Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-26
TABERNACLE PULPIT.
on. TAl.NA6E's SECOND SERMON On
MS Old mo7L0 JCUHnEYA

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Cisass .sa ssssrs z.a Places 81 Lssx
Ago.
BzooEllrs. Oct. ss-fhe rendering e
me klEst sosats IA u &inor. by Gailmanr.
en- the great srgas Of the BFosklya TaAer-
nssis rhlE morning. ~ Professor Hsnry
Eyre Browne, tas ssxani.t. held The vast
congregation spelibouRd with profound
einotion- Or. TAiEage preached on Sal
Tag Cp the Me. tbs second sermon Of Tia
seriez essstlsd From the Pyramids 70 tLs
AcrSDonss or. Whas I Saw in E.ypt aai
Greco. CenaFEsasery Of the Scriptures ("
His text was E<ekiel xxx, .. '-ras River
i Niue and Have Made L."
Aaai This Il tbs River Nile. A brown
Or ysliss or silver eerd on which are hung
more Jewels OF thrilling interest than on
aay river that was ever twisted In the sun
shins. Il rippis= through the book OF Exs-
kisi. sra fsashes IN the books of Deuterea-
ony aud isaiah and Zecharis and Ma
hnn. sad on IFS BANKS stood the raighties
Of many ages Is was the crystal cradle Of
Moses, All on US bsnks Mary, the refugee,
carried TIE iatast Jesus. To ind the birth
place OF this river was the fascination and
tsse4t Of expeditions without number
Not mssy years ago Bayard Taylor, our
great American traveller, wrote. Since
Columbus first locked upon San Salvador,
the earth las bat enc emotion or triumph
icfE for her D-ssossl. and that she reserves
for him who shall first drink from the
fountains OF the White Nile under the snow
fields of Kilims- \ jsro." But the discovery
of the sources Ut the Nile by most people
WAS considered "A lmpossibtl.ty. The INA
iariaz, the Wild beasts. the ssvazes. the IN
eiimbzhls sleeps. the vast distances.
stopped all the expeditions for ages
An intelligent native said 10 Sir Samuel
w. BAKER and Wits as they were on their
way To accomplish that in which others
had failed: Give mp the mad scheme OF
the Nile source. How would IL be possible
for lady Young and delicate 10 endure
what would kill the strongest mani Give
itup." Bat the work went on until Speks
and Grant and Baker found the two lakes
which are tas source Of wha. was called
the White Nile. and baptized these two
Iakes with the names Of Victoria and AL
bert. These two lakes, flled by great rain
falls and by accumulated SHOWS from tho
mountains. pour their waters. laden with
agricultural wealth sach As blcsses no other
river, On down over the cataracss. on be-
tween frowning mountains, on between
cities living and cities dead, on for four
thousand miles and through a continent.
But tAs White Nile would do little for
Egypt IL this were sill IL would keep its
banks and Egypt would remain q desert.
But from Ably Ssinia there comes what 10
called the Blue Nile. which, though dry or
nearly dry half the year, under tremendous
rains about thu middle Of June rises to
great momentum, and this Blue Nile
dashes with sudden Influx into the White
Nile, which IN consequence rises thirty
feet and their combined waters inundate
Egypt with . rich soil which drops on all
tina fields aud gardens as it Is conducted
BIZ bitches and sluices and canals every
whittier.
The creates. damage that ever came to
Egyp. came by the drying up Of the River
Nile. and the greatest blessing by Its
heslthful and abundant fiow. The famine
IN Joseph's time came fromthe lack Of SUI
6cisnt inundation from the Nile. Not
enough Nile u drought; too much Nile Is
freshet .ad plague. The rivers of the earth
are the mothers Of lis prosperity. II BY
some csnvuisicn of nature the Mississippi
should be taken from North America, OF
the Amazon from South America. or the
Danube from Europe. or the Yenissi from
Asia-what heinispheric calamity Still,
there are other rivers that could fertillze
and save these countries.
Our own continent Is gulched, Is rib
bcned. Is gIoriaeA By innumerable water
{ne haa ~ az
river, and taat IL harnessed to draw all
the properties Of realms In acreage semi
infinite what happens 20 the Nile, hap
pens to Egypt. The Nilometer was TO m.
very suggestive az We went mp aud down
its damp stone steps and saw the pillar
marked with notcses telling Just how
high or low are the waters Of the Nile.
When the Nile IN rising four criers every
morning run through the city announc-
ing how many feet the river has risen
ten feet. dftean feet, twenty feet, twenty
four feet--snd waen tho right height oil
water il reached the gates OF the canals
are lang ooaa and the liquid and refresh
Ing bened.ction Is pronounced on all the
land.
ITS SEWN MOUTHS CHANGED.
Asws start where the Nile emptiss into
the Mediterranean sea, We behold won
derfnl falillmeus Of prophecy. The Nile
in very ancient tines used to have seven
mouths. IA the great river approached
the sea IL entered the sea ~ seven different
places. Isaiah proPaesied. The Lord shall
utterly destroy the tongue Of the EgY ptian
sea and shall smile q in ths seven streams.
The fact ~ they arr All DESTROYED but two
ard Hsrsdotas aid taese two remaining
are arti6ciai. Up the Milo we shall so
part CT the way hy Exy ptlsn rail train and
then by boat, asd vc saall understand
Why the Bible gives such prouinsncs to
this river, which IL the largest Sfvsr OF all
the earth With oa~ exception
bat before vs beard the train We mus,
takr look at AiexsadTia. It was founded
by Aiexsadsr the Great, ard was once ths
New Ysrk. .hs Paris. the Lonaen Of ths
world. rrnrlss. palaces. fountains. gsr.
deus. pifisre6 and eeforrsceat wish AL
architectural asi Edcnis grandeur AID
swaesnesz Apollss. the eloquent. whom
On New Testament ,iEnes some psopis tried
20 MAKE a rival 80 psri. lived herr.
Here Marx. the sa.snr % the s~cead hook
Of the New Tesfarssnt. expired undeE
Nsrses sn~hssna From hers the shir
eaiiea s,iss Iefs Paul and the crew stray
Cling fn shs breakers of Nelisa. Psmpey's
pillar IL here. ssout one handred feet high,
rs hsss surrounded ~ 90 much Sta and
ssu.ier va glad 10 ~zsspe into IN air
tskt ss-s hrexxhaSse. This tower was built
IN heaey Of TSssciet an Tor sparing the re-
tsIiious sfslzees
sfssr Lsvssr dssIsr~d that he venld