The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-11-10

Iyp. Audiences were Never Larger
"rhe Bardon OF Egypt" HI ext
BROOKLYN, Nov. 1.-The Tabernacle
wes thronged "a usual this morning.
The vast edilice FLIED TO it's utmost
capacity with eager listeners shows how
the >pular preacher retains his power
over the people. Although he has been
preaching in Brooklyn for more than
Lwenty-iour years, his audiences were
never so large as now, and although the
largest Protestant church in America
has been built for him, there never WAS
time when so many persons were
turned away for lack oiroom. The sub.
ject Of this mornings sermon >as
Bricks Without Straw" continuation
OF the aeres on the confirmation Of Holy
Scripture which DR.. Talmage found in
his journey from the Pyramids TO the
AcrOpolis, His text was Isaiah xix, l,
"rhe burden of Egypt"
What is all this excitement about in
the streets Of Cairo, Egypt, this Decen-
2 Der morning IN 1889? stand back! We
hear loud voices and see the crowds of
people retteaiin9 TO The sides Of the
street. The excitement of others be-
COmes our own excitement. Footmcn
come in sight. They have q rod IN the
hand and tassecd cap on head, and their
arms and icet arc bare. Their &arb is
black to the waist, except as threaded
with gold, aud the rest is white. They
arc clearing the way for an official
dl.niiary in Il chariot or carriage. They
arc swift, and sometimes run thirty or
forty mics at street h in front Of an
equpagc. Make way! They are the
tleetest footed men on earth, but soon
die, icr the human frame was not made
for such endurance.
asked all around me who the man ia
the carriage WAS, but no one seemed to
know. Yet as l fell back with the rest
to tho wall L said, This is the old Gus
tom found all up and down the Bible,
footmen running before the rulers, de-.
manding obeisance, as in Genesis before
Joseph's chariot the people were COM
manded, ''Bou the knee" and as l see
the swift feet OF the men followed by
the swift teet Of the horses, how those
old. words Of jeremiah rushed through
my mind, "lt thou hast run with the
footmen aud they have wearied thee,
how canst thou cortcnd with horsesY"
HE SERVES AS A FOoTsiAN.
Now, my hcarer, in this course of SER
mons am only serving YOU rs footman,
and clearing the way for your coming
into the wonders of Egyptology, a sub.
iect that would have you study far be-
yond anything that can be said in the
brevity of pulpit uLterance. Two hun
dred and elghtY-ninc times does the
Bible refer to Egypt and the Egyptians.
No wonder, for Egypt was the mother
of nations. Egypt, the mother Of
Greece; Greece, the mother of Rome;
Rome, the mother of England; England,
the mother Of our own land. Accord
ing to that, Egypt ls our great great
grandmother.
On other Sabbaths left you study
ng what they must have been In their
glory; the Hypostyle hall Of Karnac.
the architectural miracles at Luxor, the
Colonnade of Horemheb, the cemeteries
Of Memphis, The value of a kingdom in
one monument. the Sphinx, which with
lips Of stone speaks loud enough to be
heard across the centuries. Helopolis
and Zoan, the conundruT of arch9olo.
sists. But all that extravaganza Of
palace and temple and monument was
the cause OF an oppression high as heav
en- and deep as hell. The weight OF
those blocks OF stone heavier than any
modern machinery could hit, come down
upon the Hebrew slaves, and their blood
mixed the mortar for the trowes.
Wesaw again and again on and along
the Nile boss workman roughly smi,e
subordinate who did not please him.
II is no rare occurrence to see long line
of men under heavy burdens passing by
taskmastcrs at short distances, lashihg
them as they 60 by into greater speed,
ri 81, Il
with the blasting heats of the day, lying
down upon the bare ground, sunddenly
chilled with the night air, crying out IN
which, means o GOD! o God! But what
shown bS the Egyptians iuward lheir
uo III the Bcni.Ilassan tombs, where a
man IS held down on lis lace 10y two
Tcn and another he!ds up the victims
feet while Tie Officials beatth bare back
o! the victim, every stroke, | have no
doubt. fetching The blood.
HOW THEY COULD AFFORD 1T.
Now you sCc how the Pharaohs could
afford to build such costly works. 1t
but tho tears and blood of the toilers,
CIV pIocN "!O a. VII wi uENll3.
Bricks without straw" may not sug-
ggst so much hardship until you know
That the bricks were usually made with
"clushod atraw," straw crushed by The
feet Of the oxen in the ,thrashing, and,
this crushed straw denied to the whork-
men, they had to pick up here and there
piece OF slubbc or gather rushes from
the watersido. This story Of The Bible
is confirmed by the fact that many o,
the brick walls OF Egypt have on the
lower layers brick made with straw, but
the higher layers of brick made out Of
rough straw or rushes from the river
bnnk, the truth of the Book of Exodus
thus written in the brick walls discover-
ed by the modern explorers.
That governmental outrage has al
ways been Characteristic of Egyptian
rulers. Taxation to the point of star.
yatton was the Egyptian rule in the Bi.
bic times as well as it l. in our own
time. a modern traveller gives the lig-
urcs concerning the cultivation Of seven.
teen acres, tho value Of the yield Of the
field stated in pastors:
Iioauce .'............ .6O2
Expenses. ................... 993l
Clear produce. cc............... 8081
Taxes. ................. 493
Anount clears1 hy fha for,n.r oIEl