The progressive farmer., 1900-09-18
a3lEZNRY BIoUNTs DESCRIPTION OF a SUNSET

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ton Thursday we We're permitted to
feast our epraptured vision upon a
grand and gorgeous and transporting
scene of indescFlbablez splendor and
,IOveIiaess. cased in the God=framed
setting of9heaven own glory and
subinity5 and tinted with all the
radiantrefectiontt thatfiash out their
bFiHiancy- from cthe cosmingling corr
E1scations5of the inimitable- splen4
doris Of the thrOne of God. 1t was
eoglorioHs sunset scene. The, fire.
eyed God Of Day, having flooded
the world with the tquivering waves
Of richest abrilliancyi was about to
enter his CRIMSON painted chamber of
rest and leave the earth to the vigils
of the stars. Fleecy clouds grouped
like mQuntains, @ towering rugged
and Jagged, were catching on their
soft, tender peaks those rich and ex-
quisite tintings. which seem Like the
,IRatGhless imprint of farewell kisses
from the God of Day upon their
bkushing cheeks. And then the
grand, glorious, gorgeous transfer
nation scene began, and in quick
succession it would change from one
color O exquisitely beautiful .l and
transportingly lovely to another of
ri0herI grander, more gorgeous tint
ipgs, and still the grand picture gall
leries of, the skies grew and in
creased in richness and sublimity,
and became so gorgeous with its op-t
qlence of, glory that we really fan
cied that a leak somewhere had been
made in tthe golden. pavements of
heaven, eand that these matchless
Golorings of the, clouds were but the
drippings of some upset dye-pot in
the studio of the angels. One scene
reminded Us of. a lake of molten
gold, which appeared to be about
tYo miles wide and six in, length, Its
banks looked as if they were built
with amethyst, and tipped with the
richest tints Of Jasper. @ Dotted here
and there were seeminly little islets,
Of topaz fipging out now and then
from their shimmering bosom the
glistening CLEANS of some little
sparkling diamonds made out of the
flashing particles of shattered and
C1ashing sunbeams. Rocks like sap
phire could be seen jutting up out of
their beds of gold, while around
their heads a silver radiance gath
cred and sparkled with hoorrusoatiOnsl
like those which are emitted from
the quiNering lightning, when the.
laundering storml opens Wides its
roaring doors and turns the dazzling
torrents out. And then all at once a
thousand little leaks in the dyke did
creep, and through which poured
thousand shining rivulets of melted
diamonds, Dand (Which flung upon
every yshttle, cloud, ship that foated
by a spray so white that we almost
fancied that it was the mist that had
risen from the Tcfystal stream, in
heaven, and had settled down upon
the earth to show ;mortals, be1owsthe
Stainless purityoof the River of Life
And them in an effR1gent blaze of
concentrated splendor and gorgeous
ness and sublimity, the sun closed his
fre-fringed eYelids and made the
clouds. seem, in their rich and varie-
gated tintings,s like so many golden
islands of gorgeous coloring, asleep
on the bosom of e.aocean,r and
dreaming, as their changing cOlors
would seem to- indicate, ,Iof the glo=
rtes and the splepdersIand,t the beau4
ties of heaven s own matchless paint
ings. Yea, the golden gates of sua=
set-Were indeed arched in gorgeous
drapery, which seemed as if it had