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moFniax As.<sted tAs intersst the religious
public = t4&ing IL the series OF sermons
DIR Tzlmass Is preaching on what lie saw,
eoGfiFmAsory Of the Scriptures. daring rs
tour from ths pyramids 70 the Aeropolis
This mornings sermon, the fourth If the
series, w4s On the isiands Of the Greek
archipelago. The doctor took t~o texts:
Act xxi, 4 ~ hea we had discovered
Cyprus We left IL on the lefr hand" and
Revelation 1, .. Il. John. wa in the isls
that Is called Patnos-"
6oosiby, EgypEl Although interesting
and Instructive beyond any country in all
the world. excepting the Holy Land, Egypt
Wa % uls soLae~ haG depressing. IL was .
yost Hortsu examination OF cities that
died four thousand years ago. The mum
mies, or wrapped up bodies Of the dead,
we're prepared with references 70 the Resur~
reetion day. the Egyptians departing this
life wanting their bodies to be kept Ia as
good condition IS possible 50 that they
would be prssentahie when they were
called again 10 oeenpy them But II when
Pharaoh comes 10 resurrection be finds his
body looking - saw bis mummy in the
museum AZ Boalac. his soul will become
an unwilling tenant. The Sphinx also
Wa % me u stern monstrosity, a statue
carved out Of rock OF red granite sixry-two
feet high and about one hundred and
fortythres feet long. and having the head
Of a man and the body Of lion
We sat down in the sAnd Of the African
desert to study il. With . cold smile is
Ia. looked down upon thousands Of years
Of earthly history. Egyptian civilization.
Grecisn civilization. Roman civilization;
upon the rise and fall OF thrones innumer-
able, the victory aud defeat Of the armies
OF centuries. IL took three thousand years
20 make one wrinkle on it's red cheek. 10
il dreadful la It's stoiidity. It's eyes have
never weps a tear It's cold ears have not
listened 90 the groans OF tho Egyptian ma
ton, the burden OF which tried to weigh
last Sabbath. Its heart is stone IL cared
not for Pliny when be measured IL in the
first century. IL will care nothing for the
maa who looks into its impertur bable
eountenaace in the last century.
But Egypt will Yet come up TO the glow
of life. The Bible promises IL. The mis-
sionaries. like my friend, good and great
DIR. Lansing, are sounding u resurrection
trumpet above those slain empires. There
will DC some other Joseph at Memphis.
There will 10 some other Moses on the
hanks of the Nile. There will be some
other Hypatia 10 teach good morals to the
degraded. Instead OF a destroying angel
to slsy the frstborn Of Egypt the angel OF
the New Testament will shake everlasting
life from his wings over nation born In a
day. When, soon after my arrival in
Egypt. took part in the solemn and ten
der obsequies Of missionary from our
own land, dying there far away from the
sepulchers OF her fathers, and saw around
her the dusky and weeping congregation
Of those whom she had come to save. said
to myself: Here Is self sacrifice Of the
noblest type. Here Is heroism immortal.
Here Is u queen unto God forever. Here II
something grsnder than the pyramids.
Here Is that which thrills the heavens
Here Is a specimen Of that which will yet
save the world"
eoopBY TO EGYPT.
Gcodby. Egypt. This sermon finds us
on the steamer Minerva in the Grecian
archipelago, the islands OF the New Tes,a-
ment, and islands Paulinian and johann
MAN la their "Reminiscences. What Brad
shaw's directory Is To travellers in Europe.
and what the railroad guide is 10 travellers
In America. the Book Of the Acts In the
Bible is TO voyagers in the Grecian, or, as
shall call it, the Gospel archipelago. The
Bible geography OF that region Is accurate
without shadow of mistake. We are
sailing this morning on the same waters
that Paul sailed, but in the opposite direc-
ton 70 that which Paul voyaged. He was
sailing southwark aud We northward.
With him 10 was Ephesus. Coos. Rhodes,
Cyprus. With US IL is reversed. and IL Is
Cyprus. Rhodes, Coos, Ephesus. There Is
no book in the world 50 accurate "a the
Divine Book.
My t-xtsays that Paul left Cyprus on the
left, We. going in an opposite direction,
have is on the right. On our ship Minerva
were only two or three passengers besides
our party, so we had plenty Of room TO
walk the deck. aud oh, what o night was
Christmas night OF 1859 in that Grecian
archipelago-islauds Of light above. islands
Of beauty eeaeathi IL Is royal family OF
islands, this Greciaa archipelago - the
crown Of the worlds scenery set with sap
phire and emerald aud topaz and chryso-
prasas. and s0laze with glory that seems
let down out Of celestial landscapes. God
evidently made up his mind that Just here
ne woald demonstrate the utmost that can
be done with islands for the Identification
OF earthly scenery.
The steamer had stopped during the
night. aud in the norplnz the ship WAS as
quiet "a this foor when we FASTENED up
to the deck and foand that we had anchored
OF the island OF Cyprus In = boat, which
the natives rowea standing up. a. Is the
custom. instead Of sitting down, az W hen
We row. We were soon landed on the streets
where Paul aud Bsrnabas walked aud
preached. Yea, when ss Antioch. Paul
and BsrnahaS got into 6ght-as ministers
sometimes did. and sometimes do. for they
eli have impcrfections enough TO snchor
them To this world till their work Is done,
Isay-whca, because Of that bitter con-
troversy. Paul and Barnsbss parted. Bsr-
nSoas came back here to Cyprus. which
WAS his birthplace. Island. wonderful for
history IL has be-n the prise sometimes
won by Persls. by Greece. By Esyps, By
the Ssrsce0s. by tue Crusaders. and last Of
a4l. not by sword but by pen. and that the
pen Of the ksessss dipiomstist Of tae cen
fury. Lord Beacousaeld. who. under .
lease which was as good a. purchase. act
Cyprus among the jewels Of Victoria's
crown.
We went ont into the excavations from
when ID, Cesnols has enriched oar Ameri-
can museums with antiquities. and with