The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-12-03
ON THE BLUE GALILEE.
DIR. Talmage Continues His Sermons
on His Palestine Tour.
Experiences on the Beautiful Lake whose
Waters We're OncN Stiiled mt I"
Command of Christ-A Storm
Walt to Capsrnaum.

Rev. DR.. Talmage described his exper
ences on Lake Galilee and visit I
Capernaum, the scene of many OF Christ
miracles. The text chosen was, Mark
w., 1; "He entered into ship, and sa
In the sea; and the whole multitude wa
by the sea on the land" Following 1
the sermon
1t is Monday morning in our Palestin,
experience, and the sky is a blue Cali
leo above, as in the boat we sail tn,
blue Galilee beneath. 1t Is thirteeI
miles long and six miles wide, but tn,
atmosphere is so clear it seems as II
could cast stone from beach to beach
The lake looks as though it had beer
let down on silver pulleys from the
heavens and were section OF the sea Of
glass that St John describes rs a part
OF the celestial landscape. Lake Galilss
is depression Of six hundred feet In
which the river Jordan widens and tar,
: ries little, for the river Jordan comes
in at its north side and departs from its
south side, so the lake has its cradle
and its grave, Its white satin cradle ia
among the SHOWS of Mount Hermon
where the Jordan starts, and its sepul-
cher is the Dead Sea, into which tho
Jordan emptiss. Lake Como, OF Italy;
Lake Geneva, OF Switzerland; Lake Lo-
mond, OF Scotland, Lake WinnipeseoRee.
of America, are larger, but Lake Galilee
is the greatest diamond that ever
dropped from the finger of the clouds,
and, whether encamped on its banks, as
we we're yesterday, and worshiping at
Its crystal altars, or wading into its
waves which makes an ordinary bath
solemn as baptism, or now putting out
upon Its sparkling surface in boat 1t is
something to talk about and pray
about, and sing about, until the lips
with which We now describe it can
neither talk nor pray nor sing.
AS sometimes a beautiful child in a
neighborhood has a hali-dozen pot
names, and some OF the noighbors call
her by one name, and others by another:
so this pet lake Of the planet has pro.
fusion OF names. Ask tho Arab as he
goes by what this sheet of water is and
he will call 1t Tabariyeh. Ask Moses
Of the Old Testament and be calls Il Sea-
OF Chinnereth. Ask Matthew and no
calls 1t Sea OF Calico. Ask Luke and
be calls 1t Sea of Gennesaret. Ask
John and he calls 1t Sea Of Tiberias.
Ask Josephus and Eusebius, and they
have other names ready. But TO me IL
appears a child Of the sky, star OF the
bills, rhapsody OF the mountains, the
oaptismal bowl OF the worlds temple,
he smile of the great God. Many kinds
u 6sh are found in these waters, every
Kind OF tree upon its bank, from those
hat grow in the torrid zono to those in
he frigid, from tho palm to the cedar.
OF the two hundred and thirty war
hips Josephus maneuvered on these
Vaters- for Josephus was warrior as
yell as q historian-there remains not
ne piece OF hulk, or one patch OF q
anvas or one splinter OF an oar. But
eturn to America we never will until
70 have had sail upon this inland sea.
lot from a wharf, but from beach coy-
red with black and white pebbles, wp
on hoard boat OF about ten or twelve
'ns, to be propelled partly by sail and
artly by water The mast leans SO far
'rward that Il seems about to fall, but
g IND II was purpOsely so built, and
10 rope through a pulley manages to
DIST and let down tho sail. II isa
ugh boat, and as far as possible re-
owed from a Venetian gondola or
'ortsman's yacht. With a common
w hammer and axe many Of you
uld make better one. Four bare
oted Arabs, instead OF sitting down TO
cir oars, stand as they always do in
wing, and pull away from shore. / in
st on helping, for there Is nothing
ore exhilerating TO me than rowing,
It l soon had enough OF the clumsy
rs, and tho awkward attempt at WELD q
them in standing posture.
We put our overcoats and shawls on {
iall deck in the stern OF the boat, the q
ry kind Of deck where Christ Law on Q
isherman's coat, when OF old a tom ]
st pouncod upon the fishing smack OF G
0 afrghted disciples. ospreys and q
Id duck and kiDgflshers fly overhesi I
dip their wings into the lake, mis-
king 1t for a fragment OF fallen sky. !
n IL be that those Bible stories about b
iden storms on this lake are true? Is 9
possible that a sea OF such seeming I
Icidity Of temper could ever rise and I
70 at the heavens? II does not seem b
II this happy family OF elements {
I'D have ever had a falling out and v
waser strike at tho clouds and the v
udsstrike at tho water. I
PULL away, oarsmeni On our right a
TX are the hot sulphur baths, SO hot c
y are scalding, and the waters must 8
i OF long while before hand or foot a
! endure the temperature. Volcanoes o
70 beon boiling these waters for CEN a
les. Six springS roll their resources v
o two great swimming reservoirs. Il
~ Herod thero tried 10 bathe of tho "
ults OF the excesses, and Pliny and D
ephus describe tho spurtinGs out OF r
so volcanic heats, and Joshua and q
ses knew about them, and this mo- q
Mt long lines OF pilgrims from all u
Is Of the earth are waiting for their
d TO step into the steaming restora- 8
sa Lot the boat, as far as possible Y
not run aground, hug the western d
re OF the lake that wo may see the "
: OF Tiberias, once great capital, OF IL
architecture OF which few mosaics *
fallen pillars and pedestals, and O.
0 and there broken and shattered a.
20 remain, nightly suggestive OF o.
time when Herod Antipas had q pal o.
here and reigned with an opulence, a.
pomp, and cruelty, and abomination II
paralyEes the fingers OF the histo- o.
when he comes 10 write IL. and the "a