Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-30

Of the deafened ear and dim vision
and the severe backache, you who
have not been free from pain for ten
years, how do you like this story Of
physical construction, with all weak
ness and suffering subtracted and
everything jocund and bounding
added?
Do not have anything to do with the
gloom that Harriet Martineau ex-
pressed in her dying words: 81 have
no reason to believe in another world.
1 have had enough of life in one and
can see no good reason why Harriet
Martineau should be perpetuated."
Would you not rather have the Christ
ian enthusiasm of Robert Amman, who,
when some one said, st will be sat
isfied If 1 manage somehow to get into
heaven" replied. pointing to a sunken
vessel that was being dragged up the
river Tay: Would you like to be
pulled into heaven with two tugs like
that vessel yonder? I tell you would
like to go in with all my sails set and
cOlors flying"
Gods Instruments.
Those pessimists do not realize that
two inventions of our times are going
to make 1t possible under God to bring
this whole world into salvable and
millennial condition within q few
weeks after those two inventions shall
be turned into the service Of God and
Righteousness, as they will be. refer
to the telegraph and the telephone. II
you think that God allowed those two
inventions to be made merely to get
rapid information concerning the price
of railroad stocks or to call up a friend
and make with him a business engage
ment, you have a very abbreviated
idea of what can be done and will be
done with those two instruments. The
intelligence of the world is to be ex-
panded, and civilization will overcome
barbarism, and illiteracy will be extir-
pated, and the promise will be literally
fulfilled. "a nation born in a day"
Let Hope say to the foreboding: Do
all you can with Bible and spelling
book and philosophic apparatus. but
toll with the sunlight in your faces or
your efforts will be failure. The pal
]or in the sky is not another phase of
the night, but the first sign of ap-
preaching day, which is as sure to
come as tonight will be followed by
ruin. The Lords hosts are not going
to be drowned in the Red Sea of trou-
ble Miriam's timbrel will play on the
high banks Israel Delivered" High
hope for the home, High hope for
the church! High hope for the world.
Angel of Hope Is Near.
Open that closed instrument Of
music in your parlor that has not been
played on since the hand of the de-
parted player forgot its cunning Put
up before you on the music board the
notes of the hymn of Isaac Watts and
sing There is Land CT Pure Delight"
or James Montgomery's hymn. Who
Are These in Bright Array?" or Fill
more Benefits Sweet Bye and Bye"
or Jerusalem the Golden" Take
some tune in the major key-"ArieI'
or Mount Pisgah." While you play
and sing the angel of Hope will stand
by you and turn the leaves and join
in the rapturous rendering. Reunion
with the loved and lost! Everlasting
reunion! No farewell at the door of
any mansion! No goodby at any of the
twelve gates! No more dark apparel
of mourning, but white robe of exalta-
tioni Hope now is on Its knees, with
face uplifted, but Hope there will be
on tiptoe or beckoning you to follow.
saying: Come and hear the choirs
sing, Come and see the procession
marchi Come and see the river of life
roll. Come with me over the hills
that rise into everlasting heights"
Celestial Alps and Himalayas hoistsd
into other Alps and Hima1ayas!
From this hour cultivate hope. Do
so by reading all the Scriptural prom
ises of the worlds coming Edenization
and doubt If you dare the veracity OF
the Almighty when he says he will
make the desert roseate, and the leo
pard and the kid will lie down in the
same pasture field, and the lion. ceas-
ing to be carnivorous. will become
graminivorous, eating straw like an
OK" and reptilian venom shall change
into harmlessness. SO that the "wean-
ed child shall put his hand on the
cockatrice's den. and there shall be
nothing to hurt or destroy In all Gods
holy mountain, for the earth shall be
full of the knowledge OF the Lord. ~
the waters cover the sea-" So much
for the world at large
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