News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-06-12


eighth, beryl-a blush green; the ninth,
topaz pale green mixed with yellow;
the tenth, chrysoprasus-a golden blu
ish tint; the eleventh, jacinth-t1ery as
the sunset; the twelfth, amethyst. But
these precious stones are only the 1oun-
dation of the wall of heaven-the most |
inferior part of it. On the top of this
foundation there rises mighty wall OF
iasper-of brilliant yellow and gorgeous
crimson. Stupendous cataract OF color!
Throne of splendor and sublimity.
You see that the beautiful colors
which are the robes of glory to our
earth are to be forever preserved In TINS
wall of heaven. Our skies of blue,
which sometimes seem almost to drop
with richness Of color. shall be glor11led
and eternized in the deep everlasting
blue of that fiery stone which forms the
second foundation of the heavenly wall.
The green that sleeps on the brooks
hank and rides on the sea wave and
spreads its banners on the mountain
top shall be eternized III the emerald
that forms the fourth foundation OF the
heavenly wall.
The fiery gush of the morning, the
confiagratiOn of the autumnal sunset,
the electricity that shoots its forked
tongue out of the thunder cloud, the
flame at whose breath Moscow fell and
Etnas burn, shall be eternized in the
fierv Jasper. 1t seems as if all earthly
beauty were in one billow to be dashed
ND against that wall of heaven; so that
the most beautiful things of earth Will
be kept either in the wall, or the foun-
1Iation. or in the rainbow round about
the throne.
notice the unspeakable attractive
ness of heaven. In other places the
Bible tells us of the floor of heaven
the waters. and the stones, and the
fruits; but now ST. John tells us of the
roof-the frescoed arch of eternity and
the rainbow round about the throne.
Get a ticket. and, carefully guarded,
you go into the royal factory at Paris
where the Gobelin tapestries of the
world are made, and see how for years
q man will sit putting in and out ball
Of eoloY,ed worsteds through the deli
este threads, satisfied if he can in a
daF make so much as a fingers breadth
Of beauty for kings canopy. But
behold how my Lord, in one hour, with
his two hands, twisted the tapestry, now
swung above the throne, into a rainbow
of infinite glory. Oh, what a place
heaven must be- You have heretofore
looked at the floor; this morning take
one glance at the ceiling.
notice what must be the feeling of
safety among the people of heaven.
Have you ever seen a cloud burStE
There have been days when it rained
as if it would never stop. You knew,
if it kept on in that way long, all the
nations would be drowned; yet you
had no apprehension, for you remem-
Der the Bow of Promise painted on the
cloud in Noah's time. So the glorified
have but to look to the arch around
the throne of the King to be treasured
that the deluge of trial is forever past.
THE DELUGE OF SIN AND SORROW.
On earth, the deluge of sin covers
the tops of the highest mountains. L
heard an Alpine guide, amid the most
stupendous evidences of Gods power,
swear at his mule as he stumbled in the
pas. Yes, the deluge of sin dashes
over the top of the highest mountain
ranges. Revenge, drunkenness. i'm
piety, falsehood, blasphemy, are but
different waves of a flood that has
whelmed nations. New York is drowned
in it, Brooklyn is drowned in it, Boston
| is drowned in it, London is drowned In
it, st. Petersburg is drowned in it
two great hemispheres are drowned IN
it. But the redeemed, looking unto
1 the rainbow round about the throne. y
see the pledge that all this is ended for
them forever They have committed
their last sin and combated their last
temptation. No suicide leaps into those
bright waters; no profanity befouls
that pure air; no villains torch shall
fire those temples; no murderer's hand
shall strike down those sons of God.
They know that for them the deluge OF
sin is assuaged, for there is a rainbow
| rOunQ ABOUT Ullo UIIOuS.
Now the world is covered with a
deluge of blood. The nations are all
the time either using the sword OF
sharpening it. The factories of the
world are night and day manufacturing
the weaponry of death. Throne against
throne, empire against empire. The
spirit of despotism and freedom at wal
in every land; despotic America against
free America, despotic England agains
free England, despotic Germany agains
free Germany, despotic Austria agains
free Austria The great battle of eartl
Is being fought-the Armageddon o
the nations The song that unrolleC
from the sky on the first Christina
night, of ''peace and good will to men,
is drowned in the booming of the grea
siege guns. Stand back, and let th
long line of ambulances pass. Groal
to groan Uncover, and look upon tn
trenches of the dead. Blood! blood
deluge of blood!
But the redeemed of heaven, lookin
upon the glorious arch that spans tn
throne, shall see that the deluge is over
No batteries are planted on those hills
no barricades blocking those streets; n
hostile flag above those walls; no smok
, of burning villages; no shrieks c
butchered men; but peace! Germa
, and Frenchman, who fell with arms IL
terlocked in hate on the field of death
now, through Christ in heaven, stan
, with arms interlocked in love. Arm
stacked forever; shields of battle hun
up. The dove instead of the eagle; tn
lamb instead of the lion. There sha
be nothing to hurt or destroy i'll a
Gods holy mount, for there is n rail-
. bow round about the throne.
ALL TEARS SHALL BE DRIED THERE
Now the earth is covered with I'll
deluge of sorrow. '-'rouble! trouble
The very first utterance when we com
|, into the world is cry Without an
teaching we learn to weep. What Ia
so wri lied that mans face? What Ia
, so prematurely whitcned his hail
What calls out that sigh! What starr
that tear? Trouble! trouble! | fin
1t in the cellar of poverty, and far u
among the heights on the top of Il
crags; for this also hath gone over IL
, tops of the highest mountains. n
, escape from it. You go into the stor
> and it meets you at your counting desl
l you go into the street, and it meets yC
at the corner: YOU go into the hous