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See + http://www.archive.org/details/rainbowafterthun00ladyiala + + + + + +THE RAINBOW, AFTER THE THUNDER-STORM. + +by + +A LADY. + +[Illustration] + + + + + + + +London: +Printed for Francis Westley, +Stationers'-Court, Ludgate-Hill. +1823. + +T. C. Hansard, Printer, +Peterboro'-court, Fleet-street, London. + + + + +THE RAINBOW, AFTER THE THUNDER-STORM. + + +JULIA and her mamma resided chiefly in London. Owing to indisposition +the family were a little way from home for the benefit of the air. In +consequence of that, Julia and her mamma were frequently walking out. +One summer's evening they had extended their walk to an unusual length, +when suddenly the clouds gathered, and distant thunder indicated an +approaching storm. They were a great way from any house, but hurried to +the nearest one for shelter. It was a large brick-built house, with a +court-yard, inclosed by a high wall. At the iron gate was a servant, +with a pitcher in her hand, taking some milk of a man who stood by. +Julia's mamma went up to her, and said, "Will you be so obliging as to +let us have a shelter from the storm? It appears likely to be very +severe." The servant replied, "I am very sorry, ma'am, but it is not in +my power; my master and mistress are not at home, and they have given me +orders not to admit any stranger." + +There was no time to hesitate; immediately they proceeded to an +unfinished house they recollected to have seen; it was a quarter of a +mile distant. Almost breathless with fatigue, they arrived; the +wash-house door was standing open, they entered, and thought themselves +happy in having so good a shelter. "Oh," said Julia, "how cruel it was +in that young woman to refuse to let us go into the house! I would not +have done so." "Then," replied her mamma, "you would have done wrong; +however painful it must have been to her, to refuse was no more than her +duty as a faithful servant." + +Every minute the lightning became more vivid, and the thunder appeared +to be bursting over their heads. "Oh, mamma," said Julia, "how awful +this is!" "Yes, it is indeed, my dear," said her mamma; "God thundereth +marvellously with his voice; great wonders doeth he, which we cannot +comprehend." "This is a storm," remarked Julia, "such as I never +remember before. Hark! how it thunders. Oh, what a dreadful flash of +lightning! Oh, the thunder! It gets worse; how shall I bear it! Hide me, +hide me, my dear mamma; let me get into some dark place." "My dear +love," said her mamma, "you surprise me to see you so alarmed; it is +what I did not expect; don't give way to fear; _I_ cannot hide you from +this storm any more than I can hide you from the presence of God; and +that you are sure I cannot do. Be composed, my love, and let each of us +say-- + + 'Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, + Till the storm of life is past; + Safe into the haven guide, + O receive my soul at last!' + +Our father sits at the helm; he will guide the storm, and I shall say to +you as our Lord said to his disciples when _they_ were in a storm, and +as he says to us now in his word, "Why are ye so fearful, have ye no +faith?" Let us put our trust in _him_, and look for our protection from +_him_. How much tenderness was there in our Lord's words! He did not +blame them much for their fears, but kindly reminded them that it was +their duty to trust in God. You are not like your little brother when +_he_ was about four years old. I was out with him when it thundered, and +he said, 'Don't be afraid mamma; if we love God, nothing can hurt us.'" + +"It makes me tremble so much," said Julia. "If a storm like this is so +awful, my dear," said her mamma, "what must the second coming of Christ +be, when the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and +all the works that are therein shall he burned up! How will the sinner +tremble, and call to the mountains and rocks, 'Fall on us, and hide us +from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of +the lamb!' Now we need not try to hide ourselves, but if we love the +Saviour, may say-- + + 'This awful God is ours, + Our father, and our love.' + +[Illustration] + +"I think the thunder is more distant," continued her mamma, "and does +not succeed the lightning so soon." "Does that make any difference?" +asked Julia. "It proves, my dear," answered her mamma, "that the cloud +is going from us; but I observed you were more afraid of the thunder +than of the lightning; when you hear the thunder, the danger is over. It +is only the _lightning_ that is fatal. When we have seen the lightning, +but have not been touched by it, and when the thunder does not come +immediately after it, it is foolish to turn pale and tremble at a sound +which is not dangerous. After the flash of lightning is over, we may +securely wait for the clap of thunder; it is as harmless as the sound of +a cannon. The thunder tells us we have escaped the danger, and at the +same time informs us at what distance; for the greater space of time +there has been between the flash of lightning and the thunder, the more +distant the storm." + +Julia's mamma proceeded, "I heard a poor woman once say she thought God +was angry with the people, and had sent a storm to punish them. That is, +however, a very ignorant way of talking. Storms are a blessing, and we +ought to be thankful for them; and though we know they sometimes do +hurt, and a few lives are lost, yet how few compared with what might be +expected! Out of seven hundred and fifty thousand persons who died in +the space of thirty years in London, there were only two killed by +lightning. Probably if there were no storms, the air would be so impure, +that men and other living creatures would perish by millions. Let us, my +dear, lift up our hearts in gratitude to the Almighty, who, though he +sometimes shows us his grandeur and his glory in this manner, yet always +displays more of _mercy_ than of _judgment_. After all, God has more +glory and greatness than he shows to us; what, then, will be the +manifestations of them, when in another world we see him face to face! +Yet what we shall behold of him there will fill us with _delight_, and +not _terror_, as I heard you singing the other day, my dear-- + + 'Millions of years my wond'ring eyes + Shall o'er thy beauties rove, + And endless ages I'll adore + The glories of thy love. + + Sweet Jesus! ev'ry smile of thine + Shall