Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19
SAILING UP THE NILE.
DR.. TALMACE BREACHES 4
GREAT DESCRIPTIVE SERMON.
how the History Of the NvopId RE-
peass lsself.-A Chapter Taken From
the Divine,s Travels Thanksglvins
Day, 1889.

cr,ng OF the first sonata In d minor by
Guilmant ON the great organ Of the
Brooklyn Tabernacle this morning, by
prof. Henry Eyre browne, the organ
list, held the vast congregation spell
bound with profound emotion. Dr..
Ialmage preached ON s.Sailing Up the
Nile" the second sermon OF the series,
entitled From the Pyramids Of the
Acropolis, or What Saw in Egypt and
Greece Confirmatory of the Scriptures"
His text was Ezekiel 29:9: '.The river
- 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
ing interest than on any river that was
ever twisted in the sunshine. 1t rip
pies through the book OF Ezekiel, ana
flashes in the Books of Deuteronomy.
and Isaiah, and Zechariah, and Ma
hum, and On its banks stood the
mightics of many ages 1t was the
crystal cradle of Moses. and on its
banks Mary, the refugee. carried the
infant Jesus. To find the birth
and defeat OF expeditions without num-
Der. Not many years ago. Bayard
Taylor, our great American traveller,
upon San Salvador, the earth has but
one emotion OF triumph left for her
bestowal, and that she reserves for
him who shall first drink from the
fountain OF the White Nile under the
snow fields of kilimaujaro. But the
discovery of the sources of the Nile BY
most people was considered an inn
possibility. The malarias, the wild
beasts, the savages, the unclimabl0
sleeps. the vast distances, stopped all
The expeditions for ayes. An intellt-
gent native said to Sir Samuel w.
Baker and wife AZ they were ON their
way to accomplish that in which
others had failed: ''t;ive up the mad
scheme of the Nile source How
would it be possible for lady young
and delicate to endure what would
kill the strongest man? Give it up"
But the work went on until Spoke, and
Grant, and Baker found the two
lakes which are the source of what
was called the White Nile. and bap-
tised these two lakes with tho names
OF Victoria and Albert. These two
lakes. filed by great rainfalis and by
accumulated SHOWS from the noun
tains, pour their waters, laden with
agricultural wealth such as blesses NO
| other river. on down over the cataracts,
on between frOwning mountains, on
between cities living and cities dead.
on for four thousand miles and
Nile would do little for Egypt II this
were ALL 1t would keep its banks ana
Egypt would remain desert But
from Abyssinia there comes what 10
called the Blue Nile. which, though
dry or nearly dry half the year. under
tremendous rains about the middle OF
Juno rises to great momentum, and
this Blue Nile dashcs with sudden
Influx into the White Nile, which
in consequence rises thirty feet.
and their combined waters inundate
Egypt with rich soil that drops ON
all the fields and gardens as it Is con.
Quoted by bitches, and sluiccs, and can
ais every whittier. The greatest damage
that ever camc to Egypt camc by the
drying up of the river Nile. and the
greatest blessing by It's healthful and
abundant fow. The famine in
Joseph's time came from the
lack of sufficient inundatiOn from
the Nile. Not enough Nile Is
drouth, too much Nile In freshct and
plague. The rivers OF the earth are the
mothers of Its prosperity. II by some
convulsion OF nature the Mississtppl
should be taken from North America
or the Amazon from South America,
or the Danube from Europe, OF
the fenesei from Asia.wnat hemts
pheric calamity! Still There are
other rivers that could fertilize
and save these countries Oul
own continent Is gulched. IL ribboned
Is glorihed by innumerable water
courses But Egypt has only one great
river, and that Is harnessed TO draw al
tho prosperities OF realms IN acreage
semt-innnste. VIVA! happens 20 the
Nile, happens TO Egypt. Inc milo
meter was to me very suggestive al
we went up and down It's damp stone
steps ana saw tho pilia'
marked with notcnes teiling JUST nov
nigh or low are tne waters OF ths
Nile. when the ME Is rising. fou'
cricrs every morning run tnrougn tns
city announcing now many icet ths
river mas risen-ten 1eet' nfteen 1eet
twenty ieet, twenty-ionr aeet-sue
when Inc rignt heignt OF wafer u
reached the gates OF the canals ars
hung open ana the liquid ana refresh
ing oeneoict'on 10 Pronounceo on ~