Capital city courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1893, December 06, 1890, Page 6, Image 6
I !"wp"r ly i iiHiWfiWliitii linn li iipiijiLlii,ll,l.4iiMMaHB5BKag3aBB!g! S&iatammmm "Hi1 - ' fjiiiywj HiHPPmwpgii jy CAljn AL CITY - i !fT COURIER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1890 $ i I r; 6 A SAIL ON THE LAKE. nEV. DR. TALMAGE PHEACHES ADOUT OALILEE. Iiill llrMirl f th llriiiiMyii llWIna'a luteal Nrriinin In Hie Merle l)rorlillo of 1IU Trip lliiiiu.tli Ihn l.wnil Whirs Inn l.lvril nnil llli-il. Hiiooki.yn, Nov. no. Hov. I)r Tnlmngu prenrhed tnduy tho tenth of hi series of MTinoni (in hi PutrMliiu timr, iliwrlb lug M experiences mi tlm lake whoso tvnters m em unco stilled nt the coniniiiiid of Chrht, Tim sermon, which wns do llvered In tlm llrooklyii Arndetiiy of Miislo In tlio morning nnil . ustinl rt'lH'iitisl lm foro nn enormous nudlunro nt tlm Chris tlnn Herald servlcu In Nutv York In tho rvenltig, ivni fntm llin luxti "Ho entered Intonslilp, nnil xnt In tlm sen; nnil tlio whole mult Undo was by tlio sen on tho lnml"-Mnrk Iv, t. Jt Ih Moiulny mnriilug In our I'nleitlno IxperleuriM, und tho sky Is n blue Dnllloo nlnive, ns In tlm liont wo Mill tlio lilun (hill leo. ls'iieuth. It In thirteen mile long nml six miles wide, hut tlm ntmuiphero U no clear It seem n It I coulil cnst it sttvno fnun In-licit to bench. Tlm lnko looks nn though It hnil Ikiiii let ilnivn on silver pul leyii from tho henveus nnil weru n seetinu of tlio urn of gins thnt Ht. .lohn describes an n pnrt of tho colestlnt landscape, I.uko Hnltleo In it depression of six hundred feet In which tho rlvrr Jordan widens anil tarries n little, for tho river Jordan loine In ntlt north nlilo mid departs from Itn south side; so this hike, hnn Itn crndlomul Itn Krnvo. Itn whlto mitln cradlo In mining tho snows of Mount I Ionium where I lie .lor ilnn smrts, und Itn sepulchrr In tlm Demi en Into which tho Jonlin einpllen. halio Coiuoof Itnly, lako Geneva of Hwlt.er. land, Ijiiku IjOiiioiiiI of Scntlnnd, Lnko VluulH'Anukeo of Aumrlrn nro larger, hut Inko (lullleo In tho greutcst illmuonil that ever dropped from the linger of tho clouds, nnil whether i!iicinited on Itn hunks us wo woro yentordny mid worshiping nt Itn cryn tnlnltnrnor wilding Into It waves, wlilch innkonu ordinary bath solemn nn n bap tism, or now putting out upon Itn spark ling surfneo In it bout, It In something to talk about mid nruy nbout ami sing about until tlm lips with wlilch wo now drscrllio ft mu neither talk nor prny nor slug. TIIK I.AKP. HAS MANY NAMKS. As sonnet lutes u heiftitlful child In n uclghliorhood hnn 11 half dozen pet tinmen, and soinu of tho neighbors call her by ouo iinmo nud othern by nuother, no thin pet Inko of tho planet hnn a profusion of nnnicn. Ank tho Arab us ho goes by what thin sheet of witter in, nnil ho will call it Tnluulyoh. Ank Moses of tho Old Testa ment, nud ho cnlln It Ben of Clilniiereth, Ank .Matthew, and ho cnlln it Sen of (lull lee, Ank Luke, nnil ho cnlln It Sen of Gun nnaaret. Ank John, nud ho cnlln it Sen of Tibcrlns, Ank Josepliun nnil Kusehliis, anil they hnvo other nnnies ready. Hut to mo It nppenrs a child of tho sky, iv stnr of the hllln, 11 rhnwoily of tho mountains, tho baptismal bowl of tho orld'n temple, the Bintlo of tho ((rent God. Mnny kludn of flh nro found in these wntern, every kind of tree upon itn bnnk, from those thnt ki-ow tho torrid xouo to tlip.io In tho frigid, from tlm palm to the cedar. Of tho two hundred nud thirty wnr nhlpn Jonephun mnneiivreil on theno wntern for JoseplniM was a warrior nn well an n his torian them romninn not ono ploco of n hulk, or ouo patch of it ennvnn, or ono upllntcr of nu oar. Hut return to America we never will until wo hnvohml it nnil upon this Inlnnd son. Not from n wharf, but from it bench covered with blnck mid whlto IMibhlen, wo go on board n bont of nbout ten or twelve tons, to bo propelled partly by n&ll mid partly by onr. The maat lonns o far forwnnl thnt it seems nbout to fnll, but wo find It won purposoly no built, nnil the rope through n pulley mnntiKen to hoist nnd let down tho still. It is n roitKli boat, nnd nn far m iwiulblo removed from n Veuctinn Kondoln or it sportsman's yacht With n common saw nnd hnuimor nud nx mnny of you could make n better one. Four barefooted Arabs, instead of sitting down to their onrs, stnnd, nn they nlwnyn do iu rowing, mid pull nwny from shoro. 