The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-06-10

banks OF inc PenopSCOti ana bno oregon,
and tho Ohio, and the Hudson, and the
Roanoke and the Yazoo, and tho Ala
bama, widowhood and orphanage and
ohildlessness-some exhausted in grief
and others stark and mad, and / said:
Enough, enough have I seen Into tho past
from tho top of Lookout mountain. o
God, show mo the futureP
Great nature has never found an apter
pupil than DIR. Talmage. Her handiwork
is plain to him, her hieroglyphs and mon
uments on rocky wall or mountain top
are to him filed with deep significance.
Thus when grand landmark Of western
state met his eye 1t was hailed as but an
other special revelation of Omnipotenoe.
"Do you KNOW" says he "what In
some respects is the most remarkable
thing between the Atlantic and Pacitlop
It Is tho figure of cross on mountain
in Colorado. 1t is called tho Mount OF the
Holy Cross A horizontal oreyice filed
with perpetual snow and perpendicular
orevioe filled with snow, but both the hor-
izontal line and tho perpendicular line SO
marked, sn hold; So significant so nnmis-
taxable that all who pass In the daytime
within many miles arc compelled to SEQ 1t.
There are somo figures, some contours,
some mountain appearances, that you
gradually make out after your attention is
called to them. So u mans faoo on the
rocks in the White mountains. So maid
ems form cut in the granite of the Adiron-
daoks. So a city In the morning clouds
Yet you have to look under tho pointing
of your friend or guido for some time be-
fore you can SEQ tho similarity. But the
first Instant you glance at this side of the
mountain In Colorado you cry out: "A
orossi A orossl' Do you say that this
geological inscription just happens sos
Mol Nothing In this world just happens
SO. That GROSS on the Colorado mountain
Is not human device. or an accident of
nature, OF tho freak OF an earthquake
The hand of God cut IL there and sot 1t up
for the nation to look ut. Whether set up
there In rock before tho GROSS of wood was
set up on the bluff bnck of Jerusalem or
set at some timo since that assassination,
believe tho Creator meant 1t to suggest
the most notable event In all the history
Of this planet, and no hung 1t there over
the heart of this continent TO indicate that
the only hope for this nation is in tho GROSS
ON which our Emmanuel died, Tho clouds
were vocal at our Saviour's birth, the
rocks rent at his martyrdom. Why not the
walls of Colorado bear the record of the
oruoi0xion?"
Down In tho southwestern sea DIR. Tai
mage found Hawaii--found 1t In u sense
that perhaps no other has found it--as the
very heaven of flowers. How his whole
sentient soul revels In the bounteous rich
ness and variety of floral exuberance of
this sun kissed isle Hear him:
Blanks of flowers white as snow, or
blue as skies, or yellow as sunsets, or st9r-
ry as November nights, or red as BATTLE.
fields. A heaven of flowers. Flowers In
twined In maidens' hair, and twisted
round hats, and hung on neoks, and em-
broidered ON caps and sacks. Tuberoses,
gardenias, mngnolias passifloras, trumpet
creepers, oleandors, geraniums, fuohsias,
oonvolyuli and hibiscus red as fire. jas
mine, which wo in America carefully coax
to climb the wall just once, here running
up and down and jumping over to the
other side and coming back again to jump
down this side.
"Night blooming cereus, SO rare In our
northern latitude we call In our neighbors
to soc 1t, and they must como right away
or never sec 1t at all, here In these islands
scattering its opulenco of perfume on all
the nights, and, not able to expond enough
IN the darkness, nlso flooding the day.
Struggling to surpnss each other all kinds
of trees whether of fruit or Of rich garni-
lure, MhntO ana orange anu Dhulpoo anu
alligator penr and umbrella trees and
breadfruit and algaroba and tamarind and
all tho south sea exotics Rough cheek of
pineapple against smooth check of melon.
The tropics burning incense OF aromatics
to the high heavens"
In another vein the doctor writes OF tho
degraded Samoans the murdorous Maoris
and the general rnoial characteristics Of
the other natives of those odd, picturesque
islands
Farther along wo find him weaving In
imitable word garlands about his memo
rios of Australia and the beautiful harbor
of Sydney. But he finds that tropio land
too prolific of snakes and In species of
half abhorrent humor disoourses of tho 80
kinds of reptiles Australasia affords.
An intensely interesting and instructive
chapter is the one devoted to a description
of tho authors visit to Buddhist college
In Ceylon. A portion of this may BIO
quoted
"Among the first visited was Buddhist
college. About 100 men studying to be-
come priests gathered around the teachers.