The Russellville Democrat., 1890-12-04

ably one gallon wonid have been enough. for # was only an additional instaIiment of what had already beer provided. and # IS probable that 4he hpu9ekenper could not have guessed mora than one gallon oHt of the was But one bunarad and tuens1Six gall loas What eiil they do Nieh the srtpIus7 Ah. 1t was fsist like bur Lords
 Those young people were about to start
 in housekeeping. and their means were
 linn issE afa that big supply, whether kept In their pantry or sold, will be a mighty sheIp You see there was no Fstryehn ind, or logmood. or nox yomica in that beverage. aad. as the Lord made 1t lt-#o45a keen. He makes mountains and seas that keep thousands of years
 and certainly He leould make beverage
 that would keep four or five years.
 Among sbe Arts and inventions of the
 future I hope there may bs some one
 who can press the juices fre.n the grape
 and % mingle them that wfthont oas drop of damninT alcoholism, they will
 keep for years. And the more of you
 take the clearer will be she brain and
 the healthier the stomach. And here is
 a remarkable fact in my recent journey
 -I travelled through Italy. and Greece, and Egypt. and Palestine, and Syria,
 and Turkey. and how many intoxicated
 people do you think I saw in all those
 five great realms? Not one. We must
 in our Christianized lands have got hold
 of some kind of beverage that Christ did not make.
 Oh, am glad that Jesus was present
 ss that wedding, and la5t December,
 standing at Cana. that wedding came
 back. Night had fallen on the village and its surrou ndings The bridegroom
 had put on his head bright turban
 and garland of flowers, and his gar
 ments had been made fragrant with
 frankincense and camphor, an odor which
 the Oriental especially likes Accompa-
 nied by groom smen, and preceded by 8
 band of musicians with flutes. drums and shorns. and by torches in full
 blaze. he starts for the brides
 houe.s This river of f te Is met by another river of fire, the torches Of the bride and ide-maids-fambeau answering aambeaG. The bride Is in
 white robe, and her vail not only covers her face but envelops her body. Her
 troussean is as elaborate as the re- sources of her fathers house permit Her attendants are decked with all the ornaments they own or can borrow; but
 their own personal charms makes tame
 the jewels, for those Oriental women eclipse in sttractiveness all others, ex- cept those of our own land The dam son rose is in their cheek. and the diamond in the Iuster ot
 their eyes, and the blackness Of the night in their long locks, and in their step is the gracefulness of the morning At the first sight of the torches of the bridegroom and his attendants coming over the hill the cry rings through the homo of the bride: they are in sight, Get ready! Behold, the bridegroom comethl Go ye out to meet himn As the two processions ap- proaeh each other the timbrels strike and the songs eonmiugie, and then the two processions become one, and march toward sthe bridegroom'ss house, and
 meet a third procession which IS made up of the friends Of both bride and bridegroom. Then all enter the house. and the dance begins, and the door is shut And all this Christ Rses to illustrate the joy with which the ransomed of earth shall meet
 Him when He comes garlanied with clouds. and robed in the morning and trumpeted by the founders of the last day. Look. There He comes down of the hills of Heaven, the Bridegrooml And let us start ous to hail Him, for hear inc voice of tho judgment day soandiBgs ssBehold the Bridegroom com ethl Go ye out to meet Himr' And ths disappointment of those who have de elined the invitation to the Gospel wed ding is presented under the figure of door heavily closed. You hearissiafn, Too late. The door sshuts
 But we must hasten on, for do nos mean to close my eyes tonight till l see from mountain top Lake GaIIilee, on whose bank, next Sabbath, we will worship, on whose waters the following morning we will take a sail On and up we go in the severest climb of all Palestine. the ascent of the Mount of Beatitndes. on the top of which Christ preached that beautiful sermon on tho Blesseds Blessed this and Blessed that. Up to their knees the horses plunge in mole-hilis, and g surface that gives way at the first touch [ of the hoof, and again and again the tired beasts halt as much as to say to the riders: Tt is unjust for { you 10 make us climb these staeps.n On and up over mountain sides where in the later season hyaoinths and 1 daisies, and phloxes, and anemones kindle their beauty. On and up until ! on the rocks of black basaIt we dis I mount and climbing to the highest { peak. look out on an enchantment of scenery that seems to be the Beatitudes i themselves arehed into skies, and ! rounded into valleys and silvered into 1 waves, The view is like thatof Tennes- 1 see and North Carolina from the top of I Lookout Mountain. or like thatof Yer mont and New Hampshire from the top 1 of Mount Washington. Hall hills of ! GaNleel Hail Lake 6enesares only l four miles away Wonder. clear up and 1 most conspicuous, Is Safed, the very | city to which Christ pointed for illus tration in the sernroms preached here, l "A city set on hill can not be hid" There are rocks around me on this I Mount of Beatitade, enough to build the I highest pulpit the world ever saw. Aye 1 it is the highest pulpit II overlooks all l time and all eternity. The Valley of | Hattin, between here and Lake Galilee, I is an amphitheater, as though the nat 1 ural contour of the earth had invited ! all nations to come and sit down, ' and hear Christ preach sermon. in | which there were more startling novel ties than were ever announced in all the ! sermons that were ever preached. To those who heard Him on this very spot His word must have seemed the com tradiction Of every thing that they had ' ever heard or read or experienced. The worlds theory had been: Blessed ave the arrogant; blessed are the super