The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-11-28
THOSE HOLY HILLS.
Dr. Talmage Still Telling tho
Story Of his Visit to
Palestine.
The Victory of the Cross and
the Foundations of Chris
tianity.

tianity.
BROOKLYN. Special:-Dr Ta,mage's sub.
jcct was: among tine llclouins,' aud l,s
text. Numbers T., 81: "For,,smurh az thou
kn0wcst how We nie o encamp in the wilder.
ness"
Night nt"r night We have slept in tcut il,
Palestine. There nre large villages OF BE-
donins without II house. and or 3, 900 yr,,a
the peop'e Of those places have liveiin black
tents, made out of dyed skins, nn,l when the
winds and storms wore out and tore loose
those coverings. Others Of of,hesamrkinl took
their places. N0al, lived in IL tout Alra-
ham in tent Jacob pitched his tent on
the mountain. Isaac pitched hi, tent IN he
vn}iry. Lot pitched his tent toward Solom
In IL tent the woman Iuel nuilpl Sisera, the
general. to the ground. first having givca
him sour milk called "lcben." us n snDnriic
to make Him soundly sleep, that lring the q.
feet tncn nutrition. as modern ravelcrs
can testify. The Syrinn army in tent
The ancient bnt tie. shout nns "To YOUR
tents, Israeli Paul WAS u tsnt IN akrr
Indeed. Isaiah, magni!crntly poetic, in,li.
Gates that all the human race live under
b'ue-trnt. Wien he say, that God "strrtchrth
out the heavens ns II curtain an,l sprculetl
hem out as n tent to Il we'll ill.," nnl Hczo.
kiah compares death to the striking of ~
tent, saying: My age is removed from me
as Shepherds tent"
In our tent in Pulcstino tonight hcnr
something never heard be.oro nnd hope
never to hear again. 1t is the voice o. II liy.
NIln uYtt,v 1.
may have seen this monster putting his
mouth between the iron l'nrs of II mcnngcrio
lic is n captive AMI gives II humilntrd aud
suppressed cry. hut ynn,ler in tho midnight
ON u throne of rorks l,e has nothing 4" lear
and he uttrrs himself in loud rrsoun;ng
terrific. utmost sup"rnu turnl sound, split
ting np The darkness into deeper midnight
1T hrgliiS with II howl and ends with II sound
sonnet hing liz" II horses whining In The
hyena's r"ire are defiance and strength md
ooil-thirSfinnsS nud crunch of broken
bones aud death.
am glad ,osay tnnt for the most pnrt
Palestine is clear %. l,"asts of prey. Tho
lr0pnris. which Jeremiah says cannot change
their spots. hive all Disappeared and the
lions that once were so common nll through
this land nn,I used by all the prophets Tor
tren cd l,"fnrc tn" discharges nf eunpuw,lcr
nf which they have an inr!"srribnll" fear
But for the most part Palestine is what IL
originally WIS. With one exception of II
wire thread rcrcling from .Iop,m to Jrr,lsa
lem md from Jerusalem tn Nazareth nnd
from Nazareth to 'liherins ainl from Tilmrins
to damascus. that one nerve of civilization
the t"!e=rnrhir wire tor We found
ourselves only II few minutes OF from Brook
lyn and New York while standing hy Lake
tiaii,") with that nnn exception, PulrSt inc
| is Just ns it always WAN.
Nothing surprises me so much ns the Irr.
sist"nre OF everything. A sheep or II horse
fails dead anil though the sky mny on. min
| ute h" clear OF all wings. in five minutes
ter. tue skies are l,lnrk wftl,rnglcs clawing
screaming, punging. fighting Tor room. con
tending or largrSt iuOrSrls of extinct quail
rnrel. All. nnw ! understand the force OF
Chrs's illustration Wien He said, "Whcrc
so"vrr III" carcass il there will til" "ng"s l,e
| gathered together" The luI,.rvity %: the
eagles is wonderful. TLry live 30 or 60 and
sometime. 100 years, Ah that explnins
what David meant when h" says: "Thy
you'll is reno wed like hpenYr les. lsnw n allrI.
herd with nf,'sni his cont fnrh hcnt on. ward
| aud wondered what was contained in that
nmplitn,l" q! npparlnnl said to he drapo.
mnn. What has TINT shepherd got under his
coat? Aud the drngomnn said. ut is a
very young lamb lir is carrying. it is too young
and to" wrnk and too cold to keep up with
the flock At that moment snw the lamb
put Its head ont from the shepherds bosom
hn'i said. "Thrre it is NOW. lsaiahs de.
kcriptiOn o the trr,'r' ness of Grl-.IIe shall
gnther the lambs in His arms and carry them
in His hnsom.'''
