Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-12-21
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.

Subject: The World as 1t Will Be-Im-
| prOvement in Human Conditions After
the Earth Has Been Revolutionized
For Good-The Coming Century.
Copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1891
| WASHINGTON, d. C.-By 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.,, 13.
! "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
and the work to be accomplished. VIII it
not be tonic and an inspiration to look
at the world as 1t will be when 1t has been
brought back to paradisaical condition.
So let US for few moments transpor. 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 1t 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 rlghted. We will want
to come bnck, and we will come back to
look upon the refulgent consummation to-
ward which we have been on larger or
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
ms the painter drew its first outlines upon
canvas, we will want to see 1t when 1t is as
complete as Reubens' I'D escent From the
Cross or Michael Angeles "Last Judg-
Inent." 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 towers
shall strike IL 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 been improved
infinitely. 1t will not take US long to come
heaven may be. The Bible declares that
such visitation is going on now. Are they
not all minister1Dg 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 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 Roms,
ruins Of Pompeii So this world in ruins is
an enchantment to look at, but we want to
see 1t when rebuilt, repillared, recovered
realtered, rededicated. The exact date OF
the worlds moral restoration I cannot
foretell. 1t may be that through mighty
awakerings 1t will take place in the middle
of the nearby twentieth century. It may
be at the opening OF the twenty-first CEN
tury, but it would not be surprising II 1t
took more than 100 years to correct the
ravages of ain which have ragged for 6000
years. The chief missionary and evangel-
| istic enterprises were started In this GEN.
| tury, and be not dismayed IL it takes O
couple OF centuries to overcome evils that
have had full swing for sixty centuries.
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
you and I, my hearer or reader, will como
and look at what my text calls "a new
earth wherein dwelleth Righteousness
imagine that we are descending ct that
period OF the worlds complete gospeliza-
ton. There will be no peril in such a de-
scent. 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. Fioraliza-
tion that in centuries past was here and
there walled in lest reckless and dishonest
hands pluck or despoil 1t surges its biilows
OF color across the fields and up the hill
SlueS, ana THAT winch was u6S6Et blossoms
as the rose. All the foreheads of crag
crowned with flowers, the feet of the noun
tains slippered with fiowersl 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 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
time when we lived In 1t. First OF all, He
points out to US group Of abandoned
buildings. We ask this Spirit of the twen-
ty-1rst century, "What are those struc-
lures whose walls are falling down and
whose gates are rusted on the hingesf"
penitentiartes 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
desire2 The marauders, the assassins, the
buccaneers, the Herods, the Mana Sahibs,
the ruffians. the bandits. are dead OR,
transformed by the power Of the Christian
religion. are now upright and beneflcent
and useful.
After passing on amid columns and
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 effectual 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 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 tor its
keys to be fingered.
Hospitals and almshouses must have
been necessity once, but they would be
useless now. And you see all the swamps
have been drained, the sewerage OF the
| grant tnwna has been rarfactan and the