29 IR. TGES TRYIN
Ibe Brooklyn Divine's Sunday
Sermon.
Bulbject 1 «My First Day in Palestine,”
f Pr. Talmage has begun a series of sarmon
on his recent trip to the Holy Land. Th
following is the first sermon of the series:
¥ TXT: “The half was
ings x. 7.
This is the first sermon in a course of Sab
Bath morning sermons on “My Recent Jour
ney Throush the Holy Land and Neieh
ing Countries Viat I 1
Learned.” Outof ti
our present Ame inp
millions of our pastonly a
have aver visited the Hole
those who cross to Europ
gent. ever got as far as |
two per cent. ever got
than a quarte
Palestine, ©
per cant, who
not
told me."
SRY
Sixty
e from
fallen apart, for I read
he ave in it recorded of
where they curred
es got wet as the
Lake Galilee,
in the saddle
gs a new book ti
t vest
waves is
and
bags
eas
acl
great printin
weard of Palestiz
ind talked ab¢
aud sung al
and prayed about it, I
were piled up into somethin
proportions, and yet I ba
iid the Queen of Shela wi
he Holy Land, “The bal
we."
In order to make the more
givid a book I have been writing, a life of
Christ, entitled “From Manger to Thre
left home last October, and on the last nigh
af November we were walking the decks of
the Senegal, a Mediterranean steamer. It
was a ship of immense proportions. There
were but few passengers, for it is generally
rough at that time of year, and pleasuristy
are not apt to be voyagers there and then.
The stars were all out that night. Those ar-
mies of light seemed to have had their shields
gewly burnished. We walked the polished
feck. Not much was said for in all our
Searts was the dominant word “to-morrow.”
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minds lessened in the height of its columns
snd the glory of its temples. And the Egyp-
Han
sum of Rome was not so vast a ruin as it a
low weeks before had seemed to be.
And all that we had seen
le of other relizions und other habits te
ok there; if the salt sens wash over them le
it be a warning to othar invaders:away with
your ninetesntih century, with its free
thought and its modern inventions.” That
Turkish Government ought to be blotted
from the face of the earth, and it will be,
Of many of the inhabitants of Palestina 1
paked the question, ‘Has the Sultan of Tur
key ever been here?’ Answer, No.” “Why
don't he come, when it belongs to his
minion?' And, after n interrogated
looked this way ¢ t. 80 to know h
{ answer would in-
oe
as
variably be, ‘Had
it If the Sultan of
visit Jerusalem
again. All Paley
to the n
coma.
attempted
neysr
Turkey
would
nim, Is
in Kix own ¢
As
Constantinople
armed
Hw
ira
r an English
jour
ASI Y
manage
nning of
of Simon, the
Joppa and was the host
x oifnc-
stilted by
of Peter, the apoatie soss the
¢ of Peter were as o
{a tannery as
“He lodged with or
ner.” People who goout to d
and missionary and Christian work mt
be too sensitive. Simon no doubt brought
to his homestead every night the malodors
of the calfskine and ox hides in his tannery,
but Peter lodged in that home, not only bee
cause he may have been invited to the
princes, surrounded by
redolent gardens, but to teach all men and
women sagaged in trying to make the world
better that they must not be squeamish and
fastidious and finical and over particular in
doing the work of the world.
The church of God is dying of fastidions.
ness. We cry over the sufferings of the
Orie the
wlors
says, i,
reformatory
not
net
nas
morrow we shall see the Holy Land,
Palestine?” “Well” he said, ‘if the wind
snd sea remain as they are about daybreak.”
Never was I so impatient for a night to
I could not see much use for that
aight, anyhow, I Julled aside the curtain
from the porthole of my stateroom, so that
the first hint of dawn would waken me, But
{t was a useless precaution. Sleep was
the impossibilities. Who eould be so
stupd as to slumber when any moment there
might start out within sight of the ship thd
land where the most stupendous scenes of all
time and all eternity were enacted--land of
rain and redemption, land where was fought
the battle that made our heaven possible
land of Godirey and Saladin, of Joshua anc
esus?
