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CO uhny on land nus, gocnsm insanion nub: In no: but than I: «apical, stock“ wit} in cunt TU I: COLORS ARE GATHERING The Rev. Dr. A deepeteh from “'33th an; -Rov. Dr. Tonnage preached front the followini text; “There was e rainbow round about the throne.” During the last snow-storm I; preached to you from the text in Job, “Canasider the treasures of the WW.” ' This morning when I looked out of the window and saw the stormâ€"the ram and the snow eomminglingâ€"a‘ light thread and a dark thread in the robe of the. stormâ€"I thought I wouldl preach to you from the passage, “As the ra'nn ec-meth down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, so shall my word he that goeth forth out of my month.” But in a little while the storm began to abate, and the light came into the sky, and the sun- beams streamed imto my room, and then I Concluded lwould preach to. you about. the breakLng: away of; the‘ ntnrms of life. and the “rainbowi you about the breaking: storms of life, and LI] round about the throne.” I notice that none but the: people‘ who were in the ark saw- the rain-l bow. It cast its shadow clear down‘ into the water where the people were3 buried. and lighted up the dead faces with astrange radiance. but they could not see it. 80 only those who are at last found in Christ. the Ark, will see the overspanning glories of the throne. Hence you had better get into the Ark! As you call your tami- ly out at the. close of. the shower to show them the Sign: in heaven.eo I want you all at last to see the grand- er rainbow about the throne. “Look there!” says Noah to h'Ls wife, "at that bow in the clouds; and, Shem and Juphez, look! wok! the green, the yel- luw, :he red and the orange!” 1 511...qu not wonder if some of your own children in the Good Land should utter a while cry out to you, "Look father! l<,ok, mother there is a rain- bm round about the throne!" You hm inner uet into the Ark, with all Your child asks walks the rainbov â€"v--' _ Your child asks you, "Father, what Ullch the rainbow 3" and you say, “It is tin sunlight through the raindrops.” 'l‘h refore l wondered how there could be a rainbow in heaven, since there al'i' no storms there; but then I con- clude that that rainbow must be form- ed by the striking of heaven’s sunlight tln'uugh the failing tears of earthly sorrow. When we see a man over- \‘."!l..'lul~.’d with trouble, and his health 30's, and his property goes, and his friends go, I say, "Now we shall see the glory of God in this good man's deliverance.” A: at Niagara Falls l.eaw, one day, ten rainbows I«spannmg the awful plunge of the cut- laraet, so over the abyss of the Chris- ltian's trial hover the rich«hued wings of all the promises. IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT. 1 notice also that the chief 810?)? o[ God comes after the rain. No sinwei, no rainz;bow no trouble. no bxightne-ss of Christian consolation. '1 notice that the most beautiful thlngs oi this world are to be preserv- ed in heaven. When you see the lust colour fade out from the rainbow of earth, you need not feel sad, for you will see the rainbow round about the throne. . That story about the world burning up has given me many a pang. But is it not a more melan- choly thought that ruin is to come upon this grlut glory ot the earth, in which the mountains are the chiselled acuiyturce, and upon the sky, m which the transfigurution ot sunrise and snow! is hung with loops and tassels. of fire. The trees must twist in the w" ...v....... ‘ last fireâ€"the oaks, and the cedars, NO EDCAPE‘ FROM 11" and the maples; but in heaven there g You go into the store, and it meets, shall ht; the trees of life on the bank , you at your counting-desk; you gointo‘ ut iht' river, and the palm-trees from the street, and it meets you at the which thv conquerors simll pluck their ' corner; you go into the house, and it ‘ branches. The Hudson and the St. gmcets you at the door. Tears of pover- Lawrcnce, and the Ohio shall boil in 1 ty! tears of persecution! tears of be- thc last (lame, but we shall have more reavement !