. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . MODERN ATHENS A SACRED PILGRIMAGE 123 THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF EGYPT Now we enter Africa. Though a curse was of old pronounced uponthose who went down into Egypt for help, it cannot be that the malediction wasintended for those who go down into Egypt for help in writing a life of I went. Some of our Lords most important years were spent in a morning was the 25th of November, 1899, f°r new and thrilling experi-ences, for then I first saw Egypt! I landed at Alexandria amid a Babel ofvoices; the boatmen clamoring f
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . MODERN ATHENS A SACRED PILGRIMAGE 123 THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF EGYPT Now we enter Africa. Though a curse was of old pronounced uponthose who went down into Egypt for help, it cannot be that the malediction wasintended for those who go down into Egypt for help in writing a life of I went. Some of our Lords most important years were spent in a morning was the 25th of November, 1899, f°r new and thrilling experi-ences, for then I first saw Egypt! I landed at Alexandria amid a Babel ofvoices; the boatmen clamoring for our luggage; the Pasha, with his five wives,. FISHING BOATS ON THE BANKS OE THE NILE descending the ladder on the side of the steamer; custom-house officers on thealert; friends rushing ahead to greet friends; Europeans, Asiatics and Africanscommingling. After a few hours wandering about, and looking at PompeysPillar, which has stood as the sentinel of twenty-six centuries, and through thegardens of the Khedive, and through the streets filled with people of strangevisage and costume, we sleep an hour to regain equilibrium before taking thetrain for Cairo. 124 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK Now the train is rolling on through regions watered by canals andditches that make the Nile the mightiest of aquatic blessings, through a countrythat otherwise would not yield food for one hungry man in all the land. Wefind here by irrigation the luxuries of an American farm just after a springshower. These Egyptian lands, without a drop of rain direct from the heavens,have been drinking until they can drink no more. Thank God for water
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