The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-06-09

ter Conditioas-Thc Qualities OF the
Seer and Religious Teacher.
BRooKLYN. June 4. Rev Dr. New.
ell Dwight Hills prcachd on The
New Times and Poets and ESsayists az
Prophets of a New Era " The follow
ing was his text. "In the last days
saith God. will pour out Cf ny spirit
ON ull flesh; your young men shall see
visions, your old men shall dream
dreams. and my handmaidens shall
prophcsy' (Acts ii, ~.
Therefore Great Pan is not dead
Therefore morals are not stationary, in
spiration is not ancient history and the
Bible is not closed Men have been tell
ing us that God once pitched his tents
close beside the tents Of Abraham ana
Moses. In those faroit days he made
friends with each sage and seer But it
is said centuries have passed since the
divine form withdrew from the earthly
scene. And, 10. comes this divine over
turel Gods wine is freshly poured
Each is to bo newborn bard In.
spiration is to speak in each voice, as
spring bubbles in each lark ; throat
Before the dulest eyes the vision splcn-
did dawns. Each day is to bc dclugcd
with divinity. Riffs are made in the
clouds. signals are hung over the bat.
Elements voices from the sky come and
keep coming Each man is challenged
to mako ready for divine invasion
And God is LCt Of old, but is as new as
last bud or babe The divine dew is rC.
burned off the grass, the divine li-h.
has net faded frum the Sky, the rustic
of divine garments is still i'll the ear.
What God was he is What he did he
does. What he said he says 1t is little
that of old he helped Moses if he no
longer helps men. The str"ngth Of our
vineyards is not that once the sun
warmed the Nalentiun hills. The cln:.
ters riEcn because the all matug.n:E sun
comes today and keeps coming 1t i
much that God spake to man centuries
ago. but it is more that, while he still
speaks. the poets and patriots muse ana
the sacred fires burn To our genera
tion he comes pouring ont his heart III
tidal waves. making each nian = sage
each youth II seer, each hHndmai"cn Il
prophet of better days and higher things
New Erns Brine New Inspiration.
Today everybody is saying God is
ancient history Gone forever thc sage
of poetry and romance and hcroism. NJ"
more Dantes! No more ShaliCsp"args'
Genius has forsakcn the temple. ilul.
low eyed, she haunts the market place
Science is cold and dead Ours j. III"
age of humdrum and realism At homo
ex-President White tolls Us GiEogs,n
and Lowell ana LongfcllcW are gone
and have left no successors Abroad
Frederick Harrison m5"rIa for Brown.
ing. whose torch, falling. iliCicvcd uEt
Tennyson. rising in Il heavenly chariot
out of the temple Of song, forgot To ca.t
his mantle upon sonc waiting Elisha,
but carried the divine garment into the
realm beyond the clouds. In music
Wagner is dead. dust l. thick upon his
harp, and the new music does bat Tv-
echo the old melody. IN fiction iuwyl!F
is sure that the rosy tints OF idca!i>.n
have faded out, leaving only the clt
gray Morn. 1T only remains i'r u. W.
says the art critic, Ito copy the nyHIlhs
and the madonnas of old. "Thc age
of Horace Greeley and the moiding Of
communities has gone, echoes the
Journalist ..Lct rs be content 10 ia
port the facts of life"
No more eloqucncc in statcsmauaiip,
for the Websters and Clay and Lin
coins have passed away. No more ora