Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-09


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. nave you ever
seen q cloud burstf There have been DAYS
when it rained as If it would never stop. You
knew, il it kept on that way long, all the ma
tions would be drowned: yet you had no appre-
hension, for you remember the bow OF fromise
painted on the cloud in Noah's time; 90 uns
glorified have but to look to the arcn around
the throne of the King to be treasured that tne
deluge of trial is forever past On eartn,
THE DELUGE OF SIN
covers the tops of the highest mountains.
heard an Alpine guide, amid the most stupeno-
Gus evidences of Gods power, swear at MS
mule as he stumbled in the pass. Yes. the de-
luge of sin dashes over the top OF the hignest
mountain ranges. Revenge, drunkenness Im-
piety. falsehood, blasphemy, are but dlnerent
waves of flood that has whelmed nations.
New York is drowned in it Brooklyn is
drowned in il, Boston is drowned In II Lonooh
is drowned in it. st. Petersburg is drowned In
1.-two great hemispberes are drowned in it
But the redeemed, looking unto the rainbow
round about the throne" see the pledge tnat
all this 10 ended for them forever.
They have committed their last SIN, ana conn
bated their last temptation. No suicide leaps
into those bright waters; no profanity betouls
that pure air; no villains torch shall nre those
temples; no murderer's hand shall strike down
those sons of God. They know that alto for them
the deluge of sin is Rssuaged Tor tbere Is
rainbow round about the throne.
Now the world is covered with oeiuge 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 despot-
America against free America, despotic Eng
land 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 hrst
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. Un-
cover and look upon the trenches of the dead.
Blood! bloodI-a deluge Of blood!
AFTER EARTH's SORROWS.
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 barricades blocking
those streets; no hostile flag above these walls;
no smoke of burning villages; no shrieks OF
butchered men; but peace! German and
Frenchman, who fell with arms interlocked in
hate on the field of death, now, through Christ
in heaven, stand with arms interlocked in love.
Arms stacked forever; shields of battle hung
m 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 rainbow round about the throne.
Now the earth is covered with a deluge of
sorrow. TROUBLED troubled The very first ut
terance when we come into the world is cry.
Without any teaching. we learn to weep. What
has SO wrinkled that mans face? What has SO
prematurely whitened his hair? What calls
out that sigh? What starts that tear? Trouble!
troubled 1 find it in the cellar of poverty, and
crags; for this also hath gone over the tops of
the highest mountains. No escape from 1t.
You go into the store, and it meets you at your
counting-desk; you go into the street, and it
meets you at the corner; you 60 into the house,
and il meets you at the door. Tears of poverty!
tears of persecutioni tears of bereavementl-a
deIuge Of tears! Gathered together from all
the earth, they could float an ark larger than
Hoah's. But the glorified, looking up to the
bow that spans the throne shall see that the
deluge is over. No shivering wreck on the pal
ace step; no blind man at the gate of the heay.
emily temple, asking for aims; no grinding Of
the screw-driver on coffin lid. They
LOOK UP AT THE RAINBOW
and read, in lines of yellow and red and green
and blue and orange and indigo and violet,
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any
more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor
any heat; for the Lamb which is in the midst
OF the throns shall feed them, and shall lead
them unto living fountains of waters, and God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes"
Thank God for the glory spanning the thronel
In our boyhood we had superstition that at
the foot of the rainbow there was a casket of
buried gold; but have to announce that at the
foot of this rainbow of heaven there is box
made out Of the wood of the cross. Open it,
and you find all the treasures of heaven,
oh that our eyes may all look upon this bow
of promise, lifted by Christs own handi We
shall trace the separate lines of beauty across
the armament. In the line of red shall see
the blood of my Lord; in the blue, the bruises
that colored His cheek; in the green, the fresh
ness of His grace; in the violet, His humility;
in all that curve of beauty, the bend of His
right arm of love swung over all the redeemed.
But mind what told you at the beginning,
and what tell you at the close-that none but
Noah's family in the ark saw the rainbow, and
that only those who are at last in Christ shall
discover it amid the glories of heaven.
Except a man be born again, he cannot see
the Kingdom OF God"