Passing by village homa, in tho Holy
Land. nl0nt noon saw u grcnt crowd in
and around private house and | snid to
he dragnman. David what is going on
there" lie sail. "Somclo,lv has recently
died there and their ncehbors go
yr Il.
md weep Will, the bcrravr,i." There it is,
said, Tho old srripturml custom: "Ani
many o' the Jews came tn Martha nnd Mary.
10 com ort them concerning their brnth"r.'
Enrly in the morning pussln. by a cemetery
in the Holy Land. ] saw among the graves
about 80 women dressed in lnrk aud they
were crying: "oh, my rhId!'' oh my
huslant! "0h. my iatllrr!' "Oh, my
mother" Our drngoman told ns thn, """rv
morning very early for three mornings alter
II burial til" women 20 TO tho srpnchrc,
nn'l nftrr that every week very curly :nr II
year. As kaw this gronp just after day.
break. ! Rnil: There it is a-nil,. The
anmc old custom rrfrrrr,l to in l.lrkc tie
evangelist. where he snys: Certain women
which were early at the s"pnlrhrr."
But here ne found ourselves Mt Jacobs
well the most famn,ls well in history. most
distinguished for TWO things, because it br.
longrd to tlroll rairinrrii after whom it
WINS named. and for the wonder nj things
which Christ s,, seated on this we'll curb.
to the Snmnri nm woman. W" dismount
from our horses in II drizzling rain. aud our
drnEomnn climbing up TO tho well over the
slippery stones. stmmbles nni friglitens us
all by nearly alliny into it. mra urrd
the well at the top md found it six oct from
ct'g" TO edge. Som" grass anl weeds and
thOrny growths ov"rhang it. In one r'nrc
the roof is broken through Large
stones cmlnnnk til" wall on nll sih"s.
Our drngomnn took pebbles aud dropped
them in, nnd from the time they let his
hand to tll" Instant they clicked on the bot
tom you could lcnr it was deep. though not
rs deep as once, 'or every day travellers are
applying the snmr test. mud tlou.h III the
time of MnunIrlI. the traveller. the well WAS
hundred nnh sxiy-lirc !crt deep. now it is
only sev"ntv.fvr. So great in the curiosity
OF the world to know about that wel, that
durin:: The t.:" SEASON II captain Anderson
descended into Ills we'll. at one Jnre the
sides we're so clos-h" lla'ltn Put lily hnnls over
Ills head in order to get through. and then
he tninicd nwnY nnd law at tho bottom of
the well ns though dead. until hours II ter re-
cOvery, hecame to tie sur ace.
1t is not like otllrr wells Gli.gr,l down to n
fountain THAT fills il. but II Reservoir t0cltch
the falling rains and to that Christ re- "rs
when speaking to the Samaritan woman
about u spiritual supply. l,c said that liG
would. ii asked. have given her living wa
ter" that is. water from II flowing spring in
distinction from tho water of hat well which
wns ram water. But why did .Inrob make Il
reservoir there wcn there is plenty Of water
all around md abundance OF springs and
fountains and seemingly no need Of that rrs.
crvoir? Why did Jacob go to the vast OK
pense of boring and digging II we'll perhaps
two hundred feet deep ut first completed.
when. by going IL little way on he could have
water from other fountains mt little 0rnOex-
p.nsr All. .Iarob was wise. lie wanted lis
own well. QuarrcIs and wars might arise
might he cut of. 40 the shovrs and pck.nxcs
aud boring Instruments were ordered nn'! tho
well OF nearly four Thousand years ago was
sunk through the solid rock.
When jacob thus wisely insisted on hav-
ing his own well he taught us not to be uil-
necessarily dependent on others. 1ndeprn,l
ence OF business character. Independence
Of moral character. Independence o! re.
lgious character. Have your own well OF
grace. your own well Of courage. your own
well of Divine supply. ifynu are m invalid
you have n right to lie dependent on others.
But II God has given you good health, com
mon sense, md two eyes and two ears and
two hands, and two .eet, lie equipped !ou
for Independence of oil the universe except
Himself Ii He had meant you to he de-
pendent on Others y"u would have been
built with cord around your waist to tie
fnst to somebody else. No you are built
with common sense to fashion your own
opinions. with eyes to find your own way.
with enrs to select your own music. with
hands to fight your own battles. There 10