Telegram-herald., 1891-11-02
BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW
sEaMcN PREACHED ey THE rev.
Y. ce WITT TALaAaE-

AisAs.gA the Pesaisv Dsvs.s -
Pss>Ahsd xus.sy-sssr re.rs .. ssssk-
iys. ns A>aas.sss wsss ks.sx I~-gsa
'Ths Bsrssa - EgyUs'' HE rszs
BEooxLxs. Nov. i-Ths Tabernacle vas
shronGsd - usual shis rzsrrinx. rAs vass
sAznss ditss 70 il atasse capacity With
eager lisseAs<s sAcss ssw tho popular
preacher retains ia power ovsr the psopla
Afskocsa Ia hAs seea preaching In Bssok-
Iva fes moro, than twenky-foar ysars. his
azdisncss wsss nessr % tarss - ROW, aad
slshsasA the iAssess FrvtessAas chureA In
AnsrisA h<s hsen saiit fcz hin. thsss never
was . tIns whsa - many persons were
turned swxy for lack sf room The sub
tsss sf shis morssax's sermon wHs -Dricks
WixASus 6ssaw." . eoneinuAtica Of the
series on the ccndrna.ion Of Heiy scrip
surs which Dr. TaiHags fsund Ia his jour
ssy iron the Pyrxnis$s % the Acropoiis.
Hh s9s vas IAzaaA nix. 1 '-Ths burden ef
xxyps"
WhAs b IL this ezcsssne.s about In The
sssssss at Csire. ESyps tAb December
norninx In taU Srsnd backl We hear
lsua voices and 80 The erowds sf people
sssrsasinG % sAe ssdes sf the ssrese. The
sxcssssnsst u Others e>oemss eur ovn AZ
slxsmsak fsssmea come In sighI They
have . rod Ia SAs hzad And taxsslsa cap on
kssA. aud their arms and fsse are bare.
rhdr gArb Is black TO shs va1BA s1espt -
shrsAAed with gold. and the rsss b white.
They are clearing tho way Tor An s&leiaA
dixnltzry In . charios or carriage. They
are swifr, and sometimes run thirty or
forty miles q . stretch In front OF an squi-
paxa Mzks way! They are the dsstsst
footed men sa earth. bat soon die. for the
human frame was not made tor such en-
clrancs.
Iaske8 al around me who tho man IN
ths carriage was. but no one eeened to
know Yet ss fell back with the rst 70
the wall said. Th.s Is tho old custom
found all up and down the Bible, feotmsn
running before the rrlers. demanding
obelsance, a. in G-resfs before Jossph's
chariot the people were commanded. Bow
the knee and a. soe the swift fest q
the nea followed by the swim fsst Of the
horses. how those Old words OF Jsrsmiah
rashsd through nay mind, IF then hast
run with the footinen and they have
wearied thee. how cArss thou contend with
borsesP
Hx sEEvU As 4 yoOTNAN.
Now, my k-s-ers. in this course Of se4-
mons am osly serving you as footmsn.
ard clearing the way for your coming into
the wonders of Esypsology. . subject that
Iwocld have you sscdy Tar beyond any
thing that can DC said In the brevity OF
pulpit utteranee- Two hundred and
eigh.y- nise times does the Bible rsfef to
Esyps and The Xgyptiarx. No woudsr. for
Egyps was the mother Of nAsionA Egypt.
the mother Of Greece; Greece, tina mother
OF Rome; Rome. tbe mother Of England;
England. the mother Of cur own land Ac-
corsiirg TO shse. Egypt Il our greatgreat-
granAneshss.
On other Sahhatks left you studying
what they must have been in their glory;
the Hypostyle hall OF Karnac. the archi-
tsctural miracles AZ Luxor, the Colonnade
Of Horetnheb. ths csmsteries Of Memphis,
the value Of . kiogsiom In one monument,
ths Sphinx. which with hps Of stone
speaks loud enough TO be heard across the
centuries. Heliopoiis and Zoan. the conun-
drum Of arcAeologists. hut that sx-
srsvaganes q palace sad temple aud mon
ument wzs ths cause Of an oppression high
as heaven and deep as hell. The weight Of
those blocks Of stone, heavier than any
modern machinery could lift. came down
upon the Hebrew slaves, and their blood
mixsd the mortar for the trowelx
We saw again and again on and along
the Nile . boss workman roughly smite .
subordinate who did not please him. Il Il
no rare occurrence To see long lines of men
uadsr heavy burdens passing by taskmas-
sers at short distances, lashing them a
they 60 by into greater speed, and then
these workmsa. exhausted with tho blast
Ing heats Of the day. lying down upon the
bare ground, suddenly chilled with the
nighs air. crying ont in prayer: "Ya,
AliAhr' "Ya, Allahr' which means O
Godi o Godi But what must have been
the olden times cruelty shown by the
Egypsians toward their Isrselitish slaves
Is indicated by . picture In the BENZ
Hassan sonbs. where = man y held down
on his face by two men and another holds
up the victims feet while the officials beat
abe bare back OF the victim. every stroke.
have no doubt, fetching the blood.
now THEY COULD AFFORD 1T.
Now you see how the PhAraohs could a.
ford TO build such costly works. II cost
them nothing for waxes-noshing but the
tears and blood Of the toilers. and tears and
blood are ach~ap drink for devils. Bricks
without straw" may not suggest 20 much
hardship until you know that the bricks
were usually made with crushed straw,
straw crushed sy tho feet Of the oxen In
the thzashing. and. this crushed straw ile-
MED To the wo-kmen. they had to pick up
here and there piece of stubhle or gather
rusoes from the watsrslic. This story oi
shs Bible Il confirmed BY the fact that
many Of che brick walls Of Egypt have on
the lower layers brick made With straw,
bat the higher layers of brick made out OF
rough straw or rushes from the river
bank. the truth Of the Book Of Exodus
saus written In the brick walls discovered
BY the raodsra explorers.
That governmental outrage has always
been . characteristics Of Egyptian aulsrs.
Taxation 20 the point Of salvation was the
Exypciaa rule In she Bible times as we'll ~
10 10 in our own time. A modern traveller
gives the figures concerning the cuitiva-
tion Of seventeen acres. tho value Of shs
y.Ald Of the Geld stated in piasters:
Px0s1uce.
kxp~nsas--......s........ Hkrs
Clear prcdscs- -..-......--.....--...-..... Srtf
Eaxes- ....s'.......s..-s.......... ~
Ansunt cleared by IN, farmer. ........ us<
Dr. a. ny sutherity declares. SEVENTY per
sent. 81 what she Egyptian farmer makes
h paid Tor tzxss 90 the govern inens. Now,
that IL not 81 mrch tsxssiou - asssssins-
zion. What think yen ef that. you who
Vrssn uader heavy saxes In Aneriea'
have heard that In Exypt the working
pcopls hav. . song like this. They stsrW
ns. they stsr~s M. they beat us. they bess
~. bus thsr>'s some enc shove. there's
NINA ora ~hoxp who wffl oustah them