Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-11-11
VA, ALLAH.
Do. TnimaGe's Sermon on -Brck
Without Strawa-
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The subject of nr Talmage'a Sunday
sermon was "Bricks Without Straw
= continuation of the series on the con-
hrmation of the Holy Scripture which
DR. Taimagc found ina his journey from
the Pyramids to tho AcrcpoliA His
text was Isaiah XIX. I: 's,rhe burden Of
Egypt"
What Is all this excitement about In
The streets of Cairo. Egypt, this Dcccm-
Der morning In iss9? Stand baci<l
We hear loud voiccs and see the
crowds OF people rctrcatinR TO the
aides of tho street The Excitement of
others becomes our own excitement.
Footmcn come m sight They have q
rod In the hand aud tasseled cap on
head. and their arms and feet arc barc.
Their garb Is black To the waist except
rs threaded with gold. and the rest Ii
white They arc clearing tho way for
an official dignitary I'm n chariot OF car
riagc They nrc swift and sometimes
run thirty or forty miles at stretch In
front OF an equipagc. They arc the
hcctest-footed men on earth. but soon
die, for the human frame was not made
for such endurance.
asked NIL around mo who the man
In the carriage was, but no ono seemed
90 know. Yet rs fell back with tho
rest 70 the wall I said. this IL the old
custom found all up and down the
Bible. footmen running before tho
rulers demanding obeisancc. ns In
Genesis before Joscph's chariot the
people were commanded. "Bow the
knee" and as ] see the swift feet OF the
men, followed by the swift feet OF the
horses, how those old words OF Jere-
miah rushed through my mind. Thou
hast run with the footmcn and they
have wcaried thee. how canst thou con
tend with horses?'
Now. my hearers, In this course of
sermons ! am only serving you "a foot
man. and clearing the way for your
coming into the wonders of Egyptology,
n subject would have you study far
beyond any thing that can bc said In
the brcvity OF pulpit utterancc.
Two hundred aud eighty-nine times
does the Bible refer to Egypt and tho
Egyptians. No wonder, for Egypt WINS
the mother of nations Egypt tho
mother of Greece; Greece. the mother
OF Rome; Rome, the mother OF Eng
land; England. the mother OF our own
land According 20 that Egypt il our
great-grent-grandmo On other
Sabbaths | left you studying what
they must have boon In their
glory; the Hypostyle Hall of Kar-
nae, the architectural miracles OF Lux
or. the Colonnadc OF Horemheb. the
cemeteries OF Memphis. the value OF n
Kingdom In one monument, the Sphinx.
which with lips of stone speaks loud
enough To be heard across tho ccntu.
ries, Heliopolis and Zoan. the conun-
drum OF archmologsts But all that
extravaganza of palace and temple aud
monument was the cause OF an oppres-
sion high as Heaven aud 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 mixed the NOR
tar for the trowels- -
We see again and again on and
along the Nile boss workman rough
ly smite n subordinate who did not
please him. IL Is no rare occurrence
90 see long lines OF men under
heavy burdens passing by taslt-masters
at short distances lashing them as they
go by into greater speed. and
then these workmen. exhausted
with the blasting heats OF the
day. lying down upon the bare
ground, suddenly chilled by the night
air. crying out In prayer ''Ya! Allahl"
"Yai AllahF' which means Oh! Godl OH
Godi But what must have been the
olden time cruelty shown 10y the Egyp.
tians TO their Israelitish slaves Is indi-
Gated by a picture I'm the Beni-IIassen
tombs, where man Is held down on
his face by two women and another
holds up the victims feet while the Of
hcials beat the bare back OF the victim.
every stroke, have no doubt. fetching
| the blood.
Now you see how the Pharoah could az.
ford To build such costly works II cost
them nothing for wages. nothing but
the tears and blood OF the toilers. and
tears and blood are cheap drink for
devils. "Bricks without straw" may
not suggest SO much hardship until you
Know that the bricks were usually
made with crushed straw''-straw
crushed by the feet of oxen In the
hreshing, and. this crushed straw de-
MED 20 the workmen. they had 10 pick
| up mere huu theTc u piece OI btuDDlc or
gather rushes from the water-slde. This
story Of the Bible Is confirmed by the
fact that many OF the brick walls OF
! Egypt have on the lower layers bricks
made with straw. but the higher layers OF
brick made out OF rough straw or
PUSHES from the river snk. the truth
OF the Book Of Exodus thus written in
the brick walls discovered by the mod
ern explorer
That governmental outrage has al
ways been a characteristic % Egyptian
rulers Taxation 70 the point Of starva-
ton was the Egyptian rule in the Bible
times as well az IL Is in our own time
A modern traveller gives the figures
concerning the cultivation OF seventeen
acres, the value OF the yield Of the field
stated In piasters;
Prodnce ...s.-..... ...s--. ......-- i,Js
/
tinof Yfo1ucsss ssfs ssss fuatt
Taxes .....4s.. ..--.-. ....-..- fSl
|
Amount clssrsd By ne farmsr...... ais1
Or. as ms authority declares, 10 per