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| 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 judgment, but John tells
of the garlands which the glorifed
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
served in Heaven. Then let the world
burn; all that is worth saving will be
snatched out of the fire.
see the same truth set forth in the
twelve foundations of the wall of
Heaven. st. John announces the twelve
foundations of this wall to be: the first,
of jasper, yellow and red; the second,
of sapphire, deep blue; the third, a
chalcedony, varied beauty; the fourth,
emerald, bright green color; the fifth,
sardonyx, blush white; the sixth,
sardius, red and fiery; the seventh,
chrysolite, golden-hued; the eighth,
beryl, blush green; the ninth, topaz,
a pale green mixed with yellow; the
tenth, chrysoprasus, golden blush
tint; the eleventh, jacinth, fiery as the
sunset; the twelfth, amethyst But
these precious stones are only the
foundation of the wall of Heayen-the
most inferior part of it. On the top of
this foundation there rises mighty
wall of jasper-of brilliant yellow and
gorgeous crimson. Stupendous cataract
of colori Throne of splendor and sub
Unity!
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 g1orified
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 foun-
dation of the heavenly wall. The
fiery gush of the morning, the con-
fiagratiOn of the autumnal sunset, the
electricity that shoots its forked tongue
out of the thunder-cloud, the flame at
whose breath Moscow fell and Etnas
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.
I 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 ticket, and, carefully guarded,
you go into the royal factory of Paris
where the Gobelin tapestries of the
world are made, and see how for years
a man will sit putting in and out ball
or colored worsteds through the delicate
threads, satisfied if he can in day
make so much as a fingers breadth of
beauty for 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 in
finite glory. Oh, what place Heaven
must bel 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 a cloud burst?
There have been days when it rained as
If it would never stop. You knew if it
kept on that way long, all the nations
would be drowned, yet you had no ap-
prehension, for you remember the bow
of promise, painted on the cloud in
Noah's time. So the glorifed have but
to look to the arch around the throne of
the King to be reassured that the del
uge of trial is forever past
On earth the deluge of sin covers the
tops of the highest mountains. Iheard
an Alpine guide, among the stupendous
evidences of Gods power, swear at his
mules as he stumbled in the pass. Yes,
the deluge of sin dashes over the top of
the highest mountain ranges. Revenge,
drunkenness, impiety, falsehood, bias
phemy, are but different waves of a
flood that has overwhelmed nations.
New York is drowned in it, BROOKLYN
is drowned in it, Boston is drowned in
it, London is drowned in it, st. Peters
burg is drowned in 1.-TWO great hemi-
spheres are drowned in it. But the re-
deemed, 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 rainbow round about the
throne"
Now the world is covered with a
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