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«?M EXCURSION FROM 1A Sermon Pretched by the Re?. H. C.R* XI* | at Hie CoAgregattoiiAlChurch, Bfaione, N. i,, oil Sunday - KornlS|»Aog. 22, 18SC,Joshua, and glvenbj him to Caleb, it was I of the Virginafterwards appoi ted one of the six cities lahed perpetualofrefugefoteraeL It wasoneof David’s haunts oefore the death Of Saul, and to it he came from Ziklagafter Saul’a death,Here he received ana entertained Abner,spot, of which six five-j1-silver lamps this sacred ^ to the Greeks, Ve to the Latins and five; to the Armenians; while in a geceBB near by are the chapd pf the manger and the altar of theQutsido of Jeru3alem itself, Bethany is one of the most interesting places associat-. •* . . ... ... t Jesus was bora in Bethlehem weKing over the house of Judah, doring the l know. That he may have been bom in- - A#' - — I 1.L' * _ ^1.4 _ 'Srn** - a ’ A A 4f____1 ' if _ • ■ed with the earthly life of our Lord. In gqifig tq it £ron\tfoilsiy are Q. ^ ,r ....._ she holyfellow either of; the three i Up the weelcrh slopethirds over re-united Israel, when, his was established in Jemaslem.six sons were bom: to David, thethiscais grotto, and in $ne pact of it thus indited, Is certainly possible; for whenJo-seph and Mazy reached Bethlehem its ublic places were full; there was no roomor, them even at,the inn. And underiKougfr it was probable that jeeus’s fre-ifbird of whom was the fascinating but | such circumstances nothing would be:a A. .. ~mm I r A nAAlAnv, vALa rJ. 1 *1 .t » it . At. ^ jl .1.___I l n iquest'8 to Bethany were usually one 6f the three- which crosses the southern shoulder: of the mountain. Thevillage of to-day te- sid dhrfy and out theambitious and disloyalAbasiom, who, going to Hebron under pretence of performing a vow, sent spies fra ^ “ *idatedi No one would tempted to Iit for what it how is, although its I Tinnatural situation and eurrounstOl very attractive. From Itsme ta themore likely than that they should find:shelter for themselves and their beasta in . , rom thence through- Isomecave in the adjacent hillside. Thisof Israel to prcclaun mm | Is Just/ what tradition sayB they did, andthat this is the very cave. Aha although the very word “tradition” has for us a suspicious sound, and at once throws our inds into a questioning if hot a doubting+ *•-- * _■_ A A- • ___,* _ J* _*___ere are two poois which etill su iebron with water; to one of wMcattaches the story of David’s sv^ift sendistantmountains of Mpab, and the gilt* tehee against. Becbab and Banah, the I attitude, yet not every tradition is value* lt;* * . t a A -lt;■ A. \ '•--'iHt. y I a# ToUkAnh/.fli fnnmh miaiiw Af 11^*. a’ ^ * * * _ _ •• i .foxing waters of the Dead Sea, and thegreen line lt;rf the Jordan valley,. ban beclearly seen; while the slopea of the nearerurderera of iBhboehefch, which many of I less. And certainly one that is as possiblyou have read in the fourth chapter of H. § true as this, which is associated with suchcontrast with the general'sterilityarasof Pfldestine, are, beautiful with vineyyou-,. -_____._________-____-Samuel. But of course the chief interest ! a name, as jtuum Martyr’s, ahd which canof tba visitto Hebron w centres m the Jtraeed back to within abont 100 year® Ckve of MaCnpelah. When Abrahar* — • * * *2? da^ of thq event itself, ought not toand obrhfietds and galena. But that ! bought ife pf the sonupf Heth* it was mere-1 be^eedle^y dlscredilt;»4Of one firm and ardent believer in thiswhich draws the Christian traveler to lyacaveinthomid^ofafield, liiacon* ...... ..._________________Bethany isfche factthathere may beidenti* tract for it v^a made in the^gateof the} as the veritable birthplace of Christ we fled, with reasonable possibility at least, bity; mid is, I beueve, the first business I were, forcibly reminded by our visit tofkehotmbmimody^Uwt', the hduse te^unctoon involvii^ toof. w - * - —- -- — ^ -____. . XT. A JL^Ml 1 —_ '_!» A#. •WlltAk .UllkllAMM Kamof Mary andtethieheiLararus, - The ointment Simon’s houseed the head of her SavioUr. At the graveof Lazarus ia still sounding that Wonder-Veiy near to the Grotto of re the chapel and tomb of can not do better in telling x than to quote Dean Stantbthbadacia*wtof-tofimW*wewtwaSUBumwttumciaiithe traveler follows the tan, from that day to this, had been I windings of that lonjand court-1 he will find hi)__ . ^ at last in a rougnfal word—“T am the BesuSection and the [eay add exact feonBCientiouBiieBS, As we I chamber