Orange County observer., 1890-06-28

IL htpt eth T II tue all OF the IounuaIlOn,
Or III the rainbow round about the throne.
notice tue uusreakabe artTactiyeness OF
heaven In other places the Bible tells US Of
the floor vi heayen-the waters and the
stones and the fruits, but now St. John tells
as If the roof-tbe freScoet. arch OF eternity
snd the rainbow round about the throne
Get a ticket and. carefully guarded. yoa 60
INTO the royal factory at Paris where the
GOBLIN tapestries OF the world are made, and
how tor years, man will SIT putting III
ana ont a ball Of co!ored wOrsteis through
tile 3eloate threads satisfied if he can in ii
iav make much fingers breadth OF
beauty for Kings canopy But behold
how nv Lord in one hour, with bis two
hands. twisted the tapestry, now swlng
above the throne into q rainbow OF infinite
glory Oh what a place heaven must b.
YOU have heretofore looked at the floor nj
morning take one glance al the ceiling.
notice what must be the feeling Or safety
among the people Of heaven Have YOU ever
seen u cloud burst There have been days
when it raine'l as II II would never stop.
You knew il it kept on in that way long all
the nations would be drowned; yet you had
10 apprehen9ion. for YOU remember the Bow
OF Promise painted OH the cloud IN Noah
! time. So the glortiei have bnt TO! !ook
to the arch arouni he throne OF the kine
| to be raa Surei that the dcn zc Of trial i~ for
| ever past
4 TN earJi lil- tis3c il iii CofN43 tuc WI
| Of the highest mountains | heard an A
+, pine guide anlid the mos etupendous evi-
| dences Of Gods power, swear At his muie g.
| he stumbled il the pas Yes the deluyF Foi
sin daches over the top II tha highest mount
ain range Grv-uo. drunkenness, i'm
| piety, falsehon!. n'~p'' 80 are bat dfff rt%ht
| waves Of n foo that ia %h-tne nat.6AS-
| New YUll, i drown ~ Il. brooklyn IS
| drowned III il + ,to j. drowned IN 1t l.oE-
| don is drowned IL :. Petersburg Is
| drowned in it-th, gr-aJ inl~pheres are
drowned in it, Bal til. redeemed loof1in
unto the rainbow round about the throne,
SEQ the pledge that al this Is ended lor then.
forever They have committed then last
sin and combated their last temptation. No
suicide leaps into tho,. bright waters: no
| profanity befouls that pure air; no Williams
torch shall fire those tenlpleS; no murderer >
hand shall strike down those sons OF TOD
They know that for them the deluge of sn
is assuaged for there is q rainbo" roun!
about the throne
Now the world i covered With deiuge o.
blood. The nation, all the time either
using the sword or sharpening it The fac
tories of the world are night and day manu-
facturing the weaponry OF death. Throne
against throne. Empire against Empire. The
spirit of despotism and freedom at war IL
. every land; despotic America against free
America, despotic England against free Eng
iand, despotic Germany against free Ger
.9any, despotc Austria against free Austria
The great battle Of earth is being fought
the Armageddon OF the nations. The song
that unroled from the SKY on the first
Christmas night Of peace and good will to
men is drowned i'll the booming of the great
siege guns Stand back and let the long line
nf ambulances pass Groan to groan. IN
cover and look upon the trenches Of the dead
Blood, bood,-a aeluge of blood!
But the redeemed of heaven lookng upon
No l5rfot f11af hal
5ec that the delugc is over. No batteries ARE
planted on those hills. 30 harricades blocking
chose streets: no hostile flag above tho>,
walls. no smoke oi burnin, villages: Tx
>hrieks of butcucred men, but peace, Ger
..lan and .Frenchman who fell with arms iE
,erlOcke in hate on the field OF death now
through Christ III heaven, stand with arm
.nterlocked in love. Arms stacked forever
shields Of butte hung up. The dove instead
II the eaglt the lamb instead of the lion
There shall be nothing to hurt or destroy il
all Gods holy mount, for there Is RAINBOW
round about the throne.
No" the earth is covered with the delug
of sorrow. Trouble Trouble, The ver,
first nrterance when come into til
world is cry. Without any teaching W
learn to weep. What has wrinkled tha
lnan~ face. What has SO prematurel,
whitened his hair, What calls ont tina
Ugh What starts that tear, Trout)e
trouble! find it in the cellar of poverty
/ -tnl 1ar mp among the heights on the to
i the cra9s; tor this also hath gone ,ve
he top, OF the highest mountains No q:
cape lrom it, You 90 INTO the store an
i meets you at Your counting desk: Won -
INTO the street and it meets yo,l at til
corner; You go into the house and it meet
'"u at the door Tears of poverty! tear
Of persecution tears of berea vement =
denge OF tears Gathered together lror
all the earth, they could float an ark large
than NOahS
But the glorlfied. looking ny TO the DO,
mat spans the throne. shall see rnat the dt
il@e IS over. No shivering wretch on th
pa'ace step; no blind man at the gate of tn
heavenly temple, asking for aims; no grint
ing OF the screw driver coffin lid. The
look up at the rainbow, and read, in lines {
Yellow, and red and green and blue an
orange, and indigo, and violet: They sha
hunger no more neither thirst any NOR,
neither shall the s,ln light on them. nor an
neat; for the Lamb which is in the midst
ihe throne shall feed them, and shall lea
them unto living fountains of waters an
cod shall wipe away all tears from thei
: yes Thank God for tue glory spannin
the throne,
In our boyhood we had superstition tina
e at the foot Of the ranbo" there was a caske
; q hurled gold: but have to announce tbs
I t the loot Of this rainbow of heaven theI
: : box made ont of the wood Of the eros
pen It, and Won find all the treasures @
/ '.eaVeE
. Oh that our eyes may all look upon tn
! ow OF promise, lifted by Christ's own hand
'e shall trase the separate lines of beaut
ross the armament In the line of red
! !al >Ae the blood OF nv Lord; in the blue
lie bruises that colored His cheek; i'll til
,:teen. tue freshness Of His grace: in the viz
I !, HIS humility in ali that eurvaof beauty
4e bend OF His right arm fSlove swun
ger al the redeemed
But mind what | J1l1 v1u .r1a har
eng, and what tell YOU at t.thee eclose--tha
me but Noahs family in the arg saw th
nlnbo~ and only those whAaee at Ia
~ Christ shall discover il amid TIE glories c
heaven
Except man be born asainxshe cannc
see the kingdom Of God
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