The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-02-02


dummeries would long ago have taken
place bylaw, but the amethystine .chal:
ices preyent-thech chalices out of which
Legislatures reSandcongress drink before
and after they make the laws. Zane
thystine chalices have been the friends
of intoXication instead of its foes.
Over the llery lips of the amethystine
chalices Is thrust the tongue Of that
which blteth like a serpent and sting
9th, like an adder. Drunkenness is "a
of apoplexy and dementia.
The 4OO,OOOOOO victims of opium
come out to meet the 15O,OOO,OOO vic.
TINS 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 amethys-
tine cups, the amethystine demijohns,
the amethystine ole pitchers, the anne.
thystine tlagons, the amethystine wine
cellars. Oh, Persians! Oh, Assyriansl
On, Greeks! Oh, Egyptiens! you were
wrong i'll thinking that a cup of anne
thyst would prevent inebriation.
But standing on the top OF this anne
thystine layer of the foundation of the
wall OF heaven l bethink myself of the
mistake that many Of the ancient He
DreWs made when they thought that
the amethyst was a producer of pleas
34t dreams. Just wear a piece of anne
thyst ovei your heart or put it under
your pillow, and you would have. y9Iitrr
creams lllled with everything beauti-
fui and entr, ucing. Mono. The styIe
of pillow will bot decide tie character
Oh lh&Gream. The only recipe for plees.
ant dreams is to do right and think
right when you are wide awake. Con
dltions of physical disease may { We a
good man nightmare, but a man ply
slcaliy well, If he Behave himself
Alright, will not he troubled with bad
dreams.
NeDuchadneZzar, with eagles down
under his head and Tyrian pr"ple over
1T, struggled with a bad dream that
made him shrlel out for the Soothsay
erS and aStrolOgCrs to come and inter.
plet it. Pharaoh, amid the marble pal
aces of Memphis, was confounded by a
dream in which lean cows ate up fhe
TAT COWS, and the small ears ef corn de
Your the leven large ears, and awful
ia nine was p.efgr"ed. Pilates wife,
amid clouds Of rich'Ht upholstery, had
u startling dream, because Of which she
sent message in hot haste to a court
room TO kte ep her hus )and from enact
ing Judicial outrage. But Jacob, at
Bethel, with a pillow of mountain rock.
had bliSSful dream of the ladder an
gel blosSoming.
Bumyan. with his head on a hard
plank of Bt lford Jail, saw the gates of
the celestial city. st. John, on the bar
IeneSt island of the .Egean sea. in his
drc.i n heard trumpetS and saw cavalry
mel on white horses and a new heaven
and new earth. No amount of rough
pillow can disturb the night vision of
Il saint, and no amount of amethystine
charm can delectate the dream of q
miScreant,
but, some one will say, why have YOU
brought us to this AMETHYST, the ton
row Of the foundation Of the heavenly
wall, II you are not able to accent the
theory OF the ancient Greeks, who said
Chat the amethyst was Il charm against
lntoxlcation, or if you are not willing
TO accept the theory of the ancient lie,
preWs That the amethyst was a prOduc-
er OF pleasant dreams? My ans wer is,
nave brought you to the top row, the
CWclllh layer OF the foundation of the
heavenly wall OF 300 miles of circling
amethyst, to put you in position
where you can get new idea of heay.
en- to let You see that after you have
climbed up tw elve strata of glory you
are only at the base of the eternal
grandeurS; to let you, with enchant-
ment OF soul, look far down and look
lar up; and to force upOu you the con-
cluSiOn that if all our climbing has
only shown us the foundation of the
wall, what must the wall itself be; and
II this is the outside Of heaven, what
must the inside be; and if ali this is fig
uratlye what must the reality be? on,
inns piled up magnilicence of the heav-
cnly wall. On, this eternity Of decora-
ton! on, this opalescent, flor; scent,
prlSmatlc miracle of architecture
What enthr0nement of all colOrs. A
mlngllng OF the blue of skies, and the
surf Of seas, and the green of meadows.
and the upholstery ofautumnal forests
and the fire of August sunsets, All
the SplendOrs OF earth and heaven
dashed into those twelve rows of foun-
dation wall. All that, mark you. only
typical OF the spiritual glories that roll ]
over heaven like the Atlantic and Pa
ClliC oceans swung III one DillOW
DO you not see that it was imDossi
bic that you understand a hundredth
part Of the suggeStivenesS Of that TWEEN
ty!rst chapter OF Revelation without
going into some of the particulars of
the W@l of heaven, and dippinp mn
some Of its dripping colors, and run
nlng y0rr eye along some of it's VOL
drous crystalliHations, and examining
some of the frozen light in its TURQUOISE,
and fee ing with your own finger the
hardness of its sapphire, and shielding
your eyes against the shimmering bril-,
lance IN its beryl. and STUDYING the
300 miles OF emerald without a flaw >
Yet all this only the outside of heaye1 \
Ind At poorest part of the outside
not tn" wall itself, but only the foot of
me wall, for my text says, "The foun-
datlonS Of the wall of the city were
garniAhed with all manner of precious
S!oneS. on, get down your harp. if
YOU can play one. Get down a balm
branch, II you C IN reach one. WHY. if
makes us all feel like crying out with
James Montgomery:
When shall these eyes thy heaven built
walls ''
And prarly gates behold.
on, my soul. If my text shows ne
only the outside, what must the inside
be? While riding last summer thr0uph
the emperor's park, near st. Peters.
oirg, was captivated with the groves
tranSplanted from all zones, and a
flower beds, miles this way and niles
that way, incarnadined with bear x
and the fountains bounding ir such