The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-11-13
BIBLE LANDS.
Or. Taimage Continues His Dis
courses on His Late Voyage.
Promises For EgyPt Under CbristianIty-
AZ the IsIahd Of RhoGes-EezzoRs From
tiae cOiOssua-ss- Johns YiEIon-HaP-
ness FOR Believers.

discovered Cy prGs we left 1t on the left
hand;" and Revelation 0; 81, John,
was ia the isle that is called Patmos ="
Dr.. Taimage said:
GoOd-oy, Egypt! Although interest
Ing and instructive beyond any country
In all the world, except the Holy Land,
Egypt was to me some what depressing.
It was a post norton examination of
cities that died 4 800 years ago. The
mum mics, or wrarDed-uP bodies of the
dead, were prepared with reference to
the resurrection day, the Egyptians de-
parting this life wanted their bodies to
be kept ia as COOL condition as possible
so that they would be presentable
when they were called again to occupy
them. But if when Pharaoh comes to
resurrection he finds his body
looking as saw his mum
my in the museum at Boulae,
his soul will become an un-
willing tenant The Sphinx also was
TO ms stern monstrosity, n statue
carved out of rock of red granite &C
feet high and about 143 feet long and
having the head of 4 man and the body
OF a lion. We sat down in the sand of
the African desert to study 1t. With a
cold smile 1t has looked down upon
thousands of years o. earthly history;
Egyptian civilization; upon the rise
and fall of thrones innumerable; the
victory and defeat of the armies of cen
NAAAGA- ~ sOCA osbDu years 20 make one
wrinkle on Its red cheek It is dread
full in its stOlidity. Its eyes have never
wept tear. Its cold ears have not
listened to the groans of the Egyptian
nation, the burden Of which tried to
weigh last Sabbath Its heart is stone
But Egypt viii yet come mp to the
glow of life. The Bible promises it
The missionaries are sounding n resur-
reetiOn trumpet above those slain en-
FliFaE- There will 1aa other
Joseph at Memphis. There will be
some other Moses on the baniSs OF the
Nile. There will be some other Hypa-
tia to teach good morals to the de-
graded Instead of a destroying angel
to slEy the first born of Egypt the
Angel of the New Testament will
shake everlasting life from his wings
over a nation born in day.
Good-by, Egypt This sermon finds
us on the steamer Minerva in the
Grecisn Archipelago, islands Of the
New Testament, and islands Paulinian
and JOhanniau in their reminiseence-
What Bradshaw's directory is to
travellers in Europe, and what the rail-
road guide Is to travellers IN America,
the book OF the Acts in the Bible is a
voyager in the Greeiau, or as l shall
call it the Gospel Archipelago. The
Bible geography Of that region is ac-
curGte without the shadow of mistake.
We are sailing this morning on the
same water that Paul sailed bat in the
opposite direction to that which Paul
voyaged He was sailing southwark
and we nOrthwRrd- There is no book
In the world SO accurate as the divine
, book My text says that Paul left
Cyprus on the left We, going in the
opposite direction, have it on the right
On our ship Minerva were only two
or three passengers besides our party,
h-l ~ ~ - -aII kEs
deck. and o. what night was Christ
mas night of 1859 in that Grecian archi-
pelago-islands of light above, islands
of beauty beneRthi It is royal family
of islands, this Greciau archipeiagoi
the crown of the worlds scenery SET
with sapphire and emerald and topaz
and ehrysOprasus aud ablazs with a
glory that seems let down ont of celes-
tial landscapes
The steamer had stopped during the
night and in the morning the snip was
as quiet as this floor, when we hastcned
up to deck and found that we had
anchored off the island OF Cyprus. In
a boat which the natives rowed stand
ing up, as is the custom, instead OF sit
ting down as when we row, We were
soon landed on the streets where Paul
and Barnubas walked and preached.
Yea, when at Antioch Paul and Bar
nRbas got into a fght-as ministers
sometimes did, and sometimes do, fol
they all have imperfections enough tc
anchor them to this world till theil
work is done, ] say-when because Oi
that bitter controversy Paul aad Bar
nabas parted, Barnahas came back here
TO Cyprus, which was his birth
place. island wonderful for history
1t has been the prize sometimes won by
Persia, by Greece, by Egypt by tht
Saraeens, by the Crusaders, and last ol
hut ~, "a
the pen OF the keenest djPtomatist ol
the century. Lord Bcaconsaeld, yvlC
under lease which was rs good
purchase set Cyprus among the jewel:
OF VictOFia's crown. We went out into
the excavations from which hi CesnCls
has enriched our american museum
with antiquities and with no bettei
vseapon thau our foot we stirred mp the
ground deep enough 20 get a tear bot
tie in which some mourner shed his
tears thousands OF years ago and g
lamp which before Christ was born
lighted the feet of some poor pilgrim
on his way.
The island OF Cyprus has enough t
set AZ antiquarian wild. The most O
It's glory is the glory OF the past and
the typhoid fevers that sweep its coas
aud the clouds o. tocusts that ofteI
tsiaciSen the skies aud the fregueu
change Of governmental masters hin
ders prosperity. Bat when the island
Of the sea come to too. Cyprus vii
come with them. and the agriculture
and commercial opufeEce whie
adorned Sc iu ages past vviH be eclipse
by the agricultural and eornncrssial az
religious triumPhs of the ages 70 cosrss
Why IS the world 50 stupid that It cat
not sec that nations are prusIsre
in temporal things in propo
ton as they are prospercd ia n
ligious things Godliaess is prod
able not orIy for individuals. b'
Ecr nations Questions OF tarih. que
lions OF silver bill. questions of repul
lie or monarchy have not 50 much
de Nth . zatien's temporal welfare
sInestioal cf religion Give Cyprus
Christ, give Enssand to Christ. Ei'
Au,srica 60 Christ give the world
Chr5za. and he viii give them ali
s.oapsrlty unlInit2d The altar
ocd IN the church Is the high lysse
msris OF the worlds happiness II
Cizrfstiaa religion trium PhaHss all 9th
sasarssss triumphant The Christi'
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