hewn out of rock. In this Cell,OfTe ’—Which went forth from that one enter the gate of Hebron to-day, let me I in all probability, lived and died the most—- . A 1 A - . * . '1 _M2..U.L 5a ALammU4 am A V A_r M ' 11 ii. . -'•« • - * a. * ,ana the ChrteSahtomb to rob death of its sting Pfoseht it to your thought as a model I illustrious of all the pilgrims attracted tove of its victory for: eveiyieveV* As we gathered rever- — — -Over tlils Cave ofand imitation. [the cave of Bethlehem; the only one ofa mosque i the many hermits mid monks, from theenfcly there and read selOc^ns bom the j now stands; wildly superstatioas j time of Constantine to flie present day,* ‘ * and fohatical are the Muslims of the oij^y, {sheltered within its rocky sides, whoseeleventh chapter of John’s Gospel, and reaiized that perhapS *’ f *we were *that magnificent miracle, it was to our______ V VUW V1VJIiat perhaps the VerhT spot where I that acoees to its sacred precinte is denied j name has tzthen standing was the scene of to Chriafeiana as well aa Jewa, To walk by I Holy Land, Here, for more than 30 years,... .. i ^ ejde of the Haram, mad to touch the f beside ftfcat he believed ta be literally thetrafaled beyond theiimitsof thets the interest othe mind that ia familiar with the sacred I in the smaU communities which formedcttiminatea in the house df Miary arid 1 history many thrilling memories. A^ter [ the beginnings of conventual life in Palea-m—Jiu— ^ i this field with its cave and its trees had »«*»«»* «*^k ».«Martha, Tradition does not hesitate to _ , ,fix its site, and, fortunately, its indica- f been made sure to Abraham for a tion in thiB ssa need not be doubted, ion, th^triarchburied hiabeioveS!We stood within its rained walls. We iit. When Abraham himself died,utine; here the fiery spirit! which he hadbrought with *him . from Jjbis Dalmatianbirthplace, and which had been first________ ..._________ 4 ^ an j roused to religious fervor pn the banks ofgathered flowers that grew In the soil that fold man and full of years, his sons Isaac J the Moselle, vented itself in the flood ofhaa aocumulafced upon its floors. We read I and lshmael, the Jew and the Arab, bur- J treatises, letters and commentaries whichequest to his sons con-1 ern world; here also he wrought out that IPthestqryof Christ’s love for these sisters, *©d him m this same cave, And when I he poured forth from his retirement toand of their devotion to him. We remem- Jacob lay on his death-bed Goshen, he J terrify, exasperate and enlighten the weathered how often he came to this quiet uttered a touchiiM home to find rest from the toil and tumult earning his own bof his life dmong men, and how sweetlyhis coining here has sanctified the life of . _ _ _ a ^_____________7_ __________eveiy true earthly home. In spirit we sat I bury me with my fathers in the cave that J munion and death, at which all the world* ^ * , « • m 7 Tift ■ •15m 5— Ak« /SaM aN Via aUaaUU awK?aL La If_______*ii.: a j. . t. _ ________4 * . • _beehqrheInmlieteth0CwItItatasPimhitoS€lhwPlt;GAwhich summarizesthe cave’s sacred trusts in these words: “I am to be gathered unto my people;thfomous translation of the Scriptures—the Vulgate of the Latin Church; and here I d( occurred that pathetic scene—bis last com-1 — 2 - J .1 . . I . - •lt;! _ • i * a vldown with Mazy at his feet, to* hear his I is in the field of Machpelah, which is be-1 has been permitted to be present in the I ^ word, and to renew our own choice of the jfore Mamre in the land of Canaan, _which J wonderful picture of Domeoichiiio in the“ goodjpart.” And then we looked a to Hie hfils which rose around us, tohow gloriously from one of them he ascendea into heaven, and how surely he will so come again to earth,, and to pray that we might then be numbered withthose who truly love and serve him* My friends, let me bring back tolt;you from the Bethany home to-day this^ene thought: To be careful and troubled about many things, as Martha was in net ing, even though its motivethe entertainment of Jesusaway I Abraham bought with the field of Ephron I Vatican, wMch represents in colors never think I the Hittifce for a possession of a burial-1 to be surpassed the attenuated frame of'I am b. At- ■ Mrt AL AW V, fii r A ll mill n wifi #% W% A 1 At —. — 9 _ /I K il . •place: there they boned Abraham and the weak and sinking flesh, the resigns-., Sarah his wife, there they burled Isaac tion and devotion of the spirit ready for I A' and Eebekah his wife, and there I buried its heavenward flight.” I lek XV Tvt fmf.h fkia vonnnaf T -—HI *■** 1SChiLeah.” In accordance with this request | Christian friends, I will detain you with I «n- .1.