The Red Cloud chief., 1890-12-12

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In eeasnuise his Lectures o. TIE Holy
Lad Rev Z Dewitt alDaGe psssehsd
his tontA oof0oa at Beooklyn from Tie
tsxt: He eatseoa iato . ship and eat Il
Tie -; and de whole multitude was b.
tAo sea On IL lanA" MARI. ". L He
aid:
Il 10 Monday Doeailg n our Palestine
sxpseisncsA s.d the sky u . blue
Galilee shove. - In . boat ~ sail The
blue 0alilee honesth. Il 10 thiRtses
miles long and cir miles widA. but the
stmosphero 70 20 clear Il seems q II I
could cast . stone from beach 70 beach.
The lake looks - though Il had been
let down On silver pullsys from the
hesvens and were . section Of the 80
- >l>~. >S>A "a 1oh~ A~~~~ah>~ a.
part Of the celestial lsndscapa Lake
0slilee 10 . depression Of six hundred
feet In which the river Joedaa widens
and tarfies . little, for the river Jordan
comes in at it, north side and departs
from its south side. 20 this lake has it
cradle and it grsva IT. white satin
cradle II among the SHOWS Of Mount
Hefmon where the jordan starfA and
it, sepulchre ID the Dead Sea. into which
tho Jordan emptiea Lake Como Of
Italy, Lake Geneva Of Switzerland,
Lake Lomond Of Scotland, Lake Winni.
pesaukee OF America arc larger, but
Lake 0alilee 10 the greatest diamond
that ever dropped from the finger Of the
clouds
A. sometimes . beautiful child in .
neighborhood has . half dozen pet
nameA and some OF the nei6hbors call
her BY q mama. and others BY IN
other, 70 this pot lake Of the planet has
. peofusion Of names Ask tho Arab a.
be goes BY what this sheet Of water H.
and he will call It Tabariyeh. Ask
Moses Of tho Old Testament and be
calls It See OF Chinnereth. Ask Mat
thew and he calls It Sea Of Gslilee.
Ask Luke and he calls It Sea Of Genne.
saret Ask John and he calls Il Sea Of
TberisA Ask Josephus and EusebiuA
and they have other names ready.
OF the $40 Wal ships Josephus ma.
neuvered Of these waters-for Josephus
ri . warrior - we'll - . historian
there remains not one piece Of . hulk.
or one patch OF . canvaA or one splinter
Of IN oaE. But return TO America We
never will until We have had sail upon
from . beach covered with black and
white pebbles We 60 on board . boat Of
about ten or twelve tons, to be propelled
partly BY sail and partly BY water.
II Is . rough boat and - far - possible
removed from . Venetian gondola or .
sportsman's yacht With . common
saw and hammer and axe many Of you
could make . better q Four bare
footed Arabs, instead Of sitting down
to their CARA stand - they always do
in rowing. and pull away from shore
We put our o~vercoats and shawls on
. small deck in the stern OF the boat
the very kind Of . deck where Christ
lay on . fisherman's coat when Of old .
tempest bounced upon the fishing smack
Of the affrighted disciples Can 1t be
that those Bible stories about sudden
storms on this lake are true? Is 1t pos
sible that . yea Of such seeming placid
ity Of temper could over rise and rage
at the heavens?
On our right bank are tho hot sulphur
bathA 50 hot they are sealding. and the
waters must cool OF . long while before
hand or foot can endure their temper
ature Volcanoes have been boiling
these waters for centuriea Four springs
roll their esource into two Rreatswim-
ming reservoirA King Herod there
tried to oathe on the results Of his OK
cesses. and Pliny and Josephus describe
the spurtings outof these volcanic heatA
and Joshua and Moses knew about
them. and this moment long lines OF
pilgrims from all parts Of the earth are
waiting iee turn to step into the
steamiAg SostoeatiyeA Let the boat A.
far - possible and not run aground.
hug tho western shore Of the lake that
.n~ <ho ~;<v 80 TVh>e;~a nu~~ q
great capital, OF the architecture OF
which . few mosaicA and fallen pillars.
and pedestalA and hero and there .
broken aud shattered frieze remain.
nightly suggestive Of the time when
Herod Antipas had . palace here and
reigned with an opulence. and pomp
and cruelty. and abomination that
paralysis the fingers Of the historian
when he comes to write it. and tho
fingers Of the paintsr when he attempts
to transfer It to canvaa
Side BY side are the two great charac.
tiers Of this lake region: Jesus and
Heron Antipaa And did any ago pro-
duce any such sntipodes? Kindness
and cruelty. holiness and Nth. gener-
osity and meannesA s~elf-sacri6ce and
~selnshnesA the supernal and tho infer
nal, midnoon and midnight The father
Of this Herod Antipas was . genius at
assassination He could manufacture
moro reasons for putting people out Of
this life than any man In oil history
He sends for Hyrcanus 70 come from
Babylon 10 Jerusalem 70 b made high
priest and slays him He has his
brother-in-law. while In bathing with
him. drowned BY the Kings attendants.
He Stays his wife and his wife's mother,
and two Of his Sons and his uncle, and
nllea . volume Of stxocitieA the last
chapter Of which va the massacre Of
al the babes ct Bethlehem With such
. father - Hsrod the Great you arc not
surprised that this Heroa AntipaA
whose palace stood % the banks Of the
lake Ne now sail. VA . combinstioa Of
wolI reptile and hyena. While the
Christ who walks yonder banks and
sails these waters Was 70 good that a.