Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-09


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 glorifed and eternized in the deep, ever
lasting blue Of that fiery stone which
forms the second foundation of the heav-
emily 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 foundation of the heav-
emily wall The fiery gush Of the morning.
the conhagration of the autumnal sunset,
the electricity that shoots its forked tongue
out of the thunder cloud, the flame at
whose breath Moscow fell and Ktnas 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 foundation, or in the rainbow
round about the throne
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 guard
ed, you go into the royal factory at Paris
where the Gobelin tapestries of the world
are made, and see how for years a man
will sit putting in and out ball of colored
worsteds through the delicate threads, sat
isfied If he can in a day make so much as a
fingers breadth of beauty for kings can
Opy. But behold how my Lord, in one
hour, with his two hands, twisted the tap
estry, now swung above the throne, into a
rainbow of infinite glory. Oh, what a
place heaven must bel You have hereto
fore looked at the floor; thus morning take
one glance at the ceiling.
notice what must be the feeling of
safety among the people of heaven. Have
you ever seen cloud burst2 There have
been days when 1t rainel as if it would
never stop. You knew if it kept on in that
way long all the nations would be drowned
yet you had no apprehension, for you re
member the Bow of Promise painted on the
cloud in Noah's time. Sd the glorified
have but to look to the arch around the,
throne Of the King to be reassured that thu,
deluge of trial is forever past.
THE FLOOD OF SINS.
On earth the deluge of sin covers the
tops OF the highest mount alas. heard ali
Alpine guide amid the moot 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, drunk
enness, impiety, falsehood, blasphemy ar =
but different waves of a flood that has
whelmed nations. New York is drowned
in it, Brooklyn is drowned in it, Boston Is
drowned In it, London is drowned in 1t, 81.
Petersburg is drowned in 1.-TWO grest
hemispheres are drowned In it. But the
redeemed, 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 a rainbow
round about the throne"
Now the world is covered with deluge
of blood. The nations are all the time
either using the sword or sharpening it.
The factories of the world are night ard
day manufacturing the weaponry of deaf h.
Throne against throne, empire against elm
pire. The spirit Of despotism and freedo N
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
the sky on the first Christmas night, of
"peace and good will to men," is drown ed
in the booming of the great siege guns.
Stand back and let the long line of amhu-
lances pass. Groan to groan. Uncover,
and look upon the trenches of the dead.
Blood blOodi-a deluge of blood
But the redeemed of heaven, looki ag
upon the glorious arch that spans The
throne, shall see that the deluge is over.
No batteries are planted on those hills; no
barrioades blocking those streets; no bos-
tile flag above those walls; no smoke Of
burning villages; no shrieks of butchered
mon; but peacel German and FTepchman,
who fell with arms interlocked In hate on
the field Of DEATH now, through Christ IN
heaven, stand with arms ipterlockeG in
love. Arms stacked forever; si1elda Of
battle hung up. 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.
FLOODS OF SORROW AND SUFFERING.
Now the earth is covered with the deluge
of sorrow. Troubled troubled The very
first utterance when we come into tho
world Is cry. Without any teaching, we
learn to weep. What has so wrinkled that
mans faoeP What has SO prematprely
whitened his hairP What calls out that
sighf What starts that tear2 Trouble,
troubled find 1t in the cellar of poverty,
and far up among the heights on the top
of the crags; for this also hath gone over
the tops OF the highest mountains NJ es-
cape from it. You go into the store, and
IL meets you at your counting desk; you go
into the street, and it meets you at the
corner; YOU go into the house, and itTleetS
you at the door. Tears of pOVsrsyl tears
Of persecu'ionl tears of bereavementi-R
deluge Of tearsl Gathered together from
all the earth, they could float an ark larger
than Noah's.
But the glorihed, looking up to the bow
that spans the throne, shall sec thar the
deluge Is over No shivering wretch on
ths palace step; no blind aan at the gate
Of the heavenly temple, asking for aims;
no grinding OF tho sGrey driver on ,offin
lid They look up at the rainbow and
read in lines OF yellow, and red and
green, and blue, and orange, and indigo,
aud violet, "They shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more; neither shall the
sun light on them, nor any heat; fpr this
Lamb which is in the midst Of the lrons
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