The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-11-04


1t IS the poyelty OF wretctieGness and a
scene OF picturesque rags. For thous.
ands of years this land has been under
very damnalion Of taxes. Nothing
bat Christian civilization will roll back
the influences which are ''spoilinE the
Egyptians" There are gardens and
palaces, bat they belong to the rulers.
| About here under the valiant Murad
Bey. the MsmeluNes, who are the lin
est horsemen in the wnrid, came Ike a
hurricane upon Napcieol.'s army. bat
they were be ten back by The French N
cne OF the Gcrcesc battles Of all time.
Then lhc M&melukes turncd their h0r-
se.' heads the other way. and in desper-
alton backed them sgainst the French
troops. hoping TIE horses would kick
the lie out Of the French regiments.
The Mamelukcs, falling again. plunged
into this Nile and were drowned, The
French we're for days fishing nus the
dead bodie. Of the Mameiukcs TO set tie
valuables upon their dead bodies. Ma.
poleon, at the daring o. these Name.
lukes, exclaimed, Gould have united
the Mancluke holse 70 the French IN.
tantry, l would have reckoned myself
master o, the world"
This ride alon. the Nile is one Of the
mos, solemn and impressive rides Of al
my l;tc Time, and our emotions deepen
rs the curtains Of the nigh: fail upon al
surroundings. But We shall not be sat.
isfied until We can lake = ship and pass
right out upon these wondrous waters
and between the banks crowded with
the story Of empires.
! According to the. lesG pencil mark il
my Bible It was Thanksgiving day morn
ing, Nov. IS, 1889, that With my family
and friends we stepped aboard the
steamer on the Nile. The Mohammedan
call to PRAYERS had been sounded By the
priests of that religion, tae MueZzius,
from the inur hundred mosques OF Cairo
as the cry went ou:: God great.
bear witness that there IS 10 God but
God. bear witness that Mohammed Is
the apostle Of God. Come to prayers.
Come to salvation. Gods great. There
is no other but God. Prayers are better
than slsep."
AS we slowly move up the majestic
river l see or each bank the wheels, the
pumps, the buckets for irrigation, and
see mao With his foot OF the treadle Of
a wheel that fetches up the water for a
garden, and then for tho first time uu-
derstand that passage IL Deu .eronony
which says Of the I.raelltes after they
had got back from Egypt, The land
whittier thou goest II 10 possess it's not
as the land Of Egypt, from whence ye
came out. where thou sowedst thy seed,
and wateredst it with thy foot" Then
l understood how the land could be
watered with the loot. How do you
suppose felt when on tie deck of that
steamer on the Nile I looked of upon
the canals and bitches and slulces
through which the fields are irrigated by
that river, and then read in Isaiah, THE
burden of EgyDt-the river shall be
wasted and dried up, and they shall turn
the rivers far away and the brooks OF
defense shall be emptied and dried up;
and they shall be broken in the purposes
thereof, aud that make sluices and ponds
for fish,"
That Thanksgiving morning on the
Nile found my text Of today. Pharaoh
in this chapter is compared to tbs dragon
Or hippopotamus suggested by tie
crocodiles that used TO line the banks OF
this river. THUS saith the Lord God:
Behold am against thee Paaroah, klus
Of Egypt the great dragon that lieth in
the midst Of his rivers, which hath said
my river is mine own, and have made
it for myself. But I will put hooks i'll
| thy jaws and will cause the fish Of thy
rivers to stick unto thy scales, and l
will bring thee up out OF the midst OF thy
rivers, and all the fish Of thy rivers shall
stick unto thy scales, and the land OF
Egypt shall bs dssolotc and waste, and
they shall know that am the Lord; be-
cause he hath said the river is mine and
l have made it,
While sailing on this river or stopping
at one Of the villages, we see people Oh
the banks who verify the Bible descrip-
ton, for they are now as they were IN
Bible times. Shoes are now taken OH
in reverence to sacred places. Children
carried astride the mothers shoulder as
in Hsgar's time. Women with prolusion
OF jeHelry as when Rebecca was attianc-
ed. Lentils shelled into the pottage, as
when Esau sold his birthrlght to get
such dish. TIE same habits Of saluta-
ton as when Joseph and his brethren
fell on each others necks. Courts OF
law held under big trees as in older
times. People making br:cks without
straw, compelled BY circumstances 20
use stu;,ble instead OF stray.
Flying over or standing on the baEks
as IN Scripture days are tlanlngocs,
osprels, eagles, pclicaEs, Eerons, ,cuckoos
and builiuches. On ii; SIDES OF this
river scpuichers. Villages Of sepul-
chcrs. Cities Of sepulchers. Nations
of sepulcher>. And one is tempted 10
call it az empire OF tonbs. l Deyer saw
such place as Egypt is Tor graves.
Asd now we understand Tie complain
lng sarcasm Of the ISraeiitcs when they
were on tic way from EgYpt to Canaan,
because there are 20 graves in Egypt
hast thou taken us away to die IN the
Wilderness" Down the river bank
come the buffalo and III. cattle or klne
to drink. And il mas tie ancestors O:
these cattle that inspired Pharoah's
Grean Of tie lean kline and the fat kline.
Here we d:sembark little while lcr
Memphis, of from the Nile 10 the right.
Memphis founded by the first king ol
Egypt anG for long while the capital.
4 city OF rnacbls and gold. Home OF the
Pharaobs. City nineteen miles in cir
cumtcrenco Vast colohnadcs through
one hundred years, or near!E ten times
as long a. the United States have exist
cd. Here is a recum5ent statue seven
ty-Gve feet long. Bronzed satevays.
a necropoli, called ''the haven Of the
best" Here Joseph was prime minis.
ter. Here Pharaoh received Jacob. All
! OOssioie slleU00rs more built uU in:O