The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-02-03
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE DIvINH1
SUNDAY DIsCoU1sE.

Subject: The World as IL VIII Bc-Im-
rrovement in Human Conditions After
the Earth Has Been Revolutionized
For Good-The Coming Century.
Copyright, Louis Klopsch. 1891
WASHINGTON, D. C.-By n novel mode DR..
Talmage in this discourse shows how the
world will look after 1t has been revoiu-
tionized for good; text, III Peter ILL.,, ID.
"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. Will 1t
not be q tonic aud an inspiration to look
at the world as 1t will be when 1t has been
brought back to paradisalcal condition?
So let US for a few nom ents transport 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 II In those times We are permit
ted to revisit this planet, as am sure we
will. We all want to see the world after 1t
has been thoroughly gospellzed and oil
wrongs have been righted. We Will want
to come back, and we will come back to
look upon the refuigent consummatfon to-
ward which we have been on larger or
smaller scale toiling. Having heard the
OpeuiuH Vi tu6 OEcQtSlfh Ou HlO5c StItuSS
some discords Travelled, we will want to
hear the last triumphant bar of the per.
fected oratorio. Having seen the picture
as the painter drew its first outlines upon
canvas, we Will want to see II whom 1t Is as
complete as Reubens I'D escent From the
Gross" or Michael Angeles Last Judg-
ment." Having seen the world under the
CLEAN OF tho star OF Bethlehem, we will
want to see 1t when. under the full shining
NJ fha eup of rfnhtanusnpgs fha fnwpra
shall strike IL at noon.
There will be nothing Ia that coming GEN.
fury OF the worlds perfection to hinder
our terrestrial visit. Our power and veio
city OF locomotion will have been improved
infinitely. 1t will not take US long 10 come
here, however far of In Gods universe
heaven may be. Tue Bible declares that
such visitation is going on now. care they
not ell ministerlng spirits sent forth to
minister to those who shall be heirs Of sal.
vation2" Surely the gates OF heaven will
not be bolted after the world is Edenized
go RS to hinder the redeemed from descend
ing for tour OF inspection and coDgratu-
latfon and triumph.
You know with what interest we look
upon ruins-ruins Of Kenilworth castle,
ruins OF Melrose abbey, ruins OF Rome,
ruins OF Pompeii. So this world In ruins Is
en- enchantment to look at, but We want to
sec 1t when rebuilt, repillared, recovered,
realtered, rededlcated. The exact date OF
the worlds moral restoration / cannot
foreteil. It may be that through mighty
awakenings 1t will take place In the middle
OF the nearby twentieth century. 1t may
be at the opening OF the twenty-frst cen.
fury, but II would not be surprising IL 1t
took more than 100 years to correct the
ravuges OF ain which have ragged for COCO
years. The chief missionary and eyangel-
istie enterprises were started In this GEN.
fury, and be not dismayed II It takes a
couple OF centuries to overcome evils that
have had full swing for sixty centuries. l
take no responsibility In saying Oh what
page OF tue earthly calendar 1t will roll n,
but Gods eternal veracity Is sworn to it
that it will roll In, and as the redeemed In
heaven do as they please and have all the
facilities OF transit from world to world,
you and l, my hearer or reader, will come
and look at what my text calls "a new
earth wherein dwelleth righteousness"
Imagine that we are descending at 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 Tor glori1ed 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 iiiimitable gardens. Fioralfza-
ton that In centuries past was here and
there walled in lest reckless and dishonest
hands pluck or despoil 1t surges its pillows
OF color across the fields and up the hill
sides, and that which was desert blossoms
as the rose. All the foreheads OF crag
crowned with flowers, the feet OF the noun
tafns slippered with ffowersi Oh, this per-
fume OF the continents, this aroma of hemi-
spheresl 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 cfank 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
the world ~ so much changed from the
time when we lived in 1t. First OF all, He
points out to US u group Of abandoned
ty.frst century, "What are those struc.
lures whose walls are falling down and
whose gates are rusted on the hingesf"
Our escort tells us: "Those were once
peDitentiaries filed 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
buccaneers, the Herods, the Mana Sahfbs,
the ruffians, the bandits, are dead or,
transformed by the power OF the Christian
religion, are now upright and benefcent
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
exqulsitely sculptured those In honor of
such as have been most effe ctuai 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 IL all
thfsf" 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 fits
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
great towns has been perfected, and the
worlds climate Is so improved that there
are no pneumonfas to come out Of the cold,
or rheumatisms out OF the dampness, or
fevers out OF the heat. Consumptions ban
ished, pneumonias banished, diphtheria
banished ophthalmia bantshed non raj gin