The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-07-15

so sodden with ignorance and sup
erstition; but they are weak on the
social side. Entrust this campaign
to me and the society women, and
Israel will soon fall before you.
The innocent persuasions of yop'
400 will prove more fatal thar 81
my eloquence and enchant &.
Il few perfumed cards, few hnc =
and euchre parties, a few innocent
parlor dances, and then let loose
the dancing girls and the cham
payne upon them, and the men will
fall by thousands.
Read the 22nd and 23rd chapters
of Numbers For the fate of the
preacher read Numbers 31:S.
Amongst the more stringent sects
and their preachers there has
always been lingering prejudice
against this ill fated preacher and
his methods. You might note 2
Peter 2:l5: Jude 2:11 and Reve-
lation 3: IA.
The Jericho of Herod visited by
Christ was situated a mile south of
this mound of Rahab's city, at the
mouth of the abysmal cleft where
flows the brook Cherith. This is
the friendly chasm that gave shell
ter and water to Elijah while the
ravens furnished food, and beneath
its stones at it's mouth Achan and
his family found an ignominious
sepulcher. Here, where the abund-
ant waters of the mountains flow
and the ascent to Jerusalem begins,
rose the magnificent Jericho of
Herod Vast tcwcrs and fortresses.
gorgeous palaces and beautiful
mansions and villas, colonnades,
statuary, fountains, and wild ex-
uberance of brilliant tropical vege-
tation made this city of splendor
On one side lowered the variegated
mountains that led up to "Jerusa-
lem the Golden" on the other wav-
cd a vast forest OF stately palms,
extending eight miles along the
Jordan from the Dead Sea. About
it flourished the priceless balsam,
the precious and fragrant henna,
the outrageous fig-sycamore, and
all the precious fruits and brilliant
flowers of almost every zone. To
the eastern gate of this wonderful
city came Jesus on his last Journey
to Jerusalem. The inevitable blind
beggar sitting by the wayside cried
for mercy and received his sight.
Within the gates along the pillard
and emblazonC d streets occurred
the jeweled episode Of Zaccheus,
and to the benighted home of this
publican and sinner came the in
etfable joy Of the Light that never
fades and the Life that never ends.
Again the stedfast march to Col
gotha is resumed, and Just beyond
western gate, the son of Timeus,
reused by the roar Of the trampiRg
thousands, raised the blind man s
current cry, Son Of David have
mercy on me Quickly the simple
word of the compassionate Christ
bore to his long famished eyes the
sweet light of the Syrian sky. A
A short distance beyond, our Lord s
death journey was again arrested
by the same piteous cry from two
more sightless beggars, whose eyes
were healed by a compassionate
touch, and they, too, joined the
shouting multitude that bore him
onward TO the tomb.
How strange that these simple
stories of sight restored should
have entangled the pious pens of
commentators in endless perplexity.
With hundreds of cases omitted
and these three recorded, yet every
eXpositor l can now recall, vainly
tries to reduce the three to one.
AT THE HoTEL.-Darkness has
settled on plain and mountain.
borrowed an old Sheik's robe, tur-
ban and arms, and went forth in
the night to explore. The bark
and piercing wall of the jackal
greeted me on the plain. | could