Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-11-14

water and On their shoulders puSle1 he: cut.
But what yacht Of gaye-t sportsman, what
deck Of sHlftest ocean queen could give such
thrill Of rapture as a sail On the Nile: The
pvraa!is in sight. the remains Of cities that
are now ONLY q name, the villages thronget
with population. Both banks crowded Will!
historical deeds OF forty Or sixty centuries
Oh. what q book the Bible IS when read on
the Nile.
As we slowly move up the majestic river
/ see on each bank the wheels, the puulps.the
buckets for irrigation, and Sc a man with
his foot on the treadle OF q wheel that fetch@s
up the later for q gariea, ana then for tue
frs time / uaierstanl that passa4a ~
Deuteronomy which says Of the lsraelires
after they had got back from Egypt, The
land whittier thou goest in to possess it IS not
a. The land Of Egypt, from whence ye ,cam9
cut. where thou sowedsr thv seed, ana
wateredst II with thy foot Then fnIer-
stood no" the lani c2uli u watereJ "ltn
tn Dot. Ho" d. you suppose | fit When
on the siecl. vi thai steamer on the Me |
ioa1.d 81 unDu thu 4nal~- ant eltrha- AMI
s.4.c-- t-rouzu "nscn t4@ n-4d, AZ TT
gated by that river. and then read in ISAIAH,
Tie burden Of Egypt-the river sball b
wasted and dried up, ana they Shall turn the
rivers far away aud the brook, Of -dAenSe
Ia. b einptlet and dried 40 ami sle,
snail lie lroaen II th- purposes th-re1t, al
ttat maze slu!ces AMI ponds for tis1.
y IIIe sailing on TINS river ~ stopping at
CL|.gt IT, - ~ %@~ D&SG'
banss wED yerify the Bible description, for
th-F ult -" a. they Mere II D!Jle tug
shoes ara now taken 81 Ii r9Ferenc~
sacred p.ace> Children carried astrlie tle
m,thel.s shoulder a. IN Hagar> time. No
1u-4 with protu-lon Of jewe.ry a when Re-
b5e,a was atialcei Lentll~ >hel!et into tn
pottaLa. as whe4 E>au sold his birthrlg1t L
get elcn a dish The>ame habits 81 ~4iuta-
ton "a when .to>eph ana his brethren fe!Io Oh
each others ne-hs Courts .. law held I'M
| ,l.r ft;T f1-c.S n II 1f1afi times p11pIa max
ing bricks without straw, compelled by
circumstances to use stubble instead Ct
straw
FIylns ovec or standing OH tua banks al
Scripture days are famingo9-. osprey.
eagle, palicans, herons. c1cHoo9 anl buii
inches On all sides OF this river ~epaichr">
Villages of sepulchers. Cities q seppICaer-
Nations Of sepulcheIs. Aud on is tempted
! II caIl It ga eulplTe OF tombz. never saw
ouch a place as Egypt j, for grave. ANA
now weun1erstand the complaining ~ar .asIl
OF the lsraelltes whenl they We're on The Way
from Egypt to Canaan, "Becau,s there are
no grave III Egypt hast thou taken As away
TO die in the WILDERNESS. Down the rIyer
bank come the buffalo and the cattle OF slne
to drink AMI 1t was the ancestors of these
cattle that inspired Pharoah> dream Q. tle
lean kline and the tat kline.
Here we disenbarA Il little wal. Tor
Memphis, off the Nile to theright N-alpli~
founded by the first king OF Egyp. AL for a
long time the capital Ac.tg nf nlafol an
gold. Home of the Fharaoh. city ii MN
teen miles ii citcunterenl. Na~a colon
nadea through Whlca Imposing plo-ea-.oHS
marched. Here stool tn, Temple ot tn
sun. itself III briililncy aatln ~npla N ny
another sun. Thebe' III poN-r over 4 tnou-
sand ana nun irei years, or notH}y tn tim 5
as long a the Initel States iaFe -X.St"l.
Here Is a r~ecugnbent s.atu. evenly i've fet
long Bronzei gateway. \ n.a-o2ois
called the haven 81 the III here
Joseph was pine minister. Hert Pnartoh
received Jacob. Al possible >ptellor> were
bu It up into this roya! city. To "a, Fl aalef.
Jeremiah ana Isaiah speak Of il a ~oale
thing wonderful
Never. did l visit a cry with >sxcl e~zalt-l
antlClpatlons and never did my aItlclpa-
tons drop 50 tat. Not a pillar staals. No
q wall IS unbfoken. Net IA foundation toSsas
IN the sun. Even the ruins have been ruined
ana all that remains are ~cl;p- Of nlEhl-,
small pieces Of fractured sculptur. ana >2liu
teret human bones Here All there a letter
Of some elaborate inscription. a toe or ear
Of a statue that once .t5od - niche af ralaes
wall Ezekiel propIes}ei it. biotttnS out,
ANA the prophecy has been fulfilled. Ride
on said to our party. "anl don't wait for
me" And as | stood there alone the city Of
Memphis in the glory of past centuries re-
turned. And | hear the rush OF iei: char
ots, aud tie dash q her fountains. anl the
conyivia!itY Of her pn!aCe~, and saw the
drunken rob,s losl on the floors Of mosaic,
While III startling contrasy amid ali the re-
gaiities OF the p!ace ! saw Pharaoh look "
lnto the fac OF aged rustic Jacoi, the ~nep
herd, saying. How OLD art thcnT
But back 70 the Nile and on and up till you
reach Thebcs, IL Scripture called the City OF
No. Hundred gated Th4bes. A quadrau-
gular city four miles from limit to limit.
-Four great temples, two of them karnac
and luxor once mountains Of exquisite
sculpture and gorgeous dream, ,oliditiat III
stone. Statue of kanne>es II, eight hundre1
and elghty-seven tons IN weight and seven
ty-tive feet high, but now fallen ana scat
tered. Walls abloom with the battleiiells 81
centuries.
The surrounding hills Of roe. followed
INTO sepulchers Oh tile wall If which ar,
chi>ele1 Ill picture aud hicragIvphic- tht
confirmation OF Bible story in regard tc til
treatment Of the tsraellfe5 IN Egypt s thet
as explorations 60 on with the wola, tn.
wall of these sapulclars become com
mentarie> Of tue Bible. the Scripture,
originally written upon parchment 1erecur
into everlasting stone. Iaebes mighty an
dominant five hundrei year. Then she wen
down in tultilllnent 81 Ez4ki.i~ prophecy
concerning tn City Of No, which was another
name tor Thebe>. Il viii execute iulcllel
II No. VIII cur of the nIultituie~ OF No
Jeremiah also propae@i@l. Thus saith In.
/ Lord, | Will punish the m1ttituia~ 81 W.
Tins city y. 9h+ne> and nli the otacr daa,
c.t!esos Egypt i~rer3t- ana relterate IL
seraclty II the Scriptures. rellln- the sam
story which Moss ant the prophets tol
Have vou noticed tr,A Got!lel, nue. tines
archasolog:caic ntirlaatiol~ u the Bible IN
!. Il our tune, when lac All isfuil OF unbelie
/ about the trathtulle>> y tHeietr old book
Il waited until tne printing lsq>s naI bee
1T up IN its perfected shape. an Nh ~uh,na
line cable was laII, anl the w2rla was il
: teliIg-nt enough oapprecia;e tneJsstImon,
!, and then He reSurrectei the Ae9t cite, q