The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-11-27

tue second book OF the New Testament
expired under Nero's anathema. From
here the ship sailed that left Paul and
the crew struggling in the breakers of
Mclita Pompcy's Pillar is here. about
one hundred feet high. its base sur
rounded by so much filth and squallor
| was glad to escape into an air that
was brcathable.
This tower was built in honor of
Diocletian for sparing the rebellious
citizens After having declared that he
would make the blood run to his
horses knees, aud his horse fell with
him into the blood and his knees rcd
dcncd the tyrant took it for granted
that was sign he should stop the mas
sacrc, and hence this commemorative
pillar to his mercy. This is the city to
which Omar came after building L. 400
mosques and destroying 1000 temples
and $1,000 villages and castles. Yet
riding in on a camel with sack of
corn, sack of figs and wooden plate.
all that he had kept for himself. and
the diet to which he had limited him
| self for most of the time was bread and
water Was there ever in any other
man commingling of elements so
strange, SO weird, so generous, SO
cruel. so mighty, SO weak, SO religious,
so fanatical?
In this city was the greatest female
lecturer the world ever saw-Ilypatia.
But the lessons of virtue that she
taught were obnoxious, and SO they
dragged her through the streets and
scrapcd her flesh from her bones with
sharp oyster shells and then burned the
fragment of the massacred body And
here dwelt Cleopatra, pronounced to
be the beauty of all time-although If
her pictures are correct / have seen
1000 women in brooklyn more attrac-
tive-and she was rs bad as she was
said to be handsome. Queen, con-
queress, and spoke seven languages, !
although it would have been better for
the world If she had not been able TO
speak any. Julius Caesar conquered |
the world, yet she conquered Julius |
Caesar.
But Alexandria, fascinating for this or |
that thing, according to the taste of the |
visitor, was to me most entertaining !
because it had been the site of the |
greatest library that the world ever
saw, considering the fact that the art
of printing had not been invented.
Seven hundred thousand volumes, and
all the work of slow men. But down it
Advent under the torch of the besiegers
Built again and destroyed again. Built
again, but the Arabs came along for
its final demolition, and the 1000 baths
of the city were heated with those
volumes, the fuel lasting six
months, and were ever fires kim
died at such fearful cost? What holo-
causts of the worlds literature! What
martyrdom of books! How many of
them have gone down under the rage
of nations?
Only one book has been able to with
stand the bonn bardment, and that has
gone through without smell of fire on
its lids. No sword or spear or musket
for its defense. An unarmed New
Testament. An unarmed Old Tesla
mcnt. Yet invulncrable and triumph
ant. There must he something super
natural about il. Conqueror OF books!
Monarch of books! All the books of all
the ages in all the libraries outshone
by this one book which you and can
carry TO church in pocket. So me-
thought amid the ashes OF Alexandrian
libraries
But all aboard the Egyptian rail-
train going up the banks of the Nile!
Look out of the window and see those
camels knecling for the imposition OF
their load. And think we might take
from them lesson, and instead OF try
ing to stand upright in our own
strength, become conscious OF our
weakness and need of Divine help be-
fore we take upon ms the heavy duties
of the year or the week or the day, and
so kneel for the burden. We meet pro-
cessions of men and beasts on the way
from their days work, but alas, Tor the
homes to which the poor inhabitants
are going For the most part novels OF
mud. But there is something in the
scene that thoroughly enlists us 1t is the
novelty of Indebtedness and scene OF
picturesque rags. For thousands OF
wears this land has been under very
damnation of taxes, Nothing but
Christian civilization will roll back the
influences which are spelling the
Egyptians" There are gardens ana
palaces, but they belong TO the rulers
About here, under the valiant Murad
Bey, the MamelulIes who are the hnest
horsemen in all the world, came ike
hurricane upon Napoleon's army but
they were beaten back by the french
in one of the fiercest battles OF all time
Then the Mamelukes turned their
horses heads the other way, and In des-
neration backed them against the French
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