1 Insist on helping, for there Is nothing more exhilarating to rao tlmii rowing, but I soon have enough of tho clumsy oars nnd tho awkward nttompt at wielding them while in standing posture. Wo put our overcoats nnd shawls on a small deck iu the stern of tho bont, tho very kind of a dock where Christ Iny on a flshcrmnu's coat when of old a tempest pounced uikju the flshlug smack of the affrighted disciples. Ospreys and wild ducks nnd klugtlshers tly overhead or dip tfeclr wings into tho hike, mistaking It for a fragment of fallen sky. Can It bo that those Ulblo stories about sudden storms ou this lake lire truer In It possible thnt a sen of such seeming placidity of temper could ever rise and rago nt tho henvoiisr It does pot seem as If this happy family of elementn could hnvo ever hud a fulling out, and the water strike nt tho clouds nud the clouds strike nt tho wnter. 1'UIX AWAY, OAUSUKN. Pull nwny, oarsmen! On our right bank are tho hot sulphur baths, bo hot they nro scalding, und tho waters must cool off a long whllo before baud or foot can endure their temperature. Volcanoes have been boiling these waters for centuries. Four sprlngn roll their resources Into two grunt swimming reservoirs. King Herod here tried to bnthooll the resultnof liU excesses, and Pliny nnd Josephus dcscrllo thonpurt logs out of these volcanic bents, nndJoshun and Moses know nbout them, nnd this mo ment long lines of pilgrims from all parts of tho enrth nro waiting for their turn to step into tho steaming restoratives. Let tho bont, on fnr ns iiossible nnd not run aground, hug the western ttlioro of tho lnke thnt we mny boo tho city of Tiberias. once a great capital, of the architecture of which n few mosaics nnd fallen pillars and pedestals, and here, and there a broken and shattered frieio rem!n, mightily sug gestive of tho time when llerod Atittpan had .a palace hero nnd reigned with nn opulence mid pomp and ' cruelty ami abomination that paralyzes the tinners of the historian when he comes to wiitu it, and the flngernof tho painter when lient tempts to transfer It to cnuvns. I suppose he wan ono of the worst men that ever lived. And what a contrast of character conies ut every mojninH to", the thoughtful traveler In Palestine, whether ho walks tho beach of tills 'lake' or sails as wo uow do thesu waters) , . , 8IDB I1Y 81UK. SIdo.'by side nro the two great characters of thlHlnlfo-.rdglon, Jesus nud Herod An tlpns. Aiidldld nuy nge produce nuy such nntliloden, nny such antitheses, any such opposite f Kindness and cruelty, holiness and 111th, geuoroslty and meanness, i-ulf sacrifice mid selflnhuL-s, the mipermil and the infernal, mldnoou mid midnight. The father of this Herod AutlM' wus it genius nt nssnsslnntlou. lie coulil muuufncture more reasons for putting people out of this life than liiiv'mnn u ul) ulstory. He beniU for My minus to emtio from Ilnhylon to Jerusalem In bo made high priest, mid nluyn him, Ho hnn his brothrr-lii-lnw while In bathing with him drowned by the king's nttemlalilM, lie slnyn bin wife nnd Ills wife's mother mid two of bin noun nnd bin uncle, nnd llllisl n volume of ntrucltlen, the Inst chapter of which wnn the miiMHiiuru of nil tho hnhen nt Huthluhem. With such a father nn llerod the Great you nro not surprised thnt thin llenxl An tlpns, whoso 1 m I ace stood on tho banks of thin lnko wo now null, wnn a combination of wolf, reptile nnd hyena; while tho Christ who walked yonder bniikn nnd willed theno wntern wnn no good thnt almost every rood of thin scenery Is associated with noma wise word or Homo kindly deed, mid nil literature and all art nnil all earth and all heaven nro put to tho utmost