Telegram-herald., 1890-12-08

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fsw excep<ions a sarFrse.
rnder my window 10 night IN the hotsl
Al Damascus haaF TIE perpetual ripple
and rusa 81 ths river AbsrA All. tie Sc
cret = oatl New ! knew Why al this
nors ssd FRAT, and Why orsrytkiAg Is 80
green, and the plain ene great emerald
The river Ao4nA! And nsg far 81 the river
Pharpsr. which eur horses Ssded Through
today Thank the rivers. or rather the
God who made the rivera Deserts 70 the
north, deserts 70 the south. deserts 70 the
east, deserts 10 the west est here para
disc. And As the rivers Gihon and Pison
and Hiddekel and Euphrxtes made the
other paradise. Abana snd Phsrpsr make
this Damascus paradise. That is what
made Gen. Ssansn CT this city OF DsmAs-
Gus 80 mad when he was told for the cure
OF his lepro-y 20 SO and wnsh in the river
Jordan The river Jordan IL much Of the
year a muddy stream and IL is never so
clear as this river Ab.na that / hear rumb-
ling under my window tonight ner - the
river rharpar that re crossed today. They
are as clear ss t4ough they had been
sieved through some especial sieve OF the
mountains. Gen. Nasnson hsd great aud
patriotic pride in thess two rivers OF his
own country, and when Elisha the p-opAet
told him that II he wanted 10 get rid of bis
lepro=y he must 20 ana wash ia the Jor-
dan, ne felt as we who live on the nagnif-
cent HUDSON would feel IL told that we
must gc and wash ia the muddy Thames,
or as II those who live on the transparent
Rhine were told that they must so and
WASH In the Audoy LOOT.
So Gen. Naaman cried out with = voice
as lond as ever ne had used in command
ing his troops, uttering these memorable
words which every minister OF the gospel
sooner or later takes fer has text: Are not
ALBANIA and Phsrpnr, rivers of Damascus,
better than the waters of Israeli May
not wash in them and be clean" Thank
God, we live in lsRa with plenty Of rivers,
and thst they bless al our Atlantic coast
and all orr Pacific coast, and rcticulate all
the continent b~tween the coasts. Only
those who have travelled in the deserts OF
Syria, or Egypt, or have in the oriental cit
les heard the tinkling OF the bell OF those
who sell water can realize Whist il is 10
have this divine beverage ia abundance
Water rumbling over tAs rocks, turning
the mill wheel, saturntin1 the roots Of the
corn, dripping from the buckets, filing
the pitchers OF the household, rolling
through the fonts or baptistries Of holy or
dinance, filling the reservoirs OF cities, in
viting the castle 10 coze down and slakc
their thirst and the birds of heaven to dip
their ~ ing, ascending in robe of rnist and
falling again in benedic,ion of shower
water, living water, God given wateri
AWAKENING IN THE MORNING.
We are awakened In be morning in Da-
mascus by the song Of those who have
different styles of fsod to sell IL is not a
street cry rs In Losdsn or New York. bat
a weird and long drawn ont solo, com
pared with which a buzz saw is musical
1t makes you inopportansly waken, and
will ret let you sleep again But 60 those
who understand the exact meaning of the
song it becomes quite telerable, for they
sing: "God is tho nourisher, buy N y bread n
God Is the nouriskcr, buy my milk
"God Is the noari>h Der, bay my fruit" As
you look out of the window you see the
Mohammedans, who are in large majority
in the city, at prayer And if il were pun
TO vote who shouid be king OF all the earth
fifteen thousand in that city would say
Christ but one hundred and thirty thou
sand would say Mohammed Looking
from the window, you see on the house
tops and on the streets Mohan nednns al
worship. The muezZin, or ire officers ot
religion who announce the tine OF wer
ship, appear high up on the different min
arets or tall towers, and walk around the
rninaret, inclosed by railing and cry in q
sad and murnbling way: God is great
bear witness that there is no God bat God
/ bear wisness that Mohanued il the
apostle Of God. Come 70 prayersl Come
TO salvaticnl God is great. There is nc
other but God. Prayers are better thar
sleep" Five times a day must the No
hammedan engage in worship. As hs
begins be turns his face toward the city
of Mecca. and unrolls upon the ground
rug which he almost al ways carries Witt
his thumbs touching the lobes OF his cars
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cries: "God is great" Then folding hi.
hands across bis sirdle, be looks down and
says: Holiness to thee, o God, and praise
be 10 thee Great Is thy name Great q
thy greatness. There is no deity but thee. y
Then the worshipcr sits upon his heels
then be touches his no-e TO the rug, and
then bis forehead, these genufcctions &c
eosnpanied with the CITY. Great is God =
Then, raising the forrsnGcr Of his right
hand toward heaven, he say.: Il TESTIFY
there 10 no deity but God, and testify
that NohaTnTned Is the scrvnn. of God, and
the messenger Of God" The prayers clos.
by the vorrhiper holding his hands openet
upward ss II to take the divine blessing
and then bis hands are rubbed over hii
face "a II to convey the blessing TO bis en-
tire scay.
REASONS yoB FTAIsJEo soEAxsEpAxIsaf
There are two or three commeBdabl'
things about MohamrneSaasen One Il
that Us disciples wash before every sct o.
prsyer. and that IL FIVE times dsy, and
there " gcpel in cl~snlir-ss. ADctb-'
rneDsiabae tzsfay Is toey don's eare vh'
is lsokjrz Esd Ro<hir9 csn stop thsn ir
their FrsTsr Ancshsr thtne ia tass b,
ths orssr 81 keb<r0r-~S. and an ors.'