The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-06-14

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seem almost to drop with richness of
color, shall be glorified and ~eternalized
in the deep everlasting blue of that fiery
stone which forms the second founda-
ton of the heavenly wall.
The green that sleeps on the brooks
bank and rides on the sea wave and
spreads Its banners on the mountain top
shall be eternalized In the emerald hat
forms the fourth foundation of the
heavenly wall. The fiery gush of the
morning, the confiagration of the
autumnal sunset, the electricity hat
shoots its forked tongue out of the
thunder cloud, the flames at whose
breath Moscow fell and Etna burned
shall be eternalized in the fiery jasper.
1t seems as IL all earthly beauty were in
one billow to be dashed up against the
wall of heaven so that the most beauti-
full things Of earth may be kept either
in the wall or the foundation or in the
rainbow around about the throne.
! notice the unspeakable attractive
ness of Heaven. In other places the
Bible tells us of the floor of Heaven
the waters and the stones and the fruits;
but now st. John tells US of the roof,
the frescoed arch of eternity and the
rainbow round about the throne. Get
a 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
s t putting in and out a ball Of colored
worsteds through the delicate threads,
satisfied that II he can in a day make so
much as a fingers breadth of beauty for
a Kings canopy. But behold how IN Y
Lord, in one hour, with his two hands,
twisted the tapestry, now swung above
the throne, into a rainbow of infinite
glory. o, what a place Heaven must be-.
You have heretofore looked at the floor;
this morning take one glance at the
ceiling.
1 notice what must be the feeling OF
safety among the people of Heaven.
Have you ever seen q cloud burst?
There have been days when it rained as
II it would ave stop. You knew If it
kept on in that way long all the nations
would be drowned; yet you had no ap-
prehension, for you remembered the
bow of promise painted on the cloud in
Noah's time. So the glorifed had but
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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 Alpine guide, amid the most stu
pendous evidences of Gods power, swear
at his mule rs he stumbled in the pass.
Yes, the deluge of sin dashes over the
top of the highest mountain ranges.
Revenge, drunkenness, impiety, false
hood, blasphemy are but different waves
of o food that has whelmed nations.
New York is drowned in 1t, Brooklyn is
drowned in 1t, London is drowned in it,
st. Petersburg Is drowned in 1.-TWO
great hemispheres are drowned in it.
But the redeemed, looking into 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 those sons Of God. They
know that for them the deluge Of sin Is
assnaged, for ''there is q rainbow round
about the throne"
Now the world is covered with a deluge
OF blood. The nations are all the 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 empire. The spirit of d~espotism
and freedom at war in every land; des-
potic America against free America, des-
potic England against free England,
despotic Germany against free Germany,
despotic 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. Uncover and
look upon the trenches of the dead.
Blood! blood! a deluge Of blood!
But the redeemed Of Heaven, looking
upon the glorious arch hat spans the
throne, shall see that the deluge isover
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
b~utchered men; but peace! German and
Frenchman, who fell with arms inter
locked in hate on the field OF death, nov
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 in
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Ing to hurt or destroy in all Gods holy
mount, for there is a rainbow round
about the throne.
Now the earth iscovered with the del
uge Of sorrow. TROUBLED trouble! The
very first utterance when we come into
the world is a cry. Without any teach
ing we learn to weepg What has so
wrtnkled that mans facet? What has so
prematurely whitened his hair? What
calls out that sigh? What starts that
tear? TROUBLED! trouble! / 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 tops of the
highest mountains. No escape from 1t.
You go into the store, and 1t meets you
at your counting desk; you go into the
street, and 1t meets you at the corner;
you 60 into the house, and 1t meets you
at the door. Tears Of poverty! tears Of
persecutionl tears Of bereavement
deluge Of tears! Gathered together
from all the earth, they could float an
ark larger than Noah's.
But the glorified, looking up to the
bow that spans the throne, shall see
that the deluge Is over. No shivering
wretch on the palace step; no blind man
at the gate Of the heavenly temple ask
ing for aims; no grinding 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 midstof 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 span
ming the throne!
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 DOT OF the rain
bow of Heaven there Is a box made out
Of the wood of the cross. Open 1t and
you will find all the treasures of Heaven.
o, that our eyes may all look upon
this bow OF promise, lifted by Christ's
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