Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-28
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the visitor, Il DO not know what mighty
man may yet bs developed among them
At that instant the eyes OF one OF tia boys
flashed fire Who was III Msrtin Luther.
A lad on his way to school passed doo--
step ON which sat a lame ami invalid child
The passing boy said TO him: "Why don't
YOU 90 to schoolr "Oh, | am lame and
can't walk to SCHOOL, sect on my back"
said the well boy, land will carry you TO
SCHOOL, And so he did that day and for
many days until the invalid was fairly
started on the road to an education. Who
was the well boy that did that kindnessg |
don't know. Who was the invalid he car
ried! It was Robert Hall, the rapt pupil
orator of all Chrstendom. Better give TO
the boys VINO come up from Nazareth to Je-
rusalem crown instead OF a cross.
On this December morning i'm Palestine
on our way out from Nazareth we saw lust
such a carpenters shop as Jesus worked in.
supporting His widowed mother after He
was old enough to do so. l looked in. and
there were hammer and saw and plane and
auger and wise and measuring rule and
chisel and drill arS Sdze and wrench and
bit and all the tools of carpentry. Think
ofitl He who smoothe1 the surface Of tbs
earth showing a plane; He who cleft the
mountains by earthquake pounding
clisel He who opened the mammoth caves
OF the earth turning an auger; He who
yields the thunierbolt striking with a
hummer; He who scooped out the bed for
the ocean following lade; He who flashes
the morning on the earth and makes the
midnight heavens culver with aurora con-
structing win low. | cannot understand
it, but believe it, 4 SkeDtic said to an old
clergyman: II will not believe anything |
cannot explain ''Iudeei," said the clergy
man, you will not believs anything
you canlo5 explain. Please to explain
to me why some cows have horns and
others have 10 horns. No" said the
sSeptic, Il did not mean exactly that.
mean that will not believe anything have
not seen" Indeed" said the clergyman
'you will not believe anything you have not
seen. Have you backbone YES said
the skeptic. How do you know" said the
Clergyman. Have you ever seen it% This
mystery Of Golhood and humanity inter-
joined cannot understand and | cannot ex-
plan. but ] believe e. 1 am glad there are
so many things we cannot understand, for
that leaves something for heaven.
Ia about two hours We pass through Cana,
the village Of Palestine where the mother Of
Christ and our Lord atteu led the welding Of
poor relative. having come ovsr from
Nazareth for taat purpose. The mother OF
Christ-for women are first to notice such
things--fould tlat the provisions had fallen
snort and sac told Clr.st, AMI He to relleve
the embarrass rnant OF tia housek seper, who
had inv te more gu SITS tnan the pantry
warranted becamethe butler Of the coca ion,
and out OF a cluster OF a few sympathetic
words squeezed be GRACE o. few hundre
and tTenty-siR gallons Of wine in whica
was no. one drop OF intoxicant, or it would
have left that Parry as mau lin and drunk
as the great centennial banquet in New.
York, two years ago, let senator's. and
governors and generals, and merchant
princes, the difference between the wine at
the wedding IN Cana and the wine at the BAN
quet in New York being, thatt Lord made
the one and the devil made the other. We
cot oil our horses and examined some of
these water jars at Cana said to be the very
ONES that held the plain water that Christ
turned iuto the purple bloom Of an especial
vintage. measured them and found them
eighteen inches from edge to edge and nine
teen incnes deep. and declined TO accept their
identity. But we realized the immensely of
a supply OF a hundred and twenty-sx gal
Ions OF wine
Among the arts and inventions OF the fu-
turs hope there may be some one that can
press the juices from the grape and 50 mingle
them and without one drop OF damning alcO-
holism that it will keep for years, And the
more of it you take the clearer will be the
brain and the healthier the stomach. And
here is a remarkable fact in my recent Jour-
nev-I Travelled through Italy and Greece
and Egypt and Palestine and Syria and Tur-
kew. and how many intoxicated PEOPLE do
You think I saw in all those five great realms
Not one We must in or ChriStianized lands
have got hold Of some kind Of beverage that
Christ did not make.
Oh. l am glad that Jesus was present at
that wedding, and last December, standing
at Cana, that wedding came backl Night
had fallen on the village and its surround
ings. The bridegroom had put on his head
bright tur6an and q garland Of flowers, and
his garments hal been made fragrant with
frankincense and camphor, an odor wnich
the oriental especially likes. Accompanied
by groomsmen, and preceded by band of
musicians with hutes au1 drums and
horns. and by torches in full blaze,
he starts for the brides home.
This river OF fire Is ut by another river of
fire, the torches Of tho bride and brides
maids. dani5eau answering hambeau. Inc
bride is in white rO0e al / her ven nor only
covers her face but envelopes her bo1y'
Her trousseau is as elaborate as the resources
OF her fathers house permit. Her attendants
ara uNckt1 Win All tho " AhtAlNAite NNA~f $3.50
or can borrow: but their own personal charms
make tame the Jewels for those oriental We
men eclipsa in attractiveness all Others except
those of our own land. The damSon rose Is
| in their cheek, and the diamond In the
| luster of their eyes, and the oiacA-
ness of the night in their long locks. and IN
I their stem lis the gracefulness Of the morning
at the first sight Of the torches OF the
bridegroom and his attendants coming
over the hill the cry rings through the
home of the bride: They are ID sight Get
| ready Behold the bridegroom comethI Io
We out to meet himm As the two process
sions approach each other the tlmorel'
strike and the songs commingle, ana tnen
the two professions become one ana marc
toward the bridegroOm's house, and meet a
third procession which is made up OF th'
friends of both bride and bridegroom
Then all enter the hoUss and the dance
begins and the door is shut. And all TIM
Christ uses to illustrate thu joy with Whlct
the ransomed Of earth shall meet him "no'
He comes rarlauded with clouds and ROBE.
in the morning and trumpeted by the tnun
ders OK the last day. Look! There dc
comes down of the hills OF heaven, tia
bridegroom, And let US start out to nal
Him. for hear the voices OF the judgment
dav sounding: "Behod the Bridegroom
comethi Go We out 10 meet HIM Anu 10
disappointment of those who have deci'ha
the invitation to the gospel wedding Is pre-
sented under tbs figure Of door heaH VII,
osed. You hear it slam. Too late. Inc
door is shut.
But we must hasten on, for do not NEAR
to close my eyes tonight till | see from
mountain top Lake Galilee, on whose BANK
next Sabbath we will worship, and on wnos'
waters the following morning we Will take a
sail. On and up we 60 in the seVerest cunt
OF all Palestine, the ascent OF the Mount OF
Beatitudes, on the top OF which CHRIST
preached that famous sermon on the Diesseos
blessed this aud blessed that. UP to tneh
knees the horses plunge in molehills and a
surface that gives way at the first touch Oh
the hoof, and again and again the tired beasts
halt, as much as TO say to the riders ~ IS !,
unjust for you to make us climb these stseDs.
On and up over mountain sides where IN tine
later season hyacinths and DAISIES and phloxe
and apemones kiudle their beauty. On ano
mn until on the rocks of black basalt we dis
mount. and climbing to toe highest psak 1901
ont on an enchantment Of scenery that SEEM
he tho beattudes themselves arcned inte
skies and rounded into valleys and silYere'
into waves. The view is like that OF Tennessee
and North Carolina from the top Oh LOOK