Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-09
THE AFTERMATH.
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tint; the eleventh, jacinth-fery as the
sunset; the twelfth, amethyst. But
these precious stones are only the foun
dation Of the wall Of heaven-the most
inferior part of it. On the top OF this
foundation there rises n mighty wall OF
jaSper-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 he forever preserved in
THIS WALL OF HEAVEN.
Our skies of blue, which sometimes
seem almost to drop with richness OF
color, shall be gloriied and eternized in
the deep everlasting blue of that fiery
stone which forms the second fOunda'
ton of the heavenly wall. The green
that sleeps on the brooks bank, and
rides on the sea-wave, and spreads It's
banners on the mountain top, shall be
eternized in the emerald that forms the
| fourth foundation of the heavenly wall.
The fiery guSh of the morning, the con-
| Migration OF the autumnal sunset, the
electricity that shoots its forked tongue
out Of the thunder-cloud, the flame al
whose breath Moscow fell Etnas burn,
shall be eternized in the fiery jasper. 1t
seems as IL all earthly beauty were in
one billow to be dashed up against that
wall OF heaven; so that the most beauti'
full things of earth will be kept either
in the wall. or the foundation, or in the
rainbow round the throne.
| notice the luSpedkdble dttrGctirenesS
Of hedrcn. 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 man will sit putting in and out
! a ball OF colored wOrStedS through the
delicate threads, satisfied IL he can IN
day make so much as fingers breadth
OF beauty for kings canopy. But be-
hold 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 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
sdfetu amOng the people Of h6dpeh Have
You ever seen cloud burst? There
have been days when it rained as II 1t
would never stop. You knew, II IL kept
on that way long, all the nations would
be drowned: yet you had no apprehen-
sion. for YOU remember the Bow OF
| Promise painted on the cloud in Noah 5
time. SO the gloritcd have but To look
10 the arch around the throne OF the
King to be treasured that the deluge OF
trial is forever past.
| Now the world is covered with det-
ige Of blood. The nations are all the
time either using the sword or sharpen
ing il. The factories Of the world are
night and day manufacturing the weap-
onry of death. Throne against throne,
empire against empire. The spirit OF
despotiSm and freedom at war in every
land: despotic America against free
America, despotic England against free
England. deSpotic Germany against free
Germany, deSpotic Austria against free
Austria. The great battle OF earth is
being fought-the Armageddon of the
nations. The
SOEG THAT UNROI.IED
from the sky on the first Christmas
night. of peace and good will to men,
* drowned i'm the booming OF the great
siege-guns. Stand back, and let the
long line of ambulanceS pass. Groan
10 rroan. Uncover, and look upon the
trenches of the dead. Blood. blood
deuge Of blood.
But the redeemed of heaven, looking
upon the glorious arch that spans the
throne. shall see that the deluge is over.
No batteries are planted on those
hills; no barricades blocking those
streets: no hostile flag above those
walls: no smoke of burning villages; no
shricks OF butchered men; but peace.
German and Frenchman, who fell with
arms interlocked in hate on the field OF
death. now. through Christ in heaven,
stand with arms interlOcked in love.
Arms stacked forever: shields of battle
bunp ND. The dove instead OF the
eagle: the lamb instead OF the lion.
There shall be nothing to hurt or de-
Stroy i'm all Gods holy mount, for there
is a rainbow round about the throne.
Trouble trouble find it in the
collar of poverty, and far up among the
heights on the top of the cragS; Tor this
alsa hath gone over the tops OF the
highest mountains. No escape from H.
You 90 into the store. and it meets you
NJ your counting desk; you go into the
street. and 1t meets you at the corner
Won 90 into the house, and II meets you
NJ the door. Tears OF poverty. tears OF
nerSecntion! tears OF bereayement.-a
deluge of tears. Gathered together from
all the earth. they could hoat an ark
larger than Noah'S.
But the glOrifed, looking up to the
how that spans the throne, shall see that
the deluge is over. No shlverlng
wretch on the palace step; no blind man
NJ the gate OF the heavenly temple, ask
ing for aims: no grinding of the screw
driver on cofin-ld. They look up at
the rainbow, and read,
IN LINES OF YELLOW,
and red. and green, and blue, and or
range. and indigo, and violet. "Ihey
shall hunger no more, neither thirst
any more; neither shall the sun light on
them, nor any heat; for the Lamb which
is in the midst of the throne shall feed
them. and shall lead them unto living
fountains Of waters, and God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes" Thank
God for the glory spanning the throne.
But mind what | told you at the be-
ginning, and what tell you at the close
that none but NOah's family IN the
ark saw the rainbow, and that oniy
those who are at last in Christ shall dis
cover IT amid the glories of heaven.
Except man be born again, he can
not see the kingdom of God.