Will the night gver be gone? Yes, it 4
wing lighter, afid along the horizon therd
something like a bank of clouds, and as a
watchman paces the deck I say to him
“What is that out yonder? “That is land
air,” said the sailor. “The land? I cried, and
soon all our friends were arroused from sleep
and the shore began more clearly to reveal
fteelf. With roar and rattle and bang the
anchor dro in the roadstead a half mile
from land. for though Joppa is the only har-
bor of Palestine it is the worst harbor on all
the coasts. Sometimes for weeks no ships
stop there. Between rocks about seventy-
five feet apart a small boat must take the
Pasta gers ashore. The depths are strewn
with skeletons of those who have at
Sempted to land or attemptad to smbark,
‘wenty-seven pilgrims perished with one
«rash of a boat against the rocks,
figaty of Srumdon of Boma ho Syria,
Egyptians have gone tosplin thers,
writer eight hundred years ago said he
«on the beach in a storm at Joppa, and out
‘thirty ships all but seven went to pieces on
‘the rocks, and a thousand of the were
‘washed ashore,
Strange that with a few blasts of powder
1ike that which shattered our American Hell
ate those rocks have not been uprooted and
the way cleared, so that great ships, instead
of far out from land, m
u
Bat
the
are,” practically cries
the Turkish Government oe want ~> per
chiefs, and then put a cent in the poor box.
There are many willing to do Christian work
among the cleanly, and the refined, and the
elegant, and the educated, but exouse them
from taking a loaf of bread down a dirty al-
school among the uncombed and the unwash
od, excuse them from touching the hand of
one whose finger nails are in mourning for
departed soap. Such religious precisionists
can toll in atmospheres laden with honey
suckle and rosemary, but not in air floating
ap from the malodorous vats. No, no, nol
A them from living with one Simon, the
tanner,
During the last gar there were in Virginia
some sixty or seveity wounded soldiers in a
barn, on the second floor, so near the roof
that the heat of the August sun was almost
insupportable. The men were dying from
sheer exhaustion and suffocation, A distin.
guished member of the Christian commission
said to the nurse who stood there, “Wash the
faces and feet of these men and it will revive
them.” “No,” said the nurse, ‘I dida’t comme
into the army to wash anybody's feet”
“Well,” said the distinguished member of the
commission, “bring me water and a towel; [
will be very glad to wash their feet.” One
was the spirit of the devil, the other the
spirit of Christ,
But reference to Peter reminds me that we
must go to the housstop in Joppa where he
was taught the democracy of
was about the queerest tiling that ever hap
pened, Onour way up to that we
passed an old well where
were worn deep with the
eta, and it must be a well
old, and I think Peter drank out
hat h
shat ha
t binnket was let
ut of heaven, and in it v re sheep and
ad cattle and mules and pigeons and
ards and snakes and all manner of
ast fly the sir, or walk the fleld,
fie earth, and in the dream a voice
« he was hungry to eat, and he
ot eat thi unclean,”
“omned it. was
nig at the gate of the
vudoh Peter lay ina
wiked, “Is Pater hare?’
3 tering what his
!
the stairs and meets these strangers at th
gate, and they tell him that a good man by
the name of Cornaliug, in the city of Ciesarea
fina also had a dream and has sent them fo
Peter and to ask him to come and preach
At that call Peter loft Joppa for Casares
fhe dream be had just had prepared him tu
preach, for Peter learned by it
people as unclean, and whereas he previogs
fhougiit he must preach only to the Jes
now he goes to proach to ithe Gentiles wi
were considered unciean.
! Notice how the two dreary
dream on the housetop, Co
Casdrean, So 1
ant
TO re ie
nave no
events
nunting vo x
meet,
Every dre
AIHE ove
ry of
yalary ih
10t nee
&% an examples, but
the worid net only
to show where the
Ff Sive
Be &
eens
¥E,
® story by
s orice
1a fit of the sulks. He
sstroved
pout, and sal under
ie from the tropi-
n distur that
anole
fi Q bed
ya great rage, and said
and the sun
lie than to live A
his
r me to
tin a rage bLecauss
ella! Beware of
But standing hers
be had Jost
petulance
1 She bh
tseton at Je pe
1a beach,
oned and incaraadined. But no. the rains
ong ago washed away the jast sign of the
Sapoleonic massacre. Napoleon was march
ng on through the coasts. He had bere at
foppa four thousand Albanians, who had
een surrendered as prisoners of war, asd
winder a promise of protection. What shall
se do with them? It will be impossible for
sim to take them slong, and he cannot afford
© leave soldiers enough to guard them from
weape, It will not be difficult for the tan
who broke the heart of lovely Josephine, i
ais batties were not too dear a price to pr
‘or his victories, shrugged his shoulders
mirthfolly and said, “You must break the
sgge if you want to make an omelet” —I say!
it will not be difficult for him to decide.
