The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-12-07
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THR EMINENT DIvINE's SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subjects Tho World ma 1t VIII Be-Im-
provement in Human Conditions After
the Earth Has Been Hevolutionized
For Good-Tho Coming Century.

ICopynRntp LOUIE hiOpscn, Aosf'l
WASHINGTON, b. C.-By a novel mode Dr.
Talmage in this discourse shows how the
world will look after 1t has been revolu
| tionized for good; text, ii Peter ill.,, 10
| "A new earth, wherein dwelleth righteous
ness"
Down in the struggle to make the world
better and happier we sometimes get de-
| pressed with the obstacles to be overcome
/ lnd the work to be accomplished. viii II
/ not be n tonic and an inspiration to look
1 at the world us 1t will be when II has been
brought back to paradisalcal condition.
| SO let US for a few moments transport our
| selves into the future and put ourselves
| forward In the centuries and see the world
| In its rescued and perfected stnte, as we
| will see II II in those times we are pormit-
| tod to revisit this plnnet. as am suro we
| will. We all want to see the world after II
| has been thoroughly gospelized and oil
wrongs have been riRhted. We Will want
to come back, and We will come back to
| look upon the refulgont contamination to'
| ward which we have been on larger OF
| smaller scale toiling. Having heard tho
| opening OF the orchestra on whose strings
| some dlscords travelled we will want to
| hear the last triumphant bar OF the per.
| fected orntorlo. Having seen the picture
| Hs the painter drew Its first outlines upon
| canvas, we will want TO see 1t when 1t is as
| complete as Reubens' I'D eecent From the
Gross or Michael Angeles Last Judg,
1 IL.
gleam OF the star OF bethlehem, we will
| want to see 1t when, under the full shining
OF the sun OF righteousness, the towers
| shall strike ~ at noon.
| There will be nothing In that coming cen.
tury OF the worlds perfection to hinder
our terrestrial visit. Our power and velo.
| city OF locomotion will have boen improved
Infinitely. 1t will not take us long 10 come
here, however far of in Gods universe
heaven may be. The Bible declares that
such visitation is going on now. "Arethey
not all ministering spirits sent forth to
minister to those who shall be heirs OF sal.
| vation?" Surely the gates OF heaven viii,
not be bolted after the world is Edenized
so as to hinder the redeemed from descend.
ing for tour OF inspection and congratu-
lation and triumph.
You know with what interest we look
upon ruins-ruins OF Kenilworth castle,
ruins OF Melrose abbey, ruins OF Eomv,
ruins OF Pompeli. SO this world in ruins Ia
an enchantment to look at, but we want to
see 1t when rebuilt, repillared, recovered,
realterod, rededlcated. The exact date OF
| the worlds moral restoration l cannot
foretell. 1t may be TINT through mighty
awakeninRs 1t will take place in the middle
| OF the nearby twentieth century. 1t may
be at the opening Of the twenty-flrst CEN
tury, but 1t would not be surprising il II
took more than 100 years to correct the
ravHges OF sin which have ragged for 600C
years. The chief missionary and evangel-
| istic enterprises were started in this cen
| lury, and be not dismayed IL 1t takes a
| coupleiof centuries to overcome evils that
| have had full swing for sixty centuries. /
take no responsibility In saying on what
| page or 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 us they please and have oil the
| facilities OF transit from world to world,
| you aud /, my hearer or reader, will come
| and look ut what my teXt calls "A new
earth wherein dwelleth righteousness"
imagine that we are descending at that
period OF the worlds complete gospeliza-
| tion. There will be no peril In such do
scent. Great heights and depths have no
| alarm for glor0ed spirits. We can come
down through chasms between worlds
without growing dizzy and across the
| spaces OF halt the uuiveIso without losing
our way. Down and farther down we come.
| As we approach this world we breathe the
perfume OF illimitable gardens. Foraiza-
| ton that in centuries past was here and
there walled in lest reckless and dishonest
| hands pluck or despoil it surges its billows
OF color across the fields and up the hill
sides, and that which was desert blossoms
rs the rose. All the foreheads OF crag
crowned with tiowers, the feet Of the noun
tnlns slippered with flowers oh, this per-
fume OF the continents this AROMA OF hemi-
| spheresl AS we approach nearer and nearer
but not one X oan OF distress, not one sob
| OF bereavement, not one clank of chain.
Alghted OH the redeemed earth, we are
first accosted BY the Spirit of the twenty.
ilrst century, who proNoses to guide and
show us all that we desire to see With out
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 IL group of abandoned
buildings. We ask this Spirit OF the TWEEN
ty-frst century, "What are those struc-
lures whose walls are falling down and
whose gates are rusted on the hinges?"
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
quilted the earth. People have all thoy
| want, and Why should they appropriate
the property of others even II they had the
desire? The narauders, the assassins, the
| buccaneers, the Herods, the Mana Sahibs
the ruflians, the bandits, are dead or
Transformed by the power of the Christian
| religion, are now upright and benelicent
| 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 ms have been most effectnal in saving
! lie or Improving life rather tlian those re-
nowned for destroying life we come upon
| another group of buildings that must have
been transformed from their original shape
aud adapted to other uses. "What is all
thisF' we ask our escort. He answers:
| 'Those were almshouses and hospitals,
put accuracy in making ard prudence in
| running machinery of all sorts have almost
abolished the list OF casualties, and sobriety
ana Industry have nearly abolished pau
perlsm, so that those buildings which once
were hospitals aud almshouses have been
turned Into beautiful homes for the less
prospered, aud II you will look In you will
see the poorest table has abundance, and
the smallest wardrobe luxury and the
harp, waiting to have It's strings thrummed.
leaning against the piano, waiting tor its
keys to be fingered.
Hospitals aad almshouses must have
been necessity once bus they would be
useless now. And you see all the swamps
have been drained, the sewerage OF tho
great towns has been perfected, and the
worlds climate Is so improved that there
are no pneumonias to come out OF the cold |,
or rhoumatsms out of tho dampness, OF
levers out OF theh heat. Consumptions ban
! ished, pneumonias banished, diphtherin
banished, ophthalmia banished neuralglas
| banished. As near rs cen tell from what
1 have read, our atmosphere OF this cent
ury Is a mingllng 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 tlo good here