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once, says ne legend. a continent
ridged with the highest Of mountain
chains stretched itself between the old
world and the new. The Azores and
the Canary islands are claimed to have
been the tops Of these very mountains.
The Mayas. the original Inhabitants Of
Yucatan at the time Of the conquest Of
Peru by Pizarro. were supposed to
have been related to the ancient In
habitants of this sunken continent,
which was called Atlantis. Among
the Mayas the historian finds almost
the same kind of worship which was
practiced among the inhabitants Of the
Nile. Yucatan architecture IL very
similar to the Egyptian architecture.
Every student knows how characteris-
tic Egyptian architecture was and Is
today. Some Of the ancient writer's
make mention Of this strange island
ointment Sir Thomas More founded
3 Utopia there. Yet the student Of
'cp sea soundings finds that the leg.
diary continent Of Atlantis. with all
mighty hills, was at last sunk In
10 mighty deep.
Opportunity May he Lost.
In Java. a few years ago, the great
,rakatoa volcano, after erupting for a
ew days. suddenly exploded. The Is
and Of Java was literally split III
vain. Sixty thousand corpses floated
'pon the surface of the sea. A great
aal wave forty feet high arose and
vcpt on and lifted German man-of-
var and carried 1t twenty miles inland
md there left II stranded. Java Is
.oday over 200 miles from india. There
are many reasons to believe that this
island was once connected with the
mainland. The inhabitants Of India
md Java have the same customs. They
peak almost the same language. They
Worship the same gods. In their for
,;is they hunt the same kinds Of viii
casts as are found in India. Yet
i'll OF that connecting belt Of poo
miles Of land with its mountains la
entirely disappeared. AS the God Of
tue hills Is some day going to destroy
his mountains. some day he Is going
w ''''.pt Jul ltyfN WI OPPOi
for salvation. Thus my friends, as We
look off unto the hills, as did the
psalmist, from whence cometh our
strength. do you not find in the future
destruction Of these hills the foreshad
owed rejection of souls that have re
at the foot OF the cross which was once
planted upon the top Of small noun
tain called Calvary:
How many people are hugging to
their hearts the false hope that the
mountains of Gods pardon will re-
main firm for them to climb, even from
the weakness ANA hclplcssncss Of II
deathbcd. DO not procrnStnate. ]
have read of travellers lost on the DIES
ert. Without drop of water. with
swollen lips and thick tongues, they
staggered on until they dropped. Sud
denly OF in the distance they saw II
beautiful mountain There the stream
were flowing and the rustling leaves
and the singing brooks were callin z
them to come and drink and 1.-Two The
dying men We're aroused. They rushed
on toward this beautiful mountain I'M
til. In moment. II disappeared II
was nothing but mountain Of optical
Illusions. a mountain Of mists. a noun
tain of false hopes. mountain which
was mirage. So will 1t be with
those who are forever putting Off their
opportunities for salvation. May God
lead us. one and all. not to follow the
delusive hope that in some future time
we can seek pardon He promises to
pardon not tomorrow, but today. Come
into the mountains Of Salvation Come
into the mountains of his forgiveness,
Of his strength, Of his love. Come and
stand upon the mountain Of Calvary,
with all its pardon. with all Its atone.
ment. There you shall find peace and
Joy. This Calvary is mountain which
IS not mirage. 1t shall never fade
away.
Copyright loo5 by Louis Klopsch)