Dodge City times., 1890-06-20

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0nGer's bFsadth Of bosutV foe . kines
canopy. But behold how ny Lord in 90
hour. viii His two hands, twisted ~
tapestry, now swung above the throne. Into
rainbow Of infinite glory. O, what . place
heaven must ba You have heretofore
looked at the floor; this morning take one
glance - the ceiling.
notice what must b the feeling e
safety among the people OF heaven. Have
yoo sver seen cloud burstl There have
bean days when Il Fainsd - II It would
never stop You knew II Il kept on In shst
Way long al the nations would be drowned;
Jet you had no apprehension, for you ~
membered the bow OF promise painted On
the cloud in Noah's time. So the giori6ed
have but to look to the arch around the
throne Of the King to 10 reassured that tho
deluge Of trial IL forever past
On earth the delu2s Of sin covers the tops
Of tho highest mountaiaa heard al Al
pine guide, amid the most stupendous evi.
~SS~S~ W 0oA VOW0As SWSoA - hAS AA0kS
a. he stumbled in the pasA Yes, the deluge
Of sin dashes over the top Of tho highest
mountain ranges. Revenge, drunkenness.
impiety, falsehood, blasphemy arc but dif-
ferent waves Of flood that has whelmed
nations. New York is drowned in il,
Brooklyn 10 drowned In it. Boston 10
drowned In It. London 10 drowned in il
St Peters burg is drowned in 1.-TWO great
hemispheres are drowned in il. But the re-
deemed. looking into the rainbow round
at out the throne" see the pledge that all
this Is ended Tor them forever. They have
committed their last SIN and r~mmitted
their last temptation. No suicid, leaps
into those bright waters; no profanity bo-
louis that pure air; no Villains torch shall
hre those temples; no murderer's hand
shall strike down those sons OF God. They
know that for them the deluge of sin is
assuaged, for 'thers u . rainbow round
about the throne"
Now the W orld 10 covered with deluge
OF blood. The nations are all tho time
either using the sword or sharpening It
The factories Of the world are night and
day manufacturing the weaponry OF death.
Throne against throne, empire against em-
pire. The spirit Of despotism and freedom
At war in every land; despo,ic America
against free America, despotic England
against free England, despotic Germany
against FREQ Germany, despotic Austria
against free Austria The great battle Of
earth Ii being fought-the Arma9eddon Of
the nations. The song that unrolied from
the sky on the first Christmas night Of
"Peace and good will to men," is drowned
In toe booming of the great siege guns
Stand back and let the long line Of ambu-
lances pass Groan to groan. Uncover
and look upon the trenches OF the dead.
Blood bloodl-a deluge Of blood!
But the redeemed of heaven. looking
upon the glorious arch that spans tho
throne, shall see that the deluge is over.
No batteries are planted on tho-e hills; no
barricades blocking those streets; no hos
tile flag above those walls: no smoke Sf
burning villages; no shrieks of butchered
men; but peace! German and French
man, who fell with arms inter-
locked in hate on the field Of death,
now, through Christ in heaven, stand with
arms intsrlocked 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 deiuge Of
sorrow. Trouble! troubled Tho very first
utterance when we come into the world is
cry. Without any teaching we learn to
weep What has so wrinkle1 that mans
facet What has so prematurely whitened his
hairl What calls out that si hi " hat starts
that tearl TROUBLED troubled find it in
tho cellar of poverty, and far up among the
heights on the top Of the craRs; for this also
hath gone over the tops Of tn, highest
mountains No csc pc from it. You 90
into the store and it meets you at your
counting desk; YOU go into the street, and
It meets you At the corner; you so into the
house, and II meets you at the door, Tears
of poverty tears Of persecution! tears Of
bereavement!-s deluge of tears! Gather
ed together from all the earth, they could
float an ark larger than Noah'a
But the glorifed. looking up to the bow
that spans the throne, shall 500 that the
deluge is over. No shive-ing wretch OIL
the palace step; no blind man at tho gatt
Of tho heavenly temple asking for aims:
no grinding Of the screw driver on comm
lid. They look up at the rainbow and
read in lines of yellow, and red. and
green, and blue, and orange, and in
digo and violet 'Thsy shall hunger NO
more, neither thirst any more; neither
shall tho 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!
In our boyhood we had q superstition
that at the foot Of the rainbow there was
casket OF buried gold but I have to an
nounce that at the foot Of this rainbow Of
heaven there In . box made out Of the wood
Of the cross. Open it and you nnd all the
treasures Of heaven.
But mind what told you at the beginning
aud what tell you at the close-that none
but Noah family in the ark saw the rain
bow and that only those who are at last tn
Christ shall discover 1t amid the gloriss of
heaven
Except . man be corn again he cannot
80 the Kingdom Of God"
Queen Victoria Is an ardent student
of African geography. and could pass
a creditable examination in that sub
iect with Mr. Stanley as the interrogS
tor. Her Majesty has carefully watch
ed the Portuguese encroachments, and
when the news of the outrage on the
British flag reached London it was the
Oueen herself who insisted on Lord
Salisbury compelling Portugal to come
to a definite understanding without de-
Law.
Burro Too Much for the Wolf
A combat of most unusual character
occurred near Paso Del Norte short
while ago. The participants were