The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-03
THE WORLDS OLDEST
The Rev. DR.. SCudder Talks
Entertaingly of Egypt.
Her Tombs and Mon
umentS.
AGES BEFORE ADAM WAS BORN
Simpson Methodist Church Has a
Special Service for the Vet
erans-0ther Sunday Ex-
ercises.

The Rev. John l.. Scudder delivered his
third lecture on Egypt last night. lie
said:-
Egypt Is the oldest country in the
world OF which we ave any record.
Centuries before Moses led forth the
children of Israel his nation carved
their deeds of valor upon imperishable
rock and left gigantic monuments that
nave outliyed the ages. Egypt calculates
its history, not by generations nor reigns
of Individual monarchs. but by dynasties.
Gray-haired mummies lay in their graves
long before the traditional Adam was
born.
There were Suez Canals ages before
De Lesseps saw the light of day, and
cargoes from India and the a were
carried into the Red Sea through canals
to the Nile. and thence to the Mediterr
ranean. Great were the labors and pa.
thence of this intelligent people, and
great are the monuments of their glory.
AS a nation they excelled in architec-
ture and were fond of large things,
At Thebes the statue of Rameses the
Great IL composed of n stone and
weighs 900 tons. His Majesty Is SO feet
In length, 20 feet across the shoulders,
and wears a shoe II feet long.
The Colossi are go feet from base to
summit, and one of them. the Vocal
Memnon, that used to sing at sunrise,
and was looked upon with reverence by
the ignorant p%opulace. will sing for you
newaday for ten GENTS, the Price ice a ,ns
strike the image with a hammer n
make him resound, as the tricky priest,
MD out of sight. used to do in the wicked
RELIEVED IN IMMORTALITY.
The ancient Egyptian believed in i'm,
mortality, individual responsibility and
I prineipa leS God w anp osiris, who was II
perpetual conflict. with Seth. who cor,
responded somewhat to our devil and
rcpreSentsa the element o Of eyn IN .hs
more. with death than with life, Men
great Importance TO their fu-
nerals n their tombs.
was to be q well preserved mummy, for
he believed in future ages his soul would
re-enter his body. The process Of els-
bodies of the dead were salted and pick
led and spiced to prevent decay. The
Egyptians worshipped sacred bulls and
goats. which reprssensse s ,hsir Zoos 10 th IN
kings to hide the royal mummses for
much valuable 5ewelry, and ornaments
were buried with them. Some tornbs
Tai lulQ tHG ID 4 "a IA
500 feet. / saw the well preserved mum
my of the Pharaoh who oppressed fsraei;
He had a trace of a smile on MS wlckea
face, and how he would have ragged II
he'd known that he was to be a com
show in a museum.
THE pyramids are pretentious tombs-
artificial mountains Of stone. From the
get the finest view in Egypt. We climb
ed IL in about fifteen minutes. and were
sore about the knees for several days
T. - .f4.1 tc ahn,yf &c hiob a a
dining room table. The top Of
1t Is q hundred feet higher than the
on the tower Of Madison Square
g S,sIla the Ma 1frs Se',r fes aas bi zen sa ed0a &
feet thick from New York to Salt Lake
City. or to surround Manhattan Island
with a wall 40 feet high and e feet
800 cog rH Rsn W sysIIy EssFS e sP sa1lS (,
Its neighbor, the Sphinx, is carved
a man. the breast. Of a woman and the
face. thirty feet from forehead to chin,
It's nose Is FIVE and a half feet long, but
rifle practice. We asked the Sphinx
many questions on Egyptology, but he
"The temple Of karnak is LOO feet
long and 600 feet broad. It has some
surprisingly large stones, though the
LARGEST III the WpTlQ are IN baaIpec,. eHCH
stone being IS feet long and 10 feet broad
and high. equivalent in size to two freight
Joined In. one. How they raised
such monstrous stones and put them
into wallis and OF the tops of pillars is
a perpetual marvel. Egypt is a land of
ruins. She has been oppressed by war
like nations, and the finest library in
the world ut Alexandra was destroyed
by early Christian fanatics. =
innocent professors in. her celebrated
university were murdered in the streets
In cold blood, and the lovely, pure and
accomplished lecturer. Hypatia, was out
to pieces. with oyster shells by pious
monks, who professed to be followers of
The meek and lowly Jesus. Religion has
9. great deal to answer for In the horri-
Bile past and these scenes Of intolerance
day England is the real master of
Egypt, and her rule is beneficent.. Ismail
Pasha ran the country into bankruptcy
FfanceTFwere appointed receivers. The
Turk has lost his grip upon this fair
land, though Egypt pays a large annual
tribute to the Ottoman Empire. The
Turk has no respect for life. liberty or
but England believes In Justice
and her rule Is always followed by intel
ligence,. prosperity and refinement. Chris
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