The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-14
TOpic: ..ImperiaIlsm Of Christianitr.

Topic: Imperialism of Christianity
Daniel, ii:44, IS.
a. And in the days of these kings shat
the God Of heaven set up a kingdom
which shall never be destroyed: and the
kingdom shall not be left to other people
but it shall break in pieces and consume
all these kingdoms, and it shall stand
forever.
10 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the
stone was cut out of the mountain with
out hands, and that 1t break in pieces
the iron, the brass the clay. the silver,
and the gold: the great God hath made
known TO the king what shall come 10
pass hereafter; and the dream is certain.
and the Interpretation thereof sure.
The Hymns.
Gospel Hymns No. 6-12, Sc, 81, 112, IS5,
154. 212, 22S
c E. Hymns-s7 81. 60 81, leo, 10,
1ss, I47.
Parallel Passages
Psalms, xxii.27, Is; Psalms. Ixxii:s, Il;
Psalms, cvI:11, 10; Isaiah, xxiv.23, Isaiah
Hx:19; Isaiah. lx:19, %; Daniel, vii:27;
Habakkuk, i:14; John, xI:32; Revela-
tons, xii-10.
Analysis Of the Topic.
Northumberland. the King, had q dream,
Rnd-perhaPs because he was an idol wor-
shipper, as many of US are today-his
dream took the form OF a beautiful image,
which yet was terrible. The head was of
sold Did the fneness Of its surface FL
the King with a mysterious exuIta-
tion, because Of its relation to him
self dimly felt? Perhaps he did not no
tice mach the silver, the brass. the iron,
CT the body and legs, with the mingled
iron and cla- Of the feet. as ne gazed on
the head OF sold. But the picture was
mora great stone cut from the solid
rock. No hands in sight, no sound Of ham
meT. and hurled upon the feet by an IN
seen force-notice that it is the founda-
ton that NEST Of our idols rest upon that
breaks frst-and broke them in pieces so
that the idol itself tottered and fell
breaking from one degree of strength and
6neness Of metal to another, till even the
precious gold became like the chaf Of
the summer threshing floor" and be
hold; the stone had become a mountain
and filed the whole earth
The terrible. beautiful mystery broke
over the soul Of Observation-Disclosures ike a
great wave Of the sea Overwhelming him
in a tuEuIt OF question. And then, be-
cause God would teach him that this was
no fantasy Of the Kings or Daniels i'm
RginatiCn, He took from him the remern-
brance OF the vision. but not the distress
of spirit
The troubled soul Of the King began to
cry alOId for knowledge, and 10 do all
sorts Of reasonable and unreasonable
things 10 get at tie remembrance OF his |
dream, and because the King set his |
whole soul TO ind what God meant, the |
vision was sent back TO him through the |
prophet Daniel. with the explanation |
made clear beyond a doubt, and the sigma !
ture OF the Most High affixed IN these |
words; The great God hath made known !
to the King what shall come to pass here |
after
The image again The King knew az !
once that what he was about to hear was
true. Yes, had he not felt that the gold. |
the fine gold, of the head was connected /
with him? The head was his precious
kingdom, and Of it. 70 doubt, had Nebu-
chadnezzar made an idol But now with
e sudden realization, came the knowledge /
that his idol was not TO last forever, even
though of the finest of the most precious
metal It was to pass away, and another,
less valuable, but stronger, take its place
And it begins to dawn upon Nebushad-
nezzar, Just at it viii dawn upon US some
Gay. that he is giving away his love. his
hope, his powers, his all, to something
that will rot last. And, as a result,
Nebuchadaezzar falls proctrate before the
God Of gods, acknowledging Him as "a
Lord OF Kings"
Soul of mine. hast thou an idol in thine
heart that viii pass away?
Is it but gold that perisheth? Is it the
glory of thy country thou worshipest?
This truly IS a great and blessed country
Il seems to some as if II were intended
to overcome and rule the world. Its free
dom and its richness are unparalleled.
But, as surely as Jesus Christ by miracle