Sharp County record., 1891-11-12

sS0ue TIps. Tor thousands Of Years
this and has been under n very damua-
lion of tsNss Nothing but Christian
civilization will roll back the Influences
which are 'snoilirF the Egyptians
Y There are rsrdensa and palaces. but thev
belong t0 the rulers.
according 20 the Iead-nencit mark in
NY Bible 70 was ThsnxsPiving Dav
morning November 29. 1889 that with
3 nv family and friends We stenped
: aboard the steamer on the Nile. The
3 Mohammedan call 20 PRAYERS had beer
J sounded by the priests Of that religion
I the HueZzins from the four hundred
. mosques of Cairo as the cry vent ont
God is great bear witness that
there isno God but God. bear witness
. that MOhammed is the apostle OF G0d.
. Come 70 PRAYERS Come 10 salvation.
1Od is GREAT Nhere is no other but
. sod pravers are better than sleen.
. The sky and CITY and palm groves and
. river shipping we're 1athed In the
light .t was not meh 0s a craft that
/ we boarded o would not be hailed
, on any of our rivers with any rapture
. Of admiration. IL fortunately bad but
. little speed for twice we ran aground,
. and the sailors jumped into the water
and on their shoulders pushed her ouI
, But what Yacht of gavest sportsman.
. what deck of swiftest ocean Queen could
. give such thrill Of rapture ~ p sail on
. the Nile2 The pyramids iu sight, the
. remains Of cities that are now only a
name the villages thronped with popu-
.atiOn. Both banks crowded with his
. toricat deeds of FORTY or sixtv. centuries.
, Oh. what book the Bible is when read
on the Nilel
Here we disembs~ir little while for
Memphis off from s&a Nile 10 the rivht-
Memphis founded bv the first king of
Egypt, and for a loupwhile the csuital.
A city Of marble and gold. Home Of
the pharaohs City nineteen miles in
| circumference Vastcoionuades through
which imposing PROFESSIONS marched.
| Here stood the Temple OF tAe sun, itself
in br1iliancv a sun shown on by another
sun. Memphis in power over thou
sand and one hundred Years. or nearly
ten times rs long as the United States
[ have existed. Here is recumbent
/ statue seveutv-tive feet high. Bronzed
/ gatewavs. A metropolis called ''the
haven OF the bIest" Here Ioseph
was prime minister Here pharaoh
| received Jacob. All possible splendOrs
were built m into this r0val eitv 10
sea. Ezekiel Jeremiah and Isaiah speak
Of it AS something wonderful Never
I did 7 visit a city with such exalted an
ticipations and never did my antieipa-
tiOns drOD so fat. Not a pillar stands.
I Not a wall is uubrOiSeu. Not a fouu-
! tain tOsses IN the sun. Even the ruins
have been ruined and all that remains
are chips OF marble small pieces of
[ fractured sculpture and sDlinterrd hui
man bones Here and there n letter Of
some elaborate inscription, a toe
[ Or ear Of statue hat
once stood IN niche Of palace
wall Ezekiel prophesied its blottiug
ont, and the prophecy has been full
I dlled Ride on, I" said TO our partv.'
"and DON'T wait for me And as
stood there alone. the city Of Memphis
I in the rlorv OF past centuries returned.
I And heard the rush Of her ehariots.
| and the dash ot her fountains. and the
couvivialitv Of her palaces and saw the
drunken mobiles roll on the floors Of
mosaic while IN startling contrast.
1 amid all the reraiities Of the nalaee
saw Pharoah look up iuta the face Of
aged, rustic Jacob. the shepard. saving.
How old art fhou9''
But back 20 the Nile and on and un
/ tin Won roach Thehes in scriut1ra
called the City of No Iundred-gated
I Thehes. Quadrareuar city flur
miles from limit 10 limit Four treat
temples. two " hem Karuao md
Luxor once mountains of av1uisits
sculpture and Gorgeous dreams soIihed
In stone statue Of Raaesps IL.
I eight hundred and airhtv-sevpn t0rq in
weight and seveutv-fve feet hirh. ont
now fallen and scattered Wallis A.
bloom with the battleHeids NJ rartu-
ries The surrounding hills ~ rock hol-
! lowed into sepulcherv on the walls NJ
which are rhiseipd u picture
and 1iernrivnhics the confirmation
~ Bible story m rararr 10 the F.aat-
mert ~ the Tsraelites In Egypt 40 that
as explorations 10 on with The wort,
I the wallis ~ these gerulcherv herrrre
I commentaries NJ .he Bible .be
Scriptures originally written mon
parchment here 'ut into everlasting
stone TheheS miqhtv and dominant
i've hundred years Then she went
/ In fulRllmert ~ Ezelyieps nrophecv
concerning the ritv NJ No which was
another name for Thebe~ T win
execute judgement in No win eut
[ or .be nultitudes NJ vor
Jeremiah also prorhesita. THUS
saith he Lord win punish The
multWdes % No." This eitv lf
rheheq aud 1ll the other dead cities of
| EGYPT iternte md reiterate the vpracitv
I 0f The scriptures telling The same
story which Moses and the prophets
told Have Won noticed how God ,ept
back these archaeological combinations
of The Bible until 0w lime when the
air is nll ~ uuhelief about Ihe truth.
'ulness ~ the dcar old R0ols2 lie watt