Evening journal., 1890-01-24

- Baptism in the River Jordan Relics
from Mars hin and Calvary He visits
mr.. Gladstone.
LONDON, Jan. 81. DIR. Talmage. pastor
Of the Tabernacle. in Brooklyn, has just ar
rived from Paris, and is luxuriously quar-
tered ct the Hotel Metropole. In the course
of long and interesting account Of bis re-
cent journey in Palestine. Mr. Talmage
said: The three months have spent in the
Holy Land have been three months of trem-
ulous excitement Again and again have
been overcome with emotion as / visited
and saw with my own eyes--yes, touched
with my hands-the things Christ saw and
touched. Leaving aside all questions Of sa-
cred associations and historical suggestive
ness, Palestine, the natural scenery itself, Is
majestic beyond description
"The day is coming when the Sea Of Cali
lee, instead OF being q desolate sheet OF water
with handful Of people on its shores sup
por ting meager existence, will become the
source Of wealth and great commercial ac-
tivity. Its bosom will be covered with fleets
OF merchantmen, and throned beside it will
be cities with populations reaching into five
hundred thousand.
His Powerful Impressions.
every nerve in my body has thrilled as
have reached one place after another and
read the gospels Of Matthew, Mark Luke
and John on the very spots where Christ once
stood ] not only recognized the localities
by their descriptions. but recognized every
object referred to in the sacred passages
Had gone there an infdel would have
been converted TO Christianity. / should
have said, Tits impossible that the Scriptures
are a concoction or the invention Of inn
postera'
Baptized In the Jordan.
Think Of how / felt when reached the
Jordan after sleeping the previous night in
Hhe ruins OF Joshua's Jerichoi Think of
how felt when man in our party came
and asked me to baptize hint He wished to
De immersed in the very waters whore our
Saviour was baptized. found the candi-
date protesting Christian and an earnest
man, and consented Then, standing on the
shore Of the Jordan, ! read from my Bible
the story OF the baptism Of Christ, when
the spirit Of God descended like dove from
heaven, and voice was heard saying, This
is my beloved son, in whom | am well
pleased.
Then be went down into the water, and
under willows, still green in midwinter ]
baptized the Christian That was the most
overwhelming moment Of my life
The Ascent of Calvary.
81 have assembled Mount Calvary, and now
know why it is called the Place OF the
Skull TO me it Is a wonder that there was
ever q dispute as to the identity Of the
place Looking at the peak from distance,
it exactly resembles the human Uranium,
with The two sightless sockets under its brow.
went up TO the place whore the three crosses
stood. have no doubt Of their precise loca-
tion. There is just room enough for three
men 70 die. | stood on the sight Of the CEN
ter cross whereit certainly must have stood,
and taking out my Bible read to the friends
around nue. the story Of the Crucihxion
could not finish it; my feelings overcame
me and broke down
Relies from the Holy Land.
DR.. Talmage is bringing with him red
rock from Calvary to DO used as a corner
stone for the new Brooklyn Tabernacle, and
"a block Of granite from Mars HILL which he
viii have hewn into pulpit Dr. Talmage
met the king and queen Of Greece at Athens,
and is today the guest Of Mr. Gladstone