The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-11-14
slesraphl lido not know but that the elec

thoroughly harnessetl may have leen an.
""$e ".:.,, IN ages extinct. aud tLqt ihe. Ush4.
their former mnstcr.
Embalment was IL more thorough art s.
600 years ago than to-day. Dentistry. that
we suppose one of the important arts dis.
covered in recent centuries. in proven to be
1000 years old by the filled teeth Of the
mm,nmics in tie museums at Cairo. Egypt.
and artificial teeth on gold plates found by
i'elzoni in tho tombs of departed nations.
We hive been taught that Harvey discovered
the circulation of the blood so lnte Us the
Seventeenth century. Oh, no! Solomon an-
nouhccs IL in Ecclesiastes. where first having
shown that he understood the spinal cord.
ns it il, nnd that it rclaxes in
old ase. 'thc silver cord DO loosed," goes on
to compare tho heart to n pitcher ut well,
for the three canals of the hcurt do receive
the blood like II pitcher. 'Or the pitcher
10 broken at the fountain" What is that
out 2,60D years hefore Harvey was
born? After many centuries of explor.
alton and calculation. astronomy finds
0ut that the world is round. Why, Isaial,
knew II wns round thousands OF yeuts be.
fore wlsn in the Bible hr said: "'rhe Lord
siltc,h upon he circle OF the earth" Sric,l.
fists toilr'l on for ceStures and :onnd out
touching the earth were not straight but
tcnt or curved. Why. Jol, knew that when
ages be- ore in the Rblo no wrote OF tho
light: 'lt is turned MS clay TO the seat
In the old cnthedrnls of Ensanl.
modern painters in the repnir of windows
are trying to make homething as
ago and always failing by the unanimous
verdict OF all who examine and compare.
The color % modern painting iadcs in 80
years while tho color of the o,d masters
is IN well preserved after 800 years MS after
one year. saw lnst winter on the walls o.
rShnme'l Pompeii paintings with color us
though they were buried 1900 years
aao. The making. of Tyriun purple is an
impossil,ility now. III Our modern potterics
We III. trying hnrl tn mike cups and
pitchers nn'i bowls as exquisite as those ex.
huinc.l from lterculancnll: and our nrtiicers
are attempting 10 make ,cMclry for cur md
neck '.nd lin er equnl 10 thnt brought up
from tho mausOleums OF 2,OD0 years he ore
Christ. We l;ayn in our .imc glnss in all
shapes and co,ors. but Pliny, morethan 800
years ago. described n mallrnllp guss which il
thrown upon tleground and lcnt~i could l,c
pounded s'raight again by the hammer or
coul'l IL" twisted around the Mri,ts. aud that
c"n!oMnds ail the glass manufactures of our
own time. tried in Damascus, Syria, to buy
n Damascus blade, one ofthoseswor.s which
eonl'l lo bent double or tied into u knot
without breaking. | could not get ono.
Why: The nineteenth century cannot make
IL Damascus blade. Ii We go on enargins
our cities we may after; /; while got {, city M
large of Babylon. which was five times Il lie
size nf London.
These auueiurts of Solomon that I visit
to-day, finding them in good condition three
Thousand years after construction, make me
think that the worll may have forgot ten
more than it now knows. Tho great honor
o. our age is not machinery. for the mn.
cirnts had some styles Ofit more wonderful
nor art, Tor the anci"nts had more cx-
Iui>lc and durable; nor architecture, for
Roman Coliseum aud Grecian Acrnpolis
hurpnss all modern architcrturc; nor cities.
inr some OF the ancient cities were lnrger
'hnn ours in the swcep Of their p omp = lsnt
our attempts must lr in moral achievement
and gospel victory. In ,llnt We have al.
r"ndy surpassed them. and in that direction
let the n ses push On. Let US brAg less OF
moral opportunity. More good men nnd
good women is what the world wants.
Toward moral elevation anh spiritual at.
tninncnt. let the chiel struggle br. The
source of all that, will show you be'ore
snniowm OF this day. on which We have Wis.
tied tho poo!s OF solomon, and the gardens
oi the king.
We are on this Dec cmb.r afternoon on the
way to the cradle of Him, who called Him.
sell greater than Sn'Omon. We are coming
upon tile chief cradle of NIL the world. not
lined with satin. hut strewn with straw, not
sheltered i'y palace, but covered by II barn.
not presided over by II princess but Lovered
over by II peasant girl; yet II cradle the eau
opy ni which is angelic wings, nn,i the lullaby
OF which in the frs: Christ tnns carol ever
SUNG. and from which nll the events of the
past. and all the events of the future have
nn'l must take date as being Il. {. or A. D.
be ore Christ or after Christ. All eternity
past occupied In getting l"nuy fort his cradle
and all eternity to come to be employed in
celebrating its consequences.
The town of Bethlehem o my surprise 10
in tho sl.are ofa horseshoe. tn" houses ex-
tending clear onto the prongs of the horse.
hiior. The whole Scene more rough and
rude thnn cnn be imagined Verify Christ
did not choose II soft. genial place in which
tn lo born. Tile gate through which our
Lord entered this world was gate Of rock,
IL hard cold gate. and the gate through
wi,irlI he departed Was n swinging gate Of
shnrI"ned spears. We enter n gloomy
church built by Constantine over the place
in which Jesus VAS horn Fifteen lamps
Turning day and night from century To
century. light our way to the spot which nll
ant li"rlties. Chrls'inn aud jew aud Moinm-
mr'la,i. agree upon MS being the pIac. o! our
savior's birth and covered by u marble slab
marked by n silver ktnr sent rom Viennn,
nn,l the words: Here Jesus Christ WIS born
o: the Virgin Mary
lut standing there | Thought. though
tbs is the place of tho nativity. how differ
ont the surroundings of the wintry night in
whirI Jesus cnme, At that time it was n
khan or cattle peu. | visited one of these
khans now startling and looking lust as in
Christ & time We rode in under The nrrlnI
entrance aud dsmnnnred. We found the
Luii.llny o stone and nrnn,l an opcp square
without roof The building il more ,l,nn
1000 wears old. 1t is two stories high. In
til. center :lrca,urls, horses nd mul"s. Cnrn.
vans halt here Tor the night or during II long
storm. The Omen suuuye il lnr.e enough to
accommodate n whole herd nf cattle. II flock
of slrrp or caravan of cnmcls. Tho neigh.
BORN. 4scduuins here find market for their
lny, straw and meats. on rom this center
there are IL ronlns :or human hnbitalion.
Til" Gully light i, from the door. went into
ore of these rooms nn,l found II woman
cooking the evening meal There were Nix
cows in the same room. Onn little cleyn.
ton there was some straw where tie nopl,.
81, nn slrp, wien they wishe, to rest. II
was in Il room similar to hat our Lord was
bora.
This WAS the IRA die o. II king and vet what
,lnt!G oyer held so much. Civjzatjuu'
i.ihcr'y: HeHempti"h! iolr pnrdoh. and
NM n"ar l"hir' n'd mine. l"nr heaven