^1 -5 t. - 5b. —mm Tbmm.. MaV I 1 * . * . * ¥ 1 WJacob’s embalmed body was brought up I but a single closing thought as we turnfrom Egypt, by a procession that was I from Bethlehem Unlayf**^ certainly be-truly regal in its proportions and a meats, and buried ih this cave at uch serv-1 You can not wonder, therefore, notwith-mt- j comes us to respect every rim, I thoughtful and sincere convictions, and who bravely lives them out. And no onemJI — ^ -___ *»1 • .1.1 ,1 _ A *1 J . . «is not the highest form of hosp him. This, rather, is what will most de-faan who has |88 aIilight bis heart, that you come Into such close j were glad to visit a spot so hallowed.21treatment they 'extend to strangers, we [ He stirred the world from his cloister cave I la — ^5 A a mTmII a aiaI* nA LaII av«taA ■ m—V.5Sm V. ^ 25 Jl * — i * *■ . _ 1 ^#1 *. _• • *and constant communion with himself I But having visited it, and put ourselveswhile he lived; and dying, he left behind f ^ him an undying blessing. Yet the hermit I *Itfn act virtf ♦La a TN OA I SIthat he can reveal to you more and more I in contact with its associations and mem-1 life is not the ideal Christian life. If 301* a m • • t ■* il. ' » . _ _ V aa5aa «aa mvawA aIaA 4A AVtVAVf ?l»Am 1 _MM-~M M. mm_m 1. —_? -1. i.1____ at- _ M /**1 •the secrets of his word, andhe growing day by day7sthrot^h t^e trans-1 Hebron to the traditional Oak of Mamre, I would answer for Jerome, it surely will• . u •_ 0 ¥ Xt Am 0 f *___ . a _ 1 HTLf« 5a 2mmaiaaa 4ua QQ iri (m^A m—.a __ At._________Vn •oa will I ones, we were glad to tide away from (years in a cave beside the cradle of Christhis ownforming power 0? that communion, into j This is an immense tree^nearly 33 feet in J not answer for a nineteenth century Chris-‘ ^ ' cethi1!Swho chooeee shall it ever) Inalienable,ess. From no one of you I circumference, and dividing about twenty I tdan. If the Christ who was once the Babe» ia a % - jt 4 I JmaA Nmama aLa ——----— * I^Ania AviAvmAtia 1 mA t__— 2^ • • j.V_ • feet from the ground into four enormomust be very old,with comfort through the earthly years;iUTiw believe it to beand becomes, In eternity, the soul’s*' rapt-1 even tradition fallen urous feast. I can bring to you from this I that Abraham s oak home of the sisters no souvenir more pre-_•___ il______«f. • v ' . m d______?___stretch our credulity as to years old. Indeed,mg g in thetime of Christ, and that this, its possiblehere; only claiiwas standiniTiBAnvclous than this. I can offer for you no offspring, has grown up since to mark theCT wili be richer in same site. It mxy be o. Andif itbeso,prayer whose answerent experience, as wet?as a “hope of ” for the future. From his lips haveupon true Christian hearts such words as these; “As my Father hath sent |n me into the world, even so have I also sent [a you into the world.” The words of his M. ______r r ***• . • * *■« .«your experience than that the spirit of j this is the place where the Lord appeared great commission-—* * Go ye into all the Mary’s wisdom may possess you all, 1 to Abraham on the plains of Mamre, as he world, and preach the Gospel to every - * *' ' ~ ‘sat in his teat door m the heat of the day; creature’’—should have for us the sound* A- * J* AV ^ *----» a • .b. TThe visit to Bethany may be made from Jerusalem in two or tfiree hours. The rideto Hebron and return requires two fulldftjBiand near this vwhose gratefult stood the tree ine he entertained theand the charm of a personal call. Thisufd be a burden uponperishing world shoia»La TaXNa♦a wva AaaaamAthree men who renewed to him the prom- j our hearts, and for its salvation we should ioa fnn««w»mo K5»fti» nf TswiA. Anil whA 1 ^ ourselves to be in bonds* The life ofy0fItaaeaus was ushered in by the shining of a tar, but it went out with a groan and a Leart-break on (he cross. It is never onqeto ratten of him that his thought tinned IStack to the glory of his advent; but it ls,iSiften written how he was straitened by houghts of his baptism, and urged towards his great sacrifice by his love for innezs. My brethren, let the same mindleinus. Let os pro ve that we are his by like him, Let our devotion to himna nis service enable us to say with Zin-©ndorf, “ We have but one passion, andb is He, He only t”1oC5ttA2
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