Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-04-15

SUNDAYS DISCOJ RISE BY THE
NOTED DIVINE.
subject: The Triumph OF Sadnes.

TEXT Then wen, NJ In tia nich, ~
the br2ok and We've! the wall. AMI :arnsi
BACK, aid entered oy tho gate ~ the valley
and 50 returned Nehemiah H. Is.
dead city IS more suggestive than liv-
ins ci;y-iast Ha1.t than present Rome
ruins rather than nevlv ,9ei caths.ra,
h4t 'he les, tim" - riss, a rui. is by r.oou-
HSAt lie Coliseum IL far ore .asctuattn
y the Traveller nf,"r suntown taaa before
oa may stand y daylight amid the a.oIas-
Tic ruins oi Ielrose abbey ant stu.v
sha'tei orie! AMI ro.ettei stone and nui
non. but they throw their stron-es. wIt.herv
hF moonlight. Some =. voa remember what
'ne enchanter o, Scotland said In tho "I.av
OF the Last N.astrel."
'I"ouitSt shon view fair Malrose arisht?
70 Visit II tv the pale moon light
Washington irving describes the An 3alt1-
slan moonlight upon the Aihaubra ruins
a amounting u an enehanttAent Nv t.xt
presents You Jerusalem IL ruins. The ,,xg.r
down. The gates down Ihs walls Iowa.
Everything down. Nehemiah on horsehask
by moonlight lookin, L poa the ruins. WAii,.
he rldea there ar. some f-ienis on foot 20
Ing with hin. for they do not want IL.
many horse 10 disturb the -Isplrioa. ~ ~.
people. I.les" reepie IL uat know ,ha
secret of Nehe:niah's .leart. hut tnev ar. -.
ing as a sort q botycuAr,.
/ hear the c,ickiu3, ilolf- Of the h0r-,. on
which Nehemiah rides "a he guides il TINS
way AMI that. into this gate AMI ont OF that.
winding tarouch that gate ami the debris
Of once great Jerusalem. Now the hor,a
comes 10 deni halt at the II nt,.at masonry
where he cannot pass. Now he shies 81 al.
the chavrei tnb r. Now ho comes at0ng
where the water under the mp0nIi,h: n.- ac>
from the mouth - rha nrazen dragon after
which the gate vas na.ne1. Heavy h"a-tel
Nehrn man. fdlnc in anl ont. now hy his al I
home desol1te1. now ~ the l"faced te:n;s!e.
II oW amid the 'arS of the ely II AZ had cout.
down under hltterin- "A an contlagratio ior!
The escortlng party knows not what Nehe-
miah means. l. he getting crazv? Have
his own per, ,1nal -1rrow-. aided - the sor-
rows Of the nation. unbalaneei his in,ellecl?
Stu the midnight eXI !Orati0n g3e- on.
Nehemiah on horseback rides through the
fish gate. by the tower OF the furnaces. hv
the kings pool. by the dragon we'll, IN an
out. until til" Ini might ride is conpleted
| and Nehemiah disnounts from his horse.
and T. the amazed ani confonntei and in-
creaulous bodyguard. declares the dead
| secret Of his heart when he says,
Come, now. let Us build Jerusa-
lem" 'What. Nehemiah. have YOU
any monevz' ~ Have YOU any
kingIy authority" NO" 'Have YOU any
e.oqnence!" No" ", that midnight,
| moonlight ride Of Nehemiah resulted In the
| glorious re-bailaing ofs'se eiay OF Jerusalem.
Tie aeor trseg'- rser e =. <ssi-, sas %
IL . ! -, = =. -. ,l:
the thing should not be done. But the work
men went right on, standing on the wall
trowel in one hand, sword in the other, un
| til the work WAS gloriousiy completed.
that very time in Greece. Xenophon wa
writin. Il history, and Plato was maxim
philosophy. aud Denostheres was ratttlni
his rhetorical thunder. But all Of then
together did not do so much for the worl
| a. this midnight moonlight ride Of pray
ing COURAGEOUS, home-ick, close mouth"
Nehemiah.
Nv subject first impresses me with the ide
what an intense thing * church aH"c'ioA
/ Sei.e tha bride Of that horse ani stoi
Nehemiah. Why are You ri5king your II
| here in the night? Your horse Will STUNT
| over these ruins and fail on you. Ston IN
| useless exloeur. of your .if- Nc; Nehenla
| will not stop H. AZ last tells u. III" who
| story. He lets Us kcoT h" was an exile III
far distant lnna. and ne WAS as"rvaI'. cu
bearer in the pai.cc ~ Artaxerxes LonigaH
nus. ant on. dav. while h" wa, handing 4
cup Of wIncto the king. the king salt
. | him: 'What is the matter with you !
| are not sick | know you must haT" GOT
great tr0ubte What i the matter with v"u
: | Then he told the king how that hr.ov
Jerusalem wa9 broken down, how 'hat I
fathers tornh hai been d"s@rraied. n
that the tcmpie had t'"@n di4AohoT"d III
defaeed. how that the walls were -ef
, tare1 a1I braken. Well" says k.i
e Ar.nxerxc- what 10 YOU want
':We7l." said tle r4t a-arer. N"ae MA
II want t. 70 hDrno J want = TX ~ |
grave u ~ father. ] want = restore
\ beauty Of tn. tern,l" want u re5Il I !
g rnaSor4rv 81 the rity wal. Brsites. ~a
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