â€"-a deluge of tears! Gath- than their beauty in the ltiver of Life ' ered together from all the earth,they from under the throne. The daisies, bould float an ark larger than Noah’s. and the portula-cas, and the roses ot' But the glorified, looking up to the earth will wither in the hot sirocco of ,o haw that spans the throne, shall see of the judgment, but John tells of the that the deluge is over. No shivering garlands whicch the glorified shall wreteh on the palace-step; no blind [Wt‘al'3 and there must be flowers, or , man at the gate of the heavenly tem- Lthere could be no garlands. iple, asking for alms; no grinding o! I I see the same truth set forth in the - the screw-driver on coffin-lid- They itWelve foundations of ilwk up at the rainbow, and read, in = i lines of yellow and red, and green, and 1 THE WALL OF HEAVEN. , I z blue, and orange and indigo, and vio- :' , t 1 - s . ‘5" 30h" announces he twe ve foun ; let, ‘ ‘They shall hunger no more,nsith- l ' t ' I t b , th ' . Idaho” 0‘ his wal o e e first, of ier thirst any more; neither shall the jeep r ya low and red 0 second of ; sun light On. them, nor any heat; to: sapphireâ€"s deep blue; the third, a . _ . . chalcedony-01 varied beauty; the i t: 3:111!) glffmsdlthzho 3mg“ 0! I rth emeraldâ€"a bri ht re It rone, ‘ ° m, an 5 on ’ g 8 on i lead them onto living fountains .oolour: the fifth, sardonyxâ€"a bluish i , 'white; the sixth, sardiuâ€"red and ; waters, and G3"! She'll Wipe away all 'tiery; the seventh, chrsyoliteâ€"golden- ' tears from their eye 5' Thank God (or L-.. . ”M m-..“ t.--1_- hm... "hunt the slur! III-mains the throne! _ THE WALL OF HEAVEN. 31"“ h St. John announces the twelve foun- ‘ 16:18:”; dations of this wall to be, the first, of , -er thi ' .3.- llw ndred;theeee d, 3 . 3359? 1° 0 a 0“ °f;sun11 sapphireâ€"a deep blue; the third, at ; th L chalcedony-02 varied beauty; the ' e fourth, emerald-«1 bright green? colour: the fifth, eardonyxâ€"a bluish ; white; the sixth, sardineâ€"red andgwnter fiery ; the seventh, chreyoliteâ€"golden- 3 beers heed; the eightmberylâ€"a bluish grecngi the g thc- ninth. topazâ€"a pale green mixed 011" yellow; the tenth, chryeopmusâ€"a this 1! ‘golden blrieh tint; the 11 jninth- own]: {fiery an the lunset; the twelfth, ame- 11ml [thyet. But these precious etmee a. In th 'oniy the foundation 0! the well of o! m {havenâ€"the Ina-t Interim pert of it. “I!" On the top of thb foundation there I £116 11 rise. a mighty wall at jailerâ€"d hril- ‘ let. 1 liant yellow and gorgeous crimson. St upcndous contrast of colour I Throne of splendour and sublimityl You see that the beautiful colours which are the robes of glory to earth are to be for ever preserved in this wall of hea- ven. Our skies of blue, which some- times seem almost to drop with rich- ness of colour, shall be glorified and eternized in the deep everlasting blue, of that fiery stone which forms the second foundation of the heavenly wall. The green that sleeps on the brook’s bank, and rides on the Had-wave, and spreads its banners on the mountain top, shall be eternized tongue out of the thunder-cloud, the flame at whose breath Moscow fell and Autnaa burn, shall be eternised 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, on the foundation, or in the rainbow around about the throne. in the emerald that forms the fourth foundation of the heavenly wall. The fiery gush of the morning, \the con- flag'rutiaun of the autumnal aunset, I notice what must be the feeling of safety among the people of heaven. Have you. ever seen a cloud burst? There have been days when it rained as it it would never stop. You knew, if it kept on in that way long, all the nations woull be drowned; yet you had no apprehension, for you re- member-ed Phintel on the cloud in Noah's time. So the glorified have but to look to the arch around the throne of the King to be reassured that the deluge of him] is for over past. 0n earth, the deluge of sin covers the tops of the highest mountains. I heard an Alpine guide. amid the most stupendous evidences of God's power. swear at his mule as he stumbled in the p138. Yes, the deluge of sin dashes over the top of the highest mmntain rum-zen. Revenge, drunk- i-nn‘ss, impiety falsehood, blasphemy, are but different waves of a flood that has whelmed nations. New York is drowned in it, London is drowned in it, St. Petersburg in drown-ed in itâ€"two great hemispheres are drowned in it. But the redeem- ed, looking unto the “rainbow round about the throne,” see the pledge that all this is ended for them for ever. They h'ch committed their last sin. and combated their last temptation. .No Smi‘illb leaps into those bright iwators ; no profanity betoulo that puma :iir; no villain’s torch) shall fire t'hnse temples; no m'mrderer's hand thll strike down those sons of God. They know that for them: the deluge of sin is assuagel, for ”there is a rainbow round about the throne." Now the world in covered with: a de- luge of blood. The nations are all lthe time either using, the sword or I sharpening it. sigh .