Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-10-10
REV. IR. Tk.MkGE.
rHE BROOT LYN d VINES SUM-
pAi SFRN NJN.
SuhjFrt, M FIRST DAY IN PALEs.
TINE."

- - AHN ~ 81 hcTTfOn II n course OF Sal.
b@tH u.Ta'ae armUus on Sy Recent Jour.
~ isro'~e e Holy Ian I aud Neighbor.
- to2n' . What | aw and What
ASNfEsa - Of the siKt' -four millions of
"a' FFes-nt merican POI llation and the
iahhnils % o, past only a ut Ave thousand
hS'e ~ref ed the Ho y Land or all
u.'.e ho ca 5 TO Europe ,ss than Ave per
,'n' ever s. as far as Ro no, and less than
W" ~ oeu' ever get to Athens aud less
Asn = quar- sr Of one pei cent. ever get tn
Falessihs, the less than quarter OF one
p'1 cent. Vi dc 60 10 the Holy Land somo
s,e h",hing 1t the noSio insects and tho
hiEa ot Va rental cities and come back
Nlss'ng th'' had never Ror :. OF those who
~ n"oh ~ interest and C me home only q
sa'Sh ports can tell Uhs; they have seen,
tits tongue nahle 70 rcpor the eye.
~" THit' Of n succeaSf intelligent and
happy J''u ley through its Holy Land Is
( 'eES mara L But the tirna approaches when
a ]7urnoV 10 Palestine y IN b. common.
ih'us0a1s will 20 where now there ara
@ci 70. - locomotives y ere recently sent
| un .fafn pa TO JeruSalc u, and railroads
art AHA begin iL Psles me, and the day
WI sfu" hen the crywil rc, IAN out for
( JeTf9al"r' . Twenty ar Gtes for break.
sasi at 1. 'rinsI "tE1', cars for Tyre
&c ID ] ag Jun ticu a. Ninevah r. IAN
/ "" " a.. Isr' Neanw mle the wet locks
, tta. .>sIul.l OCEAN and A irlatic and Medi.
| terrancAn Seas are being a. ofn, and not only
! Is the voyage shortened. b. after a while,
| without crossing the ocean, you or your chill.
) dren will visit the Holy La d. A company
| OK capitalists have gonc Up to Behrlng
! Straits, where the Amer an aud Asiatic
| continents come within ii rty-six miles Of
! meeting
These capitalists or Otb, re- will build a
| bridge across these straitS Cor midway are
/ three islands called 'Tha Diomsdes," and
the water is not deep and never disturbed
| with iceberss Trains OF c ~ will run from
! Am2rica across that bri3E and ON down
| through Siberia. bringing n6sr more i'm.
/ mediate observation the ! uSsiRn outrayes
! Sainst eSileS and copgequ ntly abolishlng
Sem; and there are perrC 's here today,
! who, without one qnalm Of ea-sickness, viii
visit that wonderful land ~ ere the Christ
Ike, Ahrahnrnic, Mosaic. Davitic, Solo.
| non!c and Hrcdic histur! overlap each
other with such power that by tbs time
! took my feet out OF the stir ups at the close
! Of the Journey felt 50 wrut K out with Gmo-
| tion that il seemed notbins else could ever
| absorb my feelings again.
| The chtet hiudrance for e ing 10 Palestine
! with many is the dreadful n 4, aud though
haze crossed It. ten times 1t more dreadful
! every time, and fully syinp ,ta.ze with what
| was said one night when Nj Beecher and |
vent over to speak In New ork at the an.
niyPrssry cf the Seamen's rriend Society,
and the clergyman making the opening
! prayer quoted from ST. join. There shall
! be no more sea, and Mr. Be cher seated be-
side me, in memory OF a rcg2 Il ocean voyage
said, Amen, AM glad Of that" BY the
| partial abolition Of the Atls etic Ocean and
| the putting down OF rail ira Is across every
! country IN all the world il.e most sacred
| land on earth will come un Ter the observa-
ton of so many people who ill be ready 10
toll of whGt they saw that nildelity win be
! pronounced only another Fm Of insanity,
| for no honest man can visit the Holy Land
and remain an infidcl
This Bible from which Ipt ach has almon
| fallen apart, for read froi IL the most of
the events in II recorded on he very places
where they occurred. An some OF the
leaves got wet az the waves ,s1sle1 over our
boat on Lake Gaiilee. and :n. book was
| tostled in the saddle bags I many weeks,
but 1t is new book to me, Lever than any
| book that yesterday came y o; any OF our
great printing houses. All my lifo | had
heard of Palestine, and ha read about Il,
| and talked about it. and pre- ched Bbout Il,
| and sung about 1t, and dire ,med bout H.
