Sharp County record., 1891-11-05

following discourse is the initial
Al o,s interesting series by Rev. l, De
Ca,,.I ralmage, based on his observa-
IN ~ While journeying in the east lie
VIC r his texE
day shall there be an altar to the
g vays the s midst of the land of Egypt and and, a
I'd out i the border thereof to the ,,,tnaaa LORD
me, but S,s'' "a 10 o. &c. sC' ''
II no doubt here refers to the
I'VE The pyramid at Gizeh, the chief pyra-
u cant Egypt, The text speaks OF a
in Egypt, and this is the greatest
, a., ever lifted; and the text says 1t
IN Ta ,e at the border of the land, and
-. -nOa' vralnid is at the border OF the
. eaSs md the text says it shall be for
T. cages i and the object of this sermon
$ mild, ell what this pyramid witnesses.
healiup ermon is the first of course OF
lres tha ms entitled "From the pyramids
atarrb,l Q Acropolis, or what l saw in
Too1s' and Greece confrmatory of the
no,n.. lures"
1'1e had on morning of December,
landed in Africa. Amid the
ne pr. NO boatmen at Alexandria we
Remedv come ashore and taken the rail
for for Cairo Egypt along the banks
ey Ca, mose'hoiousnlS w ,';'dn Ia. @ T;Io wo
:, at even tide, entered the city of
'nelh % the city where Christ dwelt
enough staying in Egypt during the He
persecution. 1t was our first
do YOU lin Egypt, No destroying angel
ping through as once, but all the
were out, and the skies were
with angels of beauty and angels
! "a 'ht, and the air was balmy as an
\ rican June. The neat morning we
VA early awake and at the window.
a. ng upon palm trees in full glory
~ afage, and upon gardens of fruits
lowers at the very season when
ZONES far away are canopied by
skies and the last leaf of the for
ovo ~, as gone down in equinoctials.
:. Nv y" how can describe the thrill of
'er ctaticn, for to-day we are to see
u some all the world has seen or wants to
chrome the pyramids. We are mounted
Throa! IN hour and halfs ride. We pass
n hard. mid bazaars stuffed with rugs and
,onder cts and curious fabrics of all sorts
,liciow Smyrna, from Algiers, from Per-
clao, from Turkey, and through streets
ocor.. re we meet people of all colors and
~ garbs, carts loaded with garden
i o'p uctions, priests in gowns, women
casS black wells, Bcdouins in long and
pom aingly superiluous apparel, Janis
while es in Jacket of embroidered gold
COugh and on Howard the great pyramid;
iermar though there are sixty-nine pyra-
Throat still standing, the pyramid at
IRE fr h is the monarch of pyramids,
,ar.ss meet camels grunting under their
o.ae and see buffalos on either side
',1 wsing IN pasture fields. The road
D by travel IS for part Of the way under
10 sla nps Of acacia, and by long rows
sWa sycamore and tamerisk, but after
,ut d lille II Is a path Of rock and sand,
yeniug we fnd we have reached the mar
nd The OF the desert, the great Sahara
plae ert and we cry out to the dragoman
ou an ve see q huge pile of rock looming
sight; rDragoman, what is that?"
answer is "rhe pyramid" and then
'eenled as if we were living CEN
yevery minute. Our thoughts and
/ otions were too rapid and intense
utterance, and we ride on in silence
; II we come to the foot of the pyra-
3 lspoken of in the text. The oldest
ucturc in all the earth, four thou
- ID yenrs old at least. Here it is.
. stand under the shadow Of struc-
\ = Q thatshuts out all the earth and all
sky md we look up and strain our
ion 70 appreciate the distant top,
4 are overwhelmed while we cry
CKn he pyramdI The Pyramid"
EAg saas. had started that morning with the
ysrs termlnation Of ascending the pyra-
iki$ 4, One of my chief objects in going
,onSSIs !. SIs Egyptwa not only to see the base
Ii n1 that granitc wonder, but to stand
=" tho top Of it. Yet the nearer
ny" ne 70 this eternity in stone the
pIIn.,Ss pre- my determination was shaken.
, rs 'altit'ide to me was simply appalling.
''"' great height has always been to me
'.npA most disagreable sensation. As we
b " smountcd at the base Of the pyramid
= aid: Others may go up it, but not
I VII Salty myself with view
ON the base. The ascent of Il would
TO me foolhardy undertaking. {"
ls1Mut after had given up all idea of
ncending | found my daughter was
G'termined to go,and could not let her
q withstrangers and | changed nv
ma and we started with guides. 1t
,,In "a notbc done without these helpers.
" wo Or three times foolhardy men
we attempted II alone, but their
+. od'es cnmc tumbling down unrecog-
cM lzaolc md lifeless. Each person in
." w PATTY had two or three guides
-. helpers. One Of them unrolled his
se arban nnd tied II around my waist
y" 40 hehcld the other end OF the turban
)n mnttcr Of safety. Many of the
ocm of stone are four or Ave feet
md beyond any ordinary human
F'ue unlcSs assisted But, two Arabs
o pull and two Arabs to push, |
ound myself rapidly ascending from