-’ What starts that tear 2 Truublel trouble! I find it in the cellar of powriy, and far up among the heights on the top of the mags; for thisalso :hath gone over the tops of the high- est mountains. NO ESCAPE FROM IT. You go into the store, and it meets ' you at your counting-desk; you go into the street, and it meets you at the Icorner; you go into the house, and it gmcetsyou at the door. Tears of 10 cr- ' tyl tears of persecution! tears of be- reavement !--a deluge of tears! Gath- cred together from all the earth ,they {would float an ark larger than Noah’s. But the glorified, looking up to the how that spans the throne, shall see Now the earth ls covered with the deluge of sorrow. Trouble! trouble! The very first utterance when we come into the world is a cry. With- out any teaching we learn to weep. What has so wrinkled that man’s face? What has so prematurely whit- ened his hair? What calls out that Oh' that our eyes may all look upon this bow of promise, lifted by Christ’s own hand I We shall trace the separate lines 01 beauty zeroes the firmement. In the liqe of red I shall see the blood e; 1;; Lard: in the blue, the bruises thet coloured ht: cheek; in the green, the freshness of his grace; in the vin- let, his humility; in .11 thst curve THE B()\V OF PROMISE 0'! beauty, the bend of his fight arm of love swung over all the redeemed. But mind what I told you at thehe- ginning, and what I tell you at the closeâ€"that none but Noah’s family in the ark, 'saw the rainbow, and that only those who are at .last in Christ shall discover it amid the glories of heaven. ' “Except a man be born again he jcannot see the kingdom of God." mu rum on Which the southern ulshop 3:191!!! llts Question. Some people ,have had fun lately over the reported rejection of eight candidates for the African Methodist ministry in the South by the examin- ing Biblmp because they could not tell the date of the flood. Nevertheless, the Bishop who asked the question knew what he was doing. It may not have been a (air question, but there is a concise answer to it in the Bibb, and he no doubt thought that The date of the flood was 1,656 years after the birth of Adam. in the sec- ond month and the seventeenth day. It began then and continued for forty days and nights. This is how it is figured; The third verse of the fifth chapter of Genesis reads thus; ”And Adam lived 130 years and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth." l‘hen, in the sixth verse, it is told that Seth lived 105 years and begat Enos. Adam, says the fourth. verse, lived 800 years. after the birth of Seth, and the latter after the birth of Enos lived 807 years. So it goes on, Enos begat Cainan when he was 90; Cainan begat Mahalaleel when he was 75; Mahalaleel beg-at Jared when he was 65; Jared begat Enoch when he was 163, Methusaleh was born to Enoch when the latter was 65, and when Methusaleh was 187 he begat ‘Lamech, and Lamcch’s son, Noah. came into the world when the father was 182.. This brings us down to the birth of Noah, which, according to the added ages of the several patri- archs at the time their sons Were born, occurred 1,056 years after the birth of Adam. the eight candidates, if they were well vermd in the Old Testament, would answer it at once. In the seventh chapter of Genesis the eleventh verse reads as inflows; "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life. in the second month. the seven- teenth day of the month, the .mune day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up and all the win- dows of heaven were opened." This was the flood, and it. came to pass in the year 1656 after the birth of Adam. A Shlp That “til (at llcr Way Through the Frozen Fields. An entirely new departure in Arc- tic exploration will be made next summer, says a London letter. Rus- sin will send north her wonderful ice ship, the Yermak, with instructions to try to cut her way through to the pole. The performance of this vessel in cutting and tearing her way at three or four miles an hour through the immense ice fields of the Baltic Sea and other Russian waters has excited amazement among all who have witnessed it. She is now being equipped and improved for the great- est of all tasks. The Armtrongs at Elswick have just completed a new bow which is especially designed to encounter the fieldof ice in the Arctic Sea, whichis heavier and thicker than any which the Yermk has yet attacked. The original bow was easily capable of (billing with any of the enormous ice fields which Russia produces. She went to