effort In try ing to express how grand mid glorious nud lovely hn wnn nud In mid In to Ih. Tho Ohrlstly mill Ilennllo characters nn differ ent nn tho two lnken wo vlnlt, nnd not fnr npnrt Galilee mid tlm Dead sen; tho ouo llower bunked nud tlm other bituminous nnd blunted; the ono hovered over by tlio mercy of Christ, tho other blasted by tho wrath of God; tho ouo full of finny tribes sporting In the clear depths, tho other for ever lifeless; tho wntern of the mm sweet nud pleasant to tho tnste, tho other hitter nud sharp nud disgusting. Awful Dead sent Glorious Gennesnrct. Wo will not nttempt to cross to the eastern shin of thin hike, nn I had thought to do, for tliono reglonn nro Inlinbltcn by n thieving nud murderous ruce, anil one must go thoroughly armed, and nn I never shot nuy 0110 mid havo no ambition to lm shot, I snlili "Iet us stay by tho western shore." Hut wo look over to tho hills of GadariijOn I ho other side, down which two thousand nwlno after being possessed by tho devil ran Into tlm hike, nud bringing down on Christ for permitting It tho wrath of nil thoNtock miners of thnt country bo muse of thin ruining of tho pork bunlnenn. You see thnt Hatan In u spirit of bud taste. Why did lm not nnyi "Ut mo go Into thoso birds, whole (locks of which lly over Gali lee?" No; thnt would huvu been too high. "Why not let mo go Into tho sheep which wnnder over these hlllnf" No; thnt would hnvo been too gentlo. "Itnther let mo go Into these swine. I want to bo with the denlwim of tho mire. I wnnt to nnsoclnto with tho Inhabitants of tho filth. Great Is inudl I prefer bristles to wings. I would rather root than fly. I llko snout bettor than wing," Till! SCOKKINO OK INFItlKMTY. Infidelity bcoITs nt tho Idea thnt thoso swltio should hnvo run Into tho lnko. Hut It wan quite natural thnt under tho bent nnd burning of thnt domonino possession they would stnrt for tho wnter to get cool ed off. Would that nil tho swine thus non sensed had plunged to tho snmo drowning, for this dny tlm descondimts of some of those porcine creatures retain tho demons, nnd nn tho dovlln were cast out of man Into them they now nfllict tho human rnco with tho devils of scrofula, thntcomen from ont iug the unclean mcntl Tho healthiest peo ple nn enrth nro tho Israelites, becnuso they follow tho bill of fnro which God In the book of Iiovltlcun gave to tho human race, nud our splendid French Dr. Pasteur find our glorious German Dr. Koch mny go on with their good work of killing parasites tu tho human system; but until tho world corrects itn diet, and goes bnck to the dlvlno regulation nt tho beginning, tho human rnco will contlnuo to be possessed of tho dovlln of microbe nud parasite. Hut I did not mean to cross over to the eastern side of Iiko Galilee even In dlfcusslnu. Pull nwny, yo Arab otirmncut And wo come nlong tho shoro near by which stnnd great precipices of brown nnd red und gray limestone crowned by basalt, in tho sides of which nro vast caverns, sometimes tho hiding place of bandits, nnd sometimes tho homo of honest shepherds, mid sometimes the dwelling place of pigeons nnd vultures nnd englen. During ono of Herod's wars his enemies hid in theno mountain cavorns nnd tho sides were too steep for Herod's nrmy to descend, nnd tho nttempt to climb In tho fuco of armed men would havo cnlled down extermination. Bo Herod had great cages of wood, Iron bound, ninilo nnd filled them with soldiers and let thorn down from tho top of tho precipice's until they gave signal thnt thoy were level with tho caverns, und then from theso cages they stopped out to the mouth of the cav erns, mid having sot enough grass nnd wood on fire to fill tho caverns with smoko nnd strangulation, tho hidden people would como forth to die; nnd it not coming lortn voluntarily Herod's men would pull Hem out with long Iron hooks, mid Jose ph us says thnt one father, rather than sub mit to tho nttocklng army, flung his wlfo ana seven children down the precipice nud then leaped after them to his own death. WE WANT TO 1'ltKACII