Telegram-herald., 1890-06-09


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There Wa rzlaaow roand aooct t1s
tarane tolonfa.y Is tLe s-rmcn-
As afler q night ~ fsarful tempest e.
"a. ole shi9 more sranch thsn snother.
d.5es on uud4uaAAed amo2g t1e tras u-ells
ot sEsrs ana hulks thar 6oat Ahoat, - cd
NosLs ara 90 tLe Gloss q TIE delEss,
foats on over tbe wreck q 3 desd Worl1
Looklng oct o. the window of che sEs, ycu
SO tbs DianEs of hoases. and tLe sheaves
a. s. aeat. and the carcasses IL cattle aud
the ccrIses Cc mea No tower = len 20
J0,l tie Larizl 40 rlourners - forra pa line
0f procession. 10 ground m TalcA % bury
he dead o-lSllsy line .8ei-tJ seven ieet
i0lg, y0u Just touch the TOPS Il The
mountains Ghastliness and horror. The
AK. instead q walSing GAe sea, Ike a
modsra ship ia majesty aud beauty, toss -
helpiess.y, no Lelm = guide. no sail 20
set, 10 sao-e 20 steer f0r Why pro-ract
the agony Il the good people 10 such a
craft whom they might in one dash OF tAe
wave have bsen put ont OF their misery
MS BOW IS THE CLouD.
But az yonder spo, in rAe horizon we see
t0l0rs gathering ia the sky AT just the
opposite point ia the horizon other oo.ors
are KAT herring end that they are the two
buttrcSses of an arcled bridge. The vel
low. ths red, the orange, the blue, The IN
diso. tae violet, are mingled. and by inyisi-
be hands the whole structure is hang into
the SKY, and the ark has tr.umphal arch
70 sal under. IN Angel Of Light swings
Lis hand across the say, and IN the seven
prisulatic colors he paints with pencil Of
sunbeam the everlasting covenant between
God and every living creature. God lifted
no that great archcd bridge and set il over
lis own heal in the heaven John saw IL.
fJr he SAYS, There was a rainbow round
about the throne
| notice that none bat the people who
were IN the ark saw tie rainbow Il cast
is shadow clear down into tie water
where tic people were buried, and lighted
up the dead faces with q strange radiance,
but they could not sco IT, 50 only those
who are az last found Il Christ. the Ark,
Will see the overspanaiag glo-ies Of the
throne. Hence YOU had better get into the
ark As you cSil your family out Al the
close Of the shower 20 show them the sign
in heaven, 80 | want you all at last to see
the grAn9er rainbow round about the
throne. Look there" says Noah 70 bis
wife, "at that bow IN the clouds; and,
Shem and Jsphet, lco,l look.-the green,
the yellow, the rcd, and the oran,~W |
should not wonder If some Of your own
children in the good land should after a
while cry ont 10 you, Look, father! lco5,
mother. there is a rainbow round about the
thrOntW You had better set into the ark,
with all your families, II you want 10 sec il.
notice also that the chief glory of God
comes after the rain. No shower, no rain
bow; no trouble no brightness Of Chris
tian consolation Weavers are sometimes.
by reason OF their work, dusty and rough
in their apparel; and so il is the coarse clad
tempest, whose hand and foot swing the
shuttle, that weaves the rainbow Many
Christians are dull, and stupid, and useless
because they have not had disaster enough
20 wake them up. The brightest scarf that
heaven makes Is thrown over the shoulders
Christian life out of sunshine alone. There
are some very dark hues in the ribbon OF
the rainbow; you must have in life the
blue as well ss the orange. Ningliug ell
the ColOrs OF the former makes a white
light; and it takes al the shades, and sad
uesses aud vicissitudes of life TO make the
white luster of pure Caristian character.
CLOGIFIED TEARS OF SORROW.
l. l.
makes tho rainbow" and you say. at is
the sunlight striking through the rain
| drops" Therefore / wondered how there
could be a rainbow in heaven, since thera
are no storms there; but then / conclude
that that rainbow must be formed by the
striking Of heavens sunlight through the
fallingtears OF earthly sorrow. When we
see q man overwhelmed with trouble, and
his health goes. and his property goes. and
his friends go. say. Now we shall see the
glory OF God in this good mans deliver
/ ance" As at Niagara Falls | saw, one
day, ten raiubows spanning the awful
plunge Of the cataract, SO over the abyss OF
the ChTistisn's trial hover the rich hued
wings OF al tic promises.
notice that the most beautiful things II
this world are 10 be preserved in heaven.
When you see the last color fade ont from
the rainbow Of earth. you need not feel sad.
for yoI viii see the rainbow round about
the throne. That story about the world
burning up has given me many a paug
When | read that Paris was besieged.
sail. ''<ov the pictures and statues IN the
Louvre and Luxembourg VIII be dest royed.
all those faces of Rembrandt. and those
bold dashes of Rubcns. and those cnchant-
mepts q Raphael on canvas. and those stat
res Of CauOva." But Is 10 not q more mel
aucboly thor ght that ruin Is 90 come upon
this grest glory of the earth. in which the
mountains are the chiseleG sculpture. an !
Z upon the sky. in which the "transGgur7-
ton" of sunrise an sunset Is hung with
loops and. tsSse Is of fire.
was relieved 81 ben found thst tho pic
turcs had been removed from the Louvre
and tho Luxembourg. aud ! an relieved
now when ! think that the best parts Il
this earth are either o. be removed or pic
tered in the good land The tres must
twist ia tne last fra-the caas and Tic
cadsrs and toe naples lgt n hea-e1 there
she'll te the trees of lie m tne aauk rt tha
river and the palm trees from which thr
ccuQuera-s shall pluck tbei- branches The
Hudson. r1d she 81 frw-crce. ard tbe
OAio shall bod ir the leet Game. a1- re
staI. have more th-a their t-n-f~ ir che
river n lfe from u1le- tae chrome lre
ds sie~. end che oo-rGleca- aaI tle rosr-
70 csr-h VIII wthe- i0 the 20 s.-oc-a "a
tke jrylgmeut. c1t |oh0 -es Il ths gar
bands winch tbe Elo- ed ehsl ~ee-. and
there must te f-we-s c- tlere --alr de nc
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