The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-16
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A Scholarly Discourse By
DR.. c. Edward Locke.
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Jesus Christ the Universal King"
The sermon was the annual one be-
fore the New York East Conferences
The text was from Revelation kills:
"The kingdoms of this world are be-
come the kingdoms of our Lord and of
His Christ" Among other things Dr.
Locke said:
With His own hand God wrote on the
foundations of history "rhe seed of
the woman shall bruise the serpent's
head" On the radiant advent morning
the angel said 10 the bewidpred shep-
herds. Behold I bring you good It'd
ings of great Joy. which shall be to all
people," and. later. the Great Teacher
Himself announced. Il. if | be lifted
up from the earth. will draw all men
unto Mew Though Confucus died of
broken heart. fearing he had spoken
no truths which would survive him.
and Socrates drank IN dependency the
hemlock in his cave overlooking Ath-
ems. yet Jesus Christ. the worlds Great
Optimist cried out in triumph i'm the
midst of the agOnies of the crOss-"It
is dnlshadw and Paradise Lost became
Paradise Regained John. the Revela-
tor in the seraphic isolation of his
exile. saw in his vision the fuldllment
of all these prophecies. and pxutantly
wrote. The kingdoms of this world
are become the kingdoms of our Lord
and of His Christ"
1t was a long looked for psychology
cal moment when Bethlehem's star
appeared above the dimpled hills of
Judea. Civilization had slipped down
from the hOary highlands of Bactria
to the lowlands of Hmdustau: it then
moved westward. tarrying long enough
to build its towers in Persia, its tenn
pies in Greece. its tombs in Egypt and
its thrones in Rome At its birth
Christianity encountered the fierce op.
position of emperors and armies. Rome
was mistress of land and sea. The
founder Of Christianity was a Roman
subject. its chief apostle a Roman citi-
zen. The whole Roman empire was
hurled across the path of the progress
of Christ. His followers suffered. but
in the sign of the cross they conquered
Our forefathers bravciy followed the
guiding star TO the summit of the ALE
ghany Mountains and fixed the west
ern boundary of the new republic; but
the years pushed the frontiers west
ward and when at last against the
prophecies of American statesmen the
plains were crossed by the intrepid
pioneer, then autocratic lawmakers
dehantly announced that the serrated
peaks of the Rocky Mountains would
outline the western boundary of the
nation. but steadily and gracefully
moved that point Of light until at last
{ mingled its silver beams with the
golden embroidery of the sunset coast
Then even the wsest of modern magl
thought that the star of empire had
become a fixed star, but faithfully it
has pursued its noiseless tread until
to-day it Is brilliantly shining above
eastern archipalagoes and continents.
We are the creatures of that star and
must keep up with its aerial fight,
for wherever it fingers there is another
Bethlehem's cradle ana another advent
hymn.
Within the lifetime of many here
present the star appeared in the
Asiatic heavens and the angel choir
again sang Glory to God in the high
est, on earth peace. good will to men"
The year 1888 has been called the
Annus Mirabills of modern missions,
and truly it was a year wonderful" ="
for the doors were opened to one thou.
sand million of the human race. In
that year India was transferred from
the clutches of the avaricious East
India Company to the British crown
and Queen Victoria became Empress
of India. BY the Treaty of Tientsln
the ports and interior Of China were
opened and the people were permitted
to accept Christianity without perse-
cution. and japan. after POO years of
exclusion, made its treaty with Great
Britain. Now. let US see how these
great kingdoms of the earth are bacom.
ing the Kingdoms Of our Lord and OF
His Christ.
India has a population of 2JO, 900. .O0O
and an area of 100000 square miles.
Suffice infanticide and the voraclous
juggernaut are gone forever. Because
of the huge reservoirs constructed by
English foresight famine is rapidly dis
appearing. and the gradual elevation
of women is taking place. India will
be Christian from the Himalayas to
Ceylou. from Bombay 70 Calcutta.
China has had continuous authentic
history for forty centuries. The first
real character I'm Chinese history was
the Emperor Yu. who ruled 22O4 b. c.
The Chinese are supposed to be the
descendants Of Shem the Oldest son
of Noah. They settled on the banks
of the Yellow River and established a
kingdom coeval with Babylonia and
Egypt. and before Abraham came ou
of Chadea.
-Four hundred and six millions of peo
ple and 4.225. 900 square miles. and ha.
a coast line of $500 miles. The climat,
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