Connecticut western news., 1890-06-11

moved or pictured in the Good Land. The trees must twist in the last fire the oaks, and the cedars, and the naples; but in heaven there shall be the trees of life on the bank of the river, and the palm trees from which the conquerors shall pluck their branch es. The Hudson, and the St. Law renee, and the Ohio shall boil in the last flame, but we shall have more than their beauty in the River of Life from under the throne. The daisies, and the portulacas, and the roses of earth will wither in the hot sirocco of the judg- ment but John tells of the garlands which the gloriied shall wear; and there must be flowers, or there could be no garlands. The rainbow on our sky, which is only the pillow of the dying storm,
 must be removed; but then, glory be to God! "there is rainbow round about the throne have but to look up to the radiant arch above the throne of God to assure myself that the most glorious things of earth are to be pre- served in heaven. Then let the world burn; all that is worth saving will be snatched out of the fire.
 THE TWELVE STONES OF BEAUTY. I see the same truth set forth in the twelve foundations of the wall of heav- en. St. John announces the twelve foundations of this wall to be, the first,
 of jasper-yellow and red; the second, of sapphire-a deep blue; the third,
 a chalcedony-a varied beauty; the fourth, emerald-a bright green color; to fifth, sardonyx-a bluish white; the sixth, sardius-red and fiery; the sev
 enth, chrysolite hued; the eighth, beryl-a bluish green; the ninth, topaz-a pale green mixed with yellow;
 the tenth, chrysoprasus- a 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 jasper 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 g1orif1ed 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 it's banners on the mountain top shall be eternized in the emerald 1 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 it's forked tongue out of the thunder cloud, the 1 flame at whose breath Moscow fell and Htnas burn, shall be eternized in the 1 fiery jasper It seems as if all earthly beauty were in one pillow to be dashed up against that wall of heaven; so that the most beautiful things of earth will 1 be kept either in the wall, or the foun- l dation, or in the rainbow round about l 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 l roof-the frescoed arch of eternity and 1 the rainbow round about the throne. Get a ticket, and, carefully guarded, l iv,fo hn 1.Nxyo1 foof0v.x of Do
 where the Gobelin tapestries of the
 world are made, and see how for years 1 a man will sit putting in and out ball
 of colored worsteds through the deli l cate threads, satisfied if he can in a | day make so much as fingers breadth
 of beauty for 8 kings canopy. But
 behold how my Lord, in one hour, with
 his two hands, twisted the tapestry, now
 swung above the throne, into rainbow
 of infinite glory. Oh, what a place
 heaven must bel You have heretofore
 looked at the floor; this morning take
 one glance at the ceiling.
 Inotice what must be the feeling of
 safety among the people of heaven.
 Have you ever seen cloud burst9
 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 Noah's time. So the glorif1ed
 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 DEUCE OF SIN AND SORROW.
 On earth, the deluge of sin covers
 the tops of the highest mountains
 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 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"
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