The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19


ain ranges. Revenge, drunkenness, mn.
plety, falsohood, hlasphemy are but different
waves OF food that has whelmed nations.
New York is drowned In it Brooklyn IL
drowned In il, Boston Is drowned In IL Lon
don is drowned 1t IT, st. Petersburg il
drowned In 1.-two great hemispheres ara
drowned In It, But the redeemed, looking
unto the rainbow round about the throne"
see the pledge that all this is ended Tor them
forever. They have committed their last
sin and combated their last temptation. No
suicide leaps into those bright waters; no
profanity befouls that purs air; no williams
torch shall iire those temples; no murderer's
hand shall strike down thoss sons OF Col.
They know that for them the deluge OF sin
Is assuaged, for there is rainbow round
about the throne
Now the world Is covered with delugS OF
blood. The nations are all the time either
using the sword or sharpening It The fac
tories OF the world are night and day manu-.
featuring the weaponry of death. Throne
against throne, Empire against Empire. The
spirit OF despotsm and freedom at war in
every land; despotic America against free
America, despotic England against free Eng
land despotic Germany against free Ger
many, despotic Austria against free Austria.
The great battle of earth is being fought
the Armageddou OF the nations. The song
that unrolled from the sky on the first
Christmas night, OF peace and good will -
men,. IS drowned in the booming of the great
siege guns, Stand back and let the long line
OF ambulances pass, Groan to groan. Ul.-
cover, and look upon the trenches Of the dead.
Blood blood Ia deluge of blood
But the redeemed of heaven looking upon
the glorious arch that spans the throne, shall
SEQ that the deluge is over. No batteries are
planted on those hills; no barricades blocking
those streets; no hostile flag above those
walls; no smoke OF burning villages, no
'hreks of butcherei men; bat peace Ger
man and Frenchman, VINO Tell with arms in.
terlocke in hate on the field of death, now,
through Christ in heaven, stand with arms
interlocked in love. Arms stacked forever;
shields of hattie 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 tho deluge
Of sorrow. Trouble! TROUBLED The very
first utterance when we come into the
world is cry. Without any teaching, we
learn to weep. What has SO wrinkled that
mans facet What has so prematurely
whitened his hairl 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 es-
cape from it. You go into the store, and
1t 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 bsreavementl-a
deluge of tearsl Gathered together from
all the earth, they could float en- ark larger
than Noah's.
But the gloriled. looking up to the bow
that spans the throne, shall see that the de-
luge is over. No shiverug 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, AMI rel, and green, and blue, and
orange, and indigo, and violet: "rbey 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 feel them, and shall lead
them unto living fountains Of waters, and
God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes" Thank Col for the glory spanning
| the thronel
In our boyhood we had superstition that
at the foot of the rainbow there was casket
of buried gold but have to announce that
of the foot of this rainbow of heaven there
Is box made out Of the wood of the cross.
Open it, and you find all the treasures of
| heaven.
Oh that our eyes may all look upon this
| bow Of promise, lifted by Christ's own hand
We shall trase the separate lines OF beauty
across the armament In the line Of red
shall see the blood of my Lord; in the blue,
tho bruises that colored His cheek; in tina
green, the freshness of His grace; in the vio-
let, His humility in all that curve of beauty,
the bend Of His right arm of love swung
over all the redeemed. y =.
But mind what told you at the begun.
ming and what tell you at the close--that
none but Noah's family i'll the ark saw the
rainbow, and only those who are at last
in Christ shall discover it amid the glories OF
| heaven.
Except man be born again, he cannot
see the kingdom Of God"