Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-12-11

i OF garden which embewer the city.si 81
4 lpp,xIIlYlapt arg these gardens, so opulent il
| col0rs, 50 luscious of fruits. SO rrlitteriro
with fourtains, SO rich with bowers and
kioskstfIat Ne Mohamfned anss hea ven Was
4 Fashioned after what are to be sect, here al
nioom and fruitage: Heredn DAMASCUS, al
i tne tight season are cherries and mulherries
and apricots and almonds and pistacbios
and pofhegrslfiates and pears and aptjiss
siss slR;:fs aiid eitrons and all the ricIltisss
lpf ther0qnd world s lpomulogy.s X d won.
DER that, Liam called this city, :,theeyeo Of
the east and that the poets of Syria have
styled it''the iuster on the neck Of doves, ;,
and hiktdriitn said s'Iti Is the goitit.fl cfAsip
which couples the two sides of the world
FpgetHeff. How REV sd ioa binoas
ny piiSsAAPPPQI TMENr, AT, DAMASCUS. ;sdt
MTy travcl9fs EXPRESS disapuointImneenut
With Damascus. but the tpouhle is they
have carried in their minds fronf. fovboad
the boek=whieh dazzies SO many =Foung
people, THE Arabian Nights and thew
Daniascus Looking Eer Alaadin,s
'lantfAa4d Alatdine ing And IN genii
which'appezrea lJy Bag them But as
! have never read "The Arabian Nights, )"
such stuff not being allowed around our
horse amy boyhdQA and nothing isllfer
u the way Of reading than t3dSHef's
Saints Everlasting Resr' and b'Aabik-
ny's History of the Reformation, Da-l
mascus appeared to me rs sacred and secu-l
llari histories lnye rrefe9ted i, and 50 the
city was not a disappointment. but with
few exceptions Il surprise. $GR
Under my window to- night in the hotel
at Damascus hear the perpetual ripple
and rush Of the river Abaua - Alb Etle Sc
eret is outi Now / know why al this
fora and fruit, and why eEefything il 10
green, and the plain one great emerald.
The river Abanal And not far off the river
Pharpar, which our horses yaded through
todayt Thank the rivers, or rather tie
God who made the riversl Deserts8 DO ttfe
north deserts TO the south, deserts 10 the
east, deserts TO the west, but here para
disc. Aud rs the rivers Gihon and PisDn
and .Hhllekel and lsuphratcs niade tie
other papafiise, Abapa ard Phar:nf make
this DrInasersd phfaaise That is what 4
made Gen. Naaman of this city Of Damas.
Gus so mad when be was told for the cure
Of his leprosy to 90 and wash in the river
Jordan. Tie river Iorai,n isfhuch Of tile +.
year a muddy stream and 1t is never 50
clear as this river Abana that / hear rumb
ling under my window tonight nor as the
river Plarrar thgtwe crossed today. They
are as clear Jas though they had been
sieved throngh s6inesespecials Sieve of the
Gen. Naatnan had great aud
patriotic pride in these two rivers of his
own country. and when Elisha the prophet
told him thatif he wanted to get rid OF his
eprosy be must 90 and wash In the Jor.
Ian, he felt as we Who live Oh the nmgnid. |
cent Hudson would feel if told that we |
must 20 aud wash in the muddy Thames.
)r as if those who. 1--we Jon the transparent |
Rhine weIv told that they must 60 and |
wash in the muddy 5'iBtf egss Affkk
So Gen NaaThifn cried out wifi voice |
IS lond as ever he had used in command. |
ng bis troops utterins. those memorable |
word s W llict every a inister az he gospel |
ooner or later takes for his text: Are not |
Abana and Pharpar, rivers OF Damascus,
,etter than theyvafeis of Israeli 4 MayI |
lottv5tsh in them AMI iboseleaIls'' sThank |
Tod, we live in laddNyitRpIptypf rilftS.
nd that they bless all our Atlantic coast
nd all our Pacific coast, aud reticulate all
he continent hetweeu gthe coasts. Only /
hose who have travelled in the deserts Of
'yris, or Egypt OF have ID tbeorient:Icit-
IS heard the tinkling Of the bell of those
Pho sell water can realize what il is to
ave this divine beverage ia abundance.
Water rumbling over the rocks, turning
he mill wheel ,Asiturating the robts Of the
orn, dripping from the buckets, filling
he pitchers Of THE hogsehcid, rolling
hrdu9h tie fonts or bapfisfries Of holy or
nance, flliay the reseryoirs ofscities, in
iting the cattle TO come down and slake
heir thirst and the birds Of heaven to dip
heir wing. ascending in robe Of mist and
llling aggiu in bepeliction shower
Iater, living water, God given waterl
AWAKENING. j. TIE MORNING. r--
welare awakeheil iifr1Ye moriiingin Das
Dasclts by tlds Song 81 those who have
iiTereaft styles ofafoodto sell. It Is mt a |
sreetcry as IN lpldoaor New Yprkebut
weird and long drawn out solo, com
AIRED with which buzz saw is musical.
. makes you .inopportpRely waken, and
no Understand the exact meaning Of the
my it becomes quite tolerable, for they
NJ: God is the noprisher, buy NY bread;p |
cd Is the nourisher. buy my milk.9
Coils the io;ifis,ier. buy my fruit As /
III loo.S ont Of the window you see The /,
sNvho are IN large majority i
the cit ~ yidAct. Anu a ~ were put
vote who should be king OF all the earth, q
teen thousand in that city would say
hrist. but one hundreds and thirty thou \
nd would BAY M0hafrinsed J booking ;
ON the window, you see on the house
psr and ON the streets Mohainmedaus att
orship. The muezzinl or tile officers Of :
lgion who announce the time of wor. /
lip, appear high hPFon the differentTlin-
cts bf tA1 towers. and wi1k around the /,
inaret, inclosed by railing and cry in a $
d and mumbling way fGoa s,great 4 I,
ar witnessithat fhere is nd Godfbht Cod Il
bear witness that Mohammed is the 4
'ostle of God. Come to prayersl Come Il
saIvationl God is great. There is no 8
her lbut Code Prafets are better than v
sep" Five times day must the Mo I
engage in worship. As he s
gins be tqrAs his. face toward the city :
NaecA. and @nrQlis upon the ground
2 WE ich lIe alnosth lways carries. With
J tfiiirnbs touchin5 the lobes of his ears,
d holding his face between his hands, he
les: God is great" Then folding his
nds across bis girdle, he looks down and
vs.: holiness to thee, o God, and praise
TO thee. Great. is Thy. name. Great is
' 3kathts2 Taeresi4 Ne eiiY bn6 thee"