The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-11-12

joke and become q crime, II wealthy
hbertinism continues to find so many
doors Of domestic life open to its faint
est touch, II Russian, and French, and
American literature, steeyed in pruri.
ency, does not get banished from the
news.stands and ladies' parlors, God will
lot loose some Of the suppressed mon
sters of the earth. And tell these
American cities that it will be more toll
cradle for Sodom and Gomorrah in the
Day Of Judgment, whether the Day Of
Judgment be in this present century or
the closing century OF the earth's con-
tinuance. The volcanic forces are a.
ready in existence, but IN the mercy Of
God they are chained in the kennels Of
subterraneous fire. Yet let prohigacy,
whether it stagger intoa lazaretto or sit
on q commercial throne, whether 1t
laugh in faded shawl under the street
gaslight or be wrapped in the finest ar
ray that foreign loom ever wrought or
lapidary ever empearled, know right
we'll that there is volcano waiting for
1t, whether in domestic life, or social
life, or political life, or in the founda-
tons Of the earth from which sprang out
the devastations that swallowed tho
cities Of the plain. HE toucheth tho
hills and they smoke"
But the dragoman was rejoicee whom
we had seen enough Of this volcanic
region of Palestine, and he gladly tight.
ems the girths for another march, around
the horses which are prancing and
neightng for departure. We are of for
the Jordan, only two hours away. We
pass Bedcuins whose stern features
melt into smile as we gave them the
salutation 'Salaam Aleikoum" peace
be with you), their smile sometimes
leaving us in doubt as to whether it Is
caused by their gladness to see us or by
our poor pronunciation Of the Arabic.
Oh, they are q strange race, these
Bedouins! Such q commingling Of
rufianism and honor, of cowardice and
courage, Of cruelty and kindness! When
. band Of them came down upon party
in which Miss Whately was travelling
and were about to take their pocket
books and perhaps their lives, this lady
sitting upon her horse took out her note
book and pencil, and began to sketch
these brigands, and seeing this compos-
ure, the bandits thought itsupernatural
and fed. Christian woma1.iness or
manliness is all-conquering. When
Martin Luther was told that Duke
George would kill him If he went to
Leipsic, Luther replied: II would 60
to Leipsic If it rained Duke Georges
nine days"
Now we come through regions where
there are hills cut into the shape Of
cathedrals, with altar, and column, and
arch, and chancel, and pulpit, and
dome, and architecture OF the rocks that
think can hardly justhappen So Per
haps it Is because God loves the Church
SO we'll, He builds in the solitudes OF
Yellowstone Park, and Yosemite, and
Switzerland and Palestine, these &c.
clesiastical piles And who knows but
the unseen spirits may some times wor'
ship there?
"Dragoman, when shall we see the
Jordan?" ask. All the time we were
on the alert, and looking through tama
risk and willows for the greatest river
of all the earth. The Mississippi il
wider, the Ohio is deeper, the Amazon
is longer, the Hudson rolls amid regions
more picturesque, the Thames has more
splendor on its banks, the Tiber sug
gests more imperial procession, thu
Ilyssus has more classic memories, anc
the Nile feeds greater populations by IT.
irrigation; but the Jordan Is the Queer
of rivers, and runs through all the Bible
silver thread strung like beads will
heroics, and before night we shall NEE
on its banks Elijah, and Elisha, and Da
vid, and Jacob, and Joshua, and John
and Jesus.
At last between two trees I 60
q glimpse of river and said, what 4
, that?" THE Jordan" was the quiol
reply. And along the line which ha'
, been heightened by other pilgrims
, some from America and some from Eu
!, rope, and some from Asia, the cry wa
! sounded, THE Jordan! The Jordan!
Hundreds Of thousands of pilgrims hav
, chanted on its banks and bathed in it
= waters. Many of them dip wet cow
), in the wave and wiring 1t out and carr,
it home for their own shroud. 1t is 81
!, impetuous stream. and rushes ON q
: though it were Fastening to tell its stor
to the ages. Many an explorer has
!. whelmed, and many boat has
wrecked. Lieutenant Molineux had
!, copper-bottom craft split upon its shelv
a ings. Only one boat, that Of Lieutenan
). Lynch, ever lived to sail the who'll
= length Of IT. At the season when tn
SHOWS on Lebanon melt the rage of thi
!, stream is like the Connemaugh whe
q Johnstown persisted, and the wild beast
= that may be near run for the hills, OK
). planning what jeremiah says: "Behol
. be shall 60 up like lion from the swell
ing of the Jordan"
i No river so often changes its mind
a for it turns and twists, travelling 20
j" miles to do that which in straight lin
9 might be done in sixty miles, Anon
v banks now low. now high, now of rocks
q now Of mud, and now of sand, LAYING tn
feet of the terebinths and oleanders
!. and acacias. and reeds, and pistachio:
s and silver poplars. This river marie
!, the Dead Sea to Lake Galilee, and di
t ever so rough groom take the hand c
:. so fair bride?
D. This is the river which parted to le
IS an army of 1000, 900 lsraelites across
J. Here the skilled Msjor-General Of tn
N | Cvr;,u boct ~ tho covopth ylupoo drO,