Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-06-14

using the sword or sharpening it. The fac
tories of 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 Eng
land, despotic Germany against free Ger
many, despotie Austria against free Austria.
The great battle of earth is being fought
the Armageddon of the nations. The song
that unrolled from the sky on the first
Christmas night, of peace and good will 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. I'm
cover, and look upon the trenches of thedead-
Blood blood 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 blocking
those streets; no hostile flag above those
walls, no smoke of burning villages; no
shrieks of butchered men: but peacel Ger
man and Frenchman, who fell with arms in
terlocke1 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 rainbow
round about the throne.
Now the earth is covered with the deluge
of sorrow. TROUBLED TROUBLED The very
first utterance when we come into the
world is a cry Without any teaching, we
learn to weep. What has SO wrinkled that
mans face? What has so preinaturely
whitened his hair? What calls out that
sigh? What starts that tear2 Trouble!
trouble / find it in the cellar of poverty,
and far up among the heights on the top
of the crags; for this also hath gone over
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cape 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 go into the house. and it meets
you at the door Tears of poverty! tears
of persecution tears of bereavement!-a
deluge of tears Gathered together from
all the earth, they could float an ark larger
than Noahs
But the gloriied, looking I'D to the bow
that spans the throne, shall see that the de-
LUCE is over. No shivering wretch on the
palace step; no blind man at the gate of 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
tlen unto living fountains Oh waters, ana
God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes, Thank God for the glory spanning
the thronel
In our boyhood we had a superstition that
at the foot of the rainbow there was q casket
of buried gold; but have to announce that
at the foot of this rainbow of heaven there
is box made out of the wood of the cross.
Open it, and you find all the treasures of
heaven.
Oh that our eyes may all look upon this
bow of promise, lifted by Christ's own hand
We shall trase the separate lines of beauty
across the armament. In the line of red
shall see the blood of my Lord; in the blue.
the bruises that colored His cheek; in the
green, the freshness of His grace; in the vio-
let His humility in all that curve of beauty,
the bend of His right arm Of love swung
over all the redeemed.
But mind what | told you at the begin
ming, and what l tell you at the close--that
none but Noahs family in the ark saw the
rainbow, and only those who are at last
in Christ shall discover it amid the glories of
heaven.
Except man be born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of Cod