The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-10
I THE HOLY IAND.. (.
What DR.. Talmage Saw and
Learned During his
Visit There.

Learned During his
Visit There.
The First of a Series of Ser.
mons About the Sacred
Placesin Palestine.
BROOKLYN, ,Sprcial.-Thisis IL the frat sermon
IN n course OF Sabbath morning sermons on
my Rercnt Journey Through the Holy Land
aud Neighboring Countries-Whut Saw
and What Learned" Out OF the sixty -four
millions four present American population
and the millions OF our pnst, only about
5000 have ever visitel the Holy Lind. OF
aii those who cross to Europe. less than
per cent. ever get as far as Rome, and less
than per cent ever get to Athens, and leas
than quarter of per Gel mt. ever get to Pal.
estine. Ut the less than quarter ol l per
cent. who do go to the Holy Land, some set,
nothing but tile noxious insects md the filth
Of the Oriental cities, and come back wishing
they had never gone. Ofthose whoeee much
ot interest and come home, only small por
tion can tell lwhnt they hive secn, the tongue
unnble to report the eye. Tho rarity Of o
cess.ul. intelligent aud Lappy journey
through the Holy Land IL very marked. But
the time approaches when q Journey to Pal.
estne will be common. Thousands will 70
where now there are scores. Two LOGON o.
tives were recently sent up from .Juppn to
Jerusalem md railroads are q bout to l,cgn
in Palestine and the days will come when the
cry will I've, "AIl out of Jerusnlem!' Twenty
minutes for breakfast ut Til,erias!" "Change
cars for Tyrl" "Grand Ttunk Junction for
Ninevah!" "Ali out for Damascus!" Mem.
while the wetlocks Of tho Atlantic ocean nnd
Shorn, and not only is tho voyage shortened,
but, a ter while. without crossing the
ocsnn you or your children will visit tho Holy
land. A company of capitalists have gone
up to tho Behring Straits whore tho Amcri-
can and Asiatic continents CO mo within
36 miles OF meeting. Tho capital.
lists or others will build bridge
across those strnits, for midway are three
islands called 1.-THE Diomcdcs" and the wnter
is not deep and is never disturbed with ice.
bcrgs Trains of cars will run from America
across that bridge and on down through
'i"eTut, urlnstnK unuer more lmmeulnt0 OBJ
servnti0n the leuRsian Outrnges against en-
lies and consequently abolislling them, and
there are persons here to-day, who, without
one Qualm of Rel-scknesa. will visit TINT
wonderful land where tho Christ like. Abrn.
haini', Mosaic, Davidc, Solomonic aud Hero.
die histories overlap cach other with such
power that by the time took my feet out of
the stirrups ut the close Of the journey. felt
no wrung out with emotion that it seemed
nothing else could ever absorb my feelings
agnin.
The chief hindrnnce for going to Pales.
tine with mnny il the dren,lful sen, and
though hnve crossed it 10 times it il mora
witt. what was said ono night when Mr..
lseccler aud ! went over to speak in New
York ut the anniversary of tho Senme,,s
Friend society, and the clergyman making
the opening prayer, quoted from st. John:
There shall be no more sea-" mud MIR.
recent ocean voyage, snid, "Amcn, i nm glad
o. that" by the partial abolition Of the
Atlantic ocean ind the putting down Of rail.
tracks across every country in all the world.
the most sncr'd land on earth will come
under the observation Of 20 many people,
who will be ready to tell of whnt they saw,
That infldelity will I've pronounced only an
other form ofinsnnity, or no horest man
can visit the Holy Land md remain an in.
iitlel. This Bible from which I preach has
almost fallcn apart, for rend from it tho
most ot the events in il recorded ON the
very places where they occurred. And some
of the leaves got wet as tho waves dashed
over our boat on Lake Galilee and the book
was jostled in the saddle bnGs for mnny
weeks. but it il n new book to ne, newer
than any book that yesterday came out of
any OF our great printing houses. All my
li:c ! had heard oi Pnletne md ] lln.l read
about 1t, and talked about it. and preached
lC,, md nj I nj ro,l
aheut it. and dreamed about it, until my am
ticipntions were piled up in something like
llimnlayan proportions, and yet have to
cry out. ns did he Queen Of Shc!n when slle
first visited the Holy Land: "Tho half was
not told NO."
