. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ailroad was laid, Iwill say that this journey from Nazareth to Jerusalem is like seven such Americanjourneys. So, all up and down, and across, and recrossing Palestine, Jesuswalked. Now we are waiting for orders to mount for Cana of Galilee. We find inthe village at a Greek convent some of the water-pots, or specimens of the same 156 T. Dli WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK kind, that were used at the famous wedding where Christ turned the contents ofthem from common water into grape juice. We were surprised at the size ofthese wate
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ailroad was laid, Iwill say that this journey from Nazareth to Jerusalem is like seven such Americanjourneys. So, all up and down, and across, and recrossing Palestine, Jesuswalked. Now we are waiting for orders to mount for Cana of Galilee. We find inthe village at a Greek convent some of the water-pots, or specimens of the same 156 T. Dli WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK kind, that were used at the famous wedding where Christ turned the contents ofthem from common water into grape juice. We were surprised at the size ofthese water-jars. 1 measured them, and found them eighteen inches in width fromedge to edge, and nineteen inches in depth. What a beautiful and strange vintageat that wedding! Not a grape, not a wine press, yet six of these great jarsfilled with a beverage richer than Malaga, and yet so harmless that after all thewedding banqueters had partaken till they could drink no more, there was in allthe festal hall not a flushed cheek, nor a glassy eye, nor a dizzy head, nor a. RUSSIAN PILGRIMS BATHING IN TTl£ JORDAN disturbed stomach. But let not the modern guzzler pat himself approvingly asthough he were, in drinking wine, doing only what the Lord helped the people ofCana to do. There is not one drop of that kind of wine in any of the flasks,decanters, or rum jugs of the present day. Christ, by a glorious miracle, turnedwater into wine, but the devil, by infernal miracle, turns wine into suicide, andpovertv, and assassination, and orphanage, and woe, and death. Take your choiceof miracles. IN THE HOLY LAND 157 The most fearful climb in Palestine is the ascent of the Mount of Beati-tudes. -The horses fairly groan with the effort of transporting one up the firstmountain, which is only a stepping-stone to the Mountain of Blesseds. Thenwe ride across fields where every step seems a trap for the feet of the stumble with their fore feet, and knuckle with their back feet, until it isonl
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