Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1916 — Rev. Tillitson Gave Interesting Lecture On Egyptian Journey. [ARTICLE]

Rev. Tillitson Gave Interesting Lecture On Egyptian Journey.

Rev. Tillitson, of the College Ave., M. E. church, gave a stereopticon, lecture last Friday evening at the M. E. church, his subject being an account of his journey to Egypt and the Nile. He recounted in an interesting manner his experiences with Arab guides and his difficulties and embarrassments in attending the wedding of an Arab prince and not knowing how to eat without the usual table, equipment. The pictures showed the grandeur and ponderousness of Egyptian architecture and gave the audience an idea of what great public wprks were possible when the labor of the entire nation was at the command of its ruler. The pyramids and sphinx were shown and explained and the interesting mummies of Ramases, The Great, who oppressed the Israelites and his father under whose reign Egyptian art reached its greatest height. The picture of the famous Rosetti stone was shown and the speaker explained how the discovery of this stone made it possible to read the hieroglyphics that record the earliest history of mankind. Pictures of statues made of wood which were believed to be 6000 years old and paintings on solid rock in tombs many feet below the surface, the colors of which were as vivid as if they had been painted yesterday, were 5,400 years of age, well all evidences of the wonderful preservative power of the Egyptian atmosphere. The lecture was an interesting one indeed, and it is hoped that Dr. Tillitson may come again and deliver his lecture on Palestine.