Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-12-11

slalinens Oh Wnat hoa already been proy,a
cd, and 1t is probable that the houselirnr.A
could not have guessed more than ono Nv, W.
Ion out OF the way. But hundred ar.
and twen.y-six gallons! What will thev 40
with the surplus? All. it was just like ~.
Lord! Those young people were about +.
start housekeeping, and their means ,,o'''
limited, and that big supply. whether ken,
in their pantry or sold, will be a r,;,.b,,.
help. You see there was no strychninr =.
logwood, or nux vomica, in that beyern,.o
and as the Lord II ade it it would keen n.
makes mountains and seas that keen tba,,
sands Of years and certainly He could n1al.,
O beverage that would keep four or e,s
years. Among the arts and inventicns y,
the future l hope there may be some M.
that can press the juices from the prano
and so mingle them and without one drpu
OF damning alcohol that it will keen fo,
years. And the more of it you take W.
clearer will be the brain and the healtbia.
the stomach. And here is a remarl,.ha
fact in my recent iouiney-I travelled
through Italy, and Greece, and Egypt ana
Palestine, and Syria, and Turkey. and
how many intoxicated persons do YOU thinl,
saw in all those five great realmsp M,
one. We must in our Chrstianizct lama.
have got hold of some kind of beyaran.
that Christ did not make.
But we must hasten on, for I do M,
mean to close my eyes tonight till sao
from mountain top Lake Galilce. m
whose banks. next Sabbath, we will Won
ship, and on whose waters tho fcllovnc
morning we will take a sail. On and Nv
we go in the severest climb of ali pa,oar
tine, the ascent Of the Mount of Beat.
tudes, on the top Of which Christ preached
that famous sermon on the Blesse1s-
Blessed this and Blessed that. Up 10 thei,
knees the horses plunge i'll mole-hils. and
surface that gives way at the fest touch
of the koof, and again and again she tired
beasts halt. as much as to say 10 TIA riders
ut is unjust for you to make It's climb
these steps," On apd up over mountain
sides where in the later season, hyacintbs
and daises, and phloxes, and anemones
kindle their beauty. On and up until
on the rocks of black basalt we dismonnt
and climbing to the highest peak, look ont
on an enchantment of scenery that seems to
be the Beatitudes themselves archcd into
skies, and rounded into valleys, and sill
vered into waves. The view is like that
Of Tennessee and North Carolina from the
top Of Lookout Mountain, or like that Of
Vermont and New Hampshire from the ton
of Mount Washington. Hail hills of Cali
lee! Hail Lake Gennesaret. only four
miles away! Yonder, clear up and most
conspicuous. is Safed, the very city to
which Christ pointed for illustration in the
sermon preached here, saying, "A city set
on hill cannot be hid" There are
rocks around me on this Mount
of Beatitudes, enough to build
the highest pulpit tho world ever
t, %I>o
overlooks all time and all eternity. The
valley Of Hattin between hero and Lake
Galilee is an ampithcatre, as though the
natural contour of the earth had invited all
nations to come and sit down and hear
Christ preach sermon, in which there
were more startling novelties than were
ever announced in all the sermons that
were ever preached. To those who heard
seemed the contradiction of everything that
they had ever heard or read
or experienced. The worlds theory
had been: Blessed arc tho az
rogant; Blessed are tho supercilous;
Blessed are the fearless; Blessed arc they
that have everything their own way;
Blessed are the war eagles: Blessed are
the prosecutors; Blessed are the popular;
Blessed are the Herods and the
Caesars, and the Ahabs. mo! no.
mop says Christ with voice that rings
over these rocks, and through yonder val
ley of Hattin, and down to the Opaline
lake on the one side and the sapphire
Mediterranean on the other, and across
Europe in one way, and across Asia in
the other way, and around the earth both
ways, till the globe shall yet be girded
with tho nine heatitudes: Blessed are tho
poor, Blessed are the mournful, Blessed
are tho meek, Blessed are tho hungry,
Blessed are the merciful, Blessed are the
pure Blessed are the peacemakers, Blessed
are the prosecuted, Blessed arc the falsely
reviled.
Do you see how the Holy Land and the
Holy Book fit each other? God with His
left hand built Palestine, and with His
right wrote the Scriptures. the two hands
of the same Being. And in proportion rs
Palestine is brought under close inspcc-
ton, the Bible will be found more glorious
and more true. highest book Of the
past! highest book Of the future!
Monarch Of all literature!
The proudest works of Genius shall decay.
And Reasons brightest lustre fade away;
The Sophist's art. the poets boldest flight,
Shall sink In darkness, and conclude in
night;
| But faith triumphant over time shall stand,
| Shall grasp the sacred volume in her hand;
| BACK ~ ils source the heavenly EIL convey
Then in the mood OF glory melt away