The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-12-20

the choirs singing, singin, "hallelu-
jah, hallelujah, halleluj ah," and even
as l saw it as the world, behold it
was a man; and the man looked upon
the twelve apostles of the Christian
religion.
And as looked at the twelve men
who were the churches, and at the
one man, who was the world, I dis
covered a strange and curious thing;
they seemed to be near together and
yet were far apart. And I saw that
the distance between them was in
creasing 50 that each soon stood afar
off, looking upon the other. And all
the while / could hear the ringing of
the bells, and the singing of the
choirs, and the booming of the guns,
and the groans Of dying men.
And then I saw the man, that was
the world, coming to the twelve
men, who were the churches. And
the man was carrying a great load,
and the load was the world. And
marveled greatly at what l saw, the
man bringing the world to the twelve
men. For behold the world was the
man, and man was the world, and yet
l could see the man carrying the
world. And l saw that the man
brought the world to the twelve
disciples, and they did speak toge-
Their, the man and the disciples, but
l heard not what they said. But
even as they came near to each other
and spoke together l could see that
they were far apart, each standing
afar off, and there seemed to be a
gulf between them.
And it came to pass that as they
continued to speak together saw the
disciples pointing toward the far off
boundary of the plain, and looking,
saw one approaching like unto the
Son of Man. As I drew near I saw
existence merge into him, and the
light of eternity was in his face, and
his eyes beheld all things, and the
expression Of his countenance was
the expression of truth; and knew
he was the Christ. And he looked
upon the world, and upon his disci-
pies, and in His look there was in
finite pity and love unspeakable.
And l heard the disciples say to the
man who was the world, 'go to Him.
And then saw the man, still carry
ing the world, stagger forward and
kneel at the feet of the Christ. And
he said, "Lord, have mercy on the
wolrd; for it is insane and sore vex-
ed; for ofttimes it falleth into the
fire and oft into the water. And
brought it to thy disciples, and they
could not cure it," Then the Christ
answered and said, " o faithless and
perverse generation, how long shall
l be with you? how long shall I suf-
fer you? Bring the world hither to
me-" And when he said, "How long
shall l be with you? how long shall
l suffer your" I saw nineteen hun
dred years transformed into a shin
ing pathway, extending back to a
hill on which there were three cros-
ses, and the cross in the center
shone with glory unspeakable.
And he rebuked the evil and ini-
guilty and falsehood and sin, and vice
of the world, and the world was
cured from that very hour.
Then came the disciples to Christ
apart and said, "Why could not we
cure the world?" And the Christ
said unto them, because of your
unbelief; for verify I say unto you,
if We have faith as a grain of mus
tard seed, We shall say unto this
mountain, remove hence to yonder
place, and it shall remove; and MOTH
ing shall be impossible unto you."
And looked at the world, and Lo!
there was no more war. And saw
the children of men take up the
work of the world, and enter again
upon the activities of life. And 1
saw the churches as before. O, the
churches! the Christian churches of
the world! saw them everywhere,
in cities, towns and country, every
where with their spires pointing to
Heaven. And the bells! o, the
bells! Ringing, ringing, and the
choirs! O, the choirs! singing, sing
ing, "Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu-
jah, Peace on Earth, Good Will to
Men,"
And it must have been a dream
but am not sure.