The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-01
ON THE SEA OF GALILEE.
TALMAGE TELLS OF HIS RIDE ON
ITS AZURE WATERS.

" AlSA Lue BODY Is Known tine
Savi-r and Herod Antipas the Two
Great Characters Of the Region.
BROOKLYN, y. Y, Nov. 30.-Dr. Talmsge
preached to-day the tenth Of his series Of
sermons on his Palestine tour. desert bing his
experiences on tue lake whose waters we're
once stilled St the Command Of Christ. The
sermon. which was delivered in the Brook
lyn Academy OF Music Ia the morning and
as usual repeated before an enormous au-
dience at the Chridiun Herald service in
New York, IN the evening, was from the
text: He entered into a ship, and sat in
the sea; and the whole multitude was by the
sea on the land" Mark iv., /.
lt Is Monday morning in our Palestine ex-
periences, and the sky Ia a blue Galilee
above, ms in the boat we sail the blue Cali
leo beneath. II is thirteen miles long aud
six miles wide, but the atmosphere Is so
clear IL seems a. II | could cast q stone
from beach TO beach The lake looks rs
though it had been let down on silver pull
leys from the heavens aud were q section
OF the sea OF glass that st. John describes
as part of the celestial landscape. AXE
Gahlee IL a depression of 6O0 feet In which
the river Jordan widens and tarres little,
for the river Jordan comes in at its north
side asd departs from its south side,
so this lake has its cradle and
its grave. Its white satin cradle
is among the SHOWS of Mount Hermon,
whore tho Jordan starts, aud its sepulnher
is tho Dead Sea, into which the Jordan
empties Lake Como Of Italy, Lake Geneva
OF Switzerland, Lake Lomond of Scotland.
Lake Winnipesaukoe OF America, are
larger. but Lake Galllee is the greatest
diamond that ever dropped from the finger
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ita banks IA we were yesterday and wor-
shipping at it's crystal altars, or wadIBg
into its waves, which make an ordinary
bath solemn as baptism, or now putting
out upon Its sparkling surface in boat, 10
Is something TO talk about, and pray about,
and sing about, until the lips with which
We now describe 1t can neither talk. nor
pray, nor sing.
As sometimes beautiful child in neigh
borhood has O half-doEen pet names, and
some Of the neighbors call her by one name,
and others 10y another, so this pet lake OF
the planet has q profusion Of names. Ask
the Arab as he goes by what this sheet Of
water is and he will call It 1nonTiyeh. Ask
Moses OF the Old Testament nnd he calls 10
Sea OF Chinnereth. Ask Matthew and he
calls 1t Sea OF Gaiilee. Ask Luke aud hs
cals IL Seu of Gennesaret. Ask John and
he calls IL Sea Of Tibosias. AK Josephus
and Eusebius. and they have other names
ready. But 70 me IL appears a child Of tho
sky, star OF the hills, rhapsody of the
mountains, the baptismAl bowl Of the worlds
temple, the smile Of tho great God. Many
kinds OF fish are found In these waters, every
kind Of tree upon IT'S banlr, from those that
grow I'm the torrid zone 10 those In the frIgid,
from the palm 10 the cedar.
or the 230 warships Josephus maDeuvered
on these waters-for Joeephus was war
rior as well as a historiau--there remains
not one piece OF hulk or one patch Of a
canvas, or one splinter Of an oar. But re-
turn to America we never wiu until ws
have bad "A sail upon this inland sea. NOT
from a wharf. but from beach covered
with black and white pebbles we 90 on
board a boat about ten or twelve tons, Co
be propelled partly by sail aud partly by
water. The mast leans 50 far forward that
it seems about TO fall, but wo find it was
purposely so built, and tho rope through a
pnlley managss TO hoist and let down the
sail. 10 is a rough boat and as far as pos
sible removed from Venetian gondola or
n sportsman's yacht. With a common saw
and hammer and AK many Of you could
make better one. -Four hargfooted Arabs,
instead Of sitting down to their oars, stand
as they always do in rowing. aud pull away
from shore. insist on helping, for there ~
nothing more exhilarating TO mo than ro w.
ing, but | soon b1d enough OF the clumsy
oars, and the awkward attempt ut welding
them while in standing posture.
We put our overcoats and shawis on a
small deck In the stern Of the boat, the very
kidd of deck where Christ lay on afi sher-
mans coat, when Of old tempest pounoed
upon the fishing smack OF the aRrightedj
disciples. Osprsys and wild duck and
kinfshers fly overhead or dip their wings
inso the lake, mistaking 1t for fragment,
Of fallen sky. Can it DO that those Bible
stories about sudden storms on this lake are
true Is IL possible that sea OF such
seeming placidity Of temper could ever rise
and rage at the heovensi II does not seem
as IL this happy family Of clements could
have over had falling out, aud the water
strike at tho clouds and the clouds strike az
the water.
Pull away, oarsmen On our right bank
are tire hot sulphur baths, so hot they are
scalding, and the waters must cool of q
long while before hand or foot can endure
their temperature. Volcanoes have been
boiling these waters for centuries. Five
springs roll their resources into two
great swimming reservoirs King
Herod there tried to bathe Off
the results of his excesses, ard
Pliny and Josephus described the spurtings
out OF these volcanic heats, and joshua and
Moses knew about them, and this moment
long lines Of pilgrims, from all parts OF tho
earth. are waiting for their turn to step
into the steafning restoratives. Lek
the boat, as far ~ possible. and not run
aground, hug tho western shore Of
the lake, that wo may see the city OF Tiber-
ias, once great capital, Of the arcbltccture
Of which few inosaics and fallen pillars.
and podestals. and here and there broken
aud shattered frieZe remain, nightly sug-
Restive OF the time when Hcrod Antipas
had palace here and reigned with an
opulence and pOmp. and cruelty and abomi-
nation that paralyzes tie fingers Of the
historian when he comes t. writo 1t and the
fingers OF the painter wien be attempts 10
transfer it to canvas. / Suppose he as one
of the worst men that ever lived. And
what contrast Of character comes st
every moment 10 the thoughtful traveller in
Palestine, whether be walks the beach OF
this lake or sails, as we now do, these
waters!
Side by side are the two great characters
Of ths lake region: Jesus and Herod Anti
las. And did any age produce ahy such
antipodes, any such antitheses. any sucn
oppOsitesf Kindness and Cruelty. Holiness
aud Filth, Generosity and Meanness, Self
sacrifice and Sehshness. the Supernal and
the Internal, hidnoon aud Midnight The
father OF this HerOd Antipas was genius
at assassination. lie could manufacture
more reasons for putting people out q this
life than any man in all history. hesendS Tor
Hyrcanus 70 come from Babylon 70 Jeruea-
leTu 70 be made High Priest aud alayshi la
has bis brofher-in-iaw Walls IA bathing With
him drowned by the kings Attendants. He
alavs bis wife aud hiS wife 3 mother, and too
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