The prisoners of war by his order are taken
stut on the sands and put to death —one thou
mand of them, two thousand of them, threes
ihousand of them, four thousand of them,
massacred. And ths blood pours down into!
the sea, the red of the one mingling with the
blue of the other, and making an awful
maroon which neither God nor nation can’
sver forget. Ye who are fond of vivid con-|
trasts put the two scenes of Joppa side by!
side, reas with her needle, and the im-
mortal butcher with his knife.
But standing on this Joppa house top I
look off on the Mediterranean, and what is
that strange sight [ see? The waters are
black, seemingly for miles. There seems to
great muititude of logs fastened to-
be a
er. Ob you itisa t raft of timbers. |
Fy are pod he of 1
, , which King!
Hiram is furnishing King Solomon in ex.
change for 20,000 measures of wheat, 20,000
baths of ofl and 20,000 baths of wine. Thess,
sedars have been cut down and trimmed in,
the mountains of Lebanon by the 70,000 ax-
withes
and iron bolts are fastened and they,
down to Joppa to be taken
smple of righteousness rising In the earth |
Jur (Saristian avesstry tolied at it, amid |
tions of the good, and the lone
Christinn workers still
the construction of
train of
moves on; and ax ie |
4 Jemp @¢ some |
WaY Fae nov, |
BONE tw
: Bolomon
mewed with the ax in the fa
sind some drove a
fi
and
1 the wet and siippery i
and some viriged |
pulled at “load, |
shoved the plane
Joints, and
but all helped b
s, though some of
lot us all put our
#%, and our hearts ¢
of )
wedges, ixted |
i 5 withe, and some tro i
{i raits
tiie
and
fitted
on
Ox,
Rone
Lie sen,
&1 some the
some |
the saved |
thes : never
hands, and
0 the worl
which
JET ou,
Hb
ies $n #
Vas A TENS
# v have tn work st vad
Ley AVL WOTK a Wat Tau
cents a day, or furnish a substity
laborers of this class are called
inos,” and are considered to
by of every farm, because the
can always be counted on from
end to year's end. Their
plots are invariably situsted on the out-
skirts of an estate, at intervals one from
the other, so that, together with their
families, they form the natural guardians
and watchmen of the hacienda.—IHar-
per's Magazi
be the stand-
I services
Tear 8
cottages and
ne.
Depredations by Wild Beasts in Texas.
| The loss of live stock in Texas by de-
| predations of wild animals is enormous,
jmnd the evil is growing, Indeed, in
| many localities this loss is so discourag-
ing that some flockmasters are selling
their flocks, while many others seriously
| contemplate the abandonment of their
| business unless some relief shall be af-
| forded them. While the loss falls heaviest
{ upon owners of sheep, goats and poultry,
| cattle and horse owners admit that their
loss of calves and colts is quite heavy.
| Figuring the loss of shevp and goats
{ alone at the lowest estimate, three per
| cent would give an annual loss of at least
| 8400,000. To this add the loss of colts,
| calves and poultry, and the aggregate
loss would fall little, if amy, short of
$500,000. —Teras Stockman and Farmer,
Artificial Skull-Shaping.
Astonishing success has attended the
efforts of Dr. Lannelongue, an eminent
specialist of Paris, to give intelligence to
a little idiot girl. Though four years
old, the child could neither walk nor
stand, and never smiled nor took notice
of anything. The doctor concluded that
the abnormal narrowness of the head ob-
structed the growth of the brain, and in
May last he made an incision in the
center of the skull and cut s Bises of
bone from the left side of it. re.
salt was marvelous. Within less than a
month the child could walk, and she is
now quite bright, playing, smi and
taking notice of everything her.
we Trenton (N. J.) American.
LAIN 5531.5 5,
A Mexican Executioner.
“How do they execute in Mexicot™
“They select a small file of
Len men a Joudng irc fod
them in ¢ a
out Mendez and made him turn his
«0 the guns, then they fired.
rable marksmen ke was hit but
ind he made a motion with his b
the Sergeant, which indicated
job must be finished. The
thereupon walked up to him,
io his ear and ended his life.
with composure, — Gath, in
. Enquirer. -
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put
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON,
BUNDAY, OCTOBER 12. 180.
