Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-11-05
The Tabernacle Pulpit.

was Bricks Without Straw, a continual
ton Of the series on the confirmation OF
HOLY Scripture which Dr. Talmagc
found in his journey from the Pyramids
to the Acropolis. His text was Isaiah
xix, /, "The burden of Egypt"
What is all this excitement about in
the streets of Cairo, Egypt, this Decem-
Der morning in 1885? Stand back! We
hear loud voices and see the crowds Of
people retrcating to the sides of the
street. The excitement Of others be-
comes our own excitement. Footmcn
come in sight. They have a rod in the
hand and tasseled cap on head and their
arms and feet are bare. Their garb is
black to the waist, except us threaded
with gold, and the rest is white. They
are clearing the way for an official dig
nitary In a chariot or carriage. They
are swift and sometimes run thirty or
forty miles at n stretch in front or an
aquipagc. Make way! They arc the
Ncctcst footed men on earth, but soon
die, for the human frame was not made
for such endurance.
Now, my hearers, In this course of
sermons / am only serving you us foot
man, and clearing the way for your
coming into the wonders OF Egyptology,
far beyond anything that can be said
in the brovity of pulpit uttcrancc. Two
hundred and cighty-nine times does the
Bible refer to Egypt and the Egyptians.
No wonder, for Egypt was the mother
of nations. Egypt, tho mother Of
Greece; Greece, the mother Of Rome;
Rome. tho mother of England; England,
che mother OF our own land. Accord
ing to that, Egypt is our greatest
grandmother
On othor SabbathS | left you studying
what they must have been in their glory;
the Hypostylo Hall Of Karnac, the archi-
tCCtural miracles at Luxor, tho Colon
made of IIoromhob, the cemeteries Of
Memphis, the value Of q kingdom in one
monument, the Sphinx, which with lips
of stone speaks loud enough to be heard
across the centuries, lIcliopolis and Xoan,
the conundrum Of archHoIogists But all
chat extravaganza of palace and temple
and monument was the cause of an OPP
preston high MS Heaven and deep as
hell. The weight of those blocks of
stone, heavier than any modern ma
Chincry could lift, came down upon the
Hebrew slaves, aud their blood mixed
the mortar for tho trowcls.
We saw again and again on and along
VIC MIC IL DoSS Workman roughly SHllbt
Ii subordinate who did not please him.
1t is no rare occurrence to see long lines
of men under heavy burdens passing by
taSkmaStcrs ut short distances, flashing
them as they go by into greater speed,
and then these worllmcn, exhausted with
thc blasting heats Of thc day. lying down
upon the bare ground, suddenly chilled
with night air, crying out in prayer:
''Ya, Allah" "Na, Allnh!" which means
Q God! o God! But what must have
been the oldcn times cruelty shown by
the Egyptians toward their lsracltish
slaves is indicated by picture in the
Roni-iiaZ2an tomhs, whore a man is held
down on his face by two men and an
other holds dp the victims feet while
the officials beat the bare back Of the
victim, every stroke, | have no doubt,
fetching the blood.
Now you sec how tho PharaohS could
afford to build such costly works. 1t
cost them nothing for wages, nothing
but the tears and blood of the toilcrS,
and tears and blood are cheap drink
for devils. Bricks without straw" may
not suggest SO much hardship until you
know that tho bricks were usually made
with ''Crushcd straw" straw crushed by
the feet of tho oxen in the thrashing,
ard, this crushed straw denied to the
WorkmCn, they had to pick up hcrc and
Nh1rc n piece of stubblo or gather
PUSHES from the watcrside. This story
,or the Bible is confirmed by the fact
that many Of the brick walls of Egypt
have ON the lower layers brick made
with straw, but tho higher layers of
brick made out of rough straw or rushcs
from the river bank, the truth of the
T.. - Al,
brick walls discovered by the modern
explorers.
That Government outrag, has always
Nccn Il characteristic Of Egyptian rulcrs.
Taxation to the point of starvation was
the Egyptian rule in the Rbio times rs
we'll as in our own time. A modern
1raVclor gives the figures concerning the
cultivation Of seventeen acres, the value
of the yield Of the gold stated in pias-
tres:
Expenses Observation-Disclosures. o93'2
C1,or produco. S0Sts
TaNos.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ANY,
Amount cleared by the farmer. ...,..... 3l5'9
Or. as my authority declares, 70 per
cent of what the egyptian farmer
makes is paid for taxes to the Govern
SUOut. Now, that Is not so mNch taxa
sion as assassination. What think YOU
OF that, those who groan under heavy
4aXcs in America? | have heard that in
Egypt the working people have Il song
like this, "They Starve us, they starvo
us, Jhey beat us, they beat us; but
there's some one above, there's some
ono above, who will punish them well,
who will punish them we'll But 70
per cent. Of Government tax is mercy
as compared to what the Hebrew slaves
suffered there in Bible times. They got
nothing but food hardly tit for n dog,
and their clothing was of one rag, and
Ehcir roof q burning sky by day and the
stars of Heaven by night,
You say, "Why did they stand it?'
because they had to stand it, You see,
along back in the worlds twilight, there
was famine in Canaan, and old Jacob
and his sons came to EwVut for bread