The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-29

-" NhNi NuuWiNN lnAl tle ITO
paet iiaggai, who wrote a part OF the
bipie, was not a myth. The Royal
isneineera have found. eighty feet be-
low the surface Of the ground At Jeru-
salem Phoeniclan pottery and hewn
stones with inscriptions. showing that
tney were furnished by Hiram. King
OF Tyre, Just as the Bible says they
were The great names Of Bible his
Tory that many suppose are names OF
Imaginary beings, are found cut into
stones which have within
a ie" yearu been rolled up from their
entonoment OF ages. such as SEN
hacherlb and Tigiath- pileser. On the
eaee Of bronzed step. and on burned
er'ek mas beca found the name OF Ne
oue4aanezzar Henry Rawllnson and
Vppert ard Hlncks. and Palestine OK
pi0fation societies. ana AsyrIeloglsts.
ana Esyplologlsts. have rolled another
n'.'e up from the depths OF the earth.
ana io' Z corresponds exactly with our
bibie. the rock Bible Just like the
printed Bible. inscriptions on cylinders
ana hfiek-work cut thirty-eight hum
area years before Christ testifying TO
the truth Of what we read eighteen
hundred and nlnoty-scven years after
christ Tho story OF the Tower OF
BABEL has been confirmed by the fact
that recently at Babel an oblong pile
OF brick one hundred aud ten feet high
evidences the remains OF a fallen tower.
~ the Inspired Book OF Ezra We read
OF the great and noble Asnapper. a
name that meant nothing especial. un-
III Fecfnily.ln pried-up Egyptian sculp-
lure We have the story there told OF
MN az a great hunter as well as a
great warrior. What / say now Is
heNa 10 those preludlced against the
bioie. They are 10 far behind the
times TIA, they know not that the
Ola Book Is bclng proved true by the
pryinE eye Of TIE antiquarian and the
ringing hammer OF the archaeologl1,
ana the plunging crow har Of the gcolo-
sisi. No more % inhdellty character
izcd By a. blasphcmy than by its lg-
norance. but OH what a high noun
iaia OF prejudice against the Bible.
against Christianity. against churches.
against all ovangclizing enterprlsos--
mountain that cnsts It's long black
shadows over this continent and over
all continents Ceographers tell as
that Mount Everest % the highest
mountain In the world. Oh. no. The
mountain Of prejudice against Chris
tianity d higher than the highesi
crags that dare the llghtnlngs OF
heaven. Before our Zorubbabel can Il
ever become a plain?
Yonder also 10 the Mountain u
Crime. with rs strata OF fraud, and
malpractice. and malieasance, and
blaekmali. and burglary. and piracy.
and emsczzlcment. and llbertlnlsm,
and theft. all rs heights manned with
the dosperadoos. the cut-ihroais. the
pick-pocke;s. the thimhlc-rlgrers. the
piundcrcrs. the maraudcrs. the plllag-
cr1. the oofslis. the wfeckers. tho
bandits. the tr'ck1,cra. the forrers. the
thugs. the gll1ttcrs. the frc-nenis. tho
dynamiioTs. the shopliiiors. the Elepio-
maniac. The pyrumanlacs, TIE dip
lomaniacg. the smurEicF5. the kidnap.
pers. the Jack Shoppards. the Robert
Macaircs. and The Machcths OF vilainy.
The crimcs o. the woridl Am not
right In calling them. uhon piled M
together. a mountain? but We cannot
bring -ssiyes 10 appreciate great
helehte except by comparison. You
think Of Mount Washington a. high.
especially those Of you who assembled
as OF old. on muleback. or more re-
Gently by rail-train. 10 the TIP TOP
House. Oh. no. That Is nos hight
For q Is only about six thousand feet.
whereas. rising on this western hem.
lsphere are chlmboraEo. twenty -one
thousand feet high. and Mount Sa-
hama. twenly-threo thousand feet high.
and Mount SarOta. twenty-four thou
sand eight hundred feet high. But that
h not the highest mountain on the
western hemisphere. The highest
mountain Ia the Mountain OF Crime.
and Is Il possible that this mountain.
before ous Zorubbabcl. can ever be
made a p'aln'
There IA also the Mountain OF War,
the most volcaalc OF al mouniains.-
the Vcsuvlus which. not content. like
the veaylus Of Italy. with whelning
Two cities. Horrulancum and rompeii,
has covered with its fiery scoria thou
sands OF cities and would like 10 whelm
an the cities Of both hemispheres
Give this mountain full utterance, and
Il would cover up Washington and New
York and London as easily as a house
holder. with his shovel. AZ ten O'Clock
AZ night banks a crate Gre with ashes
This mountain % a pile Of fortressea
barbados. and armories. the worlds
artillery heapei. wheels above wheels
col. .ablads above columblads. seventy
four Founders above scventy-foul
Founders. wrecked nations above
wrecked nations. This Mountain 81
War is not only loaded to eannonad'
the earth. but Il Is also a cemetery
holding the eorpsca OF thirty million
slain IN the vars OF Alexander ant
Cyrus. sixty million slain In Roman
wars. one hundred and eighty million
slain IN war with Turks and Saraccna
and holding about thir,y-dve billion
corpses. not milllon but billion.
"Whai a kissing. believing, tumh
ling. SOARING force D. Kilaueal Lake o
unQuench3Ale Gee, conFolutions an'
paroxysma OF flame. elements OF na
turo Ia torture. torridily and luridity
congregation OF breads; molten nor
rors suiphurons abysms awlFllni
mystery % an time. lnlnite turnu
ioacc. chimney OF pcrdition' wailo"
Ing terriers fifteen acres OF threats
rioomr iusuncubie ana naniesqne
tanidron stirred by thc champion Ni'cl
Cd, fandomonlum. campfire OF th'
armies OF nlaholus. wrath OF the noun