Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-16
~ IN PALESTINE.
DIR. TALMAGE BEGINS HIS SER.
MONS ON THE HOLY LAND.
4 Beautiful Word Picture in the
Divine's Happiest Vein OF the
holy Land and His Travels in it.

brooklyn Academy OF MUSIC To-Day d.
Talmage began a series OF sermons on his
recent journey to the Holy Land. The sub
3ect OF to-day's sermon was: "My First Day
In Palestine" After appropriate passages
OF Scripture were read, the congregation
sang with great spirit:
1--WE praise thee. o God, for the Son of thy
love,
For Jesus who died and Is now gone above
The text was: 1. Kings 1877, 1.-THE half was
not told me-"
This is the Arst sermon in a course of Sab
bath morning sermons on my Recent Jour
ney Through the Holy Land and Neighbor
Ing Countries - What Saw and what l
Learned Out OF the sixty-four millions OF
our present American population and the
millions OF our past, only about FIVE thons-
and have ever visited the Holy Land. OF
all those who cross to Europe less than five
per cent. ever get as far as Rome, and less
than two per cent. ever get to Athens and
less than quarter of one per cent. ever get
to Palestine. OF the less than quarter OF
one per cent. who do go to the Holy Land
eome see nothing but the noxious insects
and the 9th OF the Oriental cities and come
back wishing they had never gone. OF those
Who see much OF interest and come home
emily small portion can tell what they have
seen, the tongue unable to report the eye
The rarity OF a successful, intelligent and
happy journey through the Holy Land is
very marked. But the time approaches
when journey to Palestine will be COM
mon. Thousands will go where now there
are scores. Two locomotives were recently
sent up from Joppa to Jerusalem and rail-
roads are about to begin In Palestine and
the day will come when the cry will be-
"All out for Jerusalem." Twenty minutes
for breakfast at Tiberias!" "Change cars
for Tyre!" Grand Trunk junction for
Nineveh!" "All out for Damascus Mean
while the wetlocks OF the Atlantic Ocean
and Adriatic and Mediterranean seas are
being shorn. and not only is the voyage
shortened. but. after while, without cross
Ing the ocean you or your children will visit
the Holy Land. A company OF capitalists
have gone up to Behring Straits where the
American and Asiatic continents come with
in thirty-six miles of meeting. These cap
italists or others will build u bridge across
those Straits, for mid way are three islands
called 1.-THE Diomedes' and the water is not
deep and Is never disturbed with icebergs.
Trains Of cars will run from Anne: lea across
that bridge and on down through Siberia.
bringing under more immediate observation
the Russian outrages against exiles and
consequently abOlishing them, and there are
persons here to-day, who, without one
qualnl OF sea-sickness, will visit that Won
derful land where the Christ-like, Abra-
hamic, Mosaic, Davidic, Solomonic and
Herodic histories overlap each other with
such power that by the time took my feet
out OF the stirrups at the close OF the jour
ney, felt so wrung out with emotion that
1t seemed nothing else could ever absorb my
feelings again.
The chief hindrance for going to Palestine
with many Is the dreadful sea, and though
have crossed it ten times it is more dread
ful every time and fully sympathize with
what was said one night when Mr.. Beecher
and went over to speak in New York at
the Anniversary Of the seamen's Friend
| Society and the clergyman making the
! opening prayer quoted from st. John:
''There shall be NO more sea" ana Mr..
| Beecher, seated beside me, In memory OF Il
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 vel
! come under the observation Of so many
people, who will be ready to tell Of what
they saw. that nfdelity will be pronounced
| only another form OF in sanity, for no homes ).
man can visit the Holy Land and remain an
inhdel. This Bible from which preach has
almost fallen apart, for l read from 1t the
most Of the events in it recorded on the
very places where they occurred. And
some of the leaves got wet as the waves
dashed over our boat on Lake Galilee and
the book was jostled in the saddle bags for
| many weeks, but 1t Is new book to me,
| newer than any book that yesterday came
out OF any of our great printing houses.
| All my life l had heard OF Palestine and
had read about it, and talked about it, and
| preached about it, and sung about 1t, and
| prayed about 1t, and dreamed about 1t until
| my unticipatiOns were piled up into some
like Himalayan proportions. and yet have
to cry out as did the Queen Of Sheba when
she first visited the Holy Land: 1.-THE half
was not told me-
In order to make the more accurate and
| Christ, entitled From Manager to Throne. -
left home last October, and on the last
| night OF November we were walking the
! decks Of the Senegal. u Mediterranean
steamer. IL was ship OF immense proper
tions. There were hut few passengers fol
1t IL generally rough at that time of year
and pleasurists are not apt to be voyagina
there and then. The stars were all out tina,
night. Those armies OF light seemed tc
have had their shields newly FURNISHED
We walked the polish ID deck. Not much
/ was said. for in all our hearts was this
dominant word Tomorrow" Somehow
the Acropolis, which few days before hao
thrilled US at Athens. now in our mind.
lesseued in the height Of Its columns ant
| the glory Of Its temples. And the Egyptian
pyramids in our memory lessened theil
wonders OF obsolete masonry, and tn,
Coliseum Of Rome was not so vast a ruin u,
1t q few weeks before had seemed to be
Aad all that we had seen and hear
dwindled in Importance. for tomorrow. to-
morrow We shall see the Holy Land. Gap
tain, what time shall we come In sight o
Palestine7" "Well." he said, iii the wint
aud sea remain rs they are, about day
break" Never was l so impatient for
night to pass. could not see much use fo
that night, anyhow. l pulled aside thu
curtain from the port-hole of my state
room, so that the first hint of dawn woult
waken me. But IL was useless precaution
Sleep was among the impossibilities. WIZ
could be so stupid as to slumber when an!
moment there might start out within sigh
OF the ship. the land where the n.Js
stupendous scenes OF all time and all eter
nifty were enacted, land OF ruin and redemp
ton. land where was fought the battle tina
made our'heaven possible, land of Godfre
! and Saladin. OF Joshua and Jesus.
will the night ever be gomez Yes 1t
growing lighter. and along the horizon ther
is something Ike hank OF clouds. and as
Waterman PAGES the deck. l say to him
What is that out yonderi" THAT is lane!
SIR" said the sailor. The land.' cried
and soon all our friends were aroused from
| sIaao aod tho shore hecau more clea RI Il