The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-20

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foundations OF this wall to be, the frs
of jasper, yellow and red; the second o
sapphire. asdeep blue; the third chal
cedony,S varied beauty; the fourth
emerald q bright green COLOR the hfth
sardonyx, a blush white; the sixth
sardius, red and fiery; the seventh,
chrysolite. golden hued; the eighth
beryl, blush green; the ninth, topaz
pale green mixed with yellow; the
tenth ehrysoprasus, golden blush
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 mighty wall of
jasper-of brilliant yellow and gorgeous
crimson. Stupendous cataract of color'
Throne of splendor and sublimity! You
see that the beautiful colors which ara
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 glorified and eternalized
in the deep everlasting blue of that fiery
stone which forms the second founda-
ton of the heavenly wan. sBeE
= The green that sleeps on the brooks
bank and rides on the sea wave and
spreads its banners on the mountain top
shall be eternalized in the emerald that
forms the fourth foundation of the
heavenlytwah 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 flames at whose
breath Moscow fell and Etna burned
shall be eternalized in the fiery jasper.
1t seems as if all earthly beauty were in
one billow to be dashed up against the
wall of Heaven so. that the most beauti-
full things Of earth may be kept either
in the wall or the foundation or in the
around about the throne.
l 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
round about the throne. Get
a ticket and carefully guarded you GO
into the royal factory at Paris where the
tapestries of the world are
made, and see how for years a man will
sit putting in and out ball of colored
through the delicate threads,
that 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,
the tapestry, now swung above
the throne, into rainbow of infinite
glory. o, what place Heaven must be.
You have heretofore looked at the floor;
this morning take one glance at the
ceiling. Nv VI ~
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
Il it would never stop. You knew if it
Kept on in that way long all the nations
would be drowned; yet you had no sp-
orehension, for you remembered the
DOW of promise painted on the cloud in
Soah's time. So the glorif1ed had but
% look to the arch around the throne of
he King to be treasured that the deluge
If trial is forever past.
On earth the deluge of sin covers the
ops Of the highest mountains. heard
N Alpine guide, amid the most stu
,endous evidences of Gods power, swear
It his mule as he stumbled in the pass.
Yes, the deluge of sin dashes over the
OPP of the highest mountain ranges.
Revenge, drunkenness, impiety, false
lood blasphemy are but different waves
# food that has whelmed nations.
New York is drowned in 1t, Brooklyn is
in it, London is drowned in it,
St Petersburg is drowned in 1.-TWO
rreat hemispheres are drowned in it
But the redeemed, looking into the
rainbow round about the throne" see
he pledge that all this is ended for
hem forever. They have committed
heir last sin and committed their last
No suicide leaps into those
fright waters; no profanity befouls that
,ure air; no villains torch shall fire
hose temples; no murderer's hand shall
'trike down those sons Of God. They
,now that for them the deluge of sin is
fer there is rainbow round
bout the throne" .....-
Now the world is covered with deluge
If blood. The nations are all the time
,ither using the sword or sharpening it.
The factories of the world are night and
lay manufacturing the weaponry of
leath. Throne against throne, empire
against empire. The spirit Of despotism
md freedom at war in every land; des-
,otic America against free America, des-
,otic England against free England,
lespotic Germany against free Germany,
iespotic Austria against free Austria.
The great battle of earth is being fought
the Armageddon of the nations. The
'ong that unrolied from the sky on the
irst Christmas night, of peace and
rood 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
ook upon the trenches of the dead.
Blood! blood. deluge of blood!
But tae redeemed of Heaven, looking
lpon the glorious arch that spans the
hrone, shall see that the deluge is over.
70 batteries are planted on those hills;
10 barricades blocking those streets;
10 hostile flag above those walls; no
moke of burning villages; no shrieks of |
'utchered men; but peace! German and |
who fell with arms inter-
ocked in hate on the field of death, now |
through Christ in Heaven. stand with |
rms interiocked in love. Arms stacked |
brewer; shields of battle hung up. The
love instead of the eagle; the lamb in
tead of the lion, There shall be moth
ng to hurt or destroy in all Gods holy
Mount for there is rainbow round |
bout the throne.