Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-10

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Ten thai wa< TIE boast 81 Roman liiers-
TURF, had lnznsion IN that doomed city.
10 you think that sculpture ana AT are
quite snfheient tor the frodnctien o.
xoo1 morain Then correct y"ar aeiu-
sson ~ examining the statues 10 the
Temple ~ Asreefy ~ i'ompen' OF The
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coionnsdrs and arches OF this house OF
psosnesi.
ny All means have schools and i5ussei-
dorf and borc exhibitions and galleries
where the senins OF All the centur,rscan
bank itself UP IN snowy sculpture and
al hr'c-s-hrsc. and AL pure art bat
nothing rAse the religion OF Jesus Christ
can mako = city moral. In proportion
~ churches and bibles and Christian
printing presses and revivals OF religion
abound 10 city clean and pure What
has buddhism or Confucianis1n or No
administration done In al the hundreds
or years Of their progress for tie eleva-
ton u society Absolutely nothing.
Picking and Madras and Cairo are just
what they were ages ago, except as Chris
tianity has modified their condition.
What Is the difference between our
brooklyn and their Pompciiy No diff
ference, except that which Christianity
has wrought. Favor all good art. but
take best caro- Of your churches. and your
sabbath schools, and your Bibles, and
your family affairs.
TWO REMARKABLE CEMETERIES.
Yea. see in our walk today through
uncovered Poppeii what sin viii do for
city. We ought TO be slow To assign
the judgments OF God Cities are some
times afflicted just as good people are
afflicted. and the earthquake. and the cy-
clone, and the epidemic are no sign in
many cases that God is angry with a
city. but the distress Is sent for some
good and kind purpose. whether we
understand IL or not. The law that APP
plies 10 individuals may apply to Chris
tan cities as well. "All things work
together for good 10 those that love
God"
But the greateet calamity OF history
came upon Pompen not TO Improve Its
future condition, Tor 1t was completely
obiiterated and VIII never be rebuilt. IL
was so bad that It needed To he buried
Luz years before even It's ruins were mt
to be uncovered. so Sodom and Gomor-
ran were iiiied with such turpitude that
they were not oniy turned under, but
have Tor thouSanos OF years been Kept
under. Inc TWO Greatest cemeteries are
the cemetery u which the sunken ships
are buried ali the way between FIRE
island and fastnet lighthouse, and the
other cemetery u the cemetery OF dead
Cities
l get down on my knees ana read the
epitapheology OF a long ine OF them
Here lies Babylon. once called the ham
mer OF the whole earth. Dead and
buried under piles OF oitumen and bro
ken pottery and vitreiied brick. And
hear a WOLF howl and reptile mss as
am reading this epitaph Isaiah XII, 2D.
the wild beast OF the Desert snail be
there ana their houses snaii Dc fuii OF
doiefoi creatures.
The next tomb kneei before In this
cemetery OF cities Is Uneven Her
winged hons are down, ana the slabs OF
aiaDaster have crumDied. and the SOUP
ture that represented her battles v as
completely scattered as the dust OF the
heroes who fought tnem- Perhaps
put my knes into the dust OF her Sar-
danapalas as ssoop 20 read her epitaph
(Lephaniah y. I'D NOW - Nineveh des-
olation ana dIs hke wilderness. ana
Hooks Us Gown IN the midst OF her' all
the beasts OF TIE hA'ioEs' oo'n the cor
morant anu "a. Di''erh. ioags IN tue up
PET hn'eis on ". am "nAe reaa u
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