Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-13

t ~ wa, SHOOTS Its forked tongue out of !
breath Moscow fell and 1,tnns bnrn shall
nc atcrnlzed in the fiery jasper. 1t seems 1
Us u ai earthly beauty were i'm one billow TO |
nc dashed up against that wall of Heaven.
~ In ,n i Ihe most beautiful things of earth
H y ns hcpt ,lthcr IN the wall. or the foun- |
throne. A "'ou' VIC
houce the unspeakable attractiyeness of
Heaven. In other places the Bible tells us |
ol the hoor OF Heaven-the waters, and the
stones. and the fruits: but now St. John |
tells US of the roof-thc freseoed arch Of
.terhlty and the rainbow round about the
throne. Get a ticket, and, carefully
guarded. You go into the royal factory at
iafis where the Gobelin tapestries of the
mo,lu are made and see how for years a
man VIII sit putting in Il ball of colored
Wofsteds through the delicate threads. sat
ished II 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
a RAINBOW of infinite glory. Oh, what Il
place Heaven must be! You have hereto-
lore looked at the floor: this morning take
one glance at the ceiling.
L notlce what must be the feeling of safety
among the people OF Heaven. Have YOU ever
seen Il cloud burst? There have been days
when 1t raincd as if it would never stop.
You knew, if it kept on in that way long, all
the nations would he drowned: yet you had
no apprehension, for you remember the Bow
OF Promise painted on the cloud in Noah's
time. So the gloriiied have but to look to
thc arch around the throne of the King to
be treasured that the deluge of trial is for
ever past.
tops of the highest mountains. l heard an
Alpine guide, amid the most stupendous
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. drunk
enness. impiety. falseiood. blasphemy, are
but different waves of a lood that has
| whelmed nations. New York is drowned
in it, Brooklyn is drowned in it, Boston is
drowned in it. London is drowned in it. st.
Petersburg is drowned in 1.-TWO great
hemispheres are drowned in it,. But the
redeemed, looking unto the rainbow round
about the THRONE see the pledge that all
this is ended for them forever. They have
committed their last sin and combated their
last temptation. No suicide leaps into those
bright waters: no profanity befouis that
! pure alr: no villains torch shall fire those
temples; no murdcrer's hand shall strike
down those sons of God. They know that
for them the delnge of sin is assraged. for
there is a rainbow round about the
throne"
Nov 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 en-
pire. The spirit of dcspotic America
against tree America, despotic England
against free England, despotic Germany
against free Germany, despotic Austria
against free Austria. The great battle Of
earth is being fought-the A~rmageddon of
the nations. The sons that unrollcd 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 ambu-
lances pass. Groan to groan. Uncover,
and look upon the trenches of the dead.
Blood! blood! Il deluge of blood!
But the redeemed of Heaven, looking
upon the glorious arch that spans the
throne. shall see that the dcluge is over.
No batteries are planted on those hills; no
barrlcades blocking those streets: no hos
tile flag above those walls; no smoke of
burning villages; no snrieks of butchercd
men; but peace! German and Frenchman,
who fell with arms interlocked in hate on
the field of death. now, 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 instead of the lion. There
shall be nothing TO hurt or destroy in all
Gods holy mount, for there is a rainbow
round about the throne.
Now the earth is covered with the deluge
of sorrow. Trouble! trouble! The very
utterance when We come into the world is u
cry. Without any teaching we learn to
weep. What has so wrinkled that mans
face? What has so prematurely whitencd
his hair? What calls out that sigh? What
starts that tear? Trouble! trouble! l find
it in the cellar OF poverty. and far up among
the heights on the top of the crags: for this
also hath gone over the tops of the highest
mountains. No escape from it. You go
into the store, and il meets you at your
counting desk: you go into the street. and
it meets you at the corner: you go into the
house. and it meets you at the door. Tears
of poverty. tears of persecution. tears of
hereavement!-a deluge Of tears! Gathered
together from all the earth they could float
an ark larger than Noah's.
But the glorilled. looking up to the bow
that spans the throne, shall see that the
dcluge is over. No shivering wretch on the
palace step: no blind man at the gate of the
heavenly temple asking for aims: no grind
ing 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 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 asuperstition that
lit llit IoOb VI lIC ttliDo" tllClS VETS 1t Su3-
ket of buried gold: but l have to announce
that at the foot of this rainboy of Heaven
there is Il box made out of the wood of the
cross. Open it, and you find all the treas
urcs of Heaven.
Oh. that our eyes may all look upon this
bow of promise, lifted by Christ's own
hand! We shall trace the separate lines OF
beauty across the armament. In the line OF
red ! shall see the blood OF my Lord, in the
blue, the bruises that colored His cheek: in
the green, the freshness of His grace: in
the violet, His humility: in all that curve OF
beauty. the bend of His right arm Of love
swung over all the redeemed.
But mind what l old you at the begin
ming. and what l tell you at the close-that
none but Noah's family in the ark saw the
rainbow. and that only those who are at
last in Christ shall discove- it amid the
glories of Heaven.
Except a man be born again, he cannot
see the Kingdom of God
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