Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-01-27

u cin2nlenJeU Jne Gtul9nJ WIN eafal o -.
Dhariemagne presented 1t to his favOrite.
beautiiu. berry,! Exquisitely mel beryIl
D.vineiy colored beryil 1t seems like con-
seaie1 color. II looss like frozen fire
But stop not here. Chino higher and you
% ne TO uOJaZ, a bewlldernelC O. Oesuty
AMI named aiJer an i'lant OF the Red Sea
Climb higher and you come to cnrysop-
faSu OF greenish golden hue AM hard as
tint.
limb higher and you reach thu jacinth.
Eainst after the flower hyacinth an 1 OF red
iish blu.
lake one more step ami yol reach ths
sOp, not Of the wall but tue TOP OF tue
lounaation OF tis wall, anl ST. John cries
bur, "lne twelfth an amethyst This pre-
touS stone wnen found IN Australia or In
liza or Europe stands In columns and pyra-
| hl1S. FOR color il is a viOie5 bloc min : IA
Hone. For It's play OF lignt, for It's deep
/ mysteries o. color, Tor its unseen Egyptians,
EUuscan, in Roman ar5 1t mas been nom
/ Bred. The GrsaKs tuOu ght tns stone L pre-
yentive Of drunkenness. rne Hebrews
thought it a source OF pleasant dreams.
For all lovers Of gems it is a subject OF adj
| niratlOn and sug gesdveness. Yes, the
/ gOrd amethysv means a prevention Of
/ drunkenness. Long before the Ne" Iesta'
neut made reference to the amethyst in the
1 Tall Of heaven the Persians thought that
: nOs made out OF amethyst would hinder
any kind of liquor contained therein from
! becoming intoxicating. But OF all the anne
/ lhystins cuos from which the ancients
/ frank not one IN any sucn result of pre-
/ Fenton
/ For thousands o; years tae world has been
/ ooSiny in vain for SUCH a preventive anne
| lhystine cue. Staggering Noah could not
/ ind il. Cornwall AhasuerHs driving Nashti
/ rom the gates could not find IT. Nabal
/ breaking the heart of beautiful Abigail
I could not fad IT, Belshazzar, the kingly
,eve,er on the night that tle Chaideans
/ ,ooS Babylon could not find it. Not one OF
/ he millions of inebriates whose s6uls pave
! tae continents an pave the depths OF the
/ ga could find it. There Is no such cup
/ Strong drink from followed amethyst i'm
/ jrutes the same as strong drink from pew
I Ter mug. 1t is not the style Of cup we drink
out of, but that which the cup contains
which decides the helpful or danning result
Of the beverage.
All around the world last night and to-
law. out OF cups coStl!er than amethyst, men
/ AMI women have been drinking their own
/ doom ant the doom o. their children for this
I life and the next. All. it is the amethystine
,ups that do the widest and worst slaugn-
.erl Toe smash of the filthy gOblets Of The
ummeries would long ago have taken place
5v law. out the amethvstine chalccs pre-
rsnt-the chahces out OF wnicn le9is atures,
congresses drink before and after they MAKE
ne laws. AmethYstine cdallces have been
he friends OF intoxication instead or It's
Toes. Over the fiery lips OF the amethy stine
saalices is thrust the tongue OF that which
oiteth like a serpent an stingeth ike an
adder.
Drunkenness is . combination OF apoplexg
and denehtia. The 400 O00. 00) victims of
opium come out to meet the ID .OOOcOJ VIC
TINS OF alcohol. an 4 the two agents take the
contract for tumb!ing the hu nan race INFO
oarlitiou. but whether they will succeed IN
iulflhn the contract depends on the action
5t the amethystine cuoS, the amethystlns
demiiohns, the amethystine ale pitchers, the
anethvstine hagOns. the amethyStins wins
cellars, Oh. Persians, Oh. Assyrians. Ga,
Greeks Oh. Egyptians you were wrong
Nm thinking that a cup OF amethyst would
prevent iuebriatlon.
