Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-08

II
.ha Rams Horns of Jericho. and
other Inspiring Scenes and
os-Tne Fountain of Elisha.
or,yN Oct l9-The widespread and
DhJ t;ng interest in DR.. Talmage's
spso. II sermons on the Holy Land and
eoul .;ny countries is demonstrated by the
sajoa,ds who are turned away from the
inO-. ~ the Brooklyn Academy Of Music
ooO. c,nday mornings, and The Christian
o. IA spryices in the New York Academy
Music on Sunday evenings, unable to
oven standing room in those immense
gu .oriums Today the fourth sermon of
sau' sories WAS preached as before, in this
us IN tbe morning and in New York at
o ht Having announced as his text Luke
40 "A certain man went down from
GIsrusaIem to Jericho, " DIR. Talmage said:
n is the morning of Dec 5 in Jeru
lam and we take stirrups for the road
s, ,anr which the wayfarer of old fell among
' az who left him wounded and half
"a .Tob's picture of the horse in the
mt nc having neck clothed with thun
Vic not true of most horses now in Pal
INC There is no thunder on their necks
3angh there is some lightning in their
IL Poorly fed and numerically
IDtocted they sometimes retort. To Amer
4 ms and English, who are accustomed to
D.,;de horses by the bride, these horses of
Ia orient guided only by foot and voice.
1 aala euuestrianism an uncertainty, and
i ,bs5 II on the bride that you intend for
sl,rinr up of the pace may he mistaken
s.r hint that you want to outgallop the
ND or wheel in swift circles like the
1 howk But they can climb steps and DIES
nond nrecipices with skilled foot, and the
one chose for our journey in Palestine
hall have the praise of going for weeks
rtbout one stumbling step amid rocky
,+aans where an ordinary horse would not
t,r an hour maintain surefootedness.
Thora were eighteen of our party, and
twenty-five beasts of burden carried our
,smp equipment We are led by an Arab
.Ssk with his black Nubian servant car
rinr loaded gun in full sight, but it is
he fact that this sheik represents the
turkish Government which assures the
safety of the caravan.
s'HE. FELL AMONG THIEVES"
We cross the .Jehoshaphat valley, which,
ifithad not been memorable IN history and
were only now discovered, would excite the
admiration of all who look upon it. 1t is
like the gorges of the Yosemite or the
chasms of the Yellowstone park. The
sides of this Jehoshaphat valley are tun-
peled with graves and overlooked by Jeru
salem waIls-an eternity of depths over
Swallowed by an eternity of architecture
Within sight of Mount Oivet and Geth
III OpJ tho
earth full of sunshine, we start out on the
very road mentioned in the text when II
saws "A certain man went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among
thieves" No road that ever saw was so
well constructed for brigandage - deep
gulleys, sharp turns, caves on either side
There are fifty places on this road where a
highwayman might surprise and over
power an unarmed pilgrim His cry for
4 help, his shrek of pain, his death groan
4 would be answered only by the echoes. On
4 this road today we met groups of men
4 who Judging from their countenances
4 have in their veins the blood of many gen
4 eratons of Rob Roys .Josephus says that
4 Herod at one time discharged from the
4 service of the temple forty thousand men
and that the great part of them became
robbers. So late as 1920 Sir Frederick
j HenBiker, an English tourist, was at
4 lacked on this very road from Jerusalem
II 70 jericho and shot and almost slain
Iherehas never been any scarcity of ban
II dtsaong the road we travel today
III With the fresh memory of some recent
Violence in their minds Christ tells the
II people of the good Samaritan who came
n angthat way and took care Of a poor fel
H low that had been set upon by villainous
A Arabs and robbed and pounded and cut
A Weencamped for lunch that noon close bv
4 anod stone building said to be the tavern
A where the scene spoken of in the Bible cuI
II minated Tumbled in the dust and ghast-
with wounds the victim of this high
4 way robbery lay in the middle of the road
"a fact Of which am certain, because the
NOE says the people passed by on either
sac There were 1900 priests living at
i jericho and they had to 20 to Jerusalem
@o1lcate at the temple And one of
mese ministers of religion, | suppose, was
Oh DIS way to the temple service, and he is
4 startled as he sees this bleeding victim in
4 Tue middle of the road oh" he saws
4 mere Is a man that has been attacked of
Il aeVes Why don't you 90 home?'
! ays the minister, The man. in comatose
4 S@'e, makes no answer, or, with a half
la1eo LOOK, puts his wounded hand to his
1 sashed forehead and lrawls out. "What?"
I "eh says the minister, Il must hurry
y" i" my duties at Jerusalem | have to
l lalho and two pigeons in sacrifice to
4 u cannot spend any more time with
4 S unfortunate. | guess somebody else
Il "a take careot him. But this is one of
tue things that cannot be helped, ANYHOW
Dsue That, my business is with souls and
A :" With bodies Good morniugl When
A you get well enough to sit nm / will he
4 S'D' W See you at the temple"
4 THE NEGLECTFUL PRIEST.
anu the minister curves his way out
Wv The overhanging sides of the road
ob La passes YOa hypocrite! One of the
W va onlces OF religion is to heal wounds
NJ, lISht have done here "A kindness that
,baa l N nave been more acceptable to God
So an The incense that will smoke up
,nd AND" your censor for the next three weeks,
~ - you missed the chance. Go on YOUR
e&ecrated by the centuries.
So 49," alterward Leyite came upon the
NJ IL Inc levites looked after the music
and temple and waited upon the priests
Pisr 1o'!ued the supplies of the temple
weV'Ie' passing along this road where
brn;' 's 'ouay' took look at the mass of
ma ana laceration in the middle OF the
MAJ MY N.Y. says the Levite, this
beIno ~ aTtully hurt and he ought to be
.cbair nut my business is to sing in the
'aDo "a. a. The temple If lam not there no
MAJ ~. ui carry my part Besides that there
censo uo' De enough frankinceuse for the
ON asS ana the wine or oil may have given
bs, % a- what fearful balk in the service
nigh %ould make. Then one of the priests
ss aa YET MS OreaStplate on crooked. But
cond g,ilS TOO bad to leave this man in this
ssnaS o ~ Perhaps | had better try to
a1en this bleeding md ,ira lin, :, Iittlo