The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-10-04
R TO PALESTINE.
Dr.. Talmage Begins a Description
of His Late Travels.
Eagerness to Catch the First Glimpse OF
thoH Holy Land-The Dread Rocks at
Joppa-Lessons Learned From
Jonah.

Rev. 7. De Witt Talmage recently
commenced a series of o In Brook
iyn on his recent journey to the Holy
Land. The subject OF his first sermon
was: my First Day in Palestine" The
text was I. Kings, x. Z. "The half was
not told me-. DIR. Talmage said:
This Is the first sermon in q course of
Sabbath morning rmo on my Re-
cent Journey Through the Holy Land
and Neighboring Countries-What 1
Saw and What / Learned" Out of the
"a, 900. 600 Of our present American pop
ulation and the millions OF our past,
only about 5000 have ever visited the
Holy Land. or all those who cross to
Europe less han Ave per cent aver get
rs far rs Rome. and less than two per
cent ever get to Athens, and
less than one quarter OF one per
cent ever get to Palestine. or
the less than q quarter OF m per cent
who'do 60 TO the Holy Land, some see
nothing but ths noxious insects and
the fifth OF the Oriental cities
and como back wishing they had never
gone. or those who see much OF inter-
est and come hoRe, only a small por-
ton can tell what they have seen, the
tongue unable to report the eye. The
rarity OF o successful. intelligent and
happy journey through the Holy Land
Is very marked. But the time ap-
~proaches when q journey TO Palestine
will be Thousands will 90
where now there are scores. Two loco
motives were recently sent up from Jop-
nm 20 Iarraalou ood = aitrnada ara ahout
20 begin In Palestine.
The chief hindrance for going to Pal
estine with many is the dreadful sea,
and though 1 have crossed 1t ten times
II Is more dreadful every time, and /
fully sympathize with what was said
m night when Mr.. Beecher and l went
oyer to speak in New York at the ami
versary of the Seamen's Friend Society
and the clergyman making the opening
prayer quoted from St. John, There
shall be no moro sea-" and Mr.. Beecher,
seated beside me, In memory of o recent
ocean voyage said amen, l am glad of
that" BY the partial abolition OF the
Atlantic ocean and the putting down Of
rail tracks across every country in all
the world, the most sacred land on
earth will come under the observation
Of so many people. who will be ready to
tell Of what they saw. that infidelity
win be pronounced only another form
Of insanity. for no honest man can visit
the Holy Land and remain an infdel.
All my life Ihad heard Of Palestine and
l read about 1t, and talked about it. and
preached about IL, and sung about It
aud nrn rrnA ohlnf 20 a-A Iuaa,.AI ohanA
1t until my anticipations were piled up
into something like Himalayan proper
lions, and yet l have to cry out, as did
the Queen Of Sheba when she first Wis
tied the Holy Land: THE half was not
told me-" In order to make the more
accurate and vivid q book / have been
writing, q life of Christ, entitled From
Manager to Throne" l left home last
October. and on the last night o; No
vember we were walking the decks Of
the Senegal, a Mediterranean steamer.
1t was q ship of immense proportions.
There were but few passengers, for 1t is
generally rough at that time Of year.
and p~leasurists are not apt to be voyag-
out that night Those armies OF light
H5bm6Q 10 udNb ubu JublF MI bluS newly
FURNISHED. We walked the polished deck.
Not much was said, for in all our hearts
was the dominant word Tomorrow"
Somehow the Acropolis, which a few
days bsioye Ind thrilled us at Athens.
now in our minds lessened in the height
Of its columns and the glory OF its tenn
pies. And tho Egyptian pyramids In
our memory lessened their wonders Of
obsolete masonry, and the Coliseum of
Rome was not so vast n ruin as 1t a few
weeks before had seemed to be. And
all we had seen and heard dwindled in
Importance, for tomorrow, tomorrow
shall see the Holy Land. Sleep wal
among the impossibilities. Who could
be so stupid as to slumber when any
there might start out within
sight OF the ship the land where the
most ~stupendous scenes OF all time and
all eternity were enacted, land OF ruin
and redemption, land where was fought
the battle that made our Heaven posi-