. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ough the harbor has the worst reputation for shipwrecks. The guide-booksand all the tourists have prophesied a terrible debarkation at this place. Thebottom of this harbor, they tell us, is strewn with human bones. Fifteen yearsago a boat with twenty-seven pilgrims went down. But we personally know-nothing against the harbor of Joppa. Hardly a ripple on the sea. Floods ofsunshine. May all the rough stories about death prove in our cases as untrue,and our entrance into the promised land of heaven be as placid! May it be aradiant h
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ough the harbor has the worst reputation for shipwrecks. The guide-booksand all the tourists have prophesied a terrible debarkation at this place. Thebottom of this harbor, they tell us, is strewn with human bones. Fifteen yearsago a boat with twenty-seven pilgrims went down. But we personally know-nothing against the harbor of Joppa. Hardly a ripple on the sea. Floods ofsunshine. May all the rough stories about death prove in our cases as untrue,and our entrance into the promised land of heaven be as placid! May it be aradiant harbor! We are ashore, and are met by people of many I am writing this, the air is full of fragrance, gardens all a-bloom, thoughthe first of December, and we are surrounded by acacia, tamarisk, oleander, palm,mulberry, century plant and orange groves, the oranges either ripe or ripening,the orange tree in March having both fruit and blossom, and all the year roundin foliage, so that it fulfils the prophecy, Their leaf also shall not VEGETABLE SELLERS NEAR CAIRO 132 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK In his journeyings up and down the hills and valleys of the Holy Land,Dr. Talmage was greatly struck with the floral beauty of the country. His richimagination revelled in the thought that these fragrant blossoms were the descend-ants of those which the Saviour had immortalized by frequent reference to themin his parables and teachings, when he had used them as object-lessons. Writ-ing home about this time, Dr. Talmage inscribed this beautiful tribute to theflowers of Palestine:
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