Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-23

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IN sight of that wall, spirits who have
come from other worlds, and who never
saw our earth, will visit US, and we will
visit them, aud sometime We will be In
converse about this earth when 1t was
vet a-fOat and a-swing. and we snail
want 20 tell them about how 10 looked
at certain times, and then ii will be
great object lesson for all eternity, and
we will say to our visitor from some
other world, as we point toward the
wall of heaven: 1T looked like that
stratum OF foundation next TO the low
est" John, 2lst chapter and 10Th
verse: The second, sapphire"
ANOTHER CLIMB
and you reach the sardius, named afteI
the city Of Sardius. Another climb and
YOU reach the chrysOlte. A specimen
OF this, belonging to Epiphanus, in the
fourth century, was said TO be so bril-
liant that whatever was put over 70 con-
ceal il was shone through, and the En-
peror OF China had a specimen that is
described as having such penetrating
radiance that it makes the night as
bright as the day.
A higher climb, and you reach the
beryl Two thousand years ago the
| Greeks used this precious stone for en-
craving purposes, 1t was accounted
among the royal treasures Of Tyre. The
bilt of Nurat's sword was adorned with
il. 1t CLOVIS in the imperial crown OF
Great Britain. Luther thought the oeryl
of the heavenly wall was turquoise. Ka-
lisch thought 10 was chrysOlite. jose
phus thought II golden-cOlored jewel
The wheels of EZekiel's vision famed
with beryl, and were revolving fire.
The beryl appears in six-Sided prisms,
and is set in seals and intagliOs, In neck
laces and coronets. II was the joy OF
ancient iewelry, Ii ornamented the az
fluent with ear-drops. Charlemagne
presented it TO his favorites. Beautiful
beryl, Exquistely shaped beryl! Di-
vinely colored beryl! 1t seems like
CONCEALED color. IL looks like frozen
ire.
But stop not here Climb higher and
you come TO topaz, bewilderment Of
beauty and named after an island OF
the Red Sea.
Climb higher and you come TO chry-
soprasus, Of greenish-golden hue and
hard as mint.
Climb higher and you reach the
iucinth, named after the flower hya-
Cinth and OF reddish-0lue.
TAKE ONE MORE STEP
and you reach the top Of the wall, but
the top of the foundations OF the wall,
and st. John cries out: 1.-The twelfth,
an amethyst" This precious stone,
when found In Australia or india or
Europe stands in columns and pyra-
mids. For color it is violet blooming
in stone. For It's play OF light, for its
deep mysteries of color, for its uses in
Egyptian, in Etruscan, in Roman art, 1t
has been honored. The Greeks thought
this stone a preventive Of drunkenness.
The Hebrews thought IL source OF
pleasant dreams. For all lovers OF
gems, 10 isa subject of admiration and
sugEestiveness. Yes, the word anne
thySt means2 prevention Of drunken
ness. long before the New Testament
made reference to the amethyst In the
wall Of heaven, the Persians thought
that cups made out of amethyst would
hinder any kind Of liquor con-
tanned therein from becoming
intoxicating. But OF all the
amethystin cups from which the an
clients drank, not one had any such re-
suit OF prevention. For thousands of
years the world has been looking in
vain for such preventive amethys-
tine cup. Staggering Noah could not
find il. COnuivial Ahasuerus driving
Vashti from the gates could not find it.
Nabal breaking the heart Of beautiful
Abigail could not find it, BelShaZzar,
the kingly reveler, on the night that
the Chaldeans took Babylon, could not
find 10. No one of the millions OF inc
briates whose skulls pave the continents
and pave the depths OF the sea could
find it. There is no such cup. Strong
drink from followed amethyst imbrutes
the same as strong drink from pewter
mug.
IT Is NOT THE STYLE
Of the cup we drink out Of, but that
which the cup contains which decides
the helpful or damning result OF the
beverage. All around the world last
night and to-day, out OF cups coStlier
than amethyst, men and women have
been drinking their own doom and the
doom Of their children for this life and
the next. An, II is the amethyStine
cups that do the widest and most slaugh-
ter. The smash of the filthy gObletS OF
the rummeries would long ago have
taken place by law, but the amethy-
slime chalices preventive chalices out
OF which Legislatures and Congresses
drink before aud after they make the
laws. AmethyStine chalices have been
the friends of intOXication instead
of it's foes. Over the fiery lips OF
the amethyStine chaliceS is thrust the
tongue of that which biteth like q SER
pent and stngeth like an adder.
Drunkenness is combination OF apo
pIeXy and dementia. The four hun
dred million victims Of opium come out
20 meet the one hundred and fifty mil
lion victims OF alcohol, and the two
agents take the contract for tumbling
the human race into perditiOn, but
whether they will succeed in fulfilling
the contract depends on the action of
the amethystine cups, the amethystine
demijohns, the amethyStine ale pitch
ers, the amethyStine flagOns, the anne
thystine wine cellars. Oh, Persiansl
Oh. Assyrians! On, GreekSl Oh,
Egyptians! you we're wrong in thinking
that a cup Of amethyst would prevent
inebriatiOn.
DO YOU NOT SEE
that it was impossible that you under
stand hundredth part Of the suggest
iveneSs OF that twenty-irst chapter OF
Revelation without going into some Of
the particulars Of the wall Of heaven,
and dipping up some Of its dripping
cOlOrS, and running your eye along
some OF its wondrous CONSULTATIONS,