Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-26

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ALExAsDRIA's GREAT ITERAzT.
B1E Aiex-odsr, fascinating far this or
that thiss. according 70 the tasts Of the
visitor, WAS % NE most entertaining To-
cause it had been the site OF tAe greatest
library that the world ever saw, consider
lag the fact that the art e. printing had
Rot been invented. Seven hundred thou
SAID yesum<s and al tAs work ef slsw
pen But Down il all wees eader ths
tssch Of besiegers- Baiit again and de-
stroysd again bails again. bat the Arabs
came along for iEs dnzl demolition and the
foar Thousand baths Of the city were heat
et with taSse F2luuss, the faeI lasting
six meaths. and were ever Tres kIndied At
such fearful eosss What holoczuszs Of tho
worlds htsrsturei What martyrdoIa OF
books. How many of taem have gone
down under the rage CO nations.
Only one book sss been able TO with
stand the BEN rzrdnneas, ald that hss gone
through without smeli OF DIRE on its lids.
No sword or spear or masset for its de-
Tense. An unsrulsd Nsw Testament An
unarnest Old Testament. Yet inyulner-
able and triumphant. There must DO
something supernatural about 1t. Con-
Queror OF books, Monarch OF booksi All
the books of all the ages in all the libraries
cushions by this one book which you and
/ carry 70 church In pocket. SO me-
thought amid the ashes Of Aiexandrian Ii
braries.
But all .honrd the Egyptian rail train
going ap the banks of the Nile, Look out
of the window aud see those canels kneei-
lag for the imposition Of eheir load And
think We might take from them lesson,
and. instead Of trying to stand upright In
our own strength. become conscious Of our
weakness and need Of divine help before we
take upon Us the heavy duties of the year or
the week or the day. and 50 kneel for the
burden We meet professions of men and
beasts on the way from their days work,
but alas. for sho homes TO which the poor
inhabitants arc going. for the most part
hoveis Of mud. But there is something In
the scene that thoroughly enlists Us. II Is
the novelty of wreochsdness aud scene of
picturesque rags. Fer thousands of years
this land has been under a very damnation
of taxes. Nothing but Christian civiliza-
ton will roll back the Influences which
are spelling the Egyptians" There are
gardens and palaces. but they belong to
tho rulexa
About here under the valiant Murad
Bey, tho Mamelukes, who are the finest
horsemsn in the world, came like q hurri-
cane upon Napoison's army. but they were
beaten back By the French in one of the
fercest battles Of all time Then the Mann
elukes turned their horses heads the other
way. and In desperation backed them
against tho French troops. hoping the
horses would kick the life out Of the
French regiments. The Mamelukes, fail
ing again, plunged into this Nile and Q
drowned, the French for days fishing cat
the dead bodies of the Mamelukes to get
the valuables upon their dead bodies. Ma
poleon, at the daring of these Mamelukes,
exclaimed, "Could have united the Nam
eluke horse to tie French infantry, Iwould
have reckoncd myself master of the world"
THE JOURNEY UP THE MILE.
This ride along the Nile II one OF tho
most solemn and impressive rides Of all my
life time. and our emotions deepen as tho
curtains Of tho night fall upon all sur
roundings. But we shall not be satisfied
until We can take a ship and pass right out
upon these wondrous waters and between
the banks crowded with the story Of en-
pirss.
According 10 the lead pencil mark in my
Bible it was Thanksgiving day morning,
Nov. %, 1889. that with my family and
frisnds we stepped aboard the steamer on
the Nilss Thc Mohammedan call to prayers
had bean sounded by the priests of that re-
hgion, the Auezsins, from the four hun
dred mosques Of Cairo as the cry went ont:
God is great. bear witness that there Is
no God but Cod bear witness that No
BANNED is the apostle Of God. Come to
prayers. Coma to salvation. God is great
There - no other but God. Prayers arc
better than sleep"
The sky and city and palm groves and
river shipping were bathed in the light. 1t
was not mueh of a craft that we boarded.
Il would not be hailed On any of our rivers
with any rapture Of admiration. 1t fortu-
natsly had but little speed, for twice we ran
aground and the sailors jumped into the
water and on their shoulders pushed her
out. But what yacht of gayest sportsman,
what deck of sw.ftest ocean queen could
give such thrill Of rapture as sail on the
Nile' The pyramids in sight, the remains
Of cities That are now only name, the vii
lagos thronged with population. Both
banks crowded with historical deeds Of
forty or sixty centuries. Oh, what book
the Bible Ia when read on the Nilel
As we slowly move up the majestic river
I see on each bank the wheels, the pumps.
the brctsts FOR irrigation. and see a man
with his foot on the treadle OF wheel that
fetches mp the water for garden. and
then for tire first tins / understand that
passage IN Deuteronomy which says Of
the Isracfites after they had got back from
Egypt. The hand whittier thou goest In TO
possess Il IL not 80 the land of Egypt, FROM
whence ye came out. where thou sowedst
tiny seed. and ws.s1edst i. with thy foot :"
Then understood how the land could be
wssered with the foot. How do you sup
pose felt wren on the deck OF that steam
er on the Nile looked off upon the canals
snd bitches snf slrices through which the
fields 81, irrigated by that river. aud then
rad 10 Isaiah. The burden of E.ypt-the
river shsi. % wasted aud dried up. and
they shall snTn the rivers far away and
the brooks az defense shall be emptied and
dried ur. and they shall he broken in tho
purposes thereof, ell that make siuicee and
pods for fish,"
That Thanksgiving morning on the Nile
found ny text Of today. Pharaoh In this
cAayter is compared to the dragon or hip
popotsn as - zgsseed by the crocodiles that
used 70 line tao haaks q this river. Thus
saith the 1snri God: DsholS I am against
thee Psaroah. klax Of Esypt, tas great drag
on that liesh IN the midst oshis rivers, which
I hath said my river - nine own. and have
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