The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-13


ever preserved in this wall of heaven. Our
skies of blue which almost seem to drop with
richness o color, shall be glorified and etern-
lied 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 bank and rules on the seawave.
and spreads its banner on the mountain
top, shall he eternized in the emerald that
forms the fourth foundation of the heav-
emily wall. The fiery gush of the morning,
the confagration of the autumnal sunset,
the electricity that shoots it's forked tongue
out of the thunder cloud, the flame at
whose breath Moscow fell the Etnas burn,
shall be eternized in the fiery Jasper. 1t
seems as if all earthly beauty we're in one
billow to be dashed up against that wall of
heaven: SO that the most beautiful things OF
earth will be kept either in the wall. or the
foundation, or in the rainbow "round about
the throne"
notice the unspeakable attractiveness of
heaven. In other places the Bible tells as of
the floor OF heaven-the waters, and the
stones, and the fruits: but now st. John tells
us o. the roo'-the fresroed arch OF eternity,
and the rainbow round about the throne
Get 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 a man will sit putting
in and out ball ofcolored worsteds through
the delicste threads, satisfied if he con in
day make SO much as fingers breath 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 tioor 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
days whenit rained as though 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
clouds in Noah's time. So the glOrlfed
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. l heard an Al
pine guide among the most stupendous evil
dences OF Gods power, swear at mis- mule as
he STUN led in the pass. Yes, the deluge OF
sin dashes over the top of the highest noun
tain ranges. Revenge, drunkenness i'm
piety, falsehood, bIasphemy, are but differ
ent waves of flood that has whelmed ma
lions. 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 1.-TWO great hemspheres are
drowned in it. But the redeemed, looking
unto ''the rainbow round about the throne"
see the pledge that all this is ended for them
forever. They have committed their last sin,
and committed 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 the sons of God.
They know that for them the deluge of six
is assuaged, for there is a rainbow 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 fac
tories O. the world are night and day manu-
featuring the weaponry 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 En-
gland; despotic Germany against free Ger
many; despotic Austria against free Austria.
The great battle of earth is being fought
the Armageddon o. the nations. The song
that unrolled from the sky on the first Christ
mas night of "peace and good to men, is
drowned in the booming of the great siege
guns. Stand back and let the long line of
ambulances pass. Groan to groan. Uncov-
err, and look upon the trenches OF the dead.
Blood! blood!-a deluge 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 block.
ing those streets; no hostile flag above those
walls; no smoke of burning villages no
shrieks of but'hered men; but peace! German
and Frenchman, who tell with arms inter-
locked in hate ON the field of death, now,
through Christ in heaven, stand with arms
interlocked in love. Arms stacked forever
shields OF battle hung up. The dove instead
Of the eagle; the lamb instead Of the lion.
There shall be nothing to hurt or destroy in
all Gods holy mount, for there is a rainbow
round about the throne.
Now the earth is covered with the deluge of
sorrow. Trouble! trouble! The very first ut
terance when we come into the world is cry.
Without any teaching, we learn to weep.
Whathas soiwrinkledthat mans ace? What
has SO prematurely whitened his hair? What
calls out that sigh? What starts that tear?
Trouble! trouble! l find it in the cellar of
poverty, and far up among the heights on
the tops of the crags; for this also hath gone
over the highest noun ains. No escape from
it. You go into the store and it meets you
at your counting desk; you go into the street
and it meets you at the corner; you 60 into
the house and it meets you at the door.
Tears OF poverty! tears OF persecution! tears
o. bereavement!-a deuge of tears! Gather
ed together from all the earth, they could
float an ark larger than Noah's.
But the glorfed, looking up to the bow
that spans the throne, shall see that the
deluge is over. No shivering wretch on the
heavenly temple asking for aims no grind
ing of the screw driver on coffin lid. They
look up at the rainbow, and read, in lines Of
yellow, and red. and green, and blue, and
orange. and indigo and violet. "They 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!
that at the ioot of the rainbow there was
casket of buried gold; but l have to announce
that at tho foot of this rainbow of heaven
there is q box made out OF the wood OF the
cross Open it, and you find all the treasures
of heaven.
Innocence in Danger.