CAI'KIINAUM. Now, yo Arab oarsmen, row on with swifter stroke, for wo wnnt leforo noon to Innd at Capernaum, the three years' home of Jesus, Hut before arrival there we nro to have it new oxjyricnco. Tho lnko thnt hod been n smootiT surface begins to break up Into roughness. Tho nlr, which nil the morning mndo our sail almost useless, sud denly takes hold of our bont with n grip astonishing, nnd our poor craft logins to roll und pitch nnd tumble, und In five min utes we pass from a, calm to violence. Tho contour of this lake among the hills in an Invitation to hurricanes. I used to won. dcr why it wns that on so limited n sheet of water it bestormed bont In Christ's time did not put back to shoro when a hurri cane wns coining. I wonder no more. On that lnkonn ntmospherio fury gives no warning, and tho chango wo saw iu five tnluutcn mado mo feel thnt the bont iu which Christ Balled mny hnvo been skill fully managed when tho tempest struck it und tho wild, importunate cry went up, "Lord save us or we perish!" I had all along thnt morning been rending from tho Now Testament tho story of occurrences on nnd nround thnt lnko. Hut our Hlbln wnn closed now, und it wns ns much an wo could do to hold fast, nud wish for tho hind. If the winds mid the waves had continued to Increase in violence tho following fifteen minutes Iu tho snmo ratio as in tho first five, mid wo had Wen still nt their mercy, our Ikiiu's would hnvo boon blenching in tho bottom of Inko Gennesnret lustead of our being hero to tell tho story. Hut tho snmo power that rescued the fishermen of old today safely laudcd.our imrty. What a Christ for rough wentherl All tho sailor boys ought to fly to him as did thoso Gnlllcnn mariners. All you in the forecastle, mid nil you who run up und down the slippery ratlines tuke to sen with you him who with n unlet word sent tho winds back through the mountain gorges. Some of you Jack Tars to whom these words will come need to "tuck ship" and change your course If you nro going to get across this sea of life safely and gain the heavenly hnrbor. Uelny therul Hendy nboutl Helm's n-leel Mainsail hatill Klar of (-race! beam o'er the billow lllnu tlm huuI that sighs fur tlieo; llless tlm sailor's lonely pillow, Fur, fur at sea. Here nt Cupcriinum, tho Arabs having In their arms carried tin ashore to tho only place where, our lonl ever hwl u pastorate, and we stepped amid the ruins of tho church where ho prenchnd again nud again mil iignlii-tlm synagogue whoso rich sculpturing lay there, not nn when others see It Iu springtime covered with weeds nud loathsome with reptiles, hut In thnt Dcci'iiiImt weuther completely uucovured to our agitated anil Intense gnru On one stone of thnt synagogue in tlm sculpturing of n pot of uimitiu, nn artlstln commemora tion of the time when tlm Israelites were fed by tnmitiu In tho wilderness, and to which sculpturing no doubt Christ pointed upward while ho wns prenuhlng titutser moil 011 this very spot III which ho snld, "Not us your fathers did eat iiiuiiiin nml nro dead; ho thnt eateth of thin bread shall live forever." Wonderful Cuerniiiim! Scene of more miracles than any place In nil the enrthl 1 til ml ejes kindling with tlm morning, Withered arms made to ptllsnte, lopern blooming Into health. The dead girl reanimated Theso Arab tentn which on thin Decern Isirdny I find In Palestine disappear, and I see Capernaum im It wnn when Jesus was pastor if tho church hern. Iok nt thnt wealthy home, the architecture, thu mar hie front, the upholstery, tlieslaves In Uni form nt tho dnorwny. It In tlm resilience of it courtier of Herod, probably Chuza by name, his wife Joanna, n Christian dlsel pie. Hut something Is tho mutter. Tho slnven nro In grent excitement, mid tho courtier living there runs down tho front steps und takes n horso und puts him nt full run ucrosn tlm country. Tho hoy of thnt nobleman Is dyltrf of typhoid fever. All the doctors hnvo fulled to give relief. Hut nlHitit five miles up tho country, nt Cmiii, there In n dlvlno doctor, Jesus by name, mid