The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-27
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intefcstinE Lecture b, II Learned Man on
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Bishop Kain delivered his lec.ur,
"6limpses OF Esyr.," in tho Church ,
the immaculate Conception las. ever
Ing 10 large audience. '7YFI@
In his opening remarks, tho Bisho
eulogized in high terms tho soryico n,
the T. and o. steamers, which NV ha
tween Brindisi and Alexandria, TIL
tail between these two points reonjy.
three days. II is at Alexandria that Ia
traveller sees the transition from Euru
rean to oriental lie. There q new
%oild beglnslo open up before his eyes
There he comes In contact with strange
looking men in strapge costumes anC
speakinga strange language. lie 400,
ieels that he Is in the land OF the Turk'
Inc Bishop was fortunate in securing
as a guide u Franciscan Father who
haa spent come years lit this country.
and was familiar with Egyp. and SYRIA
10 pointed out tho sites OF ancieni
Egyptian greatness as well as Of III.
early christian sanCtuaries, Founded
by st. Mark, the Evangelist, The Son n,
Alexandria has produced some iIlnstr;.
Gus doctors and confcssors of the iaith-
among them, St. Athanaeius and &.
oyfil. owing to- the cosmopolitan char.
acter Of the population, 1t Is necs ssary to
preach in about five different language
IN the same church. This variety OF
tongues also renders the school. work
very difficult. The Bishops estimate ol
tho native Egyptian population was not
very nAitering. He regards them az a
tickle, venal race. l'7'7'70'''' :
NO doubt many were surprised TO hear
that tho run by rail from Alexandria to
Oal,o-.a distance Of l30 miles-can be
matte in four hoprs and q half, The
ROAD crosses the Nile and sweeps along
a plain, enriched by the fertilizinr waters
OF that river. At Cairo, the Bis6op and
his party remained over a week. and
inc lecture was mainly taken up will, a
description of that quaint city and its
immediate surroundings. The Bishon
took his audience through its chief
street.-The Mousa-aud its narrow
crowded crow side e;rcets. pointing out the
open bazaars, the primitive shops for
the making OF gold, silver, coppvr and
wooden wares, etc. Ascending to the
citadel, he described the gorgeous
Mosque of Mahomet Ali with i,s mar.
oie'paved court and fountain, tia rich
turkish oarpets, Its columns of alabaster
dna other precious stones, and its 8 600
lamps. Looking down from
Its court, he drew II picture OF the city as
lt lies clustered bslow, and of thn vast
plains beyond. He told of his amusing |
visits to The daacing and bowling der.
vlshts,' whose extrnvant performances.
II reproduced among us, would DO ofo.
uonncad Incredible.
Tho Bishop spoke Of the many orient.
a. fi:es represented in Cairo, In one
day ~ visited Eve churches, all in com.
nunlon with Rnmo, but each of a differ.
ent r!t.--namely, Cbptic, Marouite, Ar.
menion, Syrian and Greek-bnt am,,n "a,
al oriental Christians the greet public |
&C! OF wor5hip is tho eucharistic sac.
tilice. - - N''N
o. one side OF Cairo is the towefipp
ioollsk. which stands like SOLITARY
seatinal, guarding tho site OF the once |
great city of Heliopolis. Thtre it stands, |
Shere over 1000 years ago it stood,
looking down on Joseph and Moses an d
tue captive children OF Israel and on
che other side, at the edge OF t,ie desert, !
rise the three great pyramids which d-
serveJly rauk as QUE of the seven won.
ders OF tho world. The account given
oy tho Bishop OF their CONSTRUCTION and
of the mlnner in which they are sealed,
as weltss Ct the monster sphinx ne ,r
BY, was intensely .rinterestinp. The
Bishop also alluded to two spots sacred
IN the eyes Of Christian tradition-th.
tree OF tho Virgin, near Heliopolis, un.
der which the Holy Family rested on
theif flight into Egypt, aud the Gro.to
IN the old Coptic church, where they
abode curing the years OF their exile.
In few words, the Bishop described
the route by sail from Cairo to Ismulia.
thence by the Suez canal to Port Said,
and thence by steamer 10 Jatia. The
lecture lasted about one hour and A
quarter and was thoroughly appreciated.