Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-29
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1901.
revival spirit. The hook and line fishing
will not do it.
The Coming Great RevIvnI.

revival spirit. The hook and line fishing
will not do it.
The Coming Great Revival.
1t seems to me as If God is preparing
the world for some quick and universal
movement. \ celebrated electrician gave
me a telegraph chart of the world. On
that chart the wires crossing the CONT
naEts and the cables under the sea looked
ike veins red with blood. On that chart
see that the headquarters Of the light
nings are in Great Britain and the Unit
ell States. In London and New York the
lightnings are stabbed waiting to be har-
messed for some quick dispatch. That
shows you that the telegraph is in the
possession of Christianity.
1t is a significant fact that the man
who invented the Telegraph was an old
fashioned Christian. Professor Morse.
and that the man who put the telegraph
under the sea was an old fashioned
Christian, Cyrus W. Field and that the
president of the most famous of the tele-
graph companies of this country was an
old fashioned Christian, William Orion,
going from the communion table on earth
straight to his home in heaven. What
does all that mean?
do not suppose that the telegraph was
invented merely to let us know whether
-four is up or down or which horse won
the race at the Derby or which marks
man beat at the latest contest. sup
pose the telegraph was invented and built
to call the world to God.
In some Of the attributes Of the Lord
we seem to share ON small scale. For
instance, in his love and in his Kindness.
But until of late foreknowledgc, omais-
cience, omnipresence, omnipotence. seem
to have been exclusively Gods posses
sion. God, desiring TO make the race like
I himself, gives MS a species of foreknoyl-
edge in the weather probabilities. gives
us species of Omniscience in telegraphy,
gives us a species of OmniprCsence in the
telephone, gives us IL species of omnipo.
( tence in the steam power Discoveries
and inventions all around about us. PEG.
pie are asking what next?
/ VIII tell you what next. Next. a
| stupendous religious movement. Next,
the end of war. Next, the crash of
despotism. Next, the worlds expurga.
ton. Next the Christlike dominion
Next, the Judgment. What becomes OF
the world after that | care not. 1t will
| have suffered and achieved enough fol
one world. Lay it up in the drydocks OF
eternity. like an old man-of-war gone out
of service, or fit it up like a Constellation
to carry bread of relief to some Other
/ suffering planet or let il he demolished
/ Farewell. dear old world. that began
4 with paradise and ended with judgment
! cOniagration.
! Last summer / stood on the Isle OF
/ Wight, and | had pointed ont TO me tho
| place whore the Eurydicp sank with POI
! or 800 young men who were in trainins
/ for the British navy. YOu remember
when that training ship went down Their,
was thrill of horror all over the world
/ Since then there was another trainin.
| ship missing, the Atalanta, gone dow1
| with all on board. BY order of her mai
/ esty's government vessels went cruisin,
up and down the Atlantic trying to fine
I that lost training ship in which Their,
were so many young men preparing fo
the British navy. Alas, for the los
/ Atalanta! Oh, my friends, this world il
only training ship! On it we are train
ing for heaven. The old ship sails III
and down the ocean of immensely, nov
through the dark waves Of midnight, nov
through the golden crested wave of tn
morn. but sails on and sails on. Afte
awhile her work will be done, and tn
inhabitants of heaven will look out an,
find world missing. The cry will be
Where is that earth where Christ die,
/ and the human race was emancipated
Send out fleets of angels TO find the miss
ing craft" Let them sail up and down
cruise up and down the ocean Of eternitv