Connecticut western news., 1899-12-07
AN EARTH REDEEMED
REV oR TALMAGE PICTURES THE
 WORLD AS IT WILL Se.
The T,yenty-hrst Century wiil See the Complete Gospelixntion of All the People of the Enrth-Evil over come by the Power of Christ.

the People of the Enrth-Evil over
 can,e by the Power of Christ.
 lCopyright. Louis klopsch lSg9.l
 WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. - By novel mode Dr. Talmage in his discourse hows how the world will look after it has been revolutionized for good; text, II Peter ill. 13, "A new earth, wherein lwelleth 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 Will 1t not be q tonic and an to look at the world as it will be when 1t has been brought back to paradisaical condition? So let us for n few moments transport ourselves into the future and put ourselves for ward in the centuries and see the world in it's rescued and perfected state, as we win see 1t If in those times we are permitted to revisit this planet, as l am sure we will. We all want to see the world after 1t has been thoroughly gospelized and all wrongs have been lighted. We will want to come back, and 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 perfected oratorio. Having seen the picture as the painter drew its first outlines upon canvas, we will want to see 1t when 1t Is as complete as Ru- bens' Descent From the Cross" or Michael Angelo's Last Judgment" Having seen the world under the gleam of the star of Bethlehem, we will want to see 1t when, under the full shining of the Sun of Righteousness, the tow CTS shall strike F at noon.
 There will be nothing In that coming century of the worlds perfection to hinder our terrestrial visit. Our power and velocity of locomotion will have been improved Infinitely. It will not take us long to 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 spirits sent forth to minis ter to those who shall be heirs of saliva tionf" Surely the gates of heaven will not be bolted after the world Is Eden izetl, so as to hinder the redeemed from for tour of inspection and reorganization and triumph.
 Evila Overcome.
 t-v x~-f&h v1,ot int lnnk 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, repil- Jared, recovered, realtered, rededicat- cd. The exact date of the worlds nor al restoration I cannot foretell. It may be that through mighty awaken ings it will take place in the middle of the nearby twentieth century. It may be at the opening of the twenty-first but 1t would not be surprising if 1t took more than 100 years to cor rect the ravages of sin which have ragged for 5000 years. The chief mis- hionary and evangelistic enterprises were started in this century, and be not dismayed if 1t takes a couple of to overcome evils that have had full swing for 50 centuries. take no responsibility in saying on what page of the earthly calendar 1t will roll In, but Gods eternal veracity Is sworn to 1t 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 I, my nearer or reader, will come and look at what my text calls "A new earth. wherein dwelleth righteousness"
 imagine that we are descending at that period of the worlds complete gospelization. There will be no peril in such n descent. Great heights and depths have no alarm for glorified spirits. We can come down through chasms between worlds without grow ing dizzy and across the spaces of half a universe without losing our way. Down and farther down we come. As we approach this world we breathe the perfume of illimitable gardens. Florali- "a ation that In centuries past was here and there walled In. lest reckless and dishonest hands pluck or despoil 1t. surges Its pillows of color across the fields and up the hillsides, and that which was desert blossoms as the rose. All the foreheads Of crag crowned with flowers, the Bet of the mountains slip pered with flowers. Oh, this perfume of the continents, this aroma of hem ispheres! 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.
 Alighted on the redeemed earth, we are first accosted by the spirit of the twenty-first 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 changed from the time when we lived in 1t. First of all he points out to us group of abandoned buildings. We ask this spirit of the twenty-first cen tury, What are those structures whose walls are falling down and whose gates are rusted on the hinges?" Our escort tells us: Those were once penitentiaries filled with offenders, but the crime of the world has died out. Theft and arson and fraud and vio- lence have quilted the earth. People have all they want, and why should they appropriate the property of oth- CTS. even if they had the desire? The marauders, the assassins. the bucca- neers, the Herods, the Mana Sahibs, the ruffians, the bandits, are dead, or, transformed by the power of the Christian religion, are now upright and benefcent and useful. Prisons are of no more use In this world except as places to be visited by curiosity seekers, as further back in the annals of time tourists visited the fortress where the prisoner of Chiffon was in- or Devils island, where endured four years of cruel ty."
 After passing on amid columns and statues erected in memory of those