But standing on the top OF this amethys.
tine LAYER of the foundation OF tue wall o.
heaven bethink myself OF the mistake that
many of the ancient Hebrews made wGen
tnev thought that the ame hyst was pro
,,..i. OF =, essant Dire ANS. just wear piece
nj ameuhvst over your nearJ o. put ~ unde'
YOU, pillow. aud you won d have your dreams
Tiled y IN everything beautiful ana entranc'
m. 70. no. The style OF pillow VIII no.
decide thu character o. tae dream. Inc only
rsc..,s ,of ..,,,sant dreams is to DO right an
th,nS ri.ur shen YOU arr wide awaSe. Con
.ijtions of physical disease may give q goo
man nightmare but a maa physiciIy wei.
II he BEHAVE Gi useit arlgd-, Will no %
troubled with bad dreams.
Nehucha inezzar. with "a gle, iowl under
his head ana Iyriau purple over IT, stru Sgie 1
wilma BAL dream that ma L. him slr.e our
for the sO0thsayers an lstr3ioEers u cJns
and interpret it. Pharaoh, amid tns m lro.s
palaces Of Memphis, was contour 'e by
dream in wacl lean COWS ate up Jho IaI
COWS ami the small ear, O.. corn devOurel
tine seven large ears. and AWFUL famine was
predgured. Pilates vile anil clou Is o.
richest upholstery, hat start lns dream,
because OF which shs sent message IN nov
haste to a courtroom 70 keep her husOalt
from enaeting a iu licill Outrage But
jacob at Bethel. with pillow OF mountain
rock, had a blisstul dream OF the laaoer
angel poisoning.
Bunvan. with MS head IN a hard plank OF
BeitOrd's iail, saw the gates OF the CsieS-
tal city. ST. John, on the barrenest island
of the + geau Sea, IN his dream heard trun-
pets ami saw cavalry men on white horses
AMI a new heaven and new earth. NO
amount Of rough pi low can disturb tue
night vision OF a saint, an no amount o.
alnethvstine charm eau de.ectate the dream
Of a wi.creant.
But, some one will say, why have you
brought us to this amethyst, the top row o.
the f0unIation OF the heavenly wall, II you
are not able TO accept the theory OF the an
Gent Greeks VINO said that the amethyst
was a charm against lntOx cation or IL you
are not willing 90 accept the theory OF the
ancient Hebrews that the amethyst was
producer Of pleasant dreams: My answer Is
/ have brought you TO the ton row, Vhe
twelfth LAYER of the foundation oil the heaV
enly wall of 1870 miles Of circling amethyst
to Dut YOU in a position where you can get
new idea of HEAVIER to let you see tina
after YOU have ciimoeI up twelve strait
of Glory YOU are only at the base OF t1i
eternal grandeur: 10 let you, with enchant
vent or eou, look far down AMI look far
up and to force upon you the conc,usiod
that if all our climbing has only shown "
the foundations Of this wall, what must the
wall itself be; and if this is the outside oil
heaven. what must the inside be; and If all
this is fgurative, what must the reality be-
Oh, this piled uD magnifcence Of the heay-
emily WALL Oh. this eternity OF decora-
ton Oh, this Opalescent horescenE
prismatic miracle of Architectural What
enforcement of all colors! A mingling Of
the blue OF skies, and the surf of seas, AMI
the green Of meadows, aud the upholstery OF
autumnal forests and the fire of Augu.l
sunsets. All the splendors OF earth and
heaven dashed into those twelve rows o;
foundation wall. All that mark you, only
typical of the spiritual gories that roll ovef
heaven like the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean,
swing in one billow
Do you not see that At was impossible
that you understand hundredth part Of the
suggestiveness of that twenty-first chapter
of Revelation without going into some Of
the particulars Of toe wall Of heaven AMI
dipping up some Of its dripping coiors. ami
running your eye along some Of its won.
drous crystallizationS aud examining som
Of the frozen light in its turquoise, and
feeling with your own finger the hardnes.
Of its sapphire. and shielding your eve
against the shimmering hrilliancs in it.
beryl, and studying the 1900 mills Of emer-
aid without flaw, Yet all this only the
outside Of heaven AMI the poorest part o.
the outside; not the wall itself, but ONLY the
foot OK the wall. for my text says, "The
foundations Of the wall OF the CITY we're gar
nished with all manner Of precious stones"
Oh, get down your harp il you can play
one Get down a palm branch IL YOU can
reach one Why. it makes US all feel like
crying out with James Montgomery
When shall these eyes thy heaven built walls