tho agonized father has gone for him, and with what earnestness those can understand wh6 hnvo hud n dying child In the liousa. Thin courtier cries to Christ, "Come down ere my child dlol" Whllo tho father In absent, and at 1 o'clock Iu tho afternoon, tho people watch ing thu dying Imy see n change In tlio countenance, and Joanna, tho mother, on one side of bin couch, says: "Why, thin dar ling Is getting well; tlio fever has broken. See thu presplrntlou on his foreheud. Did any of you give him any new kind of medi cine?" "No," Is tlm itnswor. Tho boy turns on bin pillow, his delirium gone, nud asks for something to eat und says: "Where's futherf" Oh, ho hnn gone up to Cmiii to get n young doctor of nbout 31 years of ago. Hut no doctor Is needed uow In thin house nt Capernaum. The people look at tho sun dial to sec what time It in, mid seo It In just past noon nud 1 o'clock Then they stnrt out and meet thu return ing father mid nn soon ns they couiu within speaking distance they shout at tho top of tholr voices: "Your boy Is getting well." "Is It piunlblof" snys tho futher. "When did tho change for tho better tuko plncer" "Ouo o'clock" Is tho answer. "Why'snys thu courtier, "thnt In just tho hour thnt Jesus said to mo 'Thy sou llvcth.' Ouc o'clock!" (1LA1INE8S ON THKIIt COU.NTENANCK. Ah they gather at tho evening meal whnt gladness on nil thu countenances In thnt homo nt Cuporuuuml Tho mother, Joan na, has not had sleep for many nights, mid she now falls off Into delightful slumber. Tho father, Chuzn, the Herodimi com tier, worn out with unxiety as well ns by the rapid journey to and from Cuun, Is soon in restful unconsciousness. Joanna wnn a Christian before, but I wurruut she wns mora of it Christian nftcrwnrd. Did the father Chum accept tho Christ who had cured his boyr Is there In nil tho enrth n parent so ungrateful for tho convalescence or restoration of mi Imperiled child us not to go Into it room nnd kneel down nud make surrender to tho nlmlghty lovo thnt came to tho rescuer Do not mix up this enso with tho angry Jlscusslons about Christian science, hut accept tho doctrine, us old ns tho Hlble, that God docs answer prayer for tlm sick, riutt Capernaum boy was not thu only Illustration of thu fact thnt prayer Is mightier than it typhoid fever. And there In not it doctor of largo practice but has come Into tho nick room of some hopeless :uso nud, In it cheerful manner It he worn it Christian, or with it bewildered manner If ho were n skeptic, snld: "Well, whnt have you been doing with this patient! Whnt hnvo you been giving hlmf The pulse Is better. Tlio crisis is past. After nil, I think ho will get well." Prayer will yet be acknowledged In the world's materia inedlcn, mid the cry Is just as appropriate now an when Chuzn, the courtier from Cupernnum, uttered in Christ's hearing, "Como down cro my child dlol" It tho prayer bo not nnswored iu the wny wo wish, It in because God hnn something better for tho child thnn earthly recovery, mid there nro thousands of men nnd women now nllvo iu answer to fathers' nud mothers' prayers, myself ono of tho multi tude. For I hnvo heard my parents tell how when at threo years of nge scarlet fever seemed to hnvo done its full work on mo, and tho physicians had snld there wnn no more use of their coming nnd they had left n few simple directions to make the remaining hours peaceful, nnd according to thu custom in thoso times iu country places tho neighbors hnd nl ready come In nud made tlm shroud, thu forlorn case sud denly brightened nud tho prayer "Come down eru my child diel" wnn nnswored lu n recovery thnt bus not been followed by it moment's sickness from thnt time to this. 1'IIAYEIt TIIK M101ITIK.HT AGKNCY. The mightiest agency Iu the universe is prayer, nud it turns even the Almighty, It decides tho destinies of Individuals, fain. lies nnd nations. During our wtd civil wnr n gentleman wns n guest nt thu White House iu Washington, nud ho gives this In cident. Ho says: "I hnd been spending threo weeks in the White House with Mr, Lincoln