a high latitude on an ex- perimental trip last summer and ac- complished all that could be expect- ed of her in her assault, upon the ex- ternal ice which she then encountered. The alterations now being made were suggesned by this experience. Ad- miral Makaroff, who is superintend- ing the changes, has the greatest con- fidence that the ship willcut her way without delay straight to the pole and ' return safely in the same season. E y precaution has been taken to fit. her out for a long stay in case of accident or blockade. Admiral Makarott has refused to give out details of the plane or even to admit that the expedition will be undertaken, but there is no doubt on this point. No information is yet available as to the route to be tak- en or how the coal problem will be solved. There will be supplies at one or two points in Arctic Russia and mobebly a collie: will carry an ad- ditional supply as far as the ice will : permit. SWEET POTATO CROQUETTES. Bake sweet potatoes until they are tender; then scoop out the'centres and put them through a vegetable presn. To each two cups of mashed potatoes allow a tablespoontul of butter, a lavel toaspoonful of wit. a table- spoonful of sugar and a halt salt- spoonful of white pepper; mix thorâ€" ouchh. Form hto cylinders, dxp in use, than in breadrcrumhs and try in amklwâ€"bt ht. THE DATE OF THE FLOOD. RUSSIA AFTER THE POLE. I And I would not have cared to-night, Charlie, How poor the gift, or small, . Had you only brought me something, to show \ l 3 How to Give tthrcscnts Ah, h<l>w an you spank no emu. Cher- ie! ‘ It isn’t kind or right; You wouldn’t have talked a you :30. As you have done to-night, You wonder to see me sit end cry, Like a baby vexed you say, When you didn’t know I wanted a gift, Nor think about the day But I’m not like a baby, Charlie, Crying for something fine, Only a loving woman pained, Could shed such tears as mine. Far every Christmas time till how- And that is why I grieve- It was you that wanted to give, Chu- lie, More than I to receive. The merest trifle of any kind, That I could keep or wear, A flimsy bit of 1306 for my neck. Or a ribbon for my hair. A pretty story of lovers true, Or a book of pleasant rhyme; A flower or a holly-branch to mark The blessed Christmas-time. But to be forgotten, Charlie! ’Tis that that brings the tear. And just to think that I have been Your wife but a single year. Say, Santa Claus, you dear, old boy, I’ve passed the stocking stage, I feel no more that childish joy Since I have come of age; And yet I hold your memory dear. As' witness what I write- I ask a precious gift this year From you on Christmas night. Through youâ€"that is to say, you know, Of course, 'twill come from Kate, I’ll catch her ’neath the mistletoe, And bid her tell my fate; And do you be my angel there. And exercise your art To move the maiden sweet and fair To give to me her heart. CHRISTMAS SNO‘VBALLS. This is a pretty way to bring gifts. The snowball can be made any size by putting hoops together, strength- ened by a few straight pieces of wood in the proper places. This is covered with stout muslin drawn over the frame, and cotton is sewed on it to give it the proper snowy look. The gifts are put inside. wrapped and la- belled, and the opening closed and concealed. Finally it is sprinkled with frosting powder, and rolled into the room, makes a novel and charming en- tertainment. Dancing Christmas fairies alwaysl enhance the children’s delight in the Christmas tree, and once made can be used year after year. Buy up a dozen or more of five and ten-cent dolls, and to add to the variety have among the number some Japanese and colored dolls. Dress these to represent fairies in bright hues of spangled gauze tarlatan or tissue paper, and liber- ally sprinkle their hair and gar- ments with diamond-dust powder. Each doll should be provided with a dainty pair of fairy wings made from spangled tissue paper and fastened to the body by means of concealed wires. These wires should be coiled to obtain motion in the wings, and nothing bet- ter can be used than the fine spiral coil that comes out of wornout brooms. The least motion will set this spiral to quivering, causing the wings to move as if in flight. In like man- ner use the spiral wire to attach the dolls in hovering positions over and around the tree. The effect is magi- cal; every footstep causes jar enough to start the dolls dancing and circl- ing above and around the tree, as it ithe invisible fairies of the air had lcome down to join the Christmas I glee. That CHRISTMAS THOUG HTS. What