Democratic messenger., 1889-10-12

tunity for the Nation.
BRooKLyS, N Y, Oct. 6.-The Rev. r.
De Witt Talmage, d. d., preached In the
Tabernacle this morning ON the subject {:
"Thr Coming Worlds Fair, Shall Il BE
Made n Blessing or a Curscy" Ills text
was Ezekiel xvii, l2-"Thcy traded in
the fairs"
Amer announcing his subject DIR. Tai
mage said: "With the hearty consent Of
the elders and trustees Of this church, I
leave on Wednesday morning. October
30. on the City of Paris for the Holy Land,
Palestine, to be gone abnut two months.
am sure all my congregation will unite
with The officers In giving their consent
when tell you why l 60. First, my oh.
jcct Is educational TO myself and congre.
cation. l want to see the places associated
with our Lords life and death. believe
I can make my pulpit work Car more ELI.
cicnt when see with my own eyes Beth.
lchem and Nazareth and Jerusalem and
Calvary and oil the other places connect
cd with the Savior's ministry. Those places
cannot he visited hcalihfnlIy in the sum-
mcr and In time Of usual vacation. What
I learn aud see you will learn and see
when come back. My second reason for
going is that l am writing the life Of
Christ. and can be more accurate and
graphic when have been an eye witness
Of the sacred place" lie then began the
sermon as follows:
Fairs may be for the sale Of goods or
for the exhibition Of goods on u small
scale or II large scale, for country or city,
for ono nation or for all nations Ny text
brings us 10 the fairs of ancient Tyre, n
city that is now extinct. Part Of the city
was on an island and par, on the main.
land. Alexander, the conquerer, was much
embarrassed when he found so much of
the city was on an island, for he Ind no
ships. But his military genius was not to
he balkcd. Having marched his army 10
the beach, he ordered them 10 tear up the
city on the mainland and throw II into the
water and build causeway 600 feet wide
to the island. So they took that part Of
the city which was on the mainland and
with II built u causeway Of timber and
brick and stone,on which his army march.
cd to the capture OF that part Of the city
which was on the island. as though hos.
tile army should put Brooklyn INTO the
East River aud over il march to the cap.
lure of New York. That Tyrian cause.
way of ruins which Alexandcr's army
built is still there, aud BY allnvial deposits
has permanently united the island to the
mainland. so that il Is no longer an island
but promontory. The sand, the greatest
of all underiakcrs for burying cities. hav.
ing covered up for the most part Baalbcc,
and Palmyra. and Thcbcs. and Memphis,
and Carthage. and Babylon. and Luxor,
and Jcricho-thc sand. so small, and yet
50 mighty. is now gradually giving rites
of sepuliurc To- what was len of Tyre
But, oh what magnificent city il once
was ! Mistress of the sea! Queen Of inter.
national commerce. All nations casting
their crowns at her feet Where we haye
in our sailing vessels benches of wood she
had benches Of ivory. Where We have for
our masts of ships sails Of coarse canvas
she had sails of richest embroidery.
The chapter from which my tex, is Ia
ken, after enumcraiing the richest coun.
tries in all the world. says Of Tyre They
traded in thy fairs" Look IN upon n
worlds fair at Tyre. Ezekiel leads us
through one department, and il Is a horse
fair. Under fcd and over.lrivcn for ages
the horses Of to-day give you NO idea ol
the splendid ANIMALS which. rearing and
plunging and snoriing and neighing were
brought down over the plank of The ships
and led into the worlds fair at Tyre until
Ezekiel, who was minister Of religion
and mol supposed To know much about
horses, cried out in admiration "They Oi
the house oi Togarman traded in thy fairs
with horses" Here is another department,
Of the worlds fair "a, Tyre, led'on by Ezc
kiel the prophet, we find everything all
ablazc with precious stones. Like peiri
fled snow ARE the comls, like fragments o
fallen sky are the sapphires. and here il
agate a.blush with all colors. What !,
that aroma We inl,alc. II Is from chests ol
cedar which we Open and find them filled
with all styles Of fabric. But the aroma
tics increase ms we pass down this lane o
enchantmcni, and here are cassia and
frankinccnsc aud balm. Led an by Ere
kicl the prophet. We come 10 an agricul
lural fair with a display of wheat from
Minuiih and Pannag, rich as That of oul
modern Dakota or Michigan. And here Il
n mincralos icnl fair. with specimens al
iron aud silver and tin aud lead and gold
Hut halt, for here Is purple. Tyrian pnr
pie, all tinls aud shades, deep almost unto
the black and bright almost into the blue
waiting for kings and queens To order n
made into robes for coronation day pur
pie not like that which Is now made from
the orchilla weed. but the extinct purple
the lost purple, which the ancienis knew
how TO make out Of the gaslcropOd mol
lusks of the Mediterranean. Oh. look a
those casts of wine from llclbon. Sc,
those snow banks of wool from the bach
of sheep that once pasturcd In Gilcad. oh
the bcwildcnng riches and variety of that
worlds fair at Tyre.
Bu, the world has copied these Bible
mentioned fairs In all succeeding ages, AN,
Il had lis Louis VI. fair at DagOberi. mn,
Henry I. fair an 81. Bariholomew's bay
and Hungarian fairs at Pesth, aud Eastel
fairs a, Leipsic, aud the Scotch fairs a
Penh bright was the day when l was a
one Of ihem). and aherward came th'
London worlds fair. and the New YOrl
wn,ll's fair anal iha Niennn wnrisl'G fair