Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-09

ana the palm-trees from which the
conquerors shall pluck their branches.
The Hudson, and the St. Lawrence, and
the Ohio shall boil in the last fame, but
we shall have more than their beauty in
the River Of Life from under the throne.
The daisies, and the poriulacas, and the
roses of earth will wither in the hot
sirocco of the judgment, but John tells
of the garlands which the glorified shall
wear; and there must be flowers, or
there could be no garlands.
The rainbow on our sky, which Is only
the pillow of the dying storm, must be
removed; but then, glory be to God!
"there is a rainbow round about the
throne.' 1 have but TO look up to the
radiant arch above the throne of God to
assure myself that the most glorious
things of earth are to be preserved in
heaven. Then let the world burn; all
that is worth saying will be snatched out
of the fire.
l see the same truth go forth in the
twelve foundations of the wall of heaven.
st. John announces the twelve founda-
tons of this wall TO be, the first of jas
per-yellow and red: the second of sap
phIre-a deep blue; the third, chalce-
dony-a varied beauty; the fourth. en-
sardouyx-a blush white; the sixth, sar-
dius-red and fiery; the seventh, chry-
solite-golden- hued; the eighth, berry,
a blush green; the ninth, topaz pale
green mixed with yellow; the tenth,
chrysoprasus-a golden blush tint; the
eleventh, jacinth-tery as the sunset;
the twelfth, amethyst. But these prec-
ious stones are only
HEAVEN
the most interior part of it. On the top
of this foundation there rises a mighty
wall of iasper-of brilliant yellow and
gorgeous crimson. stupendous cataract
of color! Throne OF splendor and sub
Unity.
You see that the beautiful colors which
are the robes of glory TO our earth are to
be forever preserved in this wall of
heaven. Our skies of blue, which some
times seem almost TO drop with richness
of color, shall be gloriiied 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 brook IS bank, and rides on
the sea- wave, and spreads its banners on
the mountain top shall be eterDlZed in 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 thun-
der cloud, the flame at whose breath
Moscow fell and Atnss burn, shaft he
eternized in the fiery jasper. 1t SCENTS as
if all earthly beauty were in one bilioWs
TO be dashed up against that waHE of
heayen; SO that the most beautifulShiAgs
of earth will be kept either in theS#ail or
the foundation or III the rainG6#F round
about the throne.
l notice the unspeakable attraotiveness
of heaven. In other places the Bible
tells US of the floor in heaven-the
waters, and the stones, and the fruits;
but now st. John tells us of the roof-the
frescoed arch of eternity. aud
the rainbow round the throne.
Get ticket, and, carefully
guarded, you 90 into the royal factory
at Paris where the Gobelin tapestries of
the world are made, and see how for
years a man will sit putting in and out
a ball of colored worsteds through the
delicate threads, satisfied If he can in a
day make SO much as q 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
RAINBOW OF INFINITE GLORY.
Oh, what place heaven must bel
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 & cloud burst?
There have been da when it rained as
if it would never stop. You knew, if it
kept on in that way long, all the ma
tions would be drowned; yet you had no
apprehension, for you remember the
bow of promise painted on the cloud in
Noah g 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.
On earth, the deluge of sin covers the
tops of the highest mountains. heard an
Alpine guide, amid the most stupendous
evidences of God IS power, swear at his
mule as he stumbled in the pass. Yes,
the deluge of sin dashes over the top of
highest mountain ranges. Revenge,
vi AoAoSiONb OA0S-
phemy, are but different waves of a
Hood that has .whelmed nations. New
York is drowned in it, Brooklyn is
in it, Boston is drowned in it,
London is drowned in it, St. Petersburg
is drowned in 1.-TWO great hemispheres
are drowned in 1t. But the redeemed,
looking unto the "rainbow round about
the throne - see the pledge that all this
is ended for them forever. They have
their last sin, and combated
their last temptation. No suicide leaps
into those bright waters; no profanity
befouls that pure air; no villain g torch
shall fire those temples; no murderer's
hand shall strike down those sons of
God. They know that for them the de-
luge of sin Is assusged, for 'there Is
round about the throne.'
Now the world is covered with deluge
Of blood. The nations are all the time
either using the sword or sharpening it.
The factories of the world are night and
day
THE wEAPoNRY OF
DEATH.
Throne against throne, empire against
empire. The spirit of despotism and
freedom at war in every land-despotic
Am erica against free America, despotic
against free England, despOtic
Germany against free Germany, despotic
Austria against free Austria. THe great
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