Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-06-20
TALMAGES SERMON.
Weekly Discourse Of the Great
Brooklyn Preacher.

at the close OF the deluge, floats on over the
wreck OF dead world. Looking out of the
window OF the ark, you see the planks Of
houses AMI the sheaves OF wheat, and tho
carcasses of cattle AMI the corpses of men.
No tower is left 10 toll the burial; no mourn
ers to form in line CT procession; nQ.ground
in which to bury tho dead Sinking line
twenty-seven feet long. you inst touch the
tops OF the mountains. Ghastiiness and hor-
rorl The ark, instead Of walking the sea,
ike modern ship, in ma jesty and beauty,
tosses helplessly; no helm to guide; no sail 10
set; no shore 10 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 ths horiz n we see
colors gathering in the sky. At just the OPP
posite point in the horizon other colors are
gathering find that they arc the two but
tresSes OF an archod bridge. Tho yellow, tho
red, the orange, the blue, the indigo, tho
violet, are mingled, and 10y invisible hands
tho 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 sunbeam the everlast-
ing covenant between God and every living
creature. Col lifted up that great arched
bridge and set 1t 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 who were
in the ark saw the rainbow. 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 II. So only those who are at last found
in Christ, the Ark, will see the overspanning
glories Of the throne. Hence you had better
get into the ark As you call your family out
at the close Of the shower 20 show them the
sign in heaven, so | want you all at last to sec
tho grander rainbow round about the throne
Look there" said Noah to his wife, "at that
how in the clouds; and. Shem and Japhet,
look lookl-the green, the yellow, the red,
and the orangeF' | should not wonder il
some Of your children in the good land should
after while cry out TO you, Look, fatherl
the throneT You hal better get into the
ark, with all your families, If you want to
see 1t.
noticed also that the chief glory OF God
comes after the rain. No shower, no rain.
bow; no trouble, no brightness OF Christian
consolation. Weavcrs are sometimes by
reason of their work, dusty and rough in
their apparel; and so it is the coarse clad tenn
pest, whose hand and foot swing the shuttle,
that weaves the rainbow. Many Christians
are dull and stupid and useless, because they
NV LOh huo uiH&SNci W huhC lltln
up. The brightest scarf that heaven makes
Is thrown over the shoulders OF the storm.
fou cannot make thorough 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 we'll as tue
orange. Minglins all the colors Of the for
mer makes white light; aud 1t takes all
the shades and sadnesses and vicisstudes Of
life to make the white lustre of O pure Chris.
tan character.
Your child asks you: "Father, what
makes the rainbow AMI you say: at is
tho sunlight striking through tho rain
drops" Therefore | wondered how there
could be a rainbow in heaven, since there
are no storms there; but then | conclude that
that rainbow must be formed by the striking
Of heavens sunlight through tho falling
tears of earthly sorrow When wo see man
overwhelmed with trouble, and his health
goes and his property goes, aud his friends
go, say, Now we shall see the glory OF God
In this good mans deiverancc." As at Nj
agara Falls saw. one day, ten rainbows
spanning the awful plunge OF the cataract,
80 over the abyss OF the Christians trial
hover the rich hued wings OF all the promises
notice that the most beautiful things OF
this world are TO be preserved In heaven,
When You see the last color fade out FROM
the rainbow of earth, you need not feel sad,
for you will SEQ 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: snow the pictures and statues in the
Louvre and Luxembourg will be destroycd
all those faces Of Rembrandt aud thosC
bold dashes OF Rubens, and those enchant
ments OF Raphael on canvas, and those stat
ues Of Canova." But Is 1t not more mel
ancholy thought that ruin is to come upon
this great glory Of the earth, In which the
mountains are tho chiseled sculptures, am
upon the sky, in which tho TRANSPORTATION
of sunrise and sunset is hung with loops and
taSsels OF iiref
l was relieved when found that the pict.
ures had been removed from the Louvre anl
the Luxembourg, aud | am relieved now
when | think that the best parts OF this eartt
are either to be removed or pictured in tht
good land. The trees must twist IN the las
6re-the oaks, and the ccdars and the naples
but in heaven there shall be the trees of lif'
on the bank Of the river, and the palm tree
from which tho conquerors shall pluck then
branches The Hudson, and the st. Law
renee, and the Ohio shall boil in the las
0ame but we shall have more than thei
beauty In the river OF life from under th
throne. The daisies, and the portulacas, an
the roses OF earth will wither In the hot siroc
co Of the judgment, but John tells of the gar
lands which tho glorifio1 shall wear; an
there must be flowers or there could be n
garlands.
The rainbow on our sky, which is onl
the pillow OF the dying storm, must bo re
moved; but then, glory be to God there i
a rainbow round about the throne" / hlv
but to look up to the radiant arch above tn,
throne OF God to assure myself that the mos
glorious things of earth are to bo preserves
in heaven. Then let tue world burn; all thu
is worth saving will bo snntehol out OF tn
lre.
see the sane truth set forth in the twelve
foundations of the wall of heaven. st. Johr
announces the twelve foundations OF this
wall to be, the first OF jaspar-yellow ant
,ed; tho second, of sapphirs-a deep blue
tho third, chalcedony-a variel beauty
the fourth, emerald "a bright greer
color; the fifth, sardonyx-a bluisl
white; the sixth, sardius--red aud fiery; tn
eventh, chrysolite--golden hued; the eighth
ocryl-a blush green; the ninth, topaz
pale green mixed with yellow; the tenth
,hrysoprasus- golden blush tint; th
Seventh, jacnth-flery as the sunset til
twelfth, amethyst. But these precious stone
ire only the foundation of tho wall OF hea
yen-the most inferior part OF 1t. On the to
of this foundation there rises mighty wa
of jasper-of brilliant yellow and gorgoou
crimson. Stupendous cataract Of color
Throne Of spendor and sublimityl
You soc that the beautiful co!ors whic
are the robes Of glory to our earth are TO b
orever preserved in this wall of heaven
Our skies Of blue, which sometimes seem a
most to drop with richness of color, shall b
Elorifed and eternized in the deep, everlas
Ing blue OF that fiery stone which forms I'll
second foundation Of the heavenly wal
The green that sleeps on the brook
bank, and rides on the sea wave, an
spreads Its banners on the mountain tor
shall be eternized in the emerald that form
the fourth foundation OF the heavenly wal
The fiery gushes Of the morning, the col
1agration OF the autumnal sunset, the elel
tricity that shoots its forked tongue out {
the thunder cloud the flame at whose breat
Moscow fell and Rtnas burn, shall be eterI
lied in the fiery jasper. IL seems as IL a
earthly beauty were In one billow 10 |
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