, 1884-10-10
II Forms the Subject Of an Enter.
tanning Lecture.
The Noted Divine, Parson Newman
on the Rostrum.
Arrangements Made for Future En-
gagements in the City.

gregational Church last evening. DR..
Newman, once more familiarity known as
Parson Newman, gained a National repu-
tation during the Grant administration as
the pastor of the Foundry Church in
Washington, of which President Grant
was a regular attendant. At present DIR.
Newman is pastor of the Madison Avenue
Church, in New York City.
Opening his lecture the speaker de.
scribed the two routes by which the
starting point of a journey through the
valley of the Euphrates and Tigris may
be reached and described the route by
which the site of the Garden of Eden
might be attained. There can be no
doubt, the speaker thought, that this is
the identical spot where oncc was the
Garden of Eden. The beautiful scenery,
the magnificent palms, the gorgeous
birds of Paradise found there all go to
prove the facts of the claim that it is the
true site of the Garden. An old tree
stands upon the banks of the Tigris, its
branches sweeping the surface of the
waters as they flow beneath it and the old
Jewish, Mohammedan and Persian tradi-
tons say it is the Tree of Life.
One hundred and fifty miles up the
Euphrates is Babylon. The ruins about
Babylon indicate a genius held by
those ancient builders worthy of the
present time. Beyond the site of Baby
Ion is Bagdad, a picturesque and beauti-
full city of 10000 inhabitants il whose
cafes may still be heard the legends and
stories of the Arabian Nights" Further
on is Decrit, the birthplace of Saladan,
the great foe of the Crusaders. Here be-
gins the pathway of great retreat of
Xenophon. In this vicinity is the region
of Devil Worshippers, a religious sect
which believes that the devil will be re-
stored to power and that those who never
mention the devils name will meet with
his commentator and those who do will
meet with instant death. and it might be
advisable for some Americans to 90 there.
Their emblem of worship is a brass
rooster, round which, once a year they
gather in wild orgies and dances, not
suitable to be described tie a refined audi
ence. Near by is the sect known as
HISTORIANS, a thrifty, religious, intelligent
people.
Ofthe great mass of Mohammedans in
the East, there are two distinct classes,
the Turks and the Saracens. The Turk
is now, has always been and always will
be a barbarian, and vicious and immoral.
The Turkish government is organized
robbery and the enemy of civilization.
The Saracens are the descendants of
Ishmael, and though destined to be a wild
people they have in their forms of mathe-
MATES and architecture originated some
of the finest problems and the most ex-
quisite designs the world has known. The
Saracens embraced the Mohammedan
doctrine because Mohammed in the first
seven years of his life as a prophet was
the founder of a new era, a tearing away
from the ldolatry OF the Christian church
and the propagation of the doctrine,
There is but one Cod The Turks be-
came followers when the desire for gain
and corruption was the basis of Moham-
mechanism and the doctrine There is but
one God and Mahomet is his prophet
prevailed.
Nebuchadnezzar, the mighty builder OF
the ancient Babylon, had an original CON
cepion OF civI engineering and architec-
ture. Ills plans were not borrowed from
the Greeks, for he was prior to the Greek
he planned and built a city sixty miles
square, protected by a moat 81 feet wide
and $50 feet deep. Canals from the
ligrs n Euphrates filled the moat
and rendered the city i~mpregnable.
inside the city was a marvel
OF beauty. The famous palace OF the
hlng stood IN the northwest corner OF the
city, and with ireseoed ceilings glded
wood N vanished walls with Its
b~anqueting hall to seat LOCO persons, 1t
made a most magnificent building.
Then the hanging gardens built to
please the wife OF the hing' on the sum-
init OF which, 400 feet above the river,
was constructed a machi which elevated
the water to that height
Near at hand Is the famous tour OF
Babel, at once an observatory, a sanctuary
and a tomb
The tower was begun by the great hunter
Nimrod, Nebuchadnezzar raised it 600
feet. The army of Aerxes partially des-