The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-26
SAILING ALONG THE NILE
TALMAGa's VISIT TO TUE PYRA-
MIDS AND THE ACROPOLIS.

Points Confirmatory of the Bible.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Dot. 5.-The renders
ing Of the First Sonata in D miuor, by Gull
mant, ON the great organ of the Brookly n
Tabernacle this morning. by Prof. Henry
Eyre Browne. the organist. held the vast
congregation speil-bound with profound
emotion. Dr. Talmage preached on "Sait-
ing no the Nile,n the second sermon OF tho
series, entitled From the Pyramids to the
AcropoliS; or, What Saw In Egypt and
Greece. Confirmatory Of the Scriptures" |"
His text was Ezekiel xxx. 4, o: "The river 10
mine and have made it."
Aha! This is the river Nile. A brown.
or yellow, or silver cord on which are hung
more jewels OF thrill 8 interest than on any
river that was ever twisted In ths sunshine.
IL rIpples through the book OF Ezekiel, and
flashes in the books of Deuteronomy. and
Isaiah, and Zechariah, and Nahum, and on
its banks stood the mlghties of many ages.
IJ was che crystal cradle OF Moses, and ON
its banks Mary. the refugee carried tho ln-
fant Jesus. To find the birthplace of this
river was the fascination and defeat OF ex-
pediti0ns without number. Not many years
ago Bayard Taylor, our great American
traveller, wrote: Isl zee Columbus first
looked upon San Salvador, the earth has
but one emotion of triumph left
for her hestowal and that she
reserves for him who shall first
dri9 X from the fountains of the White
Nile under the snow fields OF Kilimanj jaro."
But the discovery of the sources of the Nile
by most people was considered an impossi-
bility. The malarias, the wild beasts, the
savages, the unclimbable sleeps. the vast
distances, stopped all the expeditions for
ages. An intelligent native said to Sir
Samuel w. Baker and wife as they were
on their way TO accomplish that In which
others had failed: "Give up the mad
scheme of the Nile source. How would 10
be possible for a lady young and delicate to
endure what would kill the strongest ma1f
Give il up" But the work went on until
Spoke, ard Grant, aud Baker had found
the two lakes which are the source OF what
was called the White Nile, and baptised
these Two lakes with tbs names Of Victoria
and Albert. These two lakes, illed by great
rainfalls aud by accu nulated SHOWS
from the mountains pour their waters.
laden with agricultural wealth such ns
blesses no other river, on down over ths
oataraots. on between frowning mountains.
on betwee cities living and cities dead on
for four thousand miles and through conti4
nent But the White Nile would do little
for Egypt IL this were all. II would keep
banks and Egypt would remain DESERT
But from Abyssinia there comes what is
called the Blue Nile, which, though dry or
nearly dry half the year, under tremendous
rains about the middle OF June rises to great
momentum, and this Blue Nile dashes with
shdden iufiax into the White Nile, which In
consequence rises thirty feet, and
their combined waters inundats
Egypt with rich soil which drops on
sll the fields and gardens as 10 is con-
Quoted by bitches, I'd sluices aud canals
every whittier. The grettest damage
that ever came to Egypt came by ths dry
ing up OF the river Nile, and the greatest
blessing by its healthful and abundant flow.
The famine Ia Jossph's time came from
the lack of sufficient inundstion from
the Nile. Not enough Nile Is drought, too
much Nile is freshet and plague. The riverl
of the earth are the mothers of its prosper-
ity. II by some convulsion OF nature ths
Mississippi should be taken from North
America, or the Amazon from South Amer-
lea, or the Danube from Europe, or
the Yenesei from Asia - what hemls-
pheric calamity Still there are
other rivers that could fertils
izs and save these countries. Our
own continent is gulched, Is ribboned, ID
glorlfled by innumerable water-courses.
But Egypt has only one great river, and
that is harnessed TO draw all the prosperties
of realms in acreage semi-infini5e. What
nilometer was to me very suggestive as we
welt up ana down it's damp stone Steps aud
saw the pillar marked with notches telling
Just how high or low are the waters Of the
Nile. When the Nile is rising, four criers
every morning run through the city ans
nounoing how many feet the river has
risen-ten feet, fifteen feet, twenty feet
twenty-four fset--and when the right hight
Of water is reached the gates Of the canals
As.rc ha nd ~
ing bsnedlction Is pronounced on the land.
AS we start where the Nile empties into
the Mediterranean sea we behold wonder
full fultillment OF prophecy. The Nile in
very ancient times used to have seven
mouths. As the great river approached the
sea 1t entered the sea at seven different
places. Isaiah prophesied: ''The Lord shall
utterly destroy the tongue Of the Egyptian
sea and shall smite IL in the seven streams. y
The fact is they are all destroyed but two,
and Herodotus said these two remaining
are artificial. Up the Nile we shall GO
part Of the way by Egyptian rail train and
then by boat, and we shall understand
why the Bible gives such prominence q
this river which Is the largest river Of ali
the earth with one exception. But before
we board the train we must take a look at
Alexandria. It was founded by Alexandes
the Great and was once the New York, the
palaces, fountains, gardens. pillared aud
effiorescent with oil architectural and
Edenic grandeur and sweetness. Apollos,
the eloquent, whom in New Testament
times some people tried to make a rival to
Paul, lived here. Here Mark, the
author Of the second book Of
the New Testament expired under Nerot
anathema. From here the ship sailed that
left Paul and the crew struggling in ths
breakers of Melita.. Pompey's oillar is here
about one hundred feet high. its base surs
rounded by 50 much filth aud squalor / was
glad to escape into all air that was breath
| able. THIS tower was built in honor Of
Diocletian for sparing the rebellious citizens.
| After having declared that he would make
| the blood run 70 his borEe's knees, and bis
horse fell with him into the blood and his
knees reddened, the tyrant toOk II foI
| granted that was sign be should stop the
massacre aud hence this commemorative
! pillar to bis mercy. This is tns city 60
which Omar came otter building four
| teen hundred mosques, and destroying
four thousand temples and thlrty.hvs
thousand villages and castle, yet riding
| in on q camel With a sack OF corn, enck
| of d q and wooden plate, all tnat be hsd
! kept for himself. and the diet 20 which I'd
| had limited himself for most Of tho time
was bread and water Wa there ever ic
any other man eommiHgiing Of elemspa
% strange, 90 weird - generous, - cruel
" mighty, ~ weak, 80 religious, 80 tanait
cali In this city n a. ths greatest fenals
lecturer the wofid ever sgv--itypAtla. bpt
tbs lssaons a Tirtue that sue taught wffs
obnoxious ard - fneg eraxsef her tnrDufs
ths streets and sefsie1 bsf hesa IRON Dsf