Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25

DR.. TALmAas DlsccuRGES ON SUM-
MER VACATIONS.

adnionishes the T-ca.ure Seekers
Not TO Leave RELIGION Behind'
Temptations A5o-Dd al watering
Places.
lCopysisht. Louis I-lopsch 1901
WASHINGTON. Az. -0.-At this sea
son of the year. when all who can get
vacation are taking ii. this discourse
of Br. Talmage is suggestive and ap-
Drop,iate. Tie text is John V, ,, 3; y
pool. which is called in the Hebrew
tongue bethesda, having i've porches'
I'm these lay great multitude Of i'm
noteut folk. of blind. halt, withered'
waiting for the moving of the water
Outside the city of Jerusalem there
was a sanatiye watering place, the
popular resort for iuvalids. To TINS
law there is a dry basin Of rock which
shows that there may have been
uool there 800 feet long. l30 feet wide
and - feet deep. This pool was sur
rounded by five piazzas' or porches' OF
bathing houses. where the patients TAR
riad until the time when they were to
step into the water. So far as rem
vigoratjon was concerned it must have
been a Saratoga and Long Branch Oh
small scale bennington and
Rrjchton combined-medical and thera-
neutic. Tradition says that AT GER
tain season Of the year there was an
officer Of the government who would
20 down 10 that water and pour in IL
some healing quality. and after that
the people would come and get the
medication. but prefer the plain
statement Of Scripture that at GER
tain season an angel came down and
stirred uD or troubled the water ana
then the people came and 20, the heal
ing That angel Of God that stirred up
/ tie Judaean watering place had his
counterpart in the angel of healing
who in our day steps into the mineral
/ waters of Congress. or Sharon. or Sui
phur Springs. or into the salt sea at
/ cane May and Nahant. where multi
/ tudes who are worn out with CONNER
clal and professional anxieties, as well
as those who are afflicted with rheu'
matte. neuralgic and splenetic dis
eases. 20 and are cured by the thou
sands. These blessed BetheSdas are
scattered an up and down our country
The Vacation season.
We are al a season OF tue year wher
rail trains are laden with passengers
and baggage on their way to the noun
iains and the lakes and the seashore
Nultitudcs Of our citizens are away
for a restorative absence The citl
heats are pursuing the people Will
torch and fear Of sunstrose. The long
silent halls Of sumptuous hotels are al
abuzz with excited arrivals. Ih'
ontlers of Adirondack deer rattle un
der the shot OF city sportSmen Ih
trout make fatal snap at the nook 0
adroit sportsmen who toss their spot
tod brllliance into the game basket
The baton Of the orchestral leader tap
the music stand on the hotel green
and American life has put on fiesta
array. ard the rumbling OF the ten
min alley. and the crack Of the ivor
balls on the green baized billiard Ia
bles. and the joltlng df the BARRON
roble;s. and the explosive uncorking o
the champagne bottles, and the whI
and the rustic Of the ballroom dance
and the gathering hOOfs of the rae
, course and other signs Of social dl'
sipation attest that the season for IN
great American watering places IS
full play. Musicl Flute and drui
and cornet-a-piston and slapping cyn
: balls wake the echoes Of the mountain
s Glad am / that tagged out America
life for the most part has an oppo
tunity TO rest and that nerves racKe
and destroyed will find Bethesd'
believe In watering places. The
recuperate for active service man
who were worn out with trouble
overwork. They are national restori
tives. Let not the commercial firm D.
i, grudge the clerk, or the employer u
! iourneyman. or the patient the phys
clan, or the church its pastor, q seaso