The Penn's Grove record., 1899-12-08
!, n. j., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1899.

Huoh On IAofiVuo ScbtuRloS tnSNcl p4pClfI
onced."
/ ask ngain OF the Interpreter, "Has
death been bhnished from the world?'
The answer is, J"No, but people die now
only when the physical machinery Is worn
out, and they realize 1t is lime to go and
that they are certainly md without doubt
going into a world where they will be in
tinlteiy better off md lire 10 live In a man.
sion that awaits their immediate oc.
cupahcy." But how was all this effected?"
l ask our escort. Answer by food oil
gospel power. You who lived In the nine
teenth century never saw u revival OF relt.
Rion TO be compared with what occurred
In the latter part of the twentieth and the
early part OF the twenty-frst century.
The prophecy has been fulfilled that "a
nation shall be born in a ~day'-that is, ten
OF twenty or forty million people converted
in twenty-four hours. In our church his
tory we read OF the great awakening OF
1857, when five hundred thousand souls
were saved. But that was only Il drop Of
the coming showers that since then took
Into the kingdom OF God everything be-
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific, be-
tween the Pyrenees and the H~imalayas.'
The evils that good people were in the
nineteenth century trying to destroy have
been overcome by celestial forces. What
human weaponry failed to accomplish has
been done by omnipotent thunderbolts.
As you and ! see In this terrestrial visit
alton OF the coming centuries that the
church has under God accomplished SO
much, we ask our escort, the spirit OF the
twenty-irst century, to show us the differ
ent Kinds of churches. SO we are taken in
and out OF the churches OF different denom-
nations, and we flnd that they are Just as
different in the twenty-flrst century as they
were different In the nineteenth when we
worshiped in them. There is unity In them
as to the great essentials OF salvation. But
wa entar fine nnntiat Ghu rah md ~ ID ha n.
tlsmal day, and we see the candidates for
membership immersed. And we 20 into a
Presbyterian Church and see a group of
parents around the baptlsmal font holding
up their children for the christening. And
we enter the Episcopal Church and hear
the solemn roll of her liturgies, and her
ministers are gowned and surplicej. And
we enter the Lutheran Church, and we
henr In the sermon preached the doctrines
OF the greatest OF German reformers. And
we 60 into the Methodist Church just In
time to sit down at a love feast and give
audible amen" when the service stirs us.
At least fifty kinds OF churches In the
twenty-frst century, ms there were $50 dii-
ferent kinds Of churches in the nineteenth
century.
80 spirit OF the ~twenty-lrst century, will
you not show US something OF the CONNER
cial life OF your timer" He answers, $40
morrow l will show you ALL" And on the
| ulOLlOM IC uo thlOuku In klCat
marts Of trade and shows US the bargain
makers and the shelves on which the goods
lay and the tierces and hogsheads In which
they are contained. ! notice that the
fabrics are Of better quality than anything
| ever saw In our nineteenth century, for
| the factories are more s~killful, and the
| wheels that turn and the looms that clack
and the engines hat rumble nre driven by
force that we're not a century ago discov-
cred.
The prices OF the fabrics indicate a rea-
sonable profit, and the firm In the count
Ing room and the clerks at the counter
and the draymen at the doorway and the
GRAND boy on bis rounds and the mes
senger who brings the mail and the men
who open the store In the morning as
| we'll as those who close 1t at night all
look as IL they were satisfied and well
treated. No swallowing up OF small
houses oil merchandise by great houses,
no ruinous undersoiling until those In
the same line are bankrupt and then
the prices lifted, no unnecessary assign
ment to. defraud creditors, no over
drawing OF accounts, no ~abscondings, no
sharp practice, no snap Judgments, bur
tho manufacturer right In his dealings
| with the wholesaler, and the wholesaler
with the retailer, and the retailer with
the customer. No purchasing OF goods that
will never be paid for. All right bchind
the counter; all right before the counter.
No repetition Of what solomon describes
when he writes, ut Is naught, 1t is nnught,
saith tue buyer. but when he Is gone his
way then he boasteth." 30 spirit Of the
twanty-Hrst century, how glad l am that
you showed us these stores and factories
| and places Of bargain and salel 1t was not
always SO In the nineteenth century, when
We were earthly residents. Many ofthose
merchants who are good at ciphering out
other rules In arithmetic never could cipher
/ ouf that ann In fha ruIa of Ines and pain
What shall 1t profit a man II he gain the
| whole world and lost his soulf"
"But," / say to our escort, the Spirit OF
the twenty-Hrst century, and YOU and l
say to each other, 1--WE 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
ali the Davltic, ~Solomonlc and Paulinian
and Johannean prophecies have been ful-
filled, and thai the earth, instead OF be-
ing a CHASTITY failure, is the mightiet sue
cess In the universe. A star redeemed. A
planet rescued A world saved! 1t started
with a garden, and 1t is going to close
With a garden. What a happiness that we
suld havs seen this oil world after 1t was
4 GIFTED and before 1t urned, for its in
crust, according to the geologist, max
ing it ensy for the theologian to be-
lieve In the co~niagration that the
Bible predicts, One element taken
from the water and that will burn,
and another element taken from the air
and that will burn, and surrounding PLAN
cts Will watch this old ship OF a world on
fire and wonder II all It's passengers got
safely of. Before that planetary cHtas-
trophe, HE us back to heaven. Farewell,
spirit OF the twenty-1rst century! Thanks
for your %guidancei We can stay no longer
49,. ----W AIAa AxrA nAI In
temples never closed, in a day that has no
sundown. We must report to the immor-
falls around the throne the transformu-
| lions we have seen, the victories OF, truth
on land and sea, the h~emispheres trradi-
ated, and Christ on the throne OF earth, as
He 10 on the throne Of heaven
And now you and l have left our escort
rs we ascend, for the law Of gravftation has
no power to detain ascending spirits. Up
through immenslties and by stellar and
lunar and solar ~splendors, which cannot be
described by mortal tongue. we rise higher
and higher. till we reach the shining gate
as It opens for our return, and the ques-
tions greet us from all sides: "What Is tho
news9 What did you find in that earthly
tower? What have you to report in this
city Of the SUM" Prophetic, apostolic,
sa~intlyinquiry And, standing on the steps
OF the house OF many mansions, w cry
aloud the news: "Hear 1t. all ye gloriled
Christian workers OF all the past centuriesl
We found your work was SUCCESSFUL,
whether on earth you toiied with knitting
needle, or rung n trowel on a rising wall,
or smote a shoe last. or endowed a uniyer-
sity, or swayed a scepter; whether on earth
you gave a cup OF cold water in tho 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 abioom, and the wildernesses
are bright with fountains. Sin is extir-
pnted. Crime is reformed. Disease is
cured. The race is emapcipated. The
earth Is full OF the knowledge OF God, us
the WATERS cover the sea- The redeemed
OF the Lord ave some to Zion with songs
and everlasting Joy upon their heads.'
The Lord God 0%mnipotcnt reignetb, 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 mouths OF
their trumpets, and tho crchestrRs roll
them into the grand march OF tho eterni-
ties, and NIL the cathedral towers OF the
great capital Of the universe chime them
all over heaven
Il sand now l look up and see the casting
down OF the bejeweled and radiant crowns
ut the sacred feet of the enthroned Jesus.
Missionary Carey IL casting down before
those ieet the crown OF India saved. Mis-
sionary Judson is casting down the crown
| Of Burma snved. Missionary Abeel cnsting