El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-03
EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND.
Final Lecture in the Course at Trinity
Church Largely Attended.

Church LARGELY Attended.
Rev. A. M. Lumpk n gave his third
and last le- ture last night in. Trinity
church befor 9 a larger audience than
ever, and he was atsentively ttstene cd TO
until the close.
Ere taking his hearers across the In
dian ocean to Arabia, the lecturer re-
ferred to the Wonderful temple of Ele-
fanta near Bombay. Among the noted
carvings a.d inscriptions on the vast
stones of this Aemple are representa-
ton Of the Trfune God in tho shape OF
God with one body aud three heads;
. figure representing the unity OF the
sexes in the divine, through q God with
q body that is msle On one side and
woman on the other; also 8 striking
representation of Adam and Eve In
conversation with the eerpent. No one
knows of the origin of these figures, or
why they we're carved there-riRht in
that heather temple. And the matter
opens field for unlimited speculation.
It IL interesting to note these figures in
view of the infidel- denials 80 often re-
iterated of the truth of theigArden Of
Eden narrative, claiming that it is but
fable. And yet here in this temple IL
evidence from a most ancient source Of
the authencity of the scriptures. Mr..
Lumpkin then carried his hearers with
him across the sea to Alden, the south
ernmost .point on the Arabian pepin-
sular. The sea water here was the
clearest he had seen anywhere, SO that
the bottom could be seen at Q great
dspth. AS the steamer approached
the shore, the water was dotted with
boys on f1Oats who che erfully invited
the travellers to throw money into the
water for them to dive after. This
was done, and the coins we're unfail-
ingly recovered before they bad reach
ed the bottom. This port of Alden 10
where the MahCmmedan pilgrims
land in route from India to Mecca, and
is place of considerable commercial
Importance. 1t Is not an over eleR ant
ly built town; and the local methods and
style of living are decidedly primitive,
if not decidedly refreshing. The
$50 of these useful beasts were been
herded in one place. They are . sine
quanOn to the Egyptians. The vessel
proceeded up the Red sea, past the
spot where tradition says Moses led
the children OF Israel across, and the
speaker was much overcome as he re-
freshed his mind with the scriptur al
account OF that Great exodus. The
boat entered the canal At: Suez. This
com MERGE 1t cost $500, 600, 900, but it
saves vessels travelling 5000 and 5000
miles around the cape of Good
HoIe to reach Indisn aud
points from Atlantic
o can points. The canal 10 about 100
miles long, 27a feet deep, and $50 feet
wide, 80 that it must be an unusually
large vessel that can not pass through
the Suez canal.
The trav eler disem barked 1t Ismailia
where he took the cars for Cairo. The
Egyptian modes of street carriage 10
sui generis. It is the omni present
donkey. These nkeys are about the
size of the American burro, but they
are infinitely more lively, and witbal
very sure foott d. Great strings of
camels were noticed going along with
me rcbaudise packed on their back,
and the method of camel driving was
unique.
The leading driver rode on donkey !
abe ad with q rop, held by him fastened |
to the first cancels nose. Every sue |
ceeding camel was fastened to the one |
ahead of him by rope tied to the tail |
of the latter; and 80 they went pl0ddinR |
along. The first thing that the trav-
eler heard on leaving the vessel for
the station was "Backsheesh"
'Backsheesh!" from countless of beg
gar threats, and he listened to that
siren like song from the time he en-
tered Egypt until he left it. The con-
dition OF the Fellaheen. or laboring
classes, in Egypt was noticed to be
in the extreme. They are
ground down and oppressed. Their
houaes, If houses they can be called,
are made of mud just thrown together,
with q little cubby hole for window
and an open port-like space for .
doorway with an old cloth or blanket
hung up in front of it. No foorings,
no furnishings: and as for streets, or
anything sugge tive of streets-they
are beyond the grasp of the native
ion. Beside begging, pretty
much all the natives seem to busy
about is brushing away the
countless swa-ms OF flies which fasten
On their chocolate colored faces. Mr..
Lumpkin said he appreciated for the
first time. what the plague of the flies
must have been in the time of the
Pharaoh of the exodus. But he noticed
hat the flies did not bother the for
siyner as much as The Fellaheep, prob
Awarded
Highest HOnors-Wor1d'S Fair.
Gold Medal, Mldwinter Fair.