Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-11-05

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know thar ! am the Lord; because ne hat !,
said the river IS mine aud nave mace l.
The WAYS OF OTHER DAYS
While sailing on this river or stopPlnS
at one Of the Villages, we see people on .ne
banks who verify the Bible description ioi
they are now as they were IN BiDie ti'nes'
Shoes are now taken of IN reFerenee ~
sacred places. Children carried astriae Inc
mothers shoulder as in Hagars Time
Women with profusion OF jewelry as wnen
Rebecea was affianced Lentils sheilea
| into the pottage, as when Esau sofa MS
| birthright to get such dish. Inc same
| habits Of salutation as when Joseph anu
| bis brethren fell on each others hecks.
! Courts Of law held under big trees az 10
oIden times. People making bricks with
out straw. compelled by circumstances to
use stubble instead Of straw.
Flying over or standing on the banks rs
in Scripture days are hamingoes, ospreys'
eagles, pelicans, herons, cuckoos and bull
fnches On all sides Of this river sepul-
cheers. Villages Of sepulchers. Cities OF
sepulchers. Nations of sepulchers. And
one is tempted 20 call it an empire OF
tombs. never saw such place a. Egypt
is for graves. And now we understand the
complaining sarcasm Of the lsraelites when
they were Oh the way from Egypt 70 Can-
aan, Because there are no graves IN Egypt
hast thou taken US away 10 die IN the viii
derness" Down the river bank come the
buffalo and the cattle or kline TO drink.
And it WAS the ancestors Of these cattle
that inspired Pharoah's dream Of the lean
kline and the fat kline.
Here we disembark a little while for
Memphis, off from the Nile 10 the right.
Memphis founded by the first king Of
Egypt and for long while the capital.
city Of marble and gold. Home of the
Pharaohs City nineteen miles IN circum-
ference. Vast colonnades through which
imposing PROFESSIONS marched. Here stood
the Temple OF the Sni, itself IN brilliancy
a sun shone on by another sun. Thebes in
power over thonssnd one hundred years,
or dearly ten times rs long as tue United
States have existed Here is recruitment
statue sevepsy.fiye feet long. BrOnzed
gateways metropolis called ''the haven
OF the blestn Here Joseph was prime
minister. Here Pharaoh received Jacob.
All possible spiendors were built up into
this royal city. Hosea, Ezekiel. Jeremiah
aud Isaiah speak Of it as something won
derful.
Never did visit a city with such exalted
aDticipatiOus, and never did my anticipa-
tions drop 30 fiat. Not a pillar stands.
Not a wall Is unbrOkrn. Not a fountain
losses in the sun. Even the ruins have
been ruined aud all thar remi.sns are chips
of marble, small pieces Of fractured sculp-
tnre and splintered human bones. Here
and there a letter of some elaborate IN.
scrption. a toe or ear Of a statne that oncs
stood ia niche Of palace wall. Ezekiel
prophesied It's blotting out, aud the proph-
ecy has been fulfilled. "Ride om,n | said |
to onr party. "and don't wait for me-
And rs stood there alone the city Of Mem I
phis in the glory of past centuries returned /
And heard the rush Of her ehariots. aud /
the dash Of her fountains, and the conviy- /
iality OF her palaces, aud saw the drunken /
mobiles roll on the floors of mosaic, while /
in startling contrast amid all the royalties
Of the place | saw Pharaoh look up into 1
the face Of aged rustic Jacob, the shepherd, i
saying, How old art thous"
THERE'S.
But back TO the Nile and on and up till I
you reach Thebes, in Scripture called the 1
City Of No. Hundred gated Thebes. A 4
city four miles from limit to
limit -Four great temples, two OF them
karnac and Luxor, once mountains Of ex-
luisite sculpture and gorgeous dreams 4
IN stone. Statue of Raneses II,
eight hundred and eightyseven tons ia
weight aud sayenty-iive feet high bat now
fallen and scattered. Walls abloom with
the hattlefields Of centuries.
The surrounding hills of rock followed
into sepulchers on She wall Of which are
chseied IN picture and hieroglyphios the
confirmation OF Bible story ia regard 10
-hetreatiaent of the Isrnelite- in Egypt so
that, a explorations GO on with the work.
he walls OF these sepulchers become com
nentaries OF the Bible, the Scriptures
written upon parchment here
mt into everlasting stone. Thebes mighty
md dominant five hundred years Then
,he Went down in fulGllment Of Ezekiel's
prophecy concerning the City Of No, which
vas another name for Thebes Il will ex-
cute judgment in No. will cut Oft the
nultitudes Of No" jeremiah also proph-
SIZED, Thus saith the Lord, will punish
he multitudes of MOI
This city Of Tbebes and all the other
lead cities Of Egypt iterate aud reiterate
he veracity of the Scriptures. telling
he same story which Moses and the
prophets told. Have you noticed how God
Kept back these archaeological coniirma-
ions of the Bible until our time. when the
lir is full OF unbelief about the truthful
less of the dear old book He waited IN
ii the printing press had been set up in its
shape. and the submarine cable
vas laid, and the world was intelligent
nough TO appreciate the testimony, and
hen he resurrected the dead cities of the
arth. and commands them, saying: Open
our long sealed lips and speak, Memphis
md Thebes. is the Bible trueg' ''Truel''
espond Memphis and Thebes. Babylon.
5 the Book of Daniel true." ''Truep' re-
ponds Babylon. Ruins of Palestine and
syria, is the New Testament truesp
'Truei' respond the ruins all the way from
oppa to the Dead sea aud from Jerusalem
O Damascus.
What a mercy that this testimony of the
lead cities should come at a time when the
Bible is especially assailed. Aud this work
viii so on until the veracitv of the Scrip
ures will be as certain to all sensible men
nd women as that two and two make
our, as that az isosceles triangle is one
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