ns his guest. One night it wan just after tho battle of Hull Itiiu I was restless and could not sleep. I wus repent ing tho pnrt which I wns to tuko iu u pub lio icrfoniimicc. Thu hour was past mid night. Indeed, it was coming near to tho dnwu when I heard low tones proceeding from n private room wheio the president Blent. Tho door wns partly open. I in stinctively walked In, nud there I saw a sight which I shall never forgot. It wai tho president kneeling before an open Hlble. j ''The light wns turned low In tho room. Ills buck wus turned toward me. For u moment I wus silent ns I sfood looking in amazement and wonder. Then ho cried out in tones so ptiful nud sorrowful: 'Oh, thou God that heard Solomon In thu night whe'n ho" prayed for wisdom, henr me! I cannot lend this people, I cannot guide the nlfulrs of this nation without thy help. I urn poor nud wenk nnd sinful. Oh, God, who didst hear Solomon when lm cried for wisdom, hear mo mid save the untioiil'" Von seo we don't need to go back to Hlble times for evidence thnt prayer Is heard und nilsw ered. Hut some one may sav that Christ at Ca pernaum healed that courtier's child, yet would not hnvo douo It for one In humble life. Why, lu thnt very Cupeinnuiu he did the sumo thing for n dying slave lie longing to tho mun who hud made n pres- n.,f tn tl... t.itvit it flwi I'll II roll tt l.ltlrli .1... 'nun wus pr.stor, the Bynngoguo nmong whose ruins 1 today leap from fragment to fragment. This wus the emu of u ltomnu soMIci' sluvc, whoso only acknowledged rlghtn wuru thu wishes of his owner. And 110114 nro now so enslaved or so humble or so sick or so sinful but tho all sympathetic Christ Is ready to help them, ready to euro them, ready to eniunclpato them. Henr ltl Ptrdoti for nil, Mercy for nil. Help for nil. Comfort for nil. Heaven for nil. Oh, this lnko Gnllleol Whnt a refreshment fur Christ It must hnvu Isiun niter sympa thising with tho sick, nud raising tho tleud, nud preaching to tho multitudes nil day long to come down on these bunks In tho night tlhie, mid feel the cool nlr of the sen on hlnhdtfneo, unit look upto thostnrs, tho lighted lamps around tlm htuvutity palaces from which ho had descended! All henven nml enrth wero still; from llio high post Of stars in ilie lilllisl lnko ami mountain const. All lirnren nml enrth were still- though not In lis-p, Hut lirwillilmw, nn wo irrow when fts-llng most. "Hut," wiyn somo one, "why wnn It thnt Christ, coming to wive the world, should sKind so much of his time on nud nround so solitary n plnco nn Iiko Galileo? There Is only one city of uny slzo on Itn twitch, nud Isith thu western nud eastern shores nro n solitude, broken only by thu sounds coming from tlm mud hovels of tho de graded. Why did not Christ begin nt Hubylon tho mighty, nt Athens tho learned, nt Cairo tho historic, nt TIicIh-h the hun dred gntctl, nt Homo tho triumphant? If Christ wns going to save tho world, why not go where tho world's people ilwulll Would n mun, wishing to revolutionize fur good tlio American continent, pass hli tlmo Amid the fishing huts on thu shores ol Newfoundland?" My friends, Galileo was tho hub of the wheel of civilization nnd art, nnd tin center of n population thnt stnggers reul Ir.atlon. On tho shoro of the lnko we sull todny stood nlnu grent cities Scyth opolls, Turloh, Hippos, Gninnlu, Chora r.fn, Cupernnum, Hethsuldn, Mugilulu, TIIjoHim nml iiiiiny vlllngen tho smallest of which hnd 15,000 Inhabitants, accord lug to Josephtls, nnd reaching from tin lieuch back Into tho country lu nil direc tions. Palaces, temples, coliseums, gym illiniums, amphitheatres, towers, gardens terraced ou the hillsides, fountains bo wilderlng with sunlight, baths upo-i whose mosnlo floors kings trod; whllo this hike, from where tho Jordan enters It to where tho Jordan leaves It, wnn beautiful with nil styles of shallop or dreadful with nil kinds of wnr galley. Four thousand ships, his tory says, weru nt ono tlmo upon theso wa ters. Unities wore fought there, which shocked all nations with their