and prayed about IT, until 4 az .icipations
were piled up into something ike Himalayan
proportions, and vet | have to cry ont, as
did the Queen Of ShehR whep .',a first visited
| the Holy Land, The hall was not told
me-"
In order TO make the MOI accurate and
vivid book have been W ting, a life OF
| Christ, entitled From Mang r to ThronerI
| lett home last October. and G. the last night
| November We were walki,tr the decks Of
| the Senegal Medterrane / steamer. II
was n ship OF immense proI' rtions- There
we're but few passengers, fOi u IL generally
rough at that time OF year, nd plessurists
are not apt to be voyagera zero aud then.
The stars were all out that ht Those ar
mics Of light seemed 10 have nd their shields
newly FURNISHED We walkt the polished
deck. Not much was said, or In all our
hearts was the dominant woi& Tomorrow. ;"
Somehow the Acropolis, VIII b a few days
before bad thrilled us at Athms' now In our
minis lesssLed IN the height II Its columns
and the glory OF It's temples. And the Egyp.
tian pyramids in our memor irssened their
wonders OF obsolete masonry and the Coils.
cum of Rome was not so ya7- ruin as II q
Few weeks before had scented . be.
And all that we had saGi aud henrd
5windled in Importance, for % morrow, TO.
MORROW We shall sec the Holv +Anh. "can.
ta'i, wnat Sne viil we &C 80 in sight OF
Palestine" We'll, ho saiG "lf the wind
and sea remain as they ore air vt daybreak.n -
Never was o. impatient fer a night 20
pass. | cou not see much ass for that
night, anyhow. ! pulled asolo the curtain
from the portfolio OF my sta Jotn, 70 that
the first hint of dawn would raken me But
II was uselets precautur. Sleep was
among the impOssibilities NO could be so
stupid as TO s,umber when An" moment there
niight start out within sight Ia. ship tho
| land where the most stipend. scenes OF all
time and all eternity were cat 'ed-land Of
ruin and relempti"n. land vii 20 was fo,iyht
tne nattie tua.r raue cur hrt vol po-Eu.-
and Of e pdfrsy and saladln. = Joshua and
Jesus,
VIII the night ever be G ,e' Ys. II is
growing liEhtGr, and along u aortZon there
= something like a bsuk ~ C.. uds, aud ns a
Watrhmen PAGES the Gork sAy to him,
What is that out yOader'" r.iat 10 land
tlr," said the sailor. The laLl = cried, and
socn oil nur frlsuds we're arro' ID from sleep
sId the Eh0rs began mOrp - fiy 60 reveal
,tssll With roar anl rattAr = ID lang the
as ,hor dropped IN she Tuadst ID half mile
from land for though J)Ppa tho only bar:
bcr " Palestine Il II the woSt 'iarbor on all
the euastS bOtnetimes fVr - vin no ships
rop thHe. nsi ween Fnrss - out seventy.
are fcst apart q email hust ust take tho
ssstsuEsF. nshagr Tbs dshf ! are strewn
tylth ttn sAslstOns " lhoas yho have at.
ietnp ptsyl 10 land or atteMFIs tN embark
fHsnty .ieYsa piigrinS peril d with Gne
axash u tpa. agalDst th rks Whole
eests - Crus~llsTs, II Homsn ~ syrian,
Il EsSrtsens bsEe g0p" iosB A. tsrs there. q
srrsr ~sEc n0naHea vFaTs y said hs stood
vR the iseaah Ia . Atoapi Al a, and out ol
thlrsr ahfgs 81 brlt seven ~ 10 Ilsase on
fiis rsr'hs sod tsoaaad Of he dead were
Hnsb@4 aaaas
slrsass tl.Af W.ft i-sn sii is of powder
Hsa that Whkih ttE'fure9 esq .lssriaaa Hell
iaase thasf nosskt iinsn H0t ~ nfFaotsd ana
tsr seS alaafsd that sftta AlpA lasiaaa
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