Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-02-06

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IN relieve tho embarrassment OF the
house keeper. who had invited more
guests than the pantry warranted De
came the butler of the occasion ana
orr of a cluster of few sympatheuc
words squeezed beverage of a nun
dred and twenty-six gallons of wine IN
which was not one drop of intoXlcaht
or it would have left that party as
mandolin and drunk as the great cen
tennial banquet in New York Two
vears AGO left senators and governors
and generals aud merchant princes.
The DILIGENCE between the wine at the
wedding Cana and the wine ut the
banquet j.. New York being that the
Lord made the one and the devil made
the other.
We got off our horses and examined
some of these water jars at Cana, SAID
to be the very ones that held the plain
water that Christ turned into the pur-
ple bloom of an especial vintage. /
/ measured them and found them eight
cen inches from edge to edge and nine
teen inches deep. and declined to ac-
cept their identity. But we realized
the immensely of supply of hundred
and twenty six gallons of wine. what
was that for} Probably one gallon
would have been enough, for 1t was
only an additional installment of what
had already been provided, and 1t Is
probable that the househeeper could
not have guessed more than one gallon
ont of the way. But hundred and
twenty-six gallons! What will they do
with the surplusl All, it was just like
our Lord! Those young people were
about to start in housekeeping, and
their means were limited, and that big
supply. whether kept in their pantry or
sold, will be mighty help.
You see there was no strychnine or
lopwood or nux vomica in that bever-
age, and as the Lord made it it would
keep. He makes mountains and seas
that keep thousands of years and GER
tainly he could make a beverage that
would keep four or five years Among
the arts and inventions of the future
| hope there may be some one that
can press the juices from the grape
and so minSle them without one drop
of dalnning alcohol that it will keep
for wears. And the more of it you
take the clearer will be the brain
and the healthier the stomach. And
II
recent journey Travelled through
Italy and Greece and Egypt and Pales-
tine and Syria and Turkey, and how
many intoxicated people do you think
| saw in all these five great realms
Not one. We must in our Christian
lied lands have got hold of some kind
of beverage that Christ did not make.
Oh, | am SO glad that Jesus was
present at that wedding, and last De
cember, standing at Cana, that wed
ding came back, Night had fallen or
the village and its surroundings The
bridegroom had put on his head 9
bright turban and a garland of flowers
and his garments had been made fra
grant with frankincense and camphor
an odor which the oriental especially
likes. Accompanied by groonsmen
and preceded by a band of musician.
with flutes and drums and horns, anC
by torches in full blaze, he starts fol
, the brides home. This river of fire il
1 met by another river Of fire-the torches
OF the bride and bridesmaids iambeat
answering flalnbeau. The bride is il
2 white roble, and her veil not only GOV
ers her face but envelopes her body
Her trousseau is as elaborate as the re
l sources of her fathers house per
l nit Her attendants are decket
with all the ornaments they owl
or can borrow; but their own per
r sonal charms make tame the jewels, 70
g those oriental women eclipse in attract
$ iyeness all Others except those Of on
r own land. The damson rose is in thei
1 cheek, and the diamond in the luste
g of their eyes, and the blackness of tn,
l night in their long locks. and in thei
I, step is the gracefulness of the morning
l At the first sight of the torches of tn
l bridegroom and his attendants comm!
over the hill the cry rings through tn
. home of the bride: They are in sight
4 Get ready! Behold the bridegroom
1 cometh Go We out to meet him" 4,
the two professions approach eacl
: other the timbrels strike and the song.
| commingle, and then the two proces
A slons become one, and march towar(
1 the bridegroOm's house and meet ;
t third procession which is made up O
. the friends of both bride and bride
F, groom. Then all enter the house anC
the dance begins, and the door is shut
And all this Christ uses to illustrat,
t the joy with which the ransomed g
e earth shall meet him when he come
: garlanded with clouds and ROBBED il
the morning and trumpeted by tn,
thunders of the last day. Look
There he comes down off the hills O
heaven, the bridegroom! And let II
start out to hail him, for | hear tn,
voices of the judgment day sounding
Behold the bridegroom cometh. G,
We out to meet him. And the disap
poIntment of those who have declinet
the invitation to the gospel wedding il
: presented under the figure of door
heavily closed You hear it slam. To,
late. The door is shut!
WE MUST HASTEN.
But we must hasten on, for do no
mean to close my ewes tnnirht III | 60.