World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1905-02-09

promise H. "a noI daS NOS.
battle which hss decided II, u j,
the lifetime u man; Nj! II ia Il
war. a l,ng combat VI three hnn
drcd yeAfs. cnmmsneed ~ the
Apostles and eon,ioacd by their
Successors, and ny saccadipg saC.
siations of Ctrs,ihnt. IL ih,s
Goneic; w the x,tgs cod vi the
: forces OF The enr,a ~Ar~ array Ell
az one side. Upnc ,re other I ace
no Mmy, but q myatsrious energy;
Individuals scattered here and
there. - al, parts Of the globe,
having no oth.r rnllying sign thno
y common faith IN tho mysteries Of
the oros' Whit a mysterious
\ symbol, tho instrument 81 re pun
| ishment of the Mhn-God - His
disciples were armed WITH il The
i Christ, they said. God has d,cd
/ fnr the ia yulon VI men What u
strife, what Tempest these simple
words have raised nro, nj The hnmhla
standard Of the punishment Of the
/ Man God On the one side We SEQ
rase and all the furies of hatred and
violence On the other lherc Is gen,le-
ntss. moral courage, nfuiio sisna,inn.
I For tirer hiniired Years apirIi Struggled.
against tue brn'nitv Il senSe. conscience
! ngninsl despo'ism. The soIl a,slpt Tie
bnoI virtue againsl vt tie vGr>. The
hlaod ~ Clris'lan- ilow.d IL torrents
They fra kissing The haad TINT ! W
them, The soJll flore proiesird. while
the hodv surrtcderod i.lf 10 ~ lnr.
lures. Every where tih"i-'isul fell. md
rgeywtc lu.v iii IMPLIED. You speak
~ CWsAt ot Arta drl; f their cor.
qnrsls and Of ihe MI usssm which
| they erkiudIrd il' 'hr i.rnr,. ~ their
soldiers. But rnn ,pu con2iv ,n(a dusl
msn making cunqi".t-. win ~ Arny
faithtnl and entirely aovnted ~ vi, mem.
oiv Nv arm IS have forgotten me
even while living. The C,rhsgiuisn
army forgot Hannibal Snch il our
power u single bottle ciushes ~. and
adycrsity sestier' our friend tan ou
conceive Of G cesar 4 the O O ,,sl cnper'
" of the Roman sen e., and frnni the
Nerlhs II TO nin~olrum gov,rn-iI Q
empire watching over tie dcstirivs o
Rome? Such is the history " the ~.
valinn and G" quest II tho world by
Crisiisni'.
Such is Tho power OF the God Of
tho Christians. And such is the
I perpetual minclo o, the progre IS
/ OF the faith and Of the govern.
nent OF bis church Nations pas
awny; ,hrones crunblc; TN, the
church remains. Whist is then the
power which has Irotco,ed his
church. thus sssaiied by the !ariocs
pillows OF rage and the hostilltles
! of ages. Whose IL the arm which
TOE eighteen bundled years has
protected the church frolr 80 Many
storms which have threatened 10
onEnli iiy Alexander, Caesar
/, Chariemsgne md myself toGnded
empires. Rut apon wha, liH ne
rest the creations Of Que geuiass
] Upon force. Jesus Christ alone
founded his empire upon iove, and
1T this hour millions o. men would
die for him in every other exis.
tenco bat that of Christ ho~ many
ft5perfee,ionsy Where is the char.
acter winch DOT yieled vsnquish-
ed by nhstsclesH Whore is tho
, individual who has never been
governed by circumstance or
places, who has never snccumbed
20 the intuenc, Of the times. WOO
has never compounded with any
customs or passions. From the
fra; day TO the last he is the same,
always the same; majestic and sim
I. pie, iofniteIy nrm and infinitely
/ gen,le, Truth shoplJ embrace the
! unevirse. Sacb il cAristianitv
, the only rchwop which destroys
|, sectional prejudice. the only oat
which proclaims the unity and the
4 absolute brotherhood OF the whole
human family, the only cue which
| is purely spirituS': in dne, the onl,
/ one wtirh aseigus 70 all, withoa
distinction, for trac cpuutvy
:. the bosom OF The Greater, God
Il Christ pro"sd that he was the Sol
q Of the Eternal, by bis disregard o
time. All his doctrines siyulf,
4 one only, aud the same, Eternity
y II is true TIN, Christ proposes 1
g. our faith series at myxtaries
d He commands, With Aa,herity