The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-19
rctrograde. Tals discourse was an able
one. and was greatly enjoyed by the con-
gregation.
DIR. Kerr's ectures Attract Large ana j"
tciligent Audiences.

4 yr,.at audience that crowded the
sacred cdifce assembled Sunday night 10
hear DIR. Kerr deliver the third Of MS
series OF lectures ON "iia |on"ec'eu
With the Life OF Christ Egypt ne
said WAS the place OF CHRIST eAie l'o'ii
his own country TO escape the "ra'h Vi
Hcrod This land. silent TOT 50 nam
centuries. is now giving up It's sP'e,"'"
secrets and from its inscrIp'ions. 80 ,one
,,.t,,olhgahie as well a. from its totnns
arc being brought forth testimonies 10
cono,, The truthfulncss OF Gods Word,
., =. time when It's integrity Is most
nercoly assailcd.
l., Inc year 1851. I'm a subteranean
mortuary vault. thrty-scven ieet peiv"
tho floor OF "A chapel. itself hewn IN t''e
oolid rock Herr Emil Brugsch dlscoNefeu
near Thchos. I'm upper Egypt hedIiy iol-
Nv nummies Of royal and other none per
souages. which had lain there nearly "'v'
years 10 rcach 1t, ne descehu'" d ~
ncndicular shaft thirty-seven Feet theh
foiioved 4 long narrow passage, lead
in,. e,st west. then abruptly north, unui
no stood among the collins OF the mighty
dca1 n ere lay Thootmes Ill, VINO
probablv knew Joseph. and VINO buit
tho famous obclis,,s that stood In 'front.' OF
lie temple Of the sun, at Hellcpohs' nut
which all except one, have been remoN-
"a ono Is found to-day in Constantine
plo. one in Rome. one in Paris, one III
London. and one in Central Park. New
York city. Herr Brugsch saw before nm
besides other mummies, That OF Seu L.
the father Of Thcrmutis. VINO was FOSTER
mother TO Moses; and Rameses H., the
greatest Of Egvpts kings, the Pharoah Of
the oppression. who compelled the he
breWs 10 make bricks without straw.
The whole lot OF mummies was re-
moved To the Boulak Museum. at cairo.
where they lie today for the curious
gaze Of travellers 20 feast upon. ola
Sci had the govt. as his knotted
knuckles chow. He has kingly codntc-
nance AS they all nad. All measure over
six fect. except Th0tmes Ill. the war
rior King who. like Napoleon J., was
short Of statue, only being FIVE feet ana
two inches in height.
These royal and other mummics were
found ia yellow sycamore cofns. written
all over with names and histories of
the occupants. and the bodies thclnse.N
were wrapped in the stories of their lives
written on their linen win ling shtcts.
The raiuless climate Of upper Egypt and
the thorough embalming are the caNse or
their perfect preservation. Even the
roses and lotus flowers OF their iJiitlal
garlaOds Still retain in"H cotorr, lHouSh
withered. and a wei-preserve1 w8sp was
found shut up in the coffin Of a King.
where he had ventured in search OF honey
from the flowers while the monarch lay
I'm state in his palace before burial.
4 vast audience was present to ear the
lecture.
The lecture next Sunday night will
be on Nazareth and the youth Of the
Nalarene"
Or Kerr has been requested 10 publish
these lectures In book form, AID he viii
probably do so when the course is com
pleted. His volume on Palestine, entitled
The Land OF Holy Light" was made
up largely Of the series OF Lectures he de-
livered on his return from his travels in
the orient four years ago
The Rev. j. Wiley Bledsoe ID. D..
preached In the First Presbyterian church
Sunday morning from ~. John. tx, 4. Il
must work while II Is day. for the night
cOmcth when no man can work. IL
was an eloquent and powerful sermon on
the duty Of all men TO work for Gods
glory and mans good.