In order to make the more accurate and
vivid II book have been writing II life of
Christ. entitled. From Manager to Throne"
lie home last October. aud on the Inst
night OF Novemler We were walking the decks
OF the Senegal. n Mediterranean steamer. 1t
was ship OF immense proportions. There
rough Mt that time Of year. aud pleasurists
nrc not apt to DO voyaging there and then.
The stars were all out that night Those
armies Of light seemed to have had their
shields newly FURNISHED. We walked the
polished deck. Not much wns sni,l, Tor in all
our hearts WINS the dominant word "tomor-
row." Somehow the AcropOlia. whicl, II Few
days before hud thrilled us mt Athens. nowin
our minds lcssontd in the height Of its col
umns and the glory of it's temples And the
Egyptian pyramids in our memory lcssrned
their wonders Of absolete masonrv. aud the
Coliseum of Rome was not 80 vast II ruin ns
it lew weeks be ore Ind seemed 10 be-. And
oil tllnt we had seen and heard dwindlo.l in
Importance, for tomorrow, tomorrow, We
shall see the holy land. Captain. what time
will We come in sight of Pnleatine?"
'Wcll," he said. "if the wind and sea rcmnin
as they nre. about dnybrcnk." Never wns
SO impntient for night to pnss. could
not see much use tor TINT night, anyhow.
pulled aside the curtain rom the port-l,ole
oi my statcroom, SO thnt the first hint of
dawn would wakcn mo. But it was n useless
precaution. Sleep wns among the impossi
bilities Who could t,n so stupid rs to slum-
ber when any moment there might start out
within sight Of the ship the land where the
most stupcndous scenes of all time and all
eternity were enacted, lind OF ruin and re-
demption. innd where was fought the battle
that madc our heaven possible, lind OF God
frey and Salndin, of .Ioshun md Jesus
Will tho night ever be gone? Yes. il is
il something like II bank of clouds, aud as
wntchman pnces the deck ! sny to him,
What is that out yondcr?" "That ia lind,
SIR" snd the sailor. "The land!" cried, mud
soon ull our friends were aroused rom sleep
and the shore began more clearly to reveal
ltBalt. Win roar, 0Uu TlUlIe, unu DUHS, tll0 |
anchor dropped in thu rondstead q half
mile from land. for though Joppa is the only |
hnrhor of Palestine; it is the worst hnrbor
OH all the coasts. Sometimes for weeks NO
ship stops there. Between rocks about rs |
eet npart small bont must tuke the pas
scngers ashore. The depths are strcwn with |
the skeletons of those who have attempted
to land or attempted to embark. Twenty.
seven pilgrims perished with one crush OF n
boat against tl,srocks Whole Aeate Of cru
satlers. of Romnns, o! Syrinns, o. Egyptians.
have gone to splinte,s there. A writer 500
years ngo said lie stood on tho beac in
storm ut Jcppn, and out Of 80 ships, all but
seven went to pieces on the rocks md
thousand of the dead were washed ashore.
Strange that with n few llnsts OF powder
like that which shattered our American Hell
Gnte. these rocks hnve not been uprUotel
and the why cleared. SO that grent slips, in.
stend of anchorage far out from land, might
aweep up to the wharf for passengers and
freight But you must remember tint land
liz under the Turk. and what tile Turk touch
en lie withers. Mohammedanism il against
easy wharvee. against ateamers, against
rail trains, against printing presses. against
civilization. Darkness il always opposttl to
light. The owl hates tho morn. Leave
those rocks where they are," practically
cries the Turkish government: I'VE want no
people of other religions and other habits to
lind there; 1.-THE salt sens wash over them,
with your nineteenth century. with it's fres
thought md modern Inventions" That
Turkish government ought to he blotted
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