Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-11-15
WALKED THERE.
,ov,s GROUNDS AND
BETHLEHEM.

Wy no gETHLEF7I "'
The Gives some Glowing Pet
isl nas' IN Jerusalem and Ficin-
in see" ',,om ana Practical work
pmOn'
a.. preached his sixth SER
aIn"5t ,opr in Palestine in the
H. d. rIsobernacIe Oh Sunday. The
'"s N " -" fine gardens and public
was az, oT magnificent King, and
il Is ,I'eia. il, &c: Il made me
he I builded me houses, l
en- u" '"1 vineyards, l made me gar
~ lDS ..bgrdS. and planted trees i'll
ter d o % I' ind of fruits; L made me
1w a iat ~ TO water Herewith the
Ter Won" G5ringeth forth trees" DR..
morning and before breakfast
11g ns,snm. A king with robes
ny S Stt. in in chariot decked with gold,
ny Sn, oighr horses. high melted and
IT. y! 91riIIt9nt as if scolloped out
- w sunrise. and like the winds
al aJ followed by regiment of
%D "" ~ horseback with hand on gilded
as g,rrowS with steel points flash
ad H. S S,n clad from head to foot in
,e 'nrnIp and black hair sprin killed.
ID III du,t. all dashing down the
lis horses at full run, the reins
Of " thnfr DpckS, and the crack of
th and thp haIlOO Of the reckless
Jn uniting the miles at defiance.
IN IN, md what is it? King Solo
er liking an outing before breakfast
lie nm.sIem to his gardens and parks
ut .rbards and reservoirs, six miles
or he road toward Hebron.
H. "a contrast between that and my
rs tIot very road one morning last
~ bcr
e aver the piles Of gray rock and
ii arc at the first of the three res
which are on three great levels,
1t % Of the top reservoir higher than
nof the second, the base OF the
. reservoir higher than the top OF
rd so arranged that the waters
,od from several sources above
# Descent from basin to basin, the
. emf Of the water deposited in each
: three. 50 that by the time it gets
ia tbe aQueduct which is to take it
Ers9lpm it has had three offerings,
as pure as when the clouds
it.
that December morning we saw the
rolling down from reservoir to
Ior and can well understand how
,npighbOrhO0d the imperial gar
we're one great blossom, and the
I'd one great basket Of fruit.
all this spIendor did not make
non happy. One day, after getting
from his morning ride, and before
olSrs had yet been cooled off and
I'd down by the royal equerry,
non wrote the memorable words
wing my text. like a dirge played af-
grand march, ''Behold all was
and ycyation Of spirit, and there
bio profit under the SUM-" In other
5. 1t don't pay" Would God that
hight all learn the lesson that this
cannot produce happiness.
though these SOlOmOnic gardens are
nS. there are now growing there
rs that are to be found nowhere else
eII0Iy Land. How do | account for
Solomon sent out his ships and
led the gardens of the whole earth
flowers and planted these eXotics
and these particular flowers are di-
descendants Of the foreign plants he
rtcd Recently travellers in the Holy
speak Of the rocky and stony sur
Of nearly all Palestine as an impas-
barrier to the future cultivation OF
soil. But if they had examined
tcJy the rocks and stones of the
Land they would find that they are
SheIctOniZcd, and are being melted
the soil and, being for the most part
stone, they are doing for that land
the American and English farmer
draws his wagon load of lime and
rIS 1t on the fields for their enrich
iookupon this great aqueduct OF
>tIne WOndrOuS specimen OF
eDt masonry, about seven feet high,
Icet wide, sometimes tunneling the
rock and then rolling its waters
00sh StoncWare pipes, an aqueduct
y rs work ten miles before it gets
Io>e three reservoirs, and then gath,
their wealth of refreshment and
"0S 1t on to the mighty city OF
>aem and filling the braZen sea OF
temple. and the bathrooms of hen
ares ana the great pools of Sloan
HrLekIah and Bethesda, | find then
S0oQ condition three thousand years
p" construction and it makes me think
.ae world may have forgotten more
'4IJ now knows. The great honor
var age Is not machinery, for the
,'1lS mad some styles of it more won
,'"' nor art, for the ancients had ar
Il exquisite and durable: or archi
"Lo, Tor Roman Coliseum and GreciaI
'0poHS SurpaSS all modern architec
nor cities, for some of the ancient
" were larger than ours in the SWEEP
1eT pomp. But our attempts mus
," moral achievement and Gospel vic
/ IN that we have already surpassed
ally ana in that direction let the ages