The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-12-08

men as were In Jour congr1
parliamcnts aud reichstags POI
| as exceptions OF statesmansl
patriotism and public spirited
eloquence and moral power woo
be pointed out now, for all our
men are thus characterized. I'D
has been swept, garnished, glori
ennobled, until nothing more Is I'd
| desired. Walk through all alderma
councils and sheriffalities and gulN
material rooms and presidential man
sions and find the truth OF what /. the
spirit OF the twenty-first s~ntury, tell
YOU, who were of the nineteenth CEN
tury and now come down on terrestrial
visitation"
But we cannot stay long here. for
| il is almost time for us TO retrace our
wny heavenward. This voluntary exile
must soon end. And. passing out. we
| go through a national museum, where
we are shown among the curiosities an
enfield rifle, u howitzer, n hotchki~
| shell, an mbulance-curiosities of that
age. but, alas! no curiosity to us of the
nineteenth century, for some OF our
| own kindred went down under their
| stroke or were carried of the field by
| those wheels.
But" | say TO our escort, the spirit
OF the twenty first century, and you and
| say TO each other, I'VE must go home
now, back again TO Heaven. We have
staid long enough on this terrestrial
visitation to see that all the best things
foretold in the Scriptures and which
we read during our earthly residence
have come TO pass. and all the Davidic,
Solomonic and Paulinian and johann
mean prophecies have been fulfilled, am
that the earth. instead of being ghas
" failure. is the mightiest success In
the universe. 4 star redeemed. A
planet rescued! A world savedl IL
started with a garden, and ii Is going to
close with garden. What a happiness
that we could have seen this old world
after il was righted ard before Il
burned, for its INTERVAL fires have near
~ burned out to the crust, according
TO the geologist, making II easy for the
theologian 10 believe in the conGagra-
ton that the Bible predicts. One ele-
mcnt taken from the water and that
will burn, and another element taken
from the air and that will burn. and
surrounding planets will watch this old
ship OF world on fire and wonder fall
its passengers got safely off. Before
that planetary catastrophe, hie us back
TO Heaven. Farewell. spirit OF the
twenty first century! Thanks for your
guidance, We can stay no longer
away from doxologies that never end,
in temples never closed. In day that
has no shutdown. We must report 20 the
immortals around the throne the
transformation we have seen, the vic
tories Of truth or land and sea, the
hcmispheres irTadiated, and Chridn>r
the throne of earth, as IL.
throne of Heaven"
And now you and l hax(
cort n we ascend, for Il
itatior has no power q
ina spjrits, d+natl)
splendors, which CO.
by mortal tongue, We
higher, till we reach
as il opens for our rcSo(
questions greet us from
What is the news? What did ~ u in)
in that earthly tower? What nave vol
to report in this city OF the sua?''
Prophetic, apostolic, sanity inquiry.
And. standing on the steps OF the
house of many mansions, we cry aloud
the news: Hear il, all We glorifed
Christian workers of all the past cen
turtles! We found your work was sue
cessful, whether on earth you toiled
with knitting needle, or rung a trowel
on rising wall, or smote a shoe last.
or endowed a university, or swayed a
scepter; whether on earth you gave
cup of cold water in the name OF a
disciple, or at some Pentecost preached
5000 souls into the kingdom.
"In that world we have just visited
the deserts are all abloom. and the will
dernesses are bright with fountains.
Sin is eXtirpated. Crime Is reformed.
Disease is cured. The race is enamel
pated. The earth is full of the knowl-
edge OF God as the waters cover the
sea- The redeemed of the Lord have
come to Zion with songs and everlast-
ing JOY upon their heads. The Lord
God omnipotent reigneth, and the
kingdoms of the world have become
the kingdoms of our Lord Jesus
Christ Let the harPers of Heaven
strike the glad tidings from the strings
of their harps, and the trumpeters
put them in the mouth OF their trum-
pets. and the orchestra roll them into
the grand march Of the cternities. and
all the cathedral towers Of the great
capital of the universe chime them all
over Heaven"
And now | look up and see the cast
ing down at the bejeweled and radiant
crowns at the sacred feet of the en-
throned Jesus. Missionary Carey is
casting down before those feet the
crown Of India saved Missionary JUDD
son is casting down the crown of Bur
ma saved. Missionary Abeel casting
down the crown of China saved. David
Livingston casting down at those feet
the crown of Africa saved. Mission
| D., 4 .