Telegram-herald., 1889-10-07
BLESSING OR CURSE?
some eU2STnsS OF PUBLIC POLICY
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IFaasa Ia TAy Ezirss-Pointea 9ass-
teas Il SzticR2i siEnlEc41ce
Aske1 - tie Great Divine.

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TaLAags, .. D., pTesebed n rs fAoernAc-s
this ulcrniag on ths suelsct. TIE Coming
Worlds fair. Saall Il 8e Asis blss>lDs or
CurseF his text 49, EasSlsi zXYA, II.
They lrs1sd II thy fairs he said
Fairs may os for tas sale or goods or for
rhs exhibition Z goods ca \ small scsls or
large sesis, for county Or clty, tos oae n@iion
or f0- a. nations ~ text DFinss IL 10
ths fairs II aac.snE Tyra. city that Is nov
extinct Part II tEs city ~ss on az islsud
and part On ths mainland Alexander, tns
cOnqueFor. Vas much embarrassed when 40
fc1od 50 mucA % the city was ca al ISLAND
FOR 10 bad b ships But MS military genius
was nor % - baked Having marched his
arnuv 70 the beach. he ordered them % tear
up TIE city ON the mainland aud throw it
into TIE w2ter sni build = cauSsway IHo
hundred feet vile % tns island So they
took that part CT the city which Was on tbs
mainland and with it built a esuseway of
timber and brick and stone, On which hls
army marched 70 the capture Il that part q
the city vhich was on the island. az though a
hostile army should put Brooklyn INTO The
East river and over IL march 20 tue capture
q New York That Tyrian causeway Of
ruins which Alsxander's army built Is stil
there, Aad by alluvisl deposits has perna-
nentiy united tbs island 70 the mainland, 50
that i. is no longer an island but Pronon-
tory
Tns sand, the greatest Of all undertakers
Sor burylHg cities having covered up FOR ths
most part baalOec and Palmyra and Ihebes
aad Memphis ard Carthage and Babylon and
Luxor and Jericho; the sand, so small ana
yet 50 mighty, Is now gradually giving rites
Of sepulture TO what was left Of Tyre But,
Oh, what magnificent city II once was! MIS-
tress of the sea- Queen of international COM
mercs! AL nations casting their crowns at
her fest Where we have In our sailing YES
sels benches OF wood, sue had benches Of
ivory. Where We have for our masts OF
shAs sails Of coarse canvas, she had sails Of
richest ernbroidery The chapter from which
nv text is taken, after enumeratlng ths
richest countries in al ths world, saysof Tyre:
They traded in thy fairs" Look in upon a
worlds fair at Tyre.
Ezekiel leads Us through one department
and il is a horse fair. Under fed and over
driven for ages, the horses OF today give you
no idea OF tas splendid animals which, rear
ing and plunging and snortlDg and neighlng,
were brought down over the plank Of the
ships and led into the worlds fair at Tyre,
until Ezekiel, who was q minister Of religion
and not supposed TO know much about horses,
cried out in admiration: They Of the house
OF Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses"
Hare in another department OF that worlds
fair at Tyre led on by Ezekiel the prophet,
We find everythi-g all ablsze with precious
stones Like petrlied snow are the corals;
like fragments Of fallen sky are the sap
phires, and here is agate a-blush with all
colors What is that aroma We inhalei IL
is from chests Of cedar which we open, and
find them filed with all styles of fabric.
But the aromaticS increase as we pass down
this lane Of enchantment, and here are casSia
and frankincease and balm. Led on by Eze-
kiel the prophet, we come to an agricultural
fair with display of wheat from Minnith
and Pannag, rich as that OF our modern Da-
kota or Michigan
And here is a meteorological fair with spec
linens Of iron and silver and in and lead
and gold But halt, for here Il purple, Ty
rian purple, all ti1ts and shades, deep almost
unto the black, and bright almost unto the
blue; waiting for kings and queens to order
it made into robes for coronation day; purple
not Ike that which Is ROW made from the
orchila weed, but the extinct purple, the
lost purple, which the ancieats knew how to
make out Of the gasteropod mollusks Of the
Mediterranean On, look at those casks Of
wine from Helvon. Sec those snow banks of
wool from the back Of sheep that once pas
tured in Gnead Oh, the bewildering riches
and variety Of that worlds fair at Tyre.
TEE FAIRS OF THE WORLD.
But the world has copied these Bible men
toned fairs in all succeeding ages, and is has
tad is Louis the Sixth fair at Dagobert and
Henry tie First fair On st. Bartholomew )
day, and Hungarian fairs at Pesth, and Easter
| fairs at Leipsic, and the Scotch fairs e. Perth
| bright was the day when l was at one Of
them, and after them came the London
Worlds fair, and the New York World 5
ts.r. and the Vienna Worlds far and
the Partisan Worlds fair, ana it has
: been decided that in comnemoration Of the
discovery Of America in 1892 there shall be
/ held In this country In 1892 a Worlds fair
/ that shall eclipse al preceding national expo
sitions ! say, God speed the movement!
I SGrsly the event coTnmemo-sted IS worthy
Of all the architecture and music and pyro-
technics and eloqUenCe and stupendOus plan
niDg and monetary expenditure and con
I gTesSiolal appropriations which tue most san
| gyline Christian patriot has ever dreamed Of
/ Was any voyage that the world ever heard
| Of crowned WITH such al arrival as that Of
| Columbus and his menl
Alter they had been encouraged for the
last few days BY fight OF land birds and
| floating branches OF rad berries. and while
| Columbus was down in the cabin studying
| the sea chart, Martin PinEon, standing on
| deck and looking TO the southwest, cried:
"Landl Landl Landl" And Gloria in
| Excslsis- was sung with raining tears on al
| the three ships of the expedition. Most ap-
/ pr0priats and patriotic and Christian viii oe
a commemorative worlds fair IN America IN
1902. Leaving 20 otheIx tie discussion as %
the site Of such exposision-and wonder
not that some Eve CT six of our cities are
struggling n have IL, for IL viii give % any
city - which Il may Be assigned an impulse
/ Of proep,srity Tor q hundred Tears-I say,
/ leavin- 70 others the selection of t3e partic-
uiar locality 70 be thus hon0red, I want 70
say s0ms things from TIE point q Christian
1 patriotism which ought g. be said, and ths
earlier the better. that We may Est thoussnd'
! OF people Ia king in the right direction, and
that vill maze healthful puouc opinion.
beg you 70 consider Trayerluly what feel
called gpon % God as e. American citizen
sad "a a preacher q glts, lsness e. utter.
/ CITIES sHoULD xcT DEPagCIsTT II zsCH oTEER
NJ first suEgestion ia that is Is not wise, as
certainly lt "a not CariTcian, % couauue tals
vide and persistent ettcrlpt az AnaeTicsn cit-
les - helttle and dspreciate other cities "a
has been going ou FOR yesrs. out now toe
/ spirit seems - culminate iu tn.s discussion as
| e. where shs " orlas fair soaA b bad. =
| sfy.s a o.srrsssion vhica hss = tendency 70
| infsro he saocs-s q tle fair - great moral
and patriotic snteFpriss. sfter tbs locality
| has osen decided upon There Is seen =
/ fhns - hesltnful uealry between cities.
but Tou vil beer 20 oat la sayinE that t0srs