Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-31

and SYRIA. Is the New Testament true"
''Truew respond the ruins all the wa
from .Joppa TO the Dead sea and from
Jerusalem TO Damascus. What mercy
that this testimony OF the dead cities
should come at a time whon the blpie
Is especially assailed. And this work
will 90 ON until the varacity and divln'
ity of the Scriptures will b. rs certain
to all sensible men and women cs that
two and two make four. as that IN isos.
celes triangle Is one which has two of
! its sides equal, as that the diameter OF n
circle Is a line drawn through tho CEN
ter and terminated by the circum!er.
ence. as certain us any mathematical
demonstration. Never did feel more
encouraged than when after preaching
sermon on evidences OF the truth oil
the Bible drawn from Oriental lands,
a distinguished senator OF the United
States, known and honored everywhere,
but now deceased, came up to the plat
form and said: Il was brought up IN
the faith OF Christianity, but ] got TO
specializing on all these subjects, and
had given up my failh In the Bible, but
those facts and arguments archnolog'
ical take me back 10 my old faith in tho
Bible, which my father and mother
taught me- The tears rolling down
his cheeks evinced the depth OF his
emotion.
When read OF the senator's death l
was comforted to think that perhaps l
may have helped him little in the
struggle OF his life, and perhaps given
him an easier pillow on which to die.
Two great nations, Egypt and Greece,
diplomatized and almost came to battle
for one book, q copy OF -Eschylus. Ptol-
envy, the Egyptian king, discovered
that In the great library at Alexandria
there was no copy OF Esnhylus Tho
Egyptian King sent up to Athens,
Greece, to borrow the book and make q
copy OF it. Athens demanded deposit
OF eli, 100 as security. The Egyptian
king received the book, but refused to
return that which he had borrowed,
and so forfeited the $l7.700. The ma
nations rose in contention about that
one book. Beautiful and mighty book
indeed! But it is book OF horrors, the
dominant idea that We are the victims
tins OF hereditary influences from
which there Is no escape, and that fate
rules the world, and although the au-
thor does tell Of Prometheus who was
crucified on the rocks for sympathy for
mankind, q powerful suggestion OF the
sacrifice OF Christ in latter years, 1t Is o
very poor book compared with that
which we hug to our hearts because 1t
contains our only guide in life, our only
comfort in death, and our only hope for
blissiul Immortality. II two nations
could afford to struggle for one copy OF
YEschylus, how much more can all ma
tions afford to struggle for the posses.
sion and triumph OF the holy scriptures?
But the dead cities strung along the
Nile not only demolish infie 6lity, but
thunder down the absurdity OF the
modern doctrine OF evolution which
saws the world started with nothing
and then rose. and human nature began
with nothing but evolved into splendid
manhood and womanhood OF itself.
Nay; the sculpture OF the world was
more wonderful in the days OF Mem
phis ard Thebes and Carthage than IL
the days OF Boston and New York.
Our God made the heavens and sent
his son to redeem the nations. And
our cities will not go down, and our
nation will not perish because the
gospel is going to triumph. Forward:
all schools and colleges and churches!
Forward all reformatory and missionary
organizations. Forward! all the in
fluences marshalled to bless the world.
Lot our modern European and Ameri-
can cities listen 70 the voice OF those
ancient cities resurrected, and by ham
mer ana chisel and crowbar compelled
to speak.
| notice the voice OF those ancient
cities Is hoarse from the exposure OF
forty ceutuli les, and they accentuate
slowly with lips that were palsied for
ages, but all together those cities along
the Nile intone these words: Hear us
for we are very old, and it is hard for
US to speak. We were wise long before
Athens learned her first lesson. We
sailed our ships while yet naviga-
ton was unborn. These obe'
lisks, these pyramids. these
fallen pillars, these wrecked temples,
these colossi OF black granite, these
wrecked sarcophagi under the brow OF
the hills, tell you OF what l was in
grandeur and what am coming down
to be. We sinned and we fell. Our
learning could not save us: See those
half obliterated hieroglyphics on
Wonder wall. Our architecture could
not save us: See the painted columns
OF Phil@ and the shattered temple OF
Esneh. Our heroes could not save US:
VUifoaoa ManoS niodOruS and RameSes.
Our gods Ammon and Osiris
could not save US. See their fallen
temples all along the 1000 miles OF
Nile. Oh, We modern cities, get some
other God; q God who can help, O God
can pardon, q God who can save. Call
ed up as We are for little while to give
testimony, again the sands OF the desert
will bury us. Ashes to ashes, dust to
dust! And as these voices OF porphyry
and granite ceased, all the sarcophagi
under the hills responded, "Ashes to
Ashesm and the capital OF lofty col.
-. folT r,rindinn itaalf IN nOwdar