Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1895 — TSLE OF IALMS. [ARTICLE]

TSLE OF IALMS.

PikMect Pleases and F ■ Offlf JEn is Vile.” I . I '-- t - ■l' 'ft"• .~ .'•■• I Bomeof Übe Jjjtedei of Ceylon—lts Eden ic AttracUuug~bf. Talmage’s Sermon the Frets. In his series of round the woiAjjtermpns through the press the last Sunday Isleof iiPairfas," -- iheA ffex t selected being, “The ships of.Tifehish first - ’

by man j’ toi > s?v&-yffiffiffid to be the which the .Seyebth.;, sermon of the round the world was called’ by the Rnmah<s Taprobane. John Miiton called it “Golden Chersohepe.” - Moderns harp called CeyMWV‘'t^3 l sle-of’p^hW$ J “the isle of flowers.’ - “the pearl drop on the I bro w of sßjMMgsßfeje we