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


the lesson of virtue that she taught was
obnoxious, and so they dragged heI
through the streets and scraped her flesh
from her bones with sharp oyster shells
aud then burned the fragments Of the mas
sacred body. And here dwelt Cleopatra,
pronounced to be the beauty Of all time
although if her pictures are correct have
seen thousand women in Brooklyn more
Rttractive-and she was as bad as she
Mas said to be handsome Queen, conquer
ISIS. and spoke seven languages, although
| it would have been better for the world il
the had not been able to speak any. julius
Caesar conquered the world. yet she con
quered Julius Caesar
ALEXANDRIA's GREAT LIBRARY.
But Alexander, fascinating for this or
that thing, according TO the taste of the
visitor, was 60 me most entertaining be-
cause it had been the site OF the greatest
library that the world ever saw, consider
ing the fact that the art Of printing mad
not been invented Seven hundred thou
sand volumes and all the work Of a slow
pen. But down it al went under the
torch of besiegcrs. Built again and de-
stroyed'again Builta again, but the Arabs
came along for its final demolition and the
four thousand baths Of the city were heat
ed with those volumes, he fuel lasting
six months. and were ever fires kindled at
such fearful eosts What holocausts Of the
worlds literaturel What martyrdom Of
booksl How many Of them haze gone
down under the rage OF nations.
Only one book has been able TO with
stand the bombardment, and that has gone
through without smell ofsfire on its lids.
NO sword or spear or musket for its de-
Tense. An unarmed New Testament. An
unarmed Old Testament. Yet invulner-
sble and triumphant. There must be
something supernatural about it. Cog
queror of booksi Monarch Of books All
the books Of all the ages in all the libraries
outshone by this one book which You and
carry to church in pocket So me-
thought amid the ashes Of Alexandrian IL
braries.
But all aboard the Egyptian rail train
going up the banks of the Nilel Look out
of the window and see those camels kneel-
ing for the imposition of their load And
| think we might take from them a lesson,
and, instead of trying to stand upright in
our own strength, become conscious OF our
weakness and need of divine help before we
AehN uilpl IL tue HtdN uuhito OF lIe year OF
the week or the day, and so kneel for the
burden We meet PROFESSIONS Of men and
beasts on the way from their days work,
but alas, for the homes to which the poor
inhabitants are going, for the most part
novels Of mud. But there is something in
the scene that thoroughly enlists us. 1t is
the novelty of Indebtedness and a scene of
rags. For thousands Of years
this land has been under very daInnatiun
Of taxes. Nothing but Christian civiliza-
ton will roll buck the Influences which
are spelling the Egyptians" There are
gardens and palaces, but they belong to
the rulers.
About here under the valiant Murad |
Bey, the Mamelukes, who are the finest |
horsemen in the world, came like hurri- |
cane upon Napoleon's army, but they were !
beaten back by the French in one Of the
iercest battles of all time Then the Nam /
slukes turned their horses heads the other |
way, and in desperation backed them |
against the French troops, hoping the 1
horses would kick the life out OF the /
French regiments. The Mamelukes, fail /
ny again, plunged into this Nile and were /
drowned, the French for days fishing out I
he dead bodies of the Mamelukes TO get /
ne valuables upon their dead bodies Ma
)oleon, at the daring of these Mamelukes,
Gould have united the Nam
luke horse to the French infantry, Iwould
nave reckoned myself master OF the world
THE JOURNEY Up THE NILE.
This ride along the Nile is one Of the
most solemn and impressive rides Of all my
ife time, aud our emotions deepen as the
curtains Of the night fall upon all sur
But we shall not be satisfied
Until we can take a ship and pass right out
lpon these wondTous waters aud between
he banks crowded with the story of EN-
lires.
According to the lead pencil mark in my
Bible it was Thanksgiving day morning.
Gov. 2S, 1889, that with my family aud
riends we stepped aboard the steamer on
he Nile. The Mohammedan call to prayers
lad been sounded by the priests of that re-
igion, the Muezzins. from the four hun.
Ired mosques of Cairo as the cry went out:
God is great. bear witness that there is
10 God but God. bear witness that Mo
lammed is the apostle of God. Come to
'rayers. Come TO salvation God is great.
there is no other but God. Prayers are
letter than sleep"
AhS shy anu CITY anu PAIN groves ana
liver shipping were bathed in the light. 1t
vas not much of craft that we boarded.
t would not be hailed on any of our rivers
With any rapture of admiration. 1t fortu-
lately mad but little speed, for twice we ran
ground and the sailors jumped into the
vater aud on their shoulders pushed her
ut. But what yacht of gayest sportsman.
What deck of swiftest ocean queen could
i've such thrill, of rapture as sail on the
'ile2 The pyramids in sight, the remains
t cities that are now only name, the vii
ages thronged with population. Both
anks crowded with historical deeds of
Drty or sixty centuries. Oh, what book
he Bible is when read on the Nilel
As we slowly move up the majestic river
see on each bank the wheels, the pumps,
he buckets for irrigation, and see a man
18th his foot on the treadle of wheel that
stches up the water for garden, and
nen for the first time | understand that
assage in Deuteronomy which says of
le lsraelites after they had got back from
gypt, The land whittier thou goest in to
ossess it is not as the land of Egypt, from
hence ye came out. where thou sowedst
ly seed, and wateredst it with thy foot. 4"
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