Democratic messenger., 1889-09-28

Ing ftrst attempt to walk from It's moth.
er's lap. and not FAR of as framing and
frcnziei and ungovernable a. maniac In
murlcrous struggle with his keepers.
GRAND CANYON.
But alcr you have wandered along the
geyscrite cnchantmcnt for days and begin
to feel that there can he nothing more of
interest to sec.you suddenly come upon the
pcrcration ofall majesty and grandeur, the
Grand Canyon. II is here that il seems
to me-and speak II with reverence
Jehovah seems to have surpassed himself
II seems great gulch let down into the
eterniiies. Here hung up and let down
and spread abroad, are all the colors Of
land and sea and sky. Uphols,cring Of
the Lord God Almighty. Best work OF
the architect OF worlds. Sculpiuring by
the Infinite. Missionary by an omnipotent
trowcl. Yellow! You never saw yellow
unless you saw II there. Red! Yov never
saw red unless you saw II there. Violet !!
You never saw violet unless you saw II
there. Triumphant banners Of color. In
a cathedral of basalt Sunrise and Sunset
married by the setting Of rainbow ring.
Gothic arches, Corinthian capitols and
Egyptian basilicas built before human ar.
chitccturc was born. Huge Notifications
Of granite constructed before war forged
its first cannon. Gibraltars and Scbas.
tOpols that never can he taken. Alham.
bras, where kings Of strength and queens
Of beauty rcigned long before the first
earthly crown was empearled. Thrones
on which no one but the King Of Heaven
and earth ever sat. Fount Of waters at
which the lesser hills are baptized while
the giant cliffs stand round rs ap0nsors.
For thousands Of years before that scene
was unveiled TO human sight the elements
were busy. and the gcyscrs were hewing
away with their hot chiscl, and glaciers
were pounding with their cold hammers,
and hurricanes were cleaying with their
lightning strokes, and hailstOncs giving
the finishing touches, and after all these
forces of nature had done their best, in
our century the curtain dropped aud the
world had new aud tlivinely inspired re-
yclation, the Old Testament written ON
papyrus, the New Testament written on
parchment, and now this last Testament
written on the rocks.
Hanging over one Of the cliffs ! looked
or until could not get my breath. then
rctreating to a less exposed place ! looked
down again. Down there is a pillar Of
rock that in certain conditions of the at
mosphcrc looks like a pillar OF blood.
Yonlcr are 30 feet Of emerald on a base of
800 feet Of opal. Wall OF chalk resting on
pcdcsials Of beryl. Turrets flight tumb.
ling on floors of darkness. The brown
Frightening into golden. Snow ofcrystal
melting into fire OF carbuncle. Flaming
red cooling into russct. Cold blue warm
ing into saffron. Dull gray kindling into
solfrerino. Morning twilight flushing mid.
night shadows. Auroras crouching among
rocks.
Y0ndcr is an eagles nest on n shaft Of
basalt. Through an eyeglass we see
elnong II the young eagles, but the stout
arm of our group cannot hurl stone
.ar enough to disturb the feathercd do.
,icsticity. Yonder are heights that would
he chilled with horror but for the warm
robe of forest foliage with which they are
cnwrappcd. Affairs of worship at which
nations might knccl. Domcs Of chalce-
dony on temples Of Dorphyry. See all this
carnage ofcolor up aud down the cliffs; II
must have been the battle field of the war
Of the elements. Here are all the cOlOrs
Of the wall of Heaven, neither the sap
phrc nor the chrysolite nor the topaz nor
the jacinth nor the amethyst nor the jas.
per nor the IL gates of /. pearls, wanting.
II spirits bound from earth TO Heaven
could pass up by way OF this canyon, the
dash Of heavenly beauty would not he so
overpowcring. II would only be from
glory to glory. Ascent through such
earthly scenery M which the crystal is so
bright and the rel so flaming would be tit
preparation for the "sca of glass Min gled
with fire"
WHAT \ JUDGMENT HALL.
Standing there in the grand canyon OF
the Ycllowsio one Park on the morning If
August ., for the most part We held our
peace. but after while IL flashed upon
me with such power could not help hut
say to my comrades: "What u hall this
would be for the last Judgement - See
tha, mighty cascade with the rainbows at
the foot of IL. Those waters congcaled
and iransiixcd with the agiialions Of that
day, what place they would make for
the shining feet of Judge Of quick and
dead. And those rainbows loOk now like
the crowns 10 be cast at His feet. At the
bottom of this great canyon is II floor on
which the nations the earth might stand
and all up and down these galleries OF
rock the nations of Heaven might sit.
And what rcvcrberaiion of arcl,angels'
trumpc, there would be through all these
gorgcs and from all these caycrns aud over
all these heights. Why should not the
greatest of all the DAYS the world shall
ever see close amid the grandest scenery
Omnipoicncc ever built:
Oh! the sweep Of the American Cont.
nent. Sailing up Puget Sound. its shores
so bold iha, for 800 miles ships PROV
would touch the shore before It's keel
touched the bottom, I said: This is the
Mediterranean of Amcrica." Visiting Port.
land and Tacoma and Seattle aud Nic,o.
ria and Fort Townsend aud Vancouver's
and other cities Of that Northwest region,
thought to myself These are the Bos'
tons, New Yorks. Charlestons and Sayan.
nahs of the Pacific Coast. hut after all
this summers journeying and my other
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