, 1890-01-23

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thai who had u disastrous series of
mage stood before "thls impcrlsha'
bic type of cvanesccnce' al least
twenty minutes Inspecting u ana
making notes In his bible. This, by
the way, is his companion on every
expedition. From the museum we
went to the place whittier Mary and
Joseph nrc said to have fled with the
child Jesus to escape the wmth OF
lIcrod. The identity of the spot
seems to be- well authenticated and
and IL accepted by many OF the
most learned students of the age
Here for the first time we
SET FOOT ON HOLY GROUND.
Dr. Talmage removed his hat, and
with head uncovered stood II few
moments in silent meditation, "My
visit here shall form the subject of
the ist chapter Of my life of
Christ" said lac. "Why Others
have passed this scene over entirely
or touched lightly upon 1t [ can not
say; hut to me II Is one of the most
sacred spots on earth" After ex-
amining 1t thoroughly we left IL to
return to the hotel; but about lif-
teen minutes later Dr. Talmago In
sisted on going back 90 II at once,
saying: 81 must see II again and
must SEE II now" so back we went
and new inspection was begun,
in the course of which DR.. Ialrnagc
drew over his shoes pair of rough,
heavy sandals, and stepping down
into the water that covered the
ground ho carefully took the dlmcn-
siOns of the place, the glrth Of the
pillars and their distance from each
other. lie then drew diagram 50
true, as IL appeared tO me, that II
would have done credit to an archi-
tcct. Having finished this, he said:
"I have seen all care to see to-day;
| shall not leave the house again un-
Ill tomorrow liut rest he was
not able 10 take. On his return to
the hotel he found them the notice
of II funeral To take place mt 3 4. NJ,
from the American mission church
at Cairo, the wife of Prof. O.. lansing
an American scholar Of note, emi-
neut Psychologist and clergyman,
having died the day before after
active service in this mission field Of
thirty-two years. Prof Lansing,
being an old friend of Dr. Talmage,
the Brooklyn orator attended the
funeral, with Mr.. Eugene Schuyler,
the American consul at Cairo, VIII
son Bcy and Dr. Grant of Scotland.
The body, clad in white, lay In front
.sI Al a ..Iat Frsat h#a
assembled, about 100 in number.
People were divided into three soc
tions: On the one side sat the wom-
on with yelled faces, bitterly weep
ing; on the other side sat the men
In their national garbs of flowing
robes, girdlcd at the waist and wear
ing the turbau, while the center
aisle was occupied 10y foreigners.
Every seat was takcn, and the en-
tire audience was deeply affected.
The services were in both Artbic
and English. At the request OF the
family Dr. Talmage took part in
them. In the course of his remarks
he
EXPRESSED THE SYMPATHY
Of the entire American church.
The name of Lansing, he said had
for years been synonymous with
scholarship and Christian con-ecra-
tion. Tens of thousands of hearts
In America would bleed at the news
at this good woman's departure.
For thirIy-two years had she ftr
from her native land, been toll ing
for the elevation of IA race 50 diIler-
ent from her own i'm feature, In
color, in customs, in habits, that
nothing but AN entirely un selfish
love could have inspired her. As
DIR. Talmage alluded Ia her gentle
and long continued ministmli0n
loud weeping frequently interrupted
him. The scene was most implc, =.
I've.
Early the next day we started for
the pyramids, which we reached
after Il thrcc-hours' trip. DR. Tai
mage insisted ON climbing To the
top of the great pyramid Of Chcops
called GhiIyh. In this the whole
party joined him, and with the aid
uf twelve dragoIucn and two boys
who carried drinking water, we
assembled the pyramid, climbing or
being pushed up rs occasion rc-
uuircd. We made the ascent In
twenty minutes. Upon our descent
we partouk Of substantial lunch
we had carried with us rom Cairo,
and proceeded to interview the
sphinN. which has stared stomily at
the desert for unCountcd years
The next morning we sailed up
the Milo on dainty little steam
launch. Dr. lulmagc, Bible in
hand, read the prophecies concern
ing Egypt, and pointed out what
appeared to his mind evidences of
thcir nllillnnent. Suddenly the
launch stopped. On Investigation
we discovered that we had run onto
n sand bank. The engines worked
and reversed, but To no avail. MI
binn negroes, who manned the
launch, tried hard to push it of,
but all in vain. Then one of them
stripped and jumped into the Nile,
and tried 10y main strength to clear
the launch, moaning loudly with
every effort. He not succeeding,
another negro stripped and followed
his comrades example; then still
another, but without success. The
amount of
MOANING WAS INCREASED,
hut the launch never budged. FL
nully Dr. Talmage and the writer
took long poles, and placing of each
onoan end in the sandy bed of the
river, began to push, at the same
time ordering the engines to he rc-
vcrsed, while the union of the