The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-10
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE DEooKLyN DIvINE's sun
DAY SERMON.
subject: "Tomb and Temples.


Esther l., l.
In nll the Bible this IL the only book in
rhich the word India occurs, but Il stands
for a realm OF vast interest In the time OF
Esther, as in our time. IL yielded then, as
now, spices aud silks and cotton and rice
and indigo and ores OF all richness and
precious stones OF all sparkle and had a
civilization Of its own rs marked rs Egyp-
tian or Grccian or Roman civilization. IL
holds the cosiliest tomb ever built and tho
most unique and wonderful idolatrous tenn
ple ever opened. For practical lessons In
this my sixth discourse in round the world
series. l show you that tomb AMI temple OF
Indie.
In journey around the world II may ro.
he easy to tell the exact point which divides
thr pilgrimage into halves. but there was
one structure toward which we were all the
tine travelling, and having seen that we felt
that u we saw nothing more our expedition
would be q success. That ons object was the
Tli Mlhal OF In liA. II is the crown of the
Whole earth. The spirits OF architecture
ne; 10 enthrone king, and the spirit ofthe
pauhcnon OF Athens was there. and the spirit
Of -. sophia OF Cons;antinopie was there.
ami tho spirit OF -. 1zaak OF ~. Petersburg
was there. an the spirit Of the Baptistery OF
pi.l was there. and the spirits o. the pyramid
au oi Luxor obcliss, and OF the Porcelain
tower OF Nankin. and OF 81. Marks OF
Venice, and the spirits otall the great towers,
great cathedrals, great mausoleums, great
sarcophagi, great capito's for the living and
OF rr Rt necropoises for the dead were there.
And the presiding genius of the thronS with
raycl of farnn marble smote the table OF
Russian malachiie, and called the thronc OF
spirits to order. and called for vote
4 as 20 which spirit should wear the
| chief crown, and mount the chief throne,
AMI wave the chief scertcr, and by unani-
nous acclaim the cry was "Loug live the
spirit Of Tai. king OF all the spirits OF archi-
lecture! Thine is the Tai Mlhal of India -
The building is about six miles from Agra,
4 AMI rs we rode out In the early dawn we
4 heard nothing but the hoofs and wheels that
4 pulled and turned us alongthe road. nj every
/ yard OF which our expectations rose until
W. had some thought that we might be dis
appointed nj the first glimpse, as some say
i they were disappointed. But how can any
one DO disappointed with the Tai IL almost as
great u wonder 10 me rs tho Tai Itself.
Il There are some people always disappointed.
aat who knows hut that having entered
a heaven they may CRITICS the architecture OF
the temple and the cut OF the white robes,
a and say that the River of Lifo is not quite up
10 their expectations, and that the white
j horses on which the conquerors ride seem
4 little spring halt or spawned?
My son said, There II is" said,
"WhereY' For that which he saw to be the
building seemed to mo TO be more like the
the rising sun. II seemed not so much built
Up from earth rs let down from heaven.
Fortunately you stop at an elaborated gate
way OF red sandstone one-eighth OF mile
from the Tai. an entrance so high, so arched,
SO graceful. so four domed, so painted and
chiseled and scrolled that you come very
gradually upon the Tai, which structure Is
enough TO intoxicate the eye and stun the
Imagination and entrance the soul. We 20
up the winding stairs OF this majestic en-
trance OF the gateway, and buy few pic
lures, and examine "A few curios. and from
!, look off upon tho Tai and descend to the
pavement OF the garden that rapturos every
thing between the gateway ana the ecstacy
pl marble and precious stones. You pass
e.ong deep stream OF water in which all
rN uer Of brilliant Ans swirl and float
80 arc eighty-.our fountains that spout
hrnd and arch themselves 20 hai( 10
|oN -rs ofpsarl in basins OF Snowy white
s,, Ba1s OF all imaginable fora greet the
psiril before they DO the eye and seem 10
Il Ia waves OF color as you advance toward
vision YOU are soon TO have OF what hui
lan genius did when 1t did its best moon
owers. lilacs, marigolds, tulips and almost
Eerywhere the lotus thickets OF bewilder-
fsb!oom; on either side trees from many
lals bend their arborescenca over your
pad or seem with convouted branches TO
1ch out their arms toward you IN welcome.
AMI or You 20 amid tamarlnd and cy-
$ and poplar and oleanler and yew aud
amorc and banyan and palm and trees
suil novel branch and leaf and girth you
.'e 10 ask their name or nativity.
A. YOU approach the door of the Tai one
perlences strange sensation Of awe and
Lderness and humility and worship. The
plldng Is only grave, but what grave
lll' tor queen. who, according to some,
s very soc u, and according 10 others very
y. choose to think she was very good.
,l..u Too lot. 81. A.
this commemorative pile was set up for
NATURALIZATION OF virtue rather than
r.. The TAI is mountain OF white
u ro!c, but never such walls faced each
ID Ter with exquisteness never sucn tomb
I cut from block OF alabaster never such
Ia ongregation OF precious stones frightened
a gloomed and blazed and chastened and
r'Het building since sculptors chisel
ts lrst curve, or painters pencil traced
htst figure, or mason's plumb line
.. aslreI It's frst wall, or architects COM
'-r swept its first circle.
10 ne Tai has sixteen great archei WIN
vs. iour az each corner also at each OF
"a our corners of the Tai stands a minare,
I ieei high also at each side ofthis build
, IA sa splendid R.osque OF red sandstone.
,bg hundred and fifty years has the Tai
oi' an iyet not n wall IL cracked, nor a
alc loossned. moran arch saggsd, nor n
7 FL du'lnd. The storms OF 25O winters
" ''"'''N ipi NAlS iFfANs W @Su SUM
NG li'lnirgrated marble. There IA no
OF age written by moses on its whiIe
, n ace, Montaz, the queen, was beautiful,
'tl shah Jehan, the king, here proposed TO
VI the centuries of time know IL. SSe
married at twenty years OF age and
.pps AZ twenty-ninc. Her life ended rs nn-
Is d llla began. AS the rose bloomed the
'u'h perIsned.
-, aGorn this dormitory OF tho lead, at
=" command OF the king, Bg - sent 10
uuhhlnS its corneliau ~ Ccylon its
lDI- 'Nluli, and Punlab its Jasper, and
nj us amethyst. and Thb' its turquoise,
one, LIhSa us sapphire, and Yemen its agate,
Iuhna Its diamonds and blood stones,
sH"onyX and cbalcrdouy and moss
NOE are ~ common as though they were
. Ia es' iou lind one spray Oi vine BEST
eIhly and another with 100 stones.
own lhousaad men were twenty years In
~, uAH II, and although the labor was
'a9or and not paid for, the building
Wnat would be about $50, ,00O, 900
DeN American money. Some of the
rs nave been Dickel ont of tha