Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-11-20
DIR. TALMAGES JOURNEY
WONDERFUL ITINERARY OF cHRlST's
WALK TO NAZARETH.

well to the Historic Mountains Around
Jerusalem Awful Tragedies of the
olden Times.
BROOKLYN, Nov. 9-Today DIR, Talmage
preached the seventh of his course of ser
mons on his recent tourin Palestine. As on
previousSundays the sermon was preached
before two large audiences. In the morn
ing it was preached in the Academy of
Music, in this city, and at night DR.. Talmage
preached It again in the New York Academy
of Music which The Christian Herald con
tinues to rent for these services. During
the six meetings thus far held in New
York g0,0O0 people have endeavored to
hear Dr. Talmage preach. OF these 10000
have been admitted and 10000 have been
turned away for lack Of accommodation.
Following is the sermon from the text,
$50 / lifted up mine eyes the way toward
the north ezekiel viii, 81;
AT l o'clock on a December afternoon
through Damascus gate we are passing ont
of Jerusalem for a journey northward. Hol
for Bethel, with its stairs, the bottom step
Of which was "A stone pillow; and Jacobs
well. with its immortal colloquy; and Naz-
areth, with its divine boy in his fathers
carpenter shop, and the most glorious lake
that ever rippled or flashed
Blue Gallee, sweet Galilee.
The lake where Jesus loved to be;
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and Christly "reminiscences
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sionou,.o . ho.t ma acca r;ding +, ) tri-
nmnbal PROCESSION as IL Is sometimes
called altbouoh IL seems TO me that the
bosapnasof the crowd could not have made
a ride on a stubborn uniupreesir. and
funny creature like that which p~atfercd
with him into Jerusalem very much Of a
trinmnh Eut we are made 10 understand
that apnerally he walked. How mneb that
means only those know who have cone
over the distance traversed hv Christ.
We are aecastomel tor.si that B.thany
is two miles from Jerusalem. Wen. any
man in ordinary hcalih EN- ralA two
miles without fatigue. But not more than
one man out of a thousand can walk from
Bethany to Jerusalem without exhaustion.
IL is over the Mount of Olives. and von
must climb M among the rolling stones
and descend where e~xertion is necessary to
keen Won from falling prostrate. /. who
am accustomed to walk fifteen or twenty
miles without lassitude, tried part of this
road over the Mount Of Olives, and confess
1would not want to try it often, such de-
m8nd does It make upon ones physical
energies. Yet Christ walked it twice a
dawn the morning from Bethany to
Jerusalem, and ia the evening from Jeru-
salem to Bethany.
VIEW FROM MOUNT scopUs.
Likewise a. seemed q small thing that
Christ walked from Jerusalem 70 Nnza-
reth. Butit viii take ns folr DAYS of hard
horseback riding sometimes on n fro. and
sometimes on a aallon. 10 do IL This week
The way is mountainous in the extreme
To those who went up TO the TiD Ton
house on Mount Washington before The
railroad was laid will say that this
tourney from Jerusalem to Nazareth Is
like seven such American JOURNEYS So
all up and down and across and recrossiug
Palestine, Jesus walked. Ahab rode.
David rode. Solomon rode. Herod rode
Antony rode. But Jesus walked. With
swollen ankles and sore muscles of the
legs. and bruised heel and stiff Joints and
painting lungs and faint head. along the
roads and where there were no roads at
all Jesus walked.
We tried To- get a new horse other than
that on which we had ridden ON the iour.
nev to The bend sea. for he mad faults which
our close acuuaiptancesbip had developed
But after some experimenting with other
quadrupeds of that species. and finding
that ali horses. like their riders have
faults. we concluded to choose n saddle on
that beast whose fanlts we were most nre-
nared r. nitv or resist we rod down
throuob tbo ,,allay and tbon - ~ Nonnt
Scopus and. as u dragoman tells US that /
this is the last opportunity we shall have :
of looking at Jerusalem. we turn our
horses head toward the city and take a I
sad and thrilling look at the relir- .
ions capital of our planet. This Is the :
most impressive view Of the most tremen. /
dous citv of all time q
On and a,onnd Ills hin tho armies ~ q
crusaders M tba 6rst sight ~ tha citv +
throw tbemselvas on their fsces in ,rorsbin !
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camnad 10 nioht hasora o,aeino tboir 81 !
lew N deatb aosinet Ter,sslan, ~ ia !
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