEings 1t will take place In the middle
OF the nearby twentieth century. 1t may
be at the opening OF the twenty-frst CEN
tury, but 1t would not be surprising IL 1t
took more than 100 years to correct the
HIsages of sin which have ragged for 5000
years. The chief missionary and evangel-
istic enterprises were started in this CEN
tury, and be not dismnyed II it takes a
couple OF centuries to overcome evils that
haoe had full swing for sixtv ynturies.
take no responsibility in saying on what
page Of the earthly calendar 1t will roll in,
but Gods eternal veracity is sworn to it
that 1t 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 l, my hearer or reader, will come
and look at what my text calls "a new
earth wherein dwelle' shteousness."
] thatw v -nending at that
la.sle will be no -Su de-
b, cent. Great heights -. uepths have no
alarm for gloriled splits. 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 word We breathe the
perfume Of illimitabie gardens. Floraliza-
zion that In centuries past was here and
| bucIo Wbileu III lest TeckleSS ana uiSOOQ6St
hands pluck or despoil 1t surges its biilows
Of color across the fields and up the hill
sides, and that which was desert blossoms
as the rose. All the foreheads of crag
crowned with flowers, the feet of the noun
tains slippered with flowers! Oh, this per-
fume OF the continents, this aroma Of hemi-
spheres! As We approach nearer and nearer
We hear songs and laughter and hosannas,
but not one g. oan Of distress, not one sot
| Of bereavement, not one clank of chain.
Aiighted on the redeemed earth, we are
1rst accosted by the Spirit of the twenty
irst century, who proposes to guide and
,how US all that we desire to see. With out
bis guidance We would lose our way, for
the world Is SO much changed from the
time when we lived in it. First of all, He
points out to us a group of abandoned
buildings. We ask this Spirit of the TWEEN
ty-hrst century, "What are those struc-
lures whose walls are falling down and
whose gates are rusted on the hingesf"
| Our escort tells US: "Those were once
penitentiarles filled with offenders. but the
crime of the world has died out. Theft
and arson and fraud and violence have
want, and Why should they appropriate
the property of others even II they had the
desire? The ma-auders, the assassins, the
buccaneers, the Herods, the Mana Sahibs,
the ruf1ians. the bandits, are dead or,
transformed by the power Of the Christian
G0A6lOus oIO hOW upIISub uhu pCucuCcut
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 sculptured those in honor of
such as have been most effe ctual in saving
life or improving life rather than those re-
nowned for destroying life, we come upon
another group Of buildings that must have
been transformed from their original shape
and adapted to other uses. "What is all
this?" we ask our escort. He answers:
"Those were almshouses and hospitals,
but accuracy in making aud prudence in
running machinery Of all sorts have almost
abolished the list of casualties, and sobriety
and industry have nearly abolished pau
perism, so that those buildings which once
were hospitals and almshouses have been
turned into beautiful homes for the less
prospered, and IL 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 tor its
keys to be fingered.
! Hospitals and almshouses must have
been a necessity once, but they would be
useless now. And you see all the swamps
have been drained, the sewerage Of the
great towns has been perfected, and the
worlds climate Is so improved that there
are no pneumonias to come out Of the cold,
or rheumatisms out OF the dampness, or
fevers out OF the heat. Consumptions ban
ished, pnpumonias banished, diphtheria
banished, ophthalmia banished, neuralgias
banished. As near as 1 can tell from what
I have read, our atmosphere Of this cent
ury is a mingling OF the two months OF
May and October Of the nineteenth cent
ury."
But say to our escort: "Did all this
merely happen so? Are all the good hero
spontaneously good? How did you get the
old shipwrecked world afioat again, out OF
the breakers into the smooth seas?" mo,
cort. do you see those towers? Those
are the towers of churches, towers of re-
formatory institutions, towers Of Christian
schools. Walk with me, and let us enter
some OF these temples" We enter, and
find that the music is In the major key and
none OF 1t in the minor. "Gloria In Ex-
celsis" rising above "Gloria In Excelsis."