Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-12-18
THE LAKE GALILEE.
DIR. TALMAGE'S SAIL OVER TIE
FAMOUS BIBLICAL LAKE.

"A Section OF the Sea Of Glass, De- |
scribcd by St. John. Let Down |
From Heaven on Silver PulIeys."
Jesus, the SyInpatizer, the Enan- |
cipator, the PardOn.Granter, the
MercifuI, the ConfOrter.-Heaven
for All.
BnooKLYS. N. y, Nov. 30, 1s9o.-Dr.
preached today the tenth Of his
series Of sermons on his Palestine tour,
hiscxpcriences on the lake whose
waters were once stillcd at tho command Of
Christ The text was: HE entered into
. ship and sat in the sea; and the whole
multitude was by tho sea on the land" -
Mark 4. /.
It is Monday morning IN our Palestine
experiences. aud tho sky is blue Galilec
above. as in the boat we sail the blue Cali
Ice beneath. 1t is thirteen miles long and
six miles wide, but the atmosphere is
SO clear il seems as if could cast stone
from beach TO beach, The lake looks a.
though it had been let down
silver pullcys from the heavens
and were section OF the SEA Of
glass that St. John describes as = part Of
the celestial landscape. Lake Galilee Is
depression Of six hundred feet in which the
river Jordan widens and taWies little. for
the river Jordan comes in at its north side
and departs from its south side, so this
lake has its cradle and its grave. Its white
satin cradle is among tho SHOWS OF Mount
Hermon where tho Jordan starts, and its
sepulchrc is tho Dead Sea into which the
Jordan empties. Lake Como of Italy, Lake
Geneva of Switzerland, Lake Lomond Of
Scotland, Lake Winnipesaukec of America,
are larger, but Lake Galilee is the greatest
diamond that ever dropped from the finger
of the clouds, and whether cncamped on its
banks as we. We're. yesterday and worship
ping at its crystal affairs, or wading into its
waves which make an ordinary bath solemn
as a baptism, or now putting out upon its
sparkling surface III q boat. it 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.
OF the two hundred and thirty war
ships Josephus manoeuvred on these
waters-for Josephus was u warrior as
well 40 historan--there remains not one
piece Of hulk, or one patch of q canvas, or
America we never will until wo have had
sail upon this inland sea. Not from q
wharf but from beach covered with
black and white pebbles we go on board a
boat Of about ten OF twelve tons, to be
propelled partly by sail and partly by
water. The mast leans so far forward
that it seems about to fall, but we find it
was purposely SO built, and the ropc
through o pulley manages to hoist and
let down the sail. 1t is a rough boat and
as far as possible removed from Venetian
gondola or sportsman's yacht. With .
common saw and hammer and axe many
of you could make a better one. Four
barefooted Arabs, instead Of sitting down
to their oars, stand as they always do in
rowing, and pull away from shore. / in
Isist on helping, for there Is nothing more
'exhilaratng to me than rowing, but soon
had enough Of the clumsy oars, and the
awkward attempt at welding them while
,instanding posture.
We put our overcoats and shawls on u
small deck in tho stern OF the boat, the
very kind of deck where Christ lay on
fshcrman's coat, when Of old a tempest
bounced upon the fishing smack OF the
affrighted disciples. Ospreys and wild
duck and kinglshers fly overhead or dip
their wings into the lake, installing it fol
| fragment Of fallen sky. Can it be tina,
those Bible stories about sudden storm.
| on this lake arc true? Is it possible that {
sea of such seeming placidity Of temper
could ever rise and rage at the heavens:
It does not seem Is il this happy family o.
clements could have ever had u falling ou
| and tho water strike ut the clouds and tn.
clouds strike Ut tho water.
Hero at Capcrnaum, tho Arabs having
in their arms carried Us ashore to the only
place where Our Lord ever had pastor
ate. and we stepped amid the ruins OF thu
church where He preached agail
and again, and again, whose ricl
sculpturing lay the synagogue
there, not as when others SEQ it In sprinl
time covered with weeds, and loathsofn
with reptiles. but in that Decembc
! weather completely uncovered to our agi
tatcd and intense gaze. On one stone o
that synagogue is tho sculpturing of u pc
of mama, an artistic commcmoration of tn
time when the Israeiitcs were fed b
mama IN the wilderness. and to wbic
sculpturing no doubt Christ pointed ur
| ward while He was preaching that sermon
on this very spot, in which He said: INC
as your fathers did eat mama and az
dead; He that eateth OF this bread sha
live forever" Wonderful Capernaun
Scene of more miracles than any place /
all the earth! Blind eyes Aindling wit
the morning. Withered arms made I
pulsate. Lcpcrs blooming into health
The dead girl terminated.
These Arab tents, which on this Deccn
Der day find in Palestine, disappear and
sec Capelnaum as it was when Jesus wa
pastor of the church here. Look at tbs
wealthy homo, the architecture, the maj
bic front, tho upholstery, tho slaves in I'M
form at the doorway. 1t is the residenc
of a courtier of Herod, probably Chuza b
name, his wife, Joanna, q christian di
ciple. But something is the matter. I'll
slaves arc in great excitement, and I'll
courtier living there runs down the frol
steps and takes horse aud puts him
J full run across the country. The boy ,
Of that nobleman Is dying Of typhoid fcvc
| All the doctors hav0 failed TO give relic
But about Ave miles up the country,