The leader., 1889-10-12
!DR. TALMAGE.
BEookLYN DlvrNE,s SUN.
DAY SERMON. 'oN'
|baIl |se1 i IKE % Coming worlds Fair;
- 20 Made a Blessing or
aGurse?n

Vii 1a'y 70 traded in thy fairs. .n-Eze-
e may befor the sale Of goods or for n .
sa., on VI goods on small scale or q lorno ~
;ons unSy or city, for one nation or foT
y oHS. 10 my text brings us to the fairs 1ot Of
e +hs hsie city that is now extinct
Dne city was on an island and mart
ma @dlniand. Alexander the conouara,.
nuch embarrassed when he fo1,%d u, 9 =, !,
4 NO 'ng Sh; Guy was on an island, for
not 70 'hpS; ~ But his military genius
nv nv ~ " oe baked. Having marched
y w tne beach, he ordered them to
Ine clVy on the mainland and throw
water and build a causeway two
leeC WIDE to the island. So thew
nag part OF the city which was ON the
1no ana with it built a causeway of
and orick and stone. on which his
na cned 10 the capture of that part of
y "nlcn was On the island. as though
ie 9;,a army should put Brooklyn into the
NV nrei, H anu over 1t march to the capture
eW York, That Tyrian causeway
uiiis winch Alexander's army
Is stin there, and by al
deposits has permanently united
siand 10 the mainland, SO that it
longer an island but promontory.
lnd, the greatest of all undertakers for
ng Clues; having covered up for the
part Baalbec and Palmyra and Thebes
emphls and Carthage and Babylon and
and Jericho, the sand, SO small and
mighty, is now gradually giving rites
ulture to what was left Of Tyre. But,
hat a magnificent city it once was!
ess OF The sea! Queen of international
cree! All nations casting their crowns
feet! Where we have in our sailing
benches Of wood, she has benches of
Where We have for our masts of
sails of coarse canvas, she had sails of
t embroidery.
chapter from which my text is taken
enumerating the richest countries in
world says of Tyre: "They traded in
lrs." Look in upon a worlds fair at
Ezekiel leads us through one depart
and it is horse fair Under fed and
riven for ages the horses Of to-day
you no idea Of the splendid animals
rearing and plunging and snorting
eighing, were brought down over the
of the ships and led into the worlds
Tyre until Ezekiel, who was min
of religion and not supposed to
much about horses, cried out i'll
alton: They of the house Of Togar-
raded in thy fairs with horses" Here
bther department of that worlds fair
re, led on by Ezekiel the prophet, we
everything all ablaze with precious
Like petrifed snow are the corals:
agments of fallen sky are the sapphires;
here is agate a-blush with all colors.
is that aroma we inhale? 1t is from
of cedar which we open, and find
filled with allStyles of fabric. But the
tics increase as we pass down this lane
,hantment and here are cassia and
incense and balm. Led on by
81 the prophet, we come to an
,ltural fair with display
wheat from Minnith amp
10 rich as that of our modern Da-
or or Michigan. And here is mineral
fair with specimens Of ron and silver
In and lead and gold. But halt, for
nnrnIe Trian purple, all tints and
pdoen almost unto the black and
ain,6st unto the blue; waiting for
a 1,uaans to order it made into robes
ero, s,nu at;on % day; purple not like that
- ~ Cow made from the Orchilla weed,
70 % extinct purple, the lost purple. which
10 80" oA lnaw how to make but of the gas
cieheI EII',sEs M If the Mediterranean. Oh,
% !noro th c.dy of wine from Helbonl
nose y snow banks Of wool rom the back
lon ,ono that i, once pstured in Gilead: Oh,
kewildering riches and verlety OF that
s 1sa lalr az aori hs copied these Bible
tne T. f.;rs in all succeeding ages,
oneu % had I Is Louis the Sixth fair at
. mas ND nd Henry the First fair on
peri, aan,or's an Day, and Hungarian
bar pou+s and Easter fairs at
at Ie'.- ~ Scotch fairs at Perth
lc, anu .ss dav when T was at one
pit was u ~ T,fterward came the Lon
penl,, wo,,,.ld's br, and t9e New YORK S1;
rs Tau, 4Ss Psrisan worlds fair, and
ana oaa S1' decided that, IN commemo-
Is pee4 he discovery of america IN
OF y ISs1 be held in this coun-
there s~orFs s--F fair that shall eclipse
1897 '~ ~n,iOnal expositions. I say,
recedlng nnaTsmentl Surely the event
speed the tnlsi X worthy of all the architec-
nemorats md pyrotechnics and elo-
and niuS iuS..'5ous planning and none
and and congressional appro-
expendn9s A. most sanghine Christian
lions whEn iI..amed Of. Was any voy-
ot has e'e II ever heard Of crowned
hat the Wv VIrsl as that Of Columbus
such an iIs.,they had been encouraged
MS mem INV flight Of land birds and
he last few # red berries, and while
ng brsnca, Pm in the cabin studying
nbus was Tin Pinzon, standing on
sea chart N the southwest, cried:
and lOO5T md p And 'Gloria in
bdl LaDd IN raining tears on all the
(lsisn wssS ,,nedition. Most appro-
ships sc and Christian will
e and -rstive worlds far IN
a comT~ others the discussion as
I,eaving l exposition- land l won.
Ste d Sirs or six Of our cities are
- - that ~ I. for it viii give to any
ling oJ TO signed an impulse of
Is w6icb isrdred years say, leav-
70 80 "r fr .Jaction at the particular
perth ntSers D IGNORED, want to say
. ot W be b the point Of christian
10y Sy,,;ucs IN .,sht to be said, and the
tnm' I'm, wbe BIZ ssst we get thousands of
ouiSm she bse ne right direction, and
er taIkr: enS .rSful public opinion. l
le ia Dain ,Tsb nrayerfully what I feel
VIII 70 . " s { an American citizen
you y,ou righteousness to utter.
q uuou W ton IS that it is not wise,
as aPttgs p sssat Christian, to continue
hrsyT :.tsnt attempt Of Ameri-
ertalpg, \, s..s and deprecate other
cities gong ol n9 z An, abis 5;sS SaS
IL .he World7s Fan shall be