The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-10

ashore. Tine man having chnrRe of us
pushes inside some. and strikes with heavy
sticks Others. and by violence that would not
be tolerated in our country, but which seems
to lie the only manner Of making any i'm.
preston there, clcarcs our why into Que ol
the bonts which llends for the shore. We
are within IL minutes Of the Christ.land.
Now we hear shouting from tho bench aud in
five minutes We arc lnnde,l. The PROV of ths
boat 10 cnught by men who wade out to helm
US IN. We are tremulous with suppressed
excitement. Our.brontlli is quick, nnd from the
side Of the boat We spring to the shore, and
sunday morning. Dec. ], 1880. about
mo and mine will that day nnl hour he com.
memorated, for that pre-eminent mercy. Let
1t ba mentioned in prayer by my children and
children's children alter We uro gone that
morning We were permitted to cnt or that lan.l,
mud gaze upon those holy hills, ind .ecl the
emotions that rise aud fail, and weep, an,i
inugh, and sing, and triumph ut such q
Discrimination.
On the back of hills $50 :set high Joppn in
lifted toward the skies. 1t IL ns picturesque
as it is quaint, and as much unlike any city
we have ever seen though it were built in
TINT stnr Mara. where, II lew nights ago this
very September. astronomers, though u,,.
pareiieu Telescopes. saw II SHOW storm rag
ing. How glad We were to lie in .Ioppn! Why,
this III the city where Dorcas. TINT queen ri
the needle lived un.i died nnd was
You remember tint the poor people came
around the dead body oi this bene actress
and brought specimens "f her kind needle
work, and said: "Dorcas made this" dor
cas- sewetl that" 'Dorcas cut and fitted this: !.
"Dorcns liemmel that" Accor,iingto Light.
foot, the commentator, they laid her cut in
state in n public room and the poor wrunr
their hands AMI cried. and sent for Peter,
tnnI, In t,pv
woman came hack to life md resumed her
len":actions. An especial resurrection day
for ono woman! She was the molel by which
many women otour day have fashioned their
lives. aud Mt the first blnst of the horns oi
the wntry tempest there appear 5000 Dor.
cnScs-Dorc;scso OF Brooklyn, Dorc,laes of New
York. Decreases OF London, D6rcasea OF all
tho neigh horloods and towns nn,i cities ot
Christendom, lust "a good az tho Dorcns Of
the .orrn which visited. Thank God for
the eever-inrr"asng skill and sharpness and
speed aud generosity of Dorcns's neei!o.
What is that man doing?" saii to the
dragomnn in the streets of Joppa "Oh. he
~ carrying his bed" Multitnd.s of the ppo-
pl" sleep ont-nf.,loors, and thnt is The way &c
many OF those lands hecome blinl. IL is
from the dew OF the night FILLING on the eye
lids. As u result ofthia, in Egypt every
twentieth person is totally blind.
In oriental lands the he'd il made oi thin.
small mattress, n blanket nnl IL pillow, aud
when the man rises III the morning lie lust
ties up the three into u bundle and shoulders
u and takes it away. 1t wus to that tho
SMvior referred when lie said to the sick man,
"rake up thy bed and walk" An Ameri.
can couch or an English couch would require
ut least four lnen to carry it, hut ono Orient.
al can easily manage his sluml,er euup ment,
Snt inhulc some of Il he o.iors o! the lurye
tanneries around Jnpnn. 1t is there to tliis
day, IL prosperous business, this tanning OF
hides. And TINT reminds mo of Simon. tho
tanner, who lived Mt Joppa, and was the
b"st of Peter the apostle: suppose the OIL
factories of Peter were rs easily insulted by
the oders ofn tanncIy az Others But TIL.
Bible says. He lodged Will, one Simon, tile
tanner" People who go out to do re ormn.
tory and missionary and Christian work
must not lie too sensitive. Simon no doubt
brought to his homestead every night the
malodora of the cafskins and OK hides In
his tnnnery. but Peter lodged in TINT home
not only because he may not have been in
vited TO the houses of merchant princes sur.
rounded by retlolent gardens, hut to teach
all men aud women engaged in trying to
make the word better, they must not he
slnoainisll and fustid0ls and financial and
ov"r-l'articulnr in doing tho work of the
world. The church Of God is dying of fas.
tidiousncss. We cry over tho sufferings of
tho world in hundr oil dollar pocket hand.
kerrhiefs, and then nut cent in the poor
hox. There are many willing to do chris.
t!nn work among he ccanly and refined and
the elegant md tho educated; but excuse
them from taking IL loaf OF bread down a
dirty alley; excuse them from touching n
mission school among the uncombed and
tho unwnsle.l; cxcuae them from touching
the hand of one whose finger nails are n
mourning for departed soup. Such religious
with hnneysuckle or rosemary, but not in
air fionting up from the malo,lorous vnts.
