The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-09

q pale green mixed with yellow; the tenth;
chrysoprasus-a golden blush tint: the
eleventh, jacinth-hery as the sunset; the
twelfth, the amyuhest. But these precious
stones are only the foundation OF the wall
OF heaven-the most inferior part OF 1t.
On the top of this foundation there rises a
mighty wall Of iasper-of brilliant yellow
and gorgeous crimson. Stupendous cata-
ract OF colorl Throne Of splendor and sub
hmityl
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 the richness Of color,
shall be glorifed and eternized in the deep
everlasting blue Of that fiery stone which
forms the second foundation Of the heav-
emily wall. The green that sleeps on the
brooks banks 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 confiagration of the au-
tumnal 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. IL seems as If all earthly beauty
were In one hillow to be dashed up against
that wall of heaven: so that the most
beautiful things Of earth VIII be kept either
in the wall, or the foundation, or in the
rainbow round about the throne.
l notice the unspeakable attractiveness 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 60 into the royal factory at
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world are made, and see how for years o
man win sit putting In and out a ball Of
oolored worsteds through the delicate
threads, satisfied II he caR in day make so
much as fingers breadth Of beauty for q
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. o, what
place heaven must bel You have heretofore
glance at the ceiling.
notice what must be the feeling of
safety among the people OF heaven. Have
you ever seen O cloud-bursti There have
been days when It rained as If Ii would
never stop. You knew, IL it kept ON in
that way long, all the nations would be
drowned, yet you had no apprehension, for
You remember the bow Of promise painted
on the cloud In NoRh's time. So the glori-
fed have but to look to the arch around the
throne Of the king TO be reassured 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 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,
impiety. falsehood, blaspheny are but diff
ferent waves of a flood that has whelmed
nations. New York is drowned in it,
Brooklyn is drowned in il, 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, sec the pledge that all this is
ended for them forever. They have com
mitted 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 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 Gespotism 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
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
bloodi-a deluge Of blood
But the redeemed of heaven, looking
upon the glorious arch that spans the throne,
shall see that the deluge is over. Ne bat
tsaies are planted on those bills no barri-
cades blocking those streets; no hostile flag
above those walls; no smoke of burning vii
lagos; no shrieks of butchered men, but
peacel German and Frenchman, who fell
with arms interlocked in hate on the field of
death, now, through Christ ia heaven, stand
with arms interlocked in love- Arms
stacked forever: shields OF battle hung up.
The dove instead of the eagle; the lamb in-
stead 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 the deluge
of sorrow. Troubled troubled The very
first utterance when we come into the world
is cry. Without any teaching, we learn
to weep. What has so wrinkled tnat mans
facet What has so prematurely whiteued
his hair7 What calls out that sigh7 What
starts that tear2 TROUBLED trouble! l find
1T in the cellar of poverty, and far up
among the nights on the top Of the crags;
for this also hath gone over the tops Of the