The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

Beach backward 100 yards from where
they once stood a type Of what Is 60
ing on al around the W0lss and on
every coast The Dead sea rolls today
where ancient cities stood Pillars OF
temples that stood on hills biologists
now find three-quartefs under the
water or altogether submerged. The
sea. having wrecked so many mer-
chantmen and hotillas. wants to wreck
the continents. and hence disasters
oceanic Alas for Galveston and other
cities almost drownedl
But now I turn the leaf ia my sub
iect. and ! plant the white lilies and
the palm tree amid the night shades
and the myrtle. This age no more
characterized by wonders OF disaster
than BY wonders OF blessing blessing
OF longevity; the average Of human life
rapidly Increasing The average Of hu-
man life practically greater now than
when Noah lived. with his $50 years.
and Methusaleh lived his 500 years.
Blessings Of intelligence! II the phil
osophers Of a hundred years ago were
called up TO recite in a class with our
boys and girls. those old philosophers
would be sent down to the foot Of the
class because they failed 70 answer the
questions Free libraries in all the
important towns and circles Of the
land Historical alcoves and poetical
shelves and magazine tables for all
who desire to walk through them or
sit down at them.
Blessings Of quick information.
Newspapers falling all around us thick
as leaves in a September equinoctlal
We see the whole world twice a day
through the newspaper at the break
fast table and through the newspaper
at the tea table.
Blessings Of gospel proclamation
While inhdelity is dwlndling the
wheel Of Christianity is makins about
a thousand revolutions in a minute A
few years ago IN six weeks more than
100000 copies Of the New Testament
purchased-not given away. but pur-
chased-because the world viii have It.
The most popular book today is the
Bible. and the mightieat institution is
the church. and the greatest name
among the nations and more honored
than any is the name Of Jesus.
Wonders Of self-sacrihce! All for
Christi Where is there any other be-
ing that viii rally such enthusiasm?
Millions Of good men and women, but
more women than men. to whom
Christ is everything. Christ first and
Christ last and Christ forever.
Why, this age Is not 80 characterized
by invention and scientific exploration
as it is by gospel proclamation. You
can get no idea Of Il Unless you can
ring all the church bells in one chime
and sound eli the organs in one diapa-
son and gather all the congregations Of !
In one Gloria In Excel /
sis. Mighty camp meeungs Mighty
Ocean Groyesl Mighty chautauquasl
Mighty conventions Of Christian work
ersl Mighty general assemblies Of the
church, Mighty confer
ences Of the Methodist church, Mighty |
associations OF the Baptist church,
Mighty conventions of the Epis-
copal church, There may be many
years Of hard work yet before the con
but the signs are to me SO
that | would not be unbe-
Iievlng II / saw the wing Of the apoca-
Iyptic angel spread for its last tri-
lmphal flight in this days sunset or If
tomorrow morning the ocean cables
should thrill us with the news that
Christ the Lord had alighted on Mount
Olivet to proclaim universal dominion.
All dead churches wake upl Throw
back the shutters OF stiff ecclesiasu-
'ism and let the light Of the spring
come in Morning for the
andl Morning for the sea- Morning
of light and love and peace Morning
of day in which there shall be no
chains to break. no sorrows to as
suage. no despotism to shatter, no
woes to compassionate.
These things I say because l want
you to be alert. want you to be
watching all these wonders unrolling
rom the heavens and the earth God
las classified them. whether ealamitous
lr pleasing The divine purposes are
larnessed in traces that cannot break
md in girths that cannot slip and in
buckles that cannot loosen and are
lriven by reins they must answer.
So 1 rejoice day by day. Work for
III to do and we may turn the crank
II the Christian machinery this way or
hat, for we are free agents. But there
s the tracks laid SO long ago no one
it--laid by the hand Of the
Almighty God in sockets that no ter
'estrial or satanic pressure can ever
fleet And along the track the car Of
he worlds redemption viii roll and
oil to the Grand Central depot Of the
I have no anxiety about
he track am only afraid that for
'ur Incidence and unfaithfulness God
viii discharge as and get some other
toker and some other engineer. The
rain Is going through with US or with
.ut us. So. my brethren. watch all the
vents that are going by. If things
eem to turn out right. give wings to
our Joy II things seem to turn out
grong. throw out the anchor Of faith
nd hold fast