Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-09
THE AFTERMATH.
CHRISTIANS WHO CONE OUT BRIGHTER AFTER
DISASTER.
Rev. Dr.. Talmage Tells Of the Trials and Trbula-
tons Of Life and How Best They Can be
Borne Beautiful Things Pre-
served in Heaven.
pecial Tsle9raa, 70 the Register.


the Tabernacle congregation, an occa
sion of especial impreSsiveneSS. The
children were baptized before the ser
mon and the sacrament administered
after the sermon. The subject of DR.
Talmage's discourse was; "All trouble.
past;r and the text, Revelation iv. 81
There was a rainbow round about the
throne Following is the sermon:
As. after a night Of fearful tempest AT
sea, one ship, more Staunch than an
other, rides on unchanged among the
fragments of sparS and hulkS that float
about. so old Noah'S ark, at the close OF
the delugc, floats on over the wreck OF
a dead world. Looking out of the win
dow of the ark, you see the plankS of
houses, and the SheaveS OF wheat, and
the carcaSSes Of cattle, and the cOrpSes
of men. No tower is left to toll the
burial: no mOurners to form In line OF
procession; no ground in which to bury
the dead Sinking 4 line twenty-Seven
feet long, YOU Just touch the tops OF
the mountains. GhaStlineSs and hor-
ror! The ark, instead Of walking the
sea. like modern ship, in majesty and
Oeauty, tosSes helplessly; no helm To
guide: no sail to set: no shore to steer
for. Why protract the agony of the
good people in such craft, when they
MIGHT IN ONE DASH
of the wave have been put out of their
misery.
But at yonder spot in the horizon we
see colorS gathering in the sky; at just
the opposite point in the horizon other
colorS are gathering. | find that they
are the two buttreSSeS of an arched
bridge. The yellow, the red, the orange,
the blue, the indigo, the violet are
mingled, and by invisible hands the
whole structure is hung into the sky,
and the ark has triumphal arch to sail
under. An Angel of Light swings his
hand across the sky, and in the seven
priSmatic cOlorS he paints with pencil OF
Il sunbeam the everlasting covenant be-
tween God and every living creature.
God lifted up that great arched bridge,
and set it over His own head in the
heaven. John saw it, for he says;
There was a rainbow round about the
throne
notice that none but the people ,cht
ircre Ia the ark sdiC the rdinboW. 1t cast
its shadow clear down into the water
where the people were buried, and
lighted up the dead faces with strange
radiance, but they could not see it. So
only those who are at last found in
Christ. the Ark, will see the overSpan-
ming glorieS of the throne. Hence you
had better get into the Ark. As you call
your family out at the close OF the
shower to show them the sign IN
heaven. so want you all at last to sec
the grander rainbow round about the
throne. Look there" says Noah u
his wife. '-at that bow in the
clouds; and, Shem and Japhat, look
,ook,-the green, the yellow, the red,
and the orange | should not wonder
if some Of your own children in the
Good Land should after 4 while cry out
10 YOU. Look, father. look. mother
there is rainbow round about the
throne" You had better
GET INTO THE ARK.
with all your families, if you want to
see il.
| notice also that the chief glory Of
God comes after the rain. No shower,
no rainbow: no trouble, no brightness OF
Christian 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
weavcs the rainbow. Many Christians
are dull, and stupid, and useless because
they have not had disaster enough to
wake them up. The brightest scarf
that heaven makes is thrown over the
shoulders of the storm. You can not
make a thorough Christian life out OF
sunshine alone. There are some very
dark hueS in the ribbon of the rainbow;
vou must have in life the blue as well as
the orange. Mingling all the colorS oil
the former makes white light; and II
takes all the shades, and sadnesSeS, and
viciSsitudes Of life to make the white
mStre of pure Christian character,
notice that the most beautiful Things
Of this lrorld are 10 DC preserved IN hCdren.
When YOU see the last color fade Ou'
from the rainbow of earth, you need
not feel sad, for yOu will see the rain
bow of earth, you need not feel sad, Tor
YOU will see the rainbow round about
the throne. That story about the world
burning up has given me many pang.
When read that Paris was besieged, |
said. ''Now the pictures and statues In
the Louvre and Luxembourg will be de-
stroyed; all those fanes of Rembrant,
and those bold dasheS OF RubenS,
AID THOSE ENCHANTNENTS
of Raphael on canvass, and those statues
of Canova." But is it not more melan-
cholv thought that ruin is to come upon
this great glory of the earth, in which
the mountains are the chiseled Sculp-
tnres, and upon the sky, in which the
TRANSPORTATION" Of sunrise and sunset
is hung with loops and taSSelS of fire?
was relieved when | found that the
pictures had been removed from
the Louvre and the Luxembourg,
and | am relieved now when l think
that the best parts of this earth are
either to be removed or pictured IN the
Good Land. The trees must twist In the
last 6re-the oaks. and the cedarS, and
the naples: but in heaven there shali
be the trees of life on the band oil
the river. and the palm-trees from which
the conquerorS shall pluck their
branches. The Hudson, and the 81
Lawrence, and the Ohio shall Doll III
the last flame, but we shall have more
than their beauty in the River OF Lie
from under the throne. The daisies,
aud the portulaeas, and the roses OF
earth will wither in the hot Sirocco OF
the Judgment, but John tells of the gar
lands which the glorified shall wear
and there must be flowers, or there
could be no garlandS.
The rainbow on our sky, when Is
only the pillow of the dying storm, must
be removed; but then. glory be TO God
there is rainbow round about the
throne" | have but to look
mn to the radiant arch
ABOVE THE THRONE
of God 10 assure myself that the most
glorious things of earth are to be
preserved i'm heaven. Then let the world
burn; all that is worth saving will be
snatched out of the fire.
| see the same truth set forth in the
twelve foundations of the wall Of heaven.
~. John announces the twelve founda'
tions of this wall 70 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-
erald-a bright green color; the NTH
sardonyx-a blush white; the sixth