The Red Cloud chief., 1890-12-26
CEDARS OF LEBANON.
Dr.. TAlmago Continues His Dis
courses on the Holy Land.


In continuation of the course Of ser:
mons delivered on the Holy Land. Rev.
T. Do Witt Talma2e. in = recent dis.
course at Brooklyn .,anneunced - his
text Psalm ely. .16: The cedars of
Lebanon which He hath planted" Dr..
Talmieo said:
In our journey We change stirrup for
wheel It 10 40'clock in the morning at
Damascus Syria. and Ne are among the
lanterns Of the hostelry. waiting for the
stage to start A Mohammedan in high
life Is putting his three wives on board
within an apartment by themselves,
and our party occupy tho main apart
ment in one Of the most uncomfortable
vehicles in which mortals were ever
jammed and halt strangulated. We are
rolling on and out and up the mountains
Of Lebanon, their forehead under Q
crown OF snow, which coronet the fingers
Of the hottest summer can not cast
down We are ascending heights
around which is garlandcd much Of the
finest poesy Of the Scriptures. and are
rising toward the mightiest dom;n ON
that botany ever recognized. reigned
over by the most imperial tree that ever
swayed . leafy scepter-the Lebanon
cedar; . tree eulogized in my text Is
having grown from . nut put into the
ground by God himself. and no human
hand had any thing to do with its plant
ing: THE trees of Lebanon which He
hath planted"
The average height Of this mountain
is 1000 feet, but in one place it lifts its
head to an altitude OF 10. 600! No higher
than 5000 feet can vegetation exist but
below that line at the right season are
vineyards and orchards, and olive
groves and flowers that dash the
mountain side with . very carnage Of
color and MI the air with aromatics
that Hosea the prophet and Solomon.
the King. celebrated IS 'the smell Of
Lebanon, At . height of 9. 900 feet is
. grove Of cedars. the only descendants
Of those vast forests from which Solo.
mon cut his timber for the temple 1t
Jerusalem and where 1T one time there
were 100. 900 sxemen hewing out the
beams from which great cities were
constructed. But this nation of trees
has by human ~iconoclasm been NASSAU
cred until only . small group is left
The race Of giants is nearly extinr
but I have NO doubt that some Of tbse
were here when Hiram, King Of yre'
ordered the assassination Of nose
cedars Of Lebanon which tho Lord
planted From the multitude ofases to
which 1t may be put and the impioy-
ment Of 1t in the Scriptures ne cedar
10 the divine favorita. When the
plains to be seen froT the window
Of this stage in which We ride to-
day are parched under summer
heats and not a eass blade survives
the fervidity this zee stands In luxuri-
anoe. defying III summer sun. And
when the storm,of winter terrify the
earth and hurl che rocks in avalanche
down this moutain side. this tree crap
pies the hurriAne Of snow in triumph,
and leaves se spent fury at its feet
From sixty'to eighty feet high are
they. the Srizontal branches Of great
sweep 9TH their burden Of leaves
seals snxped, the Up of the tree pyra-
aidal, q throne of foliage ON which
night and splendor, and glory sit But
continuously has tho determination
4 trees gone OF that for the most part
he mountains Of Lebanon are bare of
while I am sorry to say the
arth in all lands is being likewise de-
luded- The axe is staying the forests
n A.~r AhA An ~ akN~ khn l
laughter God opened the coal mines of
and Scotland and America.
nd the world, practically saying by
hat: "Here is fuel; as far as possible
ct Ny trees alone" And by opening
or the human acc the great quarries
4 granite, and showing the human
how to make brick, God is prac-
ically saying: Here is building ma
erial; let My trees alone"
We had better stop the axes among
he AdriondackA. We had better stop
he axes in all our forests. As it would
ave been better for Syria 1.-THE axes had
ong ago been stopped among the
of Lebanon.
Plant the trees in your parks that the
weary may rest under them. Plant
hem along your streets that up through
he branches passers by may sec the
Tod who first made the trees and then
made man to look At them. Plant them
long the brooks that under them
hildren may play. Plant them in
our gardens; plant them In cemeterieA
When. not long before his death. I
on the banks Of the Hudson in his
,lazed cap riding on horseback. George
!. Morris. the great song writer of
1 found him grandly emotion
i, and I could understand how he
vrote: "Woodman. Spare That Treew
he verses Of which many of us have
cit like quoting in belligerent spirit
vhen under the stroke Of some one
vith0ut sense or reaso We saw . beau
iful tree Frustrated:
woodman, spare that tree!
q, Touch not . single bought
In youth IL sheltered me-, Il
And I'll protect It now.
Twas my forefather's hand
That placed u neal his cot;
There, woodman, let IL stand,
Thy axe shall harm Il not.
Ny heart strings round thee cling,
Close - thy bark, old friendi
Hero shall the Wild bird sing,
And stiIl thy branches bend.
Old tree! The storm still brave!
And woodman, leave the spot;
While I've . hand to save,
Thy axe shall harm it MOI.
As We ride along these mountains OF
.ebanon, w bethink how its cedars
nraad THAR branchaa and hrna<ha <b>;