fresh endearments bring, + And thousand tastes of new delight + From all thy graces spring.' + +May we be prepared for that period, and enjoy all that blessedness +described in those beautiful lines! There, my dear, will be no storms, +and we shall have no fear." "I thank you, my dear mamma, for talking so +to me," said Julia; "I have not felt so much fear since you began." + +The rain had nearly ceased, and the storm was gone. Julia and her mamma +were glad to prepare for going home. As soon as they entered the field +leading to their home, Julia remarked how refreshed every thing +appeared. "Yes," said her mamma, "nature never appears more lovely than +after a Thunder-storm. The herbage of the field is revived, and what +before was fading is refreshed. All animals seem to rejoice; birds are +coming from their shelter, and are singing delightfully, though it is +nearly their time for rest; and the cattle share in the general +pleasure. See those two lambs, how prettily they are playing!" + +[Illustration] + + + + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE RAINBOW. + + +It was at this moment Julia looked around to admire the scenery, and +beheld a Rainbow. "Look, look!" she said, "mamma, what a beautiful +Rainbow! How wide it spreads! How many colours are there? Let me count +them. One, two, three, four, five--" "My dear," said her mamma, "there +are seven, and in the following order: _red_, _orange_, _yellow_, +_green_, _blue_, _purple_, and _violet_. These colours appear so much +the more lively, according as the cloud behind is darker, and the drops +of rain fall the closer. The Rainbow can last only while the rain +continues. The sun must be behind us, and the rain opposite to us. The +sun and rain must appear at the same time in order to form a Rainbow. It +is caused by the rays of the sun reflected on drops of water, and is a +picture the most beautifully coloured of any the Creator has given to +us. The nearer the sun is to setting, the wider the arch extends. When +the sun is at its greatest height, the bow appears the smallest. + +"Where do we read, my dear, in the Bible about the Rainbow?" asked +Julia's mamma. "I think, mamma," replied Julia, "it was to Noah as a +sign the world should not again be destroyed by water, and we read so in +the book of Genesis." "Yes," answered her mamma, "my dear, you are +right. How very fearful would Noah and his family have been whenever +they saw dark clouds arise and an appearance of much rain, if God had +not kindly said what he intended by the Rainbow! But he explained it by +saying, 'I do set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a token of a +covenant between me and the earth. And the bow shall be in the cloud; +and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant +between me and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the +earth!' + +"A bow bespeaks terror; but this has neither string nor arrow; it is an +emblem of peace. If it had not been said that it was a token to all +generations, even _we_ should have feared a deluge whenever a storm +approached. How must Noah have felt when he and his family left the ark, +and not a vestige of any thing remained they had seen before! For the +waters had covered the highest mountains, and had risen fifteen cubits +higher; that is, seven yards and a half; so that in vain would salvation +have been hoped for from the hills and mountains. What was Noah's +conduct on leaving the ark? He did not forget (as many do) the mercies +of God which he had received. The first thing he did was to build an +altar for the worship of God. One would have thought, so dreary as every +thing must have appeared, his first care would have been to build a +house for himself and family, warm and sheltered as they had been in the +ark. But no; Noah _feared_ God, and therefore his first care was to +_serve_ him. + +"May it be so, my dear, with _you_," continued Julia's mamma. "May _you_ +seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all other +things shall be added unto you! Noah's worship was accepted, and +immediately God said unto him, I will no more destroy the world with a +flood. What kindness is here shown! I think, my love, it is time we +hastened home." + +[Illustration] + +When they arrived at their abode, as Julia's papa was not expected that +night, her mamma, according to her usual practice in his absence, rang +the bell for the servants to attend family worship; and a large family +bible being laid on the table, her mamma, with great solemnity, read the +twenty-ninth Psalm, which being done, all kneeled, and she, in a sweet, +feeling manner, approached the throne of Mercy. When prayer was over, +all rose from their knees; Julia kissed her mamma, and took her leave of +her for the night. "Good night, my dear," said her mamma; "don't forget +to pray in secret before you close your eyes for sleep. Adieu! dear +Julia; + + 'May angels guard thy head, + And through the hours of darkness keep + Their watch around thy bed!'" + +I hope, my dear young reader, you will consider what Julia's mamma said +to her for _her_ instructions and comfort about the Storm and the +Rainbow is here mentioned for _your_ instruction and comfort too on such +occasions. Only fear God, and you need not fear any thing else. + + How dreadful to hear in the sky + The thunder so long and so loud! + To witness the fork'd lightnings fly, + Discharged from yonder black cloud! + Lord, mercy on me do bestow, + And show me the peaceful Rainbow! + + In vain to shelters do I run, + If I find no shelter in Thee; + No threat'ning dangers can I shun, + But as Thou art gracious to me. + Thou can'st hush my fears I well know, + By showing the peaceful Rainbow. + + That tells me the storm shall soon end, + The earth shall be delug'd no more, + That God is my father and friend, + Whose love is great as his power. + His signal to creatures below + Is the peaceful, lovely Rainbow. + + This bow is not bent by a string, + Because the anger is all fled; + Nor has it an arrow to fling, + So that I have nothing to dread. + And God now would have me to know, + All is _mercy_ in the Rainbow. + + In future, then, when I'm afraid, + And darkness and storms fill the air, + I will think that God who them made, + Views me as a child of his care; + That storms will soon cease from below, + And the sky display the Rainbow. + + +FINIS. + + + T. 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