The Lord's Supper.
LESSON TEXT.
(Luke 22 Memon Verses
y
nristian | "
“Where wilt
ready? 1)
2) Request {
“They went, ¢
aid unto them
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W
t
ady.’ fi)
Satisfactory su
il. OBSERY]
Instances;
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14
Lf
Exod
Yer
if. In General
The hour was come
Israel went and did
had commanded
They kept the pass
Nam. #9: 5
they
105.
the Lord
7 ha
“
in the first
Be
mon
in
iJ Os
i
4]
Grilgal kept the
h. 5:
Hezekiah sent
Come to kee
Chron. 30: 1).
: in Gospel History:
With desire have 1 desired to
this passover with yon (15.
| After two days the passover cometh
| (Matt. 26: 2).
{ I keep the passover at thy house with
| my disciples (Matt. 26: 18),
| His parents went every year to....the
| passover (Luke 2: 41).
He was in Jerusalem at the
{John 2:23).
{ 11l. With Symbolic Reference:
! I will not eat it, uutil it be fulfilled
| (16).
passover
that
the
they should
Pass ver :
4] i
i “
IH
eat
passover
(Exod. 12: 23).
Many went up....before the passover,
to purify themselves (John 11: 55),
{ even Christ (1Cor. 5: 7).
He kept the passover that the
stroyer. ...should not touch them
(Heb. 11: 28),
1. “When the hour was come.” (1)
Pivotal hours; (2) Irresistible ap-
% proach; (3) Pertinent action.
this passover with you before I
suffer.”
ing; (2) Strong desire; (3) Realized
expectation,—(1) The Lord's last
passover; (2) The Lord's loved
companions.
8. “Until the kingdom of God shall
come.” (1) The coming kingdom;
(2) The present duty.
111. APPOINTING THE MEMORIAL,
I. The Symbolic Bread:
This is my body which is given for
ou (18).
J took b and blessed, and
brake it (Mats, 26: 26).
Take ye: this is my body (Mark 1& 23).
My Father giveth you the true bsbad
out of heaven (John 6: 82).
bread which I will give is my
flesh (John 6: 51)
il. The Symbolic Cup:
This cup is the new covenant im my
B 0 and thanks, and
© took a oup, gave
2 Matt, 36; 27)
EPIRA,
This do in rem branes of me (19 .
Hemember how he spake unto you
{ Luke i
Luk
{ ; f
Hemoen Oi Lhe ford
wOoris
ah,
drink it, ins
or. 11: 2
wis death
i
mers
i ii La
hold
earlier; an
ued for cex
4h 1
wae
na
on Las contin-
It is safer to accept
1 statement of the other
evangelists, language can be
explained on this theory; but the other
view implies a mistake in the record of
three witnesses,
Pensoxs, Car Lord, Peter, and
John; an unknown man in Jerusalem;
a householder there; the twelve spos-
ties,
Iscipexts, — Peter and John are sent
to prepare the passover; the man they
would meet; the message they should
give; they find 1t as the Lord had said,
and make ready. At the hour, when
they were gathered, our Lord express-
es his desire to eat this passover with
them; he gives a cup (not the eap of the
Lord's Supper); afterwards be insti-
tutes the Lord's Supper, first distribut-
ing the bread, then giving the cup of
wine, (It is generally held that Luke
| varies from the chronological order in
this part of his narrative).
Pararier Passaons Matthew 26 :
| 17-20, 26-20; Mark 14 : 12-16, 22-25;
compare also 1 Cor, 11 : 23-25,
a
ituries
wsitive
John's
th
Horns form the Human Body.
Horns growing from the human skin
| are very uncommon in their oocurrenoce,
| butone of the Foreign Medical Journals
contains an account rom a physician of
' a ease of this kind treated by him, the
| subject being a laboring man of 65 years,
The horn projectedfor aninch from the
lower lip on the right side, and had a
blunt extremity, was firmly adherent
| and the skin around at tue base exiub-
ited superficial nloeration.
The fact as elicted was that it had
first appeared as a small warty growth
some three years previously, had slowl
increased, and after being cut off with
a razor on two occasions seemed to
grow again quicker each time. On the
opposite side of the same lip was what
to be another warty growth
and the patient was
holding his olay pipe
this side and not on that from which
the horn There were no
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