Telegram-herald., 1890-10-27

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DAVIS tie s~<s here p.ctares volcano.
sud 9ast CANrck Cotopsxi aoes on
painters oaus4s 5hss safbos does II werds-
You ses hil. calm and stil ard ier ~ees
gnmovzble eat The Lord cut o. tae h~as-
sas putt hls nagsE on tie top oi IA, Saa
frOSa "a riss tliok yzpors ipiersAog With
Gre He Eoachsto rae hi,.s and sAsy
smoke
God i the only beirs who can saanage =
volcano. aud again 6Ed again hAs he en-
ployei yoloaa.o Actssn- rSe pictures ca
ne walls o. Po7zpeA, the sxhuned Italian
.ity, a. We saw thsrz last NoseTn ser, &c
uonstrage that the city was not nt "a live
In the fret century that cty, sBgirdlod
gith pxlzseeI empsr&dissd with gardens.
gillsred into architectural exquisitenoss,
Nss AZ the foot 81 a inoantair up the sides
II which it ran with vineyards and yiilss
II merchant princes, ana al that marble
and bronze and imperial oaIks aud srbori-
sa~ure and rAiii bowed fountains, and
coliseum At the dedication OF which nine
thousand beAsts hsA been slain, 1nd sa-
9erRal Landscape IA which the snore gave
roses 10 tbs sea and the sea gave crytAls -
he shore, yea, all th.t beauty and p0np
and wealth could give was there % oe seen
sr heard But The bad morals OF the city
had shocked the world Ia the year -. on
he 9Th OF August, black column rose
lbove the adjoining mou attain and spread
sut, Piiry says, "a he saw H. like great
pine tree, wider and wider, until il began
20 rain upon the city FIRST thia ashe. and
hen pumtoe stone. and sulphurous fune.
scoopsd and streams OF mud poured
lhrough the streets Till few people escaped,
and the city was buried, and some OF the
mia bitauts eighteen hundred years after
we're found embalmed in the scorias OF
that awful doom. The Lord called upon
rolcanic forces TO obIiterate that profit
gate city. he touched the hills and they
pmoked-
SCIENCE AND SCRIPTURE AGREE
Nothing but volcanic action can explain
what | shall show you at the Dead sea
npon which | looked last December, and
sf whose waters | took bitter and sting
ing taste. Concerning all that region there
has been controversy enough TO fll IL
brnries, science saying one thing, rcvela-
lion saying another thing But admit vol
,anic action divinely employed and both
testimonies are one and the same Geology,
chemistry, geography, astronomy, ichthy-
,logy, ornithology and zoology are coming
,ne by one TO confirm the Scriptures. Two
leaves of one book are Revelation and Crca-
ion, and the pcnmanship Is BY the same
divine hand. Our horseback ride will not
be so steep today, and you can stay on
without clinging 70 the pommel of the sad
ile, but the scenes amid which we ride
shall, IL possible. be more thrilling, and by
The time tho horses snuH the sulphurous
atmosphere of Lake Ashaltites, or the
Dead sea, we will be ready to dismount
and read from our Bibles about what was
lone that day by the Lord when he touched
, .he hills and they smoked
Take detour and pass along by the
rocky fortrcs. Of Masada, where occurred
something more wonderful in the way Of
desperation than you have ever heard OF,
1nless you have heard OF that Herod
built palace amid these heaps Of black
and awful rocks which look like a tun, bled
midnight. a great hand OF robbers, about
oue thousand including their families af-
,erward held the fortress. When the Fo-
nan army storrned th.t steep and the ban
iits could no longer hold the place, their
.hieftain, EleaZar, made powerful speech
which persuadec them 70 die before they
we're captured. First the men kissed their
families loving and tsarful good by and
hen put q dagger into their hearts, and
he women and children were slain Then
zen men were chosen by lot TO slay = the
,ther men. and each man lay down - the
3ead wife aud children and waited for
these executioners 70 do their work This
done. one man of the ten killed the other
oine Then the survivor com mitted sui
ade Two women and FIVE children bad
aid themselves and after all WIS over
.ame forth TO tell Of the nine hundred and
Hxty slaughtered Great and rugged nat
aral scenery makes the Elost tremendous
n
and great robbers, great orators and great
butchers. were nearly all born or reared
among mountain preci pices. Strong nat
ares are hardly ever born upon the plain
When men have anything greatly good or
gre..ly evil 10 DO they come down of the
rocks
THE LAND or DESOLATIoE
Pass on from under the shadow OF Mass
a.. - II Ill.
,nd come along where the salt crystals
:rackle under tse horses hoofs You are
Gear the most God forssken region Of all
ihe earth. You 70 whom the word lake
aas heretofore suggested those bswitoh-
nents Of beauty. LuSerne or CayuEs, some
great pearl set by = loving God in the bosom
u TIRE luxurisnt valley. change al yoar
dsas about lake, and see this sheet Of
water which the Bible calls the salt sea, or
Sea OF the Plain, and Jos-phr Ills Lake
Asphaltitcs. The muleteers Will take care
u the horses while we 70 down 70 the
brink and dip mp the uquid mixture IN The
palm Of the b8ad- The waters are a com
1,ingiing of erimstone and pitch. and hsvs
ux times larger percentage ~ salt than
hose Of the Atlantic ocean. the ocean hsv-
lng per cent. Of salt and thi. lake se5s per
ent Lake Sir4-kol, Of India ia the high
,~t lake IN the world Tits lsks OF fts
oanks q which IRE kneel. i. the lowest
axe. II euPttes into no 80. among ctbrr
shines. for ths sinpl. r,assn that vsteF
.snnct run NJ hiil II swallows % m.
river Jordan aod makes n response oi
thszks, and ss-u reports vhat i aoe<
With tbe twenty MILLION cubic fsst II water
annually r-o-v-s sDn thss ssor~d rver.
4 sskss TIE tr~s branches s7d loes 8O~tea
lnto u bT -. J5rasr 49, pitrs.< then On