delightful times we have had' planning for Christmas day, in pre- paring gifts suitable for our friends and loved ones. Little tokens of our regard and kindly feelings toward them, for it'is not the money value of the gift "that makes it appreciated so much as the loving thoughts that have prompted the giving. Try to re- member this if there be one among your friends who may perhaps give you some valuable present and for whom you may have only somelittle trifle in return. Your circumstances may be different from those of your friend, but the remembrance will be 'none the less prised if the true friend- ship is there. God pity the poor lone- 1y mother on Christmas eve who has no precious little ones to awaken in the morning; who, perhaps, has known the clinging touch of baby lingers but who is now alone in her sorrow. How this. night brings back to her mem- ory Christmas eves thathhave passed when she, too. had ti'ny stockings hanging near the chimney corner. Thus it over is, what brings pleasure and happiness to some brings sorrow sud pain to others. Let us keep this thought in mind, and out of the fullâ€" nsss and gudnoss of our own joyous Christmas, lot us try to help those THE WIFE'S CHRISTMAS. A CARD OF ST. NICHOLAS. CHRISTMAS TREE FAIRIES. thoug’ht of me at all. '. 1 at giving out the presents: A lufl,‘ linking box. somewhst oblong in shape was secured end was not upon end. The top part was cut out so u to term a sort of puppet “‘80 “‘05 as is used in s Punch and Judy show. The front and sides were covered with curtains of Turkey red calico and were Prettily draped with holly. 0n tho stage was agallant ship made out of ’Pastebuard. only one side. that next to the audience. being necesssry. Only a little ingenuity will be require ed to arrange the masts, 311er call riggings. A captain and cabin boy as } placed upon the deck. These are do. mil, Iteboard and are and a person standinc’bol The min is uuyyoued to cull boy and run him to go New bxing up the treasure: with Santa Claus has laden the butt 1 with much merriment those are the. distributed to the ones for whom 130’ are intended. The Christmas tree, perhaps, comes first in the minds of childru. but for the tired mother, looking taunt-d to Christmas with both dread and pleasure the follovsing account if Q"- en of :1 very successful plan ‘ tributing presents: Some d it simpler ones were placed ll. if" stockings, for they could not I 1 liquish that dear old-fash' of searching for Christmas t but most were kept for the .. game," which comes later the dinner was over, the f 1 invited to the sitting room. [aim was hung across tho ' way, at a sufficient hw ,.. vent a. sight of what was . on the other side. As "N” ' as possible had been med. sents, whith were from P19tt3 candies were .. ' arate packages; a few .' other and perhaps so“; third. Grist was the a raw potato was ea 0“ “1; ‘ i from one sin-ill bundle. lceived a 5111111ti joke. _ lwere distributed impar i was planned that (330 l receive one in turn, alt: '- inot always “fish" out A sufficiently “out“ hook attached was In“ stick. Taking turns, the hook over the of ed up a present for othar member of th tiona of pleasure to another, as the gifts? though they were may being of home 'I good illustration. of “ takes to please childra satisfaction was unbo recollections of childhfl treasures to 113.41"; and meat helped to give ti happy day, and cost In! trouble. :4 THE CHRISTI“; Select a. medium-8i ‘ some of the lower In: in an old butter tub-”:1 keg. which will look fl ed green. Fill the t to support the trout wax to pets, which children to atrinci ' cranberries. Make i little cakes, Then Vi be crying, some i sue paper, either pink“ e circle about two i' the cake, pink it and an inch from thread. Put one per, draw up the thrc a little hood for tho Cut small bags, an from tarlatan, overfl bright-colored wont“ worsted string in thi with candies and In. Tarlatan can also boo! of a child’s sock or I Take of water and. '_ pints, set it on the t halt a pound of but J? nods. biscuit fine. and' = ' and water with a pint _~f ped tine; let it boil an" the oyster in given to 5 the crackers are well I ter of a pound of swootfi it for 10 minutes more, N tureen. A small alt-Li! enne pepper added W“ are put in is by most M ed an improvement. THE CHRISTMAS FISHEBIAN. Husband-Anon‘t no “7‘ amounts in so may dry [Oi Wifeâ€"Because. my don. the bills so much small". PLANNING A BUNK! Young Ladyâ€"I should lil my inunded allttle my! Lady Friendâ€"Don’t wear ueth just for once. OYSTER ST! REASONABLE. '. it OU