Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-06-09

eighth, beryl-a blush green; the ninth,
topaz pale green mixed with yellow;
the tenth, chrysoprasus- golden blu
ish tint; the eleventh, jacinth-fiery as
the sunset; the twelfth, amethyst. But
these precious stones are only the foun-
dation of the wall of heaven-the most
inferior part of it. On the top of this
foundation there rises a mighty wall of
iasper-of brilliant yellow and gorgeous
crimson. Stupendous cataract of colorl
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 glorifed
and eternized in the deep everlasting
blue of that fiery stone which forms the
second foundation 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 eternized in the emerald
that forms the fourth foundation of the
heavenly wall.
The fiery gush of the morning, the
confagration of the autumnal sunset,
the electricity that shoots its forked
tongue out of the thunder cloud, the
flame at whose breath Moscow fell and
Htnas burn, shall be eternized in the
| fiery jasper. It seems as If all earthly
beauty were in one billow to be dashed
up against that wall of heaven; so that
the most beautiful things of earth will
be kept either in the wall, or the foun-
| dation, or in the rainbow round 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 sit putting in and out ball
| of colored worsteds through the deli
cate threads, satisfied if he can in a
| day make SO much as 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 the throne, into a rainbow
of infinite glory Oh, what a 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 apprehension, for you remem-
Der the Bow of Promise painted on the
cloud in Noahs time. So the glorifed
have but to look to the arch around
the throne of the King to be treasured
that the deluge of trial is forever past.
THE DELUGB OF SIN AND SORROW.
On earth, the deluge of sin covers
the tops of the highest mountains. I
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, drunkenness, i'm
piety, falsehood, blasphemy, are but
different waves of a flood 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 it
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 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 a
leluge 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; despotic America against
free 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 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! |
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 barbados blocking those streets; no |
hostile flag above those walls; no smoke
of burning villages; no shrieks of |
butchered men; but peace! German |
and Frenchman, who fell with arms in |
terlocked in hate on the field of death, |
now, through Christ in heaven, stand |
WILL dI1IlS 11U0FIOCh0Q LII 1OV0. AT1uS |
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 rain |
bow round about the throne.
ALL TEARS SHALL BE DRIED THERE.
Now the earth is covered with the |
deluge of sorrow Trouble! trouble |
The very first utterance when we come |
into the world is a cry. Without any |
teaching we learn to weep. What has |
SO W.T. lied that mans face? What has |
SO prematurely whitened his hair? |
What calls out that sigh? What starts |
that tear2 Trouble! troubled I 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 it meets you at your counting desk; |
you go into the street and it meets YOU |