The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-22

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pitched in two white groups close to til
shore. Would you ever forget a ma
with whom you were sbipwrecked 0
the Sea Of Galileey
The other scene was on a Sunda
morning when we gathered the tw
parties, some eight or ten persons in al
on the sunny slope above the Hebre,
burial place. south Of Liberals, and ID
Bonar conducted short service. Agar
he talked with simple words of grea
eloquence, about the coming Of hi
Master, and the gathering of all nation
TO him whose mandate Peace be still,
once obeyed by winds and wave
on the sea beneath us, would
be omnipotent over all oceans
of human passions, all tempest
Of human sorrow. and establish peace
on earth forever. He sat on rock. anC
instructed us, seated around him. Just
as. and Just where. no doubt. the Mas
ter had often sat teaching men and
women and little children. all now dust
Of the earth beneath us. What a day
that was There was not a ripple on
the sea ; there was not cloud in the
sky there was such repose in the mid
day sunlight that all was as if the Lord
had come indeed and the reign of peace
had come to the sad old land of innum-
cradle wars and devastatons.
There was another clergyman Of the
Free Church of Scotland present. one
Of DR.. Bonar's company. can hear to-
night, hear distinctly, to the faintest
infection, the strangely slow, meIan-
choly, and yet melodious tones of his
voice as he read hymn, The church
hath waited long. her absent Lord to
see. 1t is marvellous how such little
incidents, even the cadeuces of a voice
Will como back to Us after the lapse
Of many years and the Intervention OF
countless other scenes aud sounds.
was impressed during the few weeks
Of my acquaintance with Dr. Bonar
by his manifest habit Of profound
thoughtfulness. He was silent for
long times. When he spoke he spoke
to the purpose, calmly without visible
emotion, but with words indicating
depth of sentiment. 1t is not possible
10 form on estimate Of any man 5
character of mind from ASSOCIATION
with him under extraordinary cir
cumslances. No man given to
thinking. whether he be religious or an
irrehgiOus man. can be in Holy Land
without strong emotion. To the mere
philosOphic thinker it is the central
point in the history of humanity and
civilization. To the religious philoso
pher it is the nearest accessible point TO
the throne Of God governing his crea-
ture man. The brainles5 traveller goes
without thought from scene TO scene.
But such men as Dr. Bonar could not
be in Palestine. in Jerusalem, Bethle
hem. Nazareth, on the sea of Galllee,
on the Mount Of the TRANSPORTATION,
and conduct their lives and CONVERSE
ton precisely as at home. or as among
other historic associations. Ny memo
ries Of him are exclusively Of the man AT
all these places | ave named and al
many others of like sacred interest.
And they are memories of great respect
and admiration. We met in Jerusalem.
We parted near the true, not the ira
ditional, place of the Trausfguiation.
For that event certainly did not occur
on mount Tabor, and probably occur
led on the side of Hermon, near Benias.
the ancient C@sarea Philippi. My latest
memory of him is OF his voice.
/ had been down the Jordan ali
that afternoon fishing, but taking
no fish. For the river which comes
out Of the solid base Of Mount Hermon,
rushes. white torrent, down the hills
till il joins the streams from the
fountains Of Dan and Hasbeyah, and
then flows more peacefully on to the
waters Of Merom. When | reached
my tents 1t was very dark. The Scotch
party, whose tents were near, were TO
leave in the early morning. They came
in to say good-by. Then, little later,
heard from their tents the sound of a
hymn; then a lower sound, the muir
muring Of voice, mingled with the
roar of the Jordan torrent in the ghoi
the voice of DR.. Bonar in evening
prayer.
OF the company who sat that Sunday
morning on the hill side by the sea Of
Galilee, aud who slept in the two
groups of tents that night among the
olive trees of Benias. Learly all are
dead. or my own party am the sole
survivor. One of the Little ass mbly
lies by the side of the Tigris. Two ara
AT rest on the Nile banks. Ore sleeps
within sound of the Atlantic waves.
Onc-but what matters it where the
WORKOUT covering Of an immortal soul
is laid away? lie will find it when he
shall call for it to be the purified body
of the saint. to walk with him, white
ROBBED. after the sad labor of this pill
grinage" they have found eternal rest
in the City of Peace, Jerusalem, which
il above, which is the mother OF Us
Of Commerce.
The late William Tbaw, OF Pittsburg,
left long list OF benevolent requests |
The Presby terrain Board OF Home aud
Foreign Missions get $50 co., other
Presbyterian Boards lesser sums, the
Board as 900, several colleges
considerable amounts, and
an institution in Pittsburg fails
- ....att hv L,s kanefactlOns.