Telegram-herald., 1890-12-08


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tAe n.sb .aa crse&. = " svIsses. i Ehas tks
~ay sOa heRar the pz~phe<s MAs hss
cilrses ee apoG yca SaAuse - yea
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skink you nasF 81 a. yeu plesse ~asa ths
Ctrsst.2as. al tse 4sg st retrlb0tle1 viii
cosns he Freaks viii ~ furn yant
mosques into ehuTc oes. Apt N&rls1len
viii / gsve 0p Tasy arr xs erotaers
Stand baek 81 vii giss ny msa tka 81
Der - hne
TAee sy ths snighs of enc gru.4 seal an
der God tAe wave 81 sssaskinaftoa relied
bSck Hu1zA foI Ae&<l Ksdsrl AlsAeGsh
nov Ne Americans a-d fofeissers pas
thTeuxh yhs streets 81 Damascus unhin-
csFsa teers IS IN sa&ny psrts q tiss csiy khe
subdUed hissinE II hatred for ChrisIiats.
ity rhxf II "a asrca woule pat Be- dost eseiv
nan, woman and ehiid in Dauaeo.ss - ne
dOes nox declare allegiance 10 Aehamaaed
Bat ] am glad 10 say thai wl9e. hard
spleHaio turnpike roed has within a iow
years been constructed from Beyrout, en-
the shore OF the Mediterranean. 10 tnisc csty
II Damascus. and II ever again that whole
sale assassination Il attempted French
troops and English trSops would, with 5in-
gfng bite and lightning hoofs, dash ap the
hills aud down this Damascus plain and
leave the MohsmnsdAn nurderers dead on
the ioor ef their mosques and serasiios.
Il Is toe late in the history of the world for
governments 10 allow such things ss the
modern massacre az Damascus. Fer such
murderons attacks on Christian mission
aries and Christian disciples the gospel Is
not 80 appropriate as bullets or sabers sharp
and heSvy enough 10 eut through With one
stroke FROM crown of bead 20 saddle.
TIE MoDERE CITY.
But must szy that uks city a Damas-
Gus as Sc il BOW Is nof - absorbing IS
the Damascus 81 oldsn times. ] turn nay
hack upon the haEars. with rugs fascin9t-
ing the merchants from BkgdAd, and the
Indian textile fabric o. incompatible make,
and the anufnetured ssddies and brides
gay enough fer priRoes Of the orient 70
ride and pull, and baths where abiurion
becomes inspiration, aud the homes of
those bargain makers Of today, marbied
and divAnea and fountsined and upholster-
e6 aud mosaic~d and ersbesqued and colon
naded until nothing can be added. and the
spleudid remains of the great mosque Of
John. originally built with grtes 50 heavy
that il required Ave men 70 turn them, and
columns OF pOrpbyry and kneeling places
framed In diamond and seventy-foar stain
ed glass windows and six hundred lamps
Of pure gold, a single prayer offered in this
mosque said 70 be worth thirty thousand
prayers offered in any other place | turn
my back on all these and see Damascus as
IL was when this narrow street. which the
Bible calls Straight. was great wide street.
a New York Broadway or a Partisan
Champs Elysecs, a grost thoroughfare
crossing the city from gate 20 gate, along
which trsmped and rolled the ponp of all
nations.
There goes Abraham, the father ~ all
the faithful He hse in this citT been pur-
chasing a celebrated slave There goes
Ben Haisd OF Bible times. losding thirty
two conquered monsrchs. There goes Da-
vid, king. warrior and sacred poet. There
goes Tsnerlane. the cenqueror. There
goes Haroun al R1sohid. once the com
mander OF an army Of nincty-hve Thousand
Persians and Arabs. There GENES a war
rior on bis way 70 the barracks, carrying
that kind Of sword which the world has
forgotten how 70 make, a Damascus blade,
with the interlacings Of color changing at
every new turn OF the light, many colors
coming and going and intersoiniag. the
blade so keen II could cat In twain an OBJ
ject wiraeut making the lower part Of the
object trv-nbie, with sn elasticity that
could not be broken, thowgh YOU brvushf
the peint Of the sword clear back 70 the
hilt. and having wstered appearance
which made the blade seem as though Just
dipped in clear fountain, a triumph OF
cutlery which thousand modern foundry
men and chemists have sttenp pied In vsin
TO initiate. On the side Of this street
danssks, named after tsis city, figures OF
animals sad fruits and landscspes here
being first wrought into silk-damssks
And specimens Of danaskesning bv which
in this city steel and iron were Grst gr&ved,
and then the groves nlled with wire Of
Administering. Bot stand back or
be run over. fer here are at The gates Of the
city laden CARAVANS from Aieppo IN one
direction, and from Jerusalem IN another
direction, and caravans Of all nations pay
ing toll to this supremacy. Great is Da-
mascus
But Whist most stirs my soul is nett her
chariot nor caravan nor bazaar nor pal
ace. but blind man passing along the
street, small Of stature and insigniscaut IN
personal appearance Oh. yes, we have
seen him before. Hcwas one OF that caval-
cads coming from Jerusalem to Damascus
20 kin Christians, ard We saw him and his
horse tumble up there on the road some
dissnuce ont az the cffv and he qot mn
bind Yes, 1T - Saul Of TarEus Bow geing
along this strrct cs@l-d straight He .s led
10y bis friends. for be cannst see hts hand
before his face. INTO the house Of Jucas
not Judas the bod. bat Judas the good. In
snothsr par1 Of tht< c.ky ons ARsnias. not
Anrnias the liar. but Ananias tkc CHRIS
tisn. i. tsls By the Lord 70 60 70 tsis kyuse
Of Judas on Strrsgbt street and put his
hasSs on sse s1,.1 eyrs of ssnl that bss
sight might retur7 "Oh. - ssid l,.naas
II dare rot 80; that S@sl is serTtsle fsl-
low. He kSss CSsTfs<isns and be Will ali
me" go" said the Lord and Apanias
went There sta IN biirdnoss thai TIRE
useudous prosecutor he was . great
nature crushed he bad started fer the
city of Damascus fer tAe one purpose es
sssa.ssns<ins Ckri,1's fsilowers. buf anas
thss ,nsi from bis ho~rs he hes entirely
chsnr-S. Anassas sters up to the sigkt-
less rnsr. puts ~, rirht ssusb on o-e eve
sns she lest tknrss - the otbsr eye sa.S IA
an oathurxz II svnpeshy ard lsrs ard
fssth ssys- "Brofher s.si' Bruthsr sexli
The Lord. even gesps thst n4T>srsS unts
tl.~~ In tee wsy ss theu esxr-~-1 h.s .svt
me sAss tseu rssTrt r>r~sv. tsy sirst srd
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