Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-11-06

onr nnor~ pronunciation of the Arabic. On,
they are a strange race, those bedoulns,
Such a commingling of ruf1anlsih anu
honor, of cowadice and courage, OF crueiuy
and kindnessl When a band of them came
down upon a party in which Miss haUely
was travelling, and were about to axe
po~cketbooks and perhaps life, this lazy sl9-
ding upon her horse took out her note BOOK
and pencil and began to sketch these Orig
ands, and seeing this composure the pan,
Tits thought it something supernatural
and fled. Christian womanliness or man
iness is all c%onquering. When Martin
luther was told that Duke George would
gill him if he went TO Leipsic Luther re,
oiled, II would go to Leipsic II IL raiheu
Duke Georges nine days"
FIRST VIEW OF H JORDAN.
Now we come through regions where
there are hills cut into the shape of eathe-
drals. with altar and column and arch
and chancel and pulpit and dome ana
architecture of the rocks that think can
hardly Just happen so. Perhaps it Is be
cause God loves the church so well, ne
builds in the solitudes of Yellowstone
mark and Yosemite and Switzerland and
palestine these ecclesiastical piles. And
who knows but that unseen spirits may
sometimes worship thereY "Dragoman,
when shall we see the Jordan Task. All
the time we were on the alert, and looking
through tamarisk and willows for the
greatest river of all the earth. The Mis-
sissippi is wider, the Ohio is deeper, the
Amazon is longer, the Hudson rolls annie
regions more picturesque, the Thames mas
more splendor on its banks, the Fiber sug
gests more imperial procession, the llyssus
has more classic memories, and the Nile
feeds greater populations by its irrigation,
but the Jordan is the queen of rivers, and
runs through all the Bible, a silver thread
strung like beads with heroics, and before
NIGHT we shall meet on its banks Elijah
and elisha and David aud Jacob and Josh.
ua and John and Jesus.
At last between two trees i gota glimpse
Of a river and said, "NVhat is thatS" THE
Jordan was the quick reply. And all
along the line which had been heightened
by other pilgrims, some from America
and some from Europe, and some from
Asia. the cry was sounded "The Jordan!
The Jordanl' Hundreds Of thousands OF
pilqrims have chanted on its banks and
bathed in its waters. Many Of them dip a
wet owl in the wave and wiring it ont
and carry it home for their own shroud.
Il is an impetuous stream, and PUSHES on
as though It were h%asteningt 70 tell it's story
TO the ages. Many an explorer has il
whelmed and many "A boat has IL wrecked.
Lieut.. Molineaux had copper bottomed
crafts split upon It's shelvings. Only one
boat. that of Lieut.. Lynch, ever lived q
sail the whole length of IL. At the season
when the SHOWS on Lebanon melt the rage
of this stream IS like the Conemaugh when
Johnstown persisted, and the wild beasts
that may be near run for the hills, explain
ing what Jeremiah saws, Behold he shall
90 up like Il lion from the swelling of Jor-
dan" No river so often changes its mind,
for it turns and twists, travelling two hun.
dred miles to do that which in a straight
line might be lone in sixty miles. Among
banks now low, now high, now Of rocks.
now of mud and now Of sand, having the
feet of the t%erebinths and oleanders and
ncacias and reeds and pistachios and silver
poplars. This river marries the Dead sea
| to Lake Gallilee, and did ever so rough q
groom take the hand of so fair a brideS
MIRACLES AT THE JORDAN.
This is the river which parted to let al
army OF two million Israelites across. Her,
the skilled major general Of the Assyriar
host at the seventh plunge dropped his lep
rosy not only by miraculous cure, but sug
costing to all ages that water, and plenty
I Of it, has much to do with the sanitary i'm
provement Of the world. Here is wher,
some theological students Of Elisha's tint
were cutting trees with which 70 build
theological seminary, and an ak head. no.
! sufficiently wedged to the handle, flew of
into the river and sank, aud the younl
man deplored not so much the loss Of tn,
aX mead as the fact that it was not his own
and cried, ALIAS! it was borrowed ant
the prophet threw a stick into the river
and in defiance Of the law of gravitation tho
iron ak head came to the surface and foateC
like a cork upon the water, and kept float
ing until the young man caught it. =
miracle performed to give one an opportu
nitv to { that which was borrowed
and a rebuke in all ages for those who Dor
row and never return, their bad habit il
this respect so established that it would b,
a miracle if they did return it. Yea, from
the bank of this river Elijah took team o
fire. showing that the most raging element
is servant of the good, and that ther,
4 no need that a child Of God fear any
thing. for If the most destructive Of all ele
ments was that day fashioned into a vehi
Gle for a departing saint, nothing can eve
hurt You who love and trust the Lord.
lam so glad that that chariot of Eliial
was not made out Of wood or crystal o.
l'anything ordinarily pleasant, but out o
IRE. ami yet he went up without having
so much as to fan himself. When, step
ping from amid the foliage Of these olean
ders and tamarisSs on the banks Of tn.
Jordan, he put his foot on the red step o
the red cquipage, and took the red reins o
vapor in his hands, and spurTed the gal
loprlg steeds toward the wide open gate o
heaven, it was a scene forever memorable
! So the hottest Affections Of your life ma,
roll YOU heavenward. So the most burn
ing prosecutions, the most fiery troubles
may become uplifting. Only be sure tina
when YOU pull on the bits Of fire. you driv
up toward God, and not down toward tn
Dead SEA. When Latimer and Ridley die
at the stake they went up in a chariot O
fire. When my friend p. p. Bliss, tn
gospel singer, was consumed with the raj
train that broke through Ashtabul
bridge and then took flame, / said. Ar
other Elijah gone up in a chariot Of fref'
BAPTIZLNG N THE JORDAN.
But this river is a river Of baptism,
Christ was here baptized and John bar
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