Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-01-21

"a We are especially reminded
that the gospel OF the NaZa.
rene Is an out Of doors reli.
g1on. and in an age when there Is so
much talk Of the value Of out Of door
life II is we'll enough to bear this in
mind. Dr. Henry van Dyke. who has
done so much toward stating the
truths Of Christianity in the language
Of the time. has written book emit
tied out Of Doors In the Holy Land
Christ was born in a grotto SO to
speak, In Bethlehem. and from child
hood 10 manhood on the journey
to Egypt on the Journey to Jerusalem
to the temple. In the baptism at Jor
dan. most Of the scenes are cut Of
doors, while during his ministry the
Saviour taught the people almost con-
stantly out Of doors with numerous
references 70 nature. The sermon on
the mount. the many talks by the sea
side and on ship, the walks through
the fields on the Sabbath day and
many other scenes ending in the cruel.
fiNion on Calvary, the resurrection and
the ascension were all associated With
the open air. ST. that il may be said
that. despite the need in these days for
churches In which Il worship. Chris
tianity in its origin was by no means
altogether an indoors religion.
From Palestine 10 Egypt is . naturA
transition n this season. tor K was
from Judea to the country a. the nha
raohs that Joseph took the INFANT j.
sus and his mother when warned of
the angel One Of the new books is
Egypt and Its Monuments" by Rob
ert Kitchens and Jules Guer!n. Mr.
Hichers wrote the text. and Mr.. Cue.
rim provided the illustrations. and both
artist and author made special Pill
grimaCes 10 the land Of the pharaohS
TO gather impressions for their joint
work. The beauty. magic and nys.
terry Of this ancient land are adulira-
bly, brought out in these pages.
Egypt is coming 10 be studied more
and more both by the lay student and
by diyines who wish 10 trace the his
tory Of religion from its early mani
festations in such ancient races as
those which Inhabited the country Of
the Nile. DyrastieS might come and
so. but the civilization Of Egypt seem
ed to so on forever So much is Egypt
being read about nowadays that the
names Of Sesostris and Amenenhat
and RameSes hardly sound stranger
than those Of Alexander and \apo-
leon. and i, does not seem such long
time 10 the era Of that dusky ruler.
Amenophis ". who SO loved his wife
to distraction that he is represented in
the ar, Of his day as kissing her on
chariot.
African scenes have 2 great faScina
tion fer Nj. HichenS, and one Of bis
best known ro,nances. The Garden OF
Allah" has its principal action in the
desert u Sahara.
Mr. Kitchens has the distinction OF
being able in an unusual degree 10 hold
the ip,eres, u the highly cultivated.
the critical and the somewhat faded
reader The intellectual grip OF
story Ike The Garden Of Allah" or
"Barbary sheep" cannot be denied. 70.
it completely conquers the critical
sense and the ideas Of the author in
sinuate themselves. IS !; were. among
ones Utmost thoughts Yet Mr.. H!ch-
ems stories are popular not merely
with literary co.roi>Sieurs. bu. with
the genera, public IS we'll
Christmas would hardly he Christ
mas without some kind Of James
Whitcoma Riley gift book. and il is
said that modern taste and tendency
in holiday presents q this SORT We're
given direction by Mr Ruey's An old
Sweetheart of Mine" which was pub
lished some years ago with pictures
in color ny Howard Chandler ChriSty.
1t has enjoyed an enormous vogue and
has perhaps given NJ. Ruey's lines :.
larger circulation than has been gained