The Red Cloud chief., 1890-06-13
ALL TROUBLES A 8


D TED0 uOloCt o. D rcCent sermon
'pecoCocl By Rev. Z. O6Vvitt Talma6e
u nrocklym was: A"AM Troubles PasE"
and the text Revelations ". 3: "Thcrc
was . rainbow round about tho throne"
Following IL the sermon:
An after q night Of fearful tempest at
o n ship, moro staunoh thsn i.
other. rides on sndsmsgpd snong the
fragments Of spars end Aslks that Aoat
about no old Noah'S ark al tho close Of
tho dclugc floats on Over tho wreck Of .
dead world. Looking OUT Of tha win.
dow Ot tho ark, you see tho planks Of
houses, and the sheAves OF wheat. and
tho carcasscs Of cattle, and tho corpscs
OF o No tower Ia lOft 10 toll tho
burial; no mournors 10 form In the line Of
procession; no ground on which 10 bury
the dead. Sinking . limo twcnty-scvcn
fsct long, you jixt toaeh the tops Of tho
tnoustsids. dhastAnsss and horror!
Tho ssk.S instsaA u walking the sea.
like . modern ship In majesty and
beauty tosscs helpicssly; no holm IN
guide; no sail TO set; no shore to stccr
for. Why protract che agony Of thc
good people In such q craft whom thcy
might In ono dash OF Tho wavc have
been put out Of thor misery?
But ut yondcr spot In tho horizon We
@ cOlors gathering In the sky; at just
the opposite point In tho horizon other
colors are gathering. find that they
are the two buttrossos OF on arched
bridge. The yellow. Tho rod. tho orange,
the blue, the indigo, tho violet arc
m pu3eds end by invisible bands the
whole sSructsrs Ia hung inIo the sky,
and Ma orb Ass o trivmphsi arch 70 ssii
under. An. angel Of light awnings his
hand across the sky. and In tho scven
prismatic colors no paints with pcncii Of
sunbeam the everlasting covenant be.
IT, God and every living creature.
tiod lifted up that great arohod bridge,
and sot u over His own heed In Heaven.
John nav II tor no says: "Thcre was .
rainbow round about tho THRONE"
I notice that mono but tho pcople who
wcre In tho ark saw tho rainbow. II
cast its shadow clcar down Into tho
water whore the people wcrC buried and
lighted NJ tho dcad faccs With q strange
radiance. but they could not 600 iti no
only those who aro at last found In
Christ, tho Ark, will sco tho 0vcrspan.
ming glory Of the throne. Hence you
had bcttcr got into Tho ark! A you call
your family out ~ the close Of the
shower 70 show ttcm tho Sign In
Heaven. % ] wsht you oil at last 10 600
tho grander rainbow round about tho
thsona "L0ok ther0l" AayS Noah TO
hia wife, ''at that how In tho clouds;
and. Shom and Japhot look! look!-the
groom, the yellow. Tho rcd and tho
oranee" should not wonder II some
OF -yevr own ehildrcu In tho Good Land
shedld aites awhile cry out u YOU.
"LOok. father! look. mother! thero Ia q
rainbow round about Tho throno!" You
had bottor got into Tho ark. with oil
your families. II you want 10 scc Il.
police also that tho chief glory Of
Odd comes after tho rain. No shower,
n rainboW; 10 troahlo. no brlghtncas Of
CHRISTIAN consolation. Viewers arc
Wometimea, by REASON Of theip work,
dusty and rough In their apparel; and 90
IL Ia the coarse clad compost, whose hand
and foot swing the shuttle. TINT wcAvcs
tho rainbow. Many Christians AFRO dull
and stupid. and uAOlcss because they
have not had disaster enough u wake
them up. The brightest acart that
Heaven mskes 10 thrown Ovor tho
shoulders 81 the atosn. You can not
mako . thorough Christian liie out Of
sunshine alone. Thero arc aome worry
dark HUGS In the ribbon Of tho rainbow:
you must have In lito tho blue N vol
- tho orange. Miuglins oil tho colora
OF the former mskee . white light; and
Il takes all the shadca, and asdncss, and
vicissitudcs Ut Ito 10 make tho white
luster Of . purc Christian character.
Your child asks you: "Eathcr, what
oshss tho rstnhow?" and you say; 1T
10 tho sunlight striking through tho
raiadrops." Therefore,. I wondered how
there could no . rainbow In ~Ilcavcn.
aimee there Arc no storms there; but
thon ] conclude thst that rainbow must
bc formed b. tho strikisg Of Neavcn's
sunlight through thc falling tears Of
earthly sorrow. Whom We sec u man
overwhelmed with trouble. aud his
health gocs, and hts property goes. and
hta, friends 60 ! nay; "Now We shall
o tho glory 81 God In this vood
mans d~el'verance." Az Al Niagara Falls
] saw n day ton rainbows spanning
tho awful plunge Of the cataract sn
over the abyss oi tho Christians trial
hover tho rich hued wings OF all tho
promises.
notice that tho Most beautiful things
Of this world arc 10 be preserved in
Heaven. When you soc tho last color
fade out from tho rainbow Of Garth YOU
need not ieel sud. Tor yoa Gill SOC tho
rainbow round abost Ne throne TIA,
story about the world bnswtWg up has
given me many = pang. Whom I road
that Paris WAS besiogcd. ! said; "Now
the pictures and statues In tho Louvre
and Luxembourg Will be destroyed; all
these iaces of RsMbraNdL and those
bid dashcs Of Rubcns. aud those on,
chantments Of Raphael ON canvas, and
those statues Of Can0va." Hut IL Il not a
more melancholy thought that ruin ID
20 come upon this groAt glory OF the
earth In which tho mouMtains arr the
chlselcd sculptures and upon the sky,
In which tho TRANSPORTATION" Of sunrise