conse quences. Hero mingling Wood with pure nnd (parkllng foam, In her tut throes Judica fought with Homo. Upon those sen fights looked Vespnslnn nud Titus and Trnjan nnd whole empires. From ono of theso unvnl encounters so many of tho dead llontcd to tho bench they could not soon enough bo entombed, nud n plnguo wns threatened. Twelve hundred soldiers escaping from these vessels of wnr were ono dny massnerod in the amphithea tre nt Tlberlns. For threo hundred yenrs thnt nlmost continuous city encircling Lnko Galileo was tho metropolis of out planet. It was to the very heart of the world thnt Jesus emtio to soothe its sor rows, und pardon its sins, nud heal Its sick, mid emancipate Its enslaved and rennlmuti Its dend. TAKi: THE SUaOKSTION. And let tho church nnd tho world takt tho suggestion. While tho solitary places nro not to Ins neglected, wo must strike for tho grent cities, if thin world is over to be taken for Christ. Kvnngclize nil tlm earth except thu cities nnd iu ono year tho cities would corrupt tho er.rtli. Hut bring the cities mid nil the world will come. Hrlng Ixmdon nud England will como. llrlng Purls und Franco will come. llrlng Herliii nnd Germany will como. Urlug St, Peters burg nud ltusshi will come. Hring Vienna and Austria will como. Hring Cairo mid Egypt will come. Hrlug tho nenr three million people lu this cluster of cities on tho Atlantic const nud nil America will soon seo tlio salvation of God. Ministers of religion! let us Intensify our evangel ism. Editors mid publishers! purify youi printing presses! Asylums of mercy! eu large your plans of endeavor! And lustead of this absurd nud belittling nnd wicked rivalry among our cities us to which happens to hnvo tho most men nnd women mid children, not realizing thnt the more useless nnd boil peoplo n city has the worse It Is off, and it city which has ten thousand good peoplo is more to Io ml mired thnn a city with ono hundred thou sand hnd people, let us take a moral census, nud seo how many good men nud good wo men nro lending forth, how largo n genera tion of good children who will consecrate themselves nnd consecrate thu round world to holiness nnd to God. Oh, thou blessed Christ, who didst como to tho mighty cities encircling Lnke Galilee! come In mercy to nil our great cities of todny. Thou who didst put thy hand on the white mane of the foaming billows of Geiinesnrct und make them He down at thy feet, hush all tho raging passions of tho world I Oh, thou blessed Christ, who on tho night when tho disciples were tryiugtocross tlib lake and "the wind wns contrary," uflei nine hours of rowing hud mndo only three miles, didst como stepping on water that nt tlm touch of thy foot hardened Into crystal, meet nil our shipping, whether on placid or stormy sens, und say to nil thy peoplo now, by whatever stylo of tempest tossed or driven, ns thou didst to the drenched disciples in the cyclone: "Ho ol good cheer. It is I. He not uf raid I" Thank God thnt I have seen this lake of Christly memories, und I can say with Hobert McCheyne, tho ascended minister of Scotland, who, seated ou thu bunks of this lnke, wrote in his last, sick tlujs, nnd just before he crossed the Jordan, not the Jordan that empties into Galilee, but the Jordan that empties into the "sen of glnst mingled with lire," these sweet words, lit to bo played by human lingers ou strung strings' of earthly lute, or by nngella lingers on seraphic harps: It Is not that tlw wild gniella Comes clown to drink thy tide, Put ho that was pierced to save from hell Oft wandered by thy side. Graceful around theu thu mountains meet. Thou calm, reposing sn; Out ah I far more, tho beautiful feet Of Jesus walked o'er theo. O Saviour I gone to God's right hand. Yet tho snmo Ba lour still. Graved on thy heart U this lovely strand And every fragrant MIL Iluprovi-d Smoking Arrangement, Quito u change appears to bo taking place lu thu general opinion ns to tho best arrangement 3f smoking room accommo dations ou some clusses of pussenuer trains, nud It Is quite