The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-06-13

dalton of the wall of Heaven-the most
inferior part of it On the top of this
foundation there rises mighty wall OF
jasper-of brilliant yellow and gorgeous
crimson Stupendous cataract of color!
Throne of splendor and sublimity! You
see that the beautiful colors which are
the robes of glory to our earth are to be
forever preserved in this wall of Heaven
Our skies of blue, which sometimes
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.
Tho 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 that
forms the fourth foundation of the
heavenly wall. The fiery gush of the
morning, the con1agration of the
autumnal sunset, the electricity that
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 If all earth y 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
IA nbow around about the throne.
i 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
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
putting in and out a ball of colored
worsteds through the delicate threads,
satisfied that If he can in a day make so
much as a fingers breadth of beauty for
a Kings canopy. But behold how my
Lord, in one hour, with his two hands,
twisted the tapestry, now swung above
tho throne, into a rainbow of infinite
glory. o, what place Heaven must be.
You have heretofore looked at the floor;
this morning take one glance at the
ceiling.
notice what must be the feeling Of
safety among the people of Heaven.
Have you ever seen cloud burst?
There have been days when it rained as
If it would never stop. You knew if it
kept on in that way long all the nations
would be drowned; yet you had no APP
prehension, for you remembered the
bow of promise painted on .the cloud in
Noah's time. So the glorified had but
to look to the arch around the throne of
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. heard
an Alpine guide, amid the most stu
pendous evidences of Gods power, swear
at his mule as 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 a flood that has whelmed nations.
New York is drowned in it, Brooklyn is
drowned in Ii, London is drowned in 1t,
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
assuaged, for there is a rainbow round
about the throne"
Now the world is covered with 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 despotism
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 ambulance:
pass Groan to groan. Uncover and
look upon the trenches of the dead
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; NJ
smoke of burning villages; no shrieks o
J butchered men; but peace! German anC
| Frenchman, who fell with arms inter
r locked in hate on the field of death, nov
/ through Christ in Heaven. stand with
, arms interlocked in love. Arms stacked
t forever; shields of battle hung up. The
) dove instead of the eagle; the lamb in
| stead of the lion. There shall be moth
= ing to hurt or destroy in ali Gods holy
, mount for there is rainbow round
about the throne.
Now the earth is covered with the del
uge of sorrow. TROUBLED trouble! The
very first utterance when we come int
. the world is a cry. Without any teach
J ing we learn to weep. What has 81
; wrinkled that mans face? What has 81
prematurely whitened his hair? What
calls out that sigh? What starts that
tear? TROUBLED troubled / find it il
the cellar of poverty, and far up among
the heights on the tops of the-crags; fol-
this also hath gone over the tops of the
highest mountains No escape from it
, But the glorifed, looking up to the
bow that spans the throne, shall see
that the deluge is over. No shiverine
, wretch on the palace step; no blind mar
at the gate of the heavenly temple ask
ing for aims; no grinding of the screw
driver on coffin lid. They look up a
the rainbow and read in lines of yellow
and red, and green. and blue. and
orange, and indigo. and violet: ''TheJ
I shall hunger no more. neither thirst
! any more; neither shall the sun light