No, no, mol excuse them from lodging W it'll
one Simon, the tanner.
During the last war, thera were in vir.
gnia some 60 or 10 wounded soldiers in n
bnrn on the second floor, no near the roof
that the heat of the August sun was almost
The men wers dying from
sheer exhaustion and sutl0cntiou. A dis.
tin-uishcl member of the Christian com
mission sail to the nurse WHO stood there
'Wnsli the faces md ieet of these men and
it will revive them" No" said the nurse.
81 didn't come into the army to wash any
bodys feet. " well. "snid tho distinguished
member OF tho commission. bring me
water aud II towel will be glad to wash
their feet" One WAS the spirit of the devil
the other The spirit of Christ.
But the reference to Peter reminds me
that we must go to tho house tops in Jopp.l
whcro he was taught tho democracy or re-
ligiOn. Tint was about the q,ieprest thing
that ever happened. On our way ,lp to that
house-top. we passed nn old well where the
great stones were worn deep with the ropes
ot the buckets and it must be n well many
centuries old, an,i think. Peter drank out
oiit. Four or five goat or cali-skins filled
with water lay about the yard. Wo soon
got up the steps aud on the ho,lsc.toI. 1t
was in such place in Joppa that Peter, one
noon, while he WIS waiting for dinner, Ind n
hungry fitand fninte,l away ana llu,l vision
or dream or trance. said tony inmily and
friends on TINT honsetop: Listen while
read. about what happened here" And OPEN
ing the Bible. we hni the whole story 1t
seems that Peter on the house top drenm med
that II great blanket WAS let down out of
heaven. and in it were sheep and :,ont. aud
cattle and mules and pigeons and buzzar,ls
and snakes nn,i nll mnnner Of creatures that
fly the mir, or walk the fields. or crawl the
cnrth. and in the dream IL voice told lin us
he was hungry, to eat. and. .hesnid: II can.
not eat things unclean" Three times
he dreamed it. There was then heard
n knocking at the gate of the house. on the
top of which Peter lay in IL trance, and three
men asked. sis Peter hcre?" Peter, while
yet wondering that his dream meant, de.
srends the stairs and meets these strangers
at tho gate and they tell him Int n good
buNu UuIle vi COTlpIllIs, IN TIE CITY Ot
irsarcn, has also had II dream and has sent
them for Peter and to ask him to come aud
preach. At that cnll. Peter left .Joppa for
Ctrsnrea. The dream he ini just h,,d pra.
pared him to preach, for Peter learned by it
to reject no people as uncl.un and whereas
he previously thought he must preach only
to tho Jews. now lie goes to preach to tile
Gentilss who were considered unclcan.
Standing here in Joppa. remember that
hNFn u.
prophet Jonah embarked. For the first time
In my lie fully understand that story. God
told Jonnl, to go to Ninevali, but the proph.
ct declined that call ant came here to Joppa,
was for weeks, while in the. Holy Land con.
sulting tourist companies. n to how l could
take Ninevah in my journey. They did not
encourage the undertaking. 1t 10 a most
tedious ride to Ninevall and u desert. Now
SEQ an additional renson why Jonah did not
want to go to Ninevah. He not only revolt.
ell because of the disnerccable message he
was called to deliver Mt Nincvah, but because
it wns II long way and tough. and bnndit.in.
!ested. no he came here to .Ioppu and took
slip. But, alas. for the disastrous voyage!
lie pnid his full fare for the whole voynge.
of he contract. To this day they have not
paid back that passage money. Why pco.
pie should doubt the story o! Jonah and the
whale ia more Of q mystery tl,nn the Biblo
event ITSELF | do not need the ,act tint
Pliny. the historian, records that the .kcIe.
ton Of q whale 40 feet long, and with hide
1h feet thick. wns brought from Joppa to
Rome. The event recorded in the book of
] Ionali has occurred a thousand times. The
Lord always has whale outside the hnr.
bnr for man who starts in the wrong
direction. ltecrennt Jonnhi l do not
wonder that even the whale was sick of him.
This prophet wns put in tho Bible not as
an example, but as II warning because the
world not only ueeds liz hit houses, but buoya,