Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-12-05

areth before they came to Jerusalem. send
this day thanks from these cities, most
ly made prosperous by country boys to the
farmhouse and the prairies and the noun.
tain cabins and the obscure homesteads OF
north and south and east and west, to the
fathers and mothers in plain homespun II they
be still alive or the hillocks under which they
sleep the long sleep. Thanks from Jerusa-
lem to Nazareth.
But alasl that the city should % often
treat the country boys as of old the one from
Nazareth was treated at Jerusalsml Slain
not by hammers and spikes, but by instru-
ments just as cruel. On every street OF every
city the crucihxion goes on. Every year
shows its ten thousand Of the slain. Oh, how
we grind them upl Under what wheels, in
what mills, and for what an awful grist
Let the city take better care OF these
boys and young men arrlying from from
They are now only the preface Of what they
will be II. instead of sacrificing. you help
them. Boys as grand as the one who with
his elder brother climbed into a church
tower, and not knowing their danger went
outside on some timbers, when one Of those
timbers broke and the boys fell, and the
older boy caught on a beam and the younger
clutched the foot OF the older The older
could not climb up with the younger hanging
to his feet, so the younger said: "John, am
going to let go; you can climb out into safety,
but you can't climb up with me holding fast;
/ am going to let 90, kiss mother for me
and tell her not to feel badly; good-by p
And he let go and was so hard dashed upon
the ground he was not recognizable. Plenty
OF such brave boys coming up from Naza-
rethl Let Jerusalem be careful how 1t
treats themi A gentleman long ago en-
tered school In Germany and he bowed
very low before the boys and the teacher
said, why do you do thatY' "Oh," said
the visitor, II do not know what mighty
man may yet be developed among them"
At that instant the eyes Of one OF the boys
flashed fire. Who was IL, Martin Luther.
A lad on his way to school passed a door
step on which sat lame and invalid child.
you 60 to schoolF' 'Oh, I am lame and l
can't walk to SCHOOL, ''Get on my back, {"
said the well boy, "and will carry you to
school" And so he did that day and for
many days until the invalid was fairly
started on the road to an education. Who
was the well boy that did that kindnessf
don't know. Who was tho invalid he car
rieds 1t was Robert Hail. the rapt pupil
orator OF all Christendom. Better give TO
the boys who come up from Nazareth TO Je-
rusalem crown instead Of a cross.
oh btCcUnUtT morning III dibSLiHb
on our way out from Nazareth we saw just
such carpenters shop as Jesus worked in,
supporting His widowed mother after He
was old enough to do so. 1 looked in, and
there were hammer and saw and plane and
anger and wise and measuring rule and
chisel and drill and adze and wrench and
bit and all the tools Of carpentry. Think
Of Ill He who smoothed the surface Of the
earth showing q plane; He who cleft the
mountains by earthquake pounding n
chisel; He who opened the mammoth caves
OF the earth turning an auger; He who
wields the thunderbolt striking with a
hammer: He who scooped out the bed for
the ocean following a ladle; He who flashes
the morning on the earth and makes the
midnight heavens quiver with aurora con-
Etructing a window. ! cannot understand
1t, but believe it. A skeptic said to an old
clergyman: ~ will not believe anything i
sannot explain" Indeed said the clergy
man, you will not believe anything
you cannot explain. Please to explain
10 me why some cows have horns and
Others have no horns. NO" said the
skeptic, II did not mean exactly that
mean that will not believe anything have
not seem Indeed" B." said the clergyman" /"
seen. Have you a backboneT YES" said
the skeptic. How do you knowf" said the
clergyman. Have you ever seen itY' This
mystery of Godhood and humanity inter
Joined l cannot understand and / cannot ex-
plain, but believe 1t. l am glad there are
70 many things we cannot understand, for
that leaves something for heaven.
In about two hours we pass through Cana,
the village Of Palestine, where the mother OF
Christ aud our Lord attended the wedding of
> poor relative, having come over from
Nazareth for that purpose. The mother of
Christ-for women are first to notice such
things-found that the provisions had fallen
short and she told Christ, and He to relieve
the embarrassment OF the housekeeper, who
hal invited more guests than the pantry
warranted. became the butler Of the occasion,
and out Of a cluster Of q few sympathetic
words squeezed beverage OF a few hundred
and twenty-six gallons of wine In which
was not one drop of intoxicant, or it would
have left that party as maudlin and drunk
as the great centennial banquet in New
York, two years ago left senator's, and
governors, and generals, and merchant
princes, tho difference between the wine at
the wedding in Cana and the wine at the ban.
quet In New York being, that the Lord made
the one and the devil made the other. We
got Off our horses and examined some OF
these water jars at Cana said to be the very
ones that held the plain water that Christ
turned into the purple bloom OF an especial
vintage measured them and found them
eighteen inches from edge to edge and nine
teen inches deep, and declined to accept their
Identity But we realized the immensity oi
a supply OF a hundred and twenty-six gal
tons Of wine.
Among the arts and inventions Of the fu.
ture hope there may be some one that can
press the juices from the grape and SO minglt
- IA otzn
holism that it will keep for years. And the
more OF IL you take the clearer will be thu
brain and the healthier the stomach. Anc
here Is q remarkable fact IN my recent jour
uey-I travelled through Italy and Greece
and Egypt and Palestine and Syria and Tur
key, and how many intoxicated PEOPLE dc
you think saw in all those Ave great realms
Not one. We must In our Christianized land!
have got hold Of some kind OF beverage thai
Christ did not make.
Oh, am glad that Jesus was present al
that wedding, and last December, standing
at Cana, that wedding came backl Nigh
had fallen on the village and its surround
lngs. The bridegroom had put on his head ,
bright turban and garland of flowers, ant
his garments had been made fragrant with
frankincense and camphor. IN odor which
the oriental especially likes. Accompanied
by groomsmen, and preceded by band o
musicians with flutes and drums an,
horns, and by torches In full blaze
no starts for the brides home
This river of fire is met by another river o
tire, the torches Of the bride and brides
maids, fambsau answering fambeau. Tn
bride Is In white robe and her veil not onl,
covers her face but envelopes her body
Her trousseau is as elaborate as the resource
OF her fathers house permit. Her attendant
are decked with all the ornaments they owl
or can borrow; but their own personal charm
make tame the jewels, for those oriental We
men eclipse In attractiveness all others excep
those of our own land. The damson rose
In their cheek, and the diamond In th
luster of their eyes, and the blach
ness of the night in their long locks and 4
their stepis the gracefulness Of the morning
At the first sight of the torches of th
bridegroom and his attendants comm
over the hill the cry rings through th
home of the bride: They are In sightl Ge
raadyt BehoId the bridegroom comethi @