The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-10-31
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
THE BROOKLYN DlVINE'S SUM-
DAY SERMON.


thieves who left him wounded and half
dead. Jobs picture OF the horse I'm the
orient as having neck 'clothed with thun-
DER is not true OF most horses now In Pal
estine; There - no thunder on their. .nec1e,l
though there is some lighthir6 hf -
neels. Poorly fed and -yffxu3I 3I(&
whacked, they sometimes retort. TO AmerIs
cans cans and English, who are accustomed TO
the orient, guided only by foot and voice.
make equestrianism an uncertainty, and the
pull on the bride that you intend FOR slow
ing up OF the pace may be mistaken for a
h mint that you want to outgallop the wind or
MHkey can climb steps and descend precipices
III skilled foot, and the one choose for our
urney in Palestine shall have the praise OF
RSing Tor weeks without one stumbling step
amid rocky steps, where an ordinary
10 would not for an hour maintain sure
footedness There were eighteen OF our
party, and twenty-five beasts of burden car
Eled our camp equipment We are led by an
carrying loaded gun IN full sight, hut It is
the fact that this sheit represents the Turk
ish Government which assures the safety of
the caravan.
We cross the Jehoshaphat Valley. which
IL it had not been memorable In history and
were only now discovered, would excite the
admiration of all who look upon It. It Is
like the gorges OF the Yosemite or the chasms
of the Yellowstone Park The sides OF this
and overlooked by Jerusalem walls-an eter-
nifty Of depths overshadowed by an eternity
OF architecture. Within sight of Mount
oIlvet and eiethsemane and with the heavens
and the earth full of sunshine, we start out
on the very road mentioned in the text when
1t says "a certain man went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among
thieves" No road that ever saw was SO
Enlleys, sharp turns caves on either side.
9here are fifty places on this road where a
highwayman might surprise and overpower
an unarmed pilgrim. His cry for help, his
shrek Of pain, his death groan would be an
day we met groups Of men. WHO, judging
from their countenanceS have In their veins
1he blood OF many generations Of Rob Roys.
Josephus says that Herod at ono time dis
charged from the service Of the temple forty
thousand men, and that the great part Of
them became robbers. So late as 1920 Sir
Frederick Henplker, an English tourist, was
attacked on this very road from Jerusalem
TO Jericho and shot and almost slain. There
mas never been any scarcity Of bandits along
the road we travel to-day.
With the fresh memory Of some recent
violence In their minds Christ tells the
people of the good Samaritan who came along
that way and took care Of q poor fellow that
had been set upon by villainous Arsbsund
robbed and pounded and cut. We encsmped
for lunch that noon close by an old stone
building, said to be the tavern whore the
Tumbled In the dust and ghastly with
wounds the victim of this highway robbery
lay in the middle Of the road-a fact Of
which am certain, because the Bible says
were 1900 priests living at Jericho, and
they had to go to Jerusalem to officiate at
the temple: And one Of these ministers of
religion, suppose, was on his way
to the temple service, and he is
middle of the road. "Oh," he says, 'here is
"a man that has been attacked Of thieves.
Why don't you go homer says the minister.
The man, in comatose state, makes no an
swer or, with half dazed look, puts his
drawis out, '.What!" 7Weil," says the fiIss2
lister, II must hurry on to my duties at j JekiifI
salem. ] have to kill n lamb and tw0 pis1.l'
in sacrifice to-day. ] cannot spend danyp pG
time with this unfortunate. ! s.nsss -.
body else vi take care of him. 8EES$$SEAS
one Of tire things that cannot be SGfy:s
how. Beside that, my business isi;wftk souls
and not with bodies Good mornlnSt Wher
10 And aes y9R the az minister shs s Curves way ou
toward the overhanging ,slaSa-.of the
road and passes. You hypoerfeet One of
You might have done here. kipdness that
would have been more accepty4e 10 Goo
than all the incense that will smoke up from
you censer for the next three weeks and you
missed the chahce. 70 Oh your way-eAe-
crated oy .he centuries. A..
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scene. me LevitJS iooNea M aioer Ii.e , pnus,g
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NM NM oHtoeu Ihe suppies .t,i Ui s Sno 'eipie, ip.
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roau' MY hny stys 'be he tIeae' ,ht' s',,s hs
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one VIII carry my Plt. nesues .iiaS az 'nelo ae'
may hos ne enough irahkilicelse RAJ ioL ene cen
serS ana the VINE or @ oi, may nave even our:
,a,i, and wnnt @ iear,u. paiH IN tne service tna'
rrat M hmns. men once Ine priests lniGhC
Seo i,s , Oh cloofeu: buti1 seems
P".tn, n'i ~ l .ettTe .is man III Cnls eohntloi,
ing and give him a little stimuiant. Bh9hol
The ceremony Mt Jerusalem 10 Of more i,,'
portance than taking care of the wounds.of.o;
man who will probably soon be dea53 - = Z.
how: 9tIfs- ffiiSsfrIyay roppery ougho To- be
--."ppeS, TOT ~ n,noeTs w as LeyiSes ON our way
up 10 the Temple. Ihere i nave lost nye
minutes aireauyl 70 aionS, you DeastF nc
shou's as ne strikes us heels inSo the sides OF
Ihe animal CARRYING nm, ana the dust rising