possible that tho common smoking cur will leforo long consa to form u part of the better class of trains, Quito 11 iumler of railroads huvu constructed their eluilr curs with smoking rooms of siilllclent capacity to providu uccommndn tlouu for the occupants of each car. The praet Ice of thus furnishing it smoking room for ench cur Is rapidly extending to the' common dny coaches, nud n number of ver) prominent romls are putting u smoking iwMiiimrtiiii.iit 111 lii-iiilr iiv'prv fjir.jHv I York Commercial Advertiser. Ml fvW '''' HUDGE & No. H22 N Agents for Garland Picture Framing ! LOWEST PRICES. AN ELEGANT LINE OF MOULDINGS. S. Ei. MOORE, III4 0St. Scribner's Magazine. 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Oders should be sent at once. $3.00 A YEAR. 25 CENTS A NUMBER. Charles Scribner's Sons, Publishers, 743-745 Broadway, New York. Most Popular Resort in the City. Exposition Dining Hall, S. J. ODELL, Manaoek. -o 1 1 '9, 1 121 and 1123 N Street. o Meals 25 els. $4.50 per Week. A TWICE TOLD TALE ! The I6C innn selccteth the "Hur IhiKlon route" nnd therefore startcth nri;lit. He nrraeth himself In purple and fine linen, for lo, nnd behold, he Is htiuglv ensconced in n'-lowercenter" on the famous vestlbuled flyer, where smoke nnd dust nro never known. -fse nrovidctli himself with n book from tilt- generous library nearnt hand, ndjuoteth his traveling cap, nud pro ccedeth to pass a day of unalloyed pleasure and contentment. And it came to pass, being hungry and athirst, he steppeth Into the dining uar, and by the beard of the prophet, 'twas a feast fit for the gods. VenUon, Hluc Points, llergundy, frog legs, can. vasbacks, Mum's extra dry, English plum pudding, fruits, nuts, ices, French coffee, verily, the wise man waxcth fnt, and while be lightctli a cigar, lie takctli time to declare that thu meal was "out of sight." t occurreth to the wise -n hat the country through which he journey' ed was one of wondrous beauty, Inso much that it wns with deep regret he noted the nightly shadows fall. How ever, tenfold joy returned as he beheld the brilliantly lighted car, and the merry company It contained. Verily, It afforded a view of Elysium. fhu vtl'i-' nian retircth to rest, Pc llciout.lv unconcerned, he sleeps the sleep of the righteous and awakes much refreshed. Ills train Is on time, his journey ended, lie rejolccth tilth exceeding great joy, as he holds a re turn ticket bv the same route, the "Great Burlington. MORAL: Travel by J." FRANCIS, Gen. l'ais. and Ticket Agent, Omaha. Something New for tho Kitchen THE Keystone Freezer AND- Beater Combination ALL FOR $1.50. AT MORRIS, STREET. Stoves and Ranges. Uoyd Osbourne, will run throiiBli 11 story by frank II, Stockton "iff idsou, uriro ippcnr . Bryce, M. P.. Others will follow on I'lccailtllu. mft!te nf ,jJj:., ...u .!.. ,. Tc foolish man huyetli n ticket of a scalper. In the morning, behold, he saveth fifty cents; and lo, at nightfall he Is out $9.27. I ie starteth wrong. Willi might and main hchurrieth to he depot, only to find his train four ..!.? it .. 1. pcnnut bo h,zetl' l'n up nnd selleth him a paper of an uncer tain date A lie journeyeth along, he formeth n new acquaintance, for whomhecashetli a check, Fivr- minutes for refreshments. While he rusheth to the lunch counter so e one sea eth his gripsack, lie changed eth the foolish man that he "doesn't get through pretty fast," "nd be be moaneth his 111 !ck "' ana "L bc Me lrctteth n -!., i.. i.. ,., IS ii . "i,u" in ins eve. and erily he sweareth nnd cussetl. full free Ibimk ,TBeh threeP oUllverfor 1 l off u?ih If n.,n(cr,wl ,,,Icr eak lug off with his boots; the I'ortcr's ex. man S n0,h,n' nn" K touW 1-r hi! ; , m?htU '7 ,u,Ueth h, l,0l wn. His train runneth Into a washout, a unhK ftb,innd,he 0,ish mnn ll,tcth nL 1 if? In.rcnt lamentation, forlo haiiSS.t,,C,aVerr-,8- but. -.""f ,,et 1,0'"e weary nnd hcaits sore; his trunk co.netl, next .lay ml.ut he coyer and one handle, he resol " the Burlington Rqut A. C. ZftSMBR, , " City I'ni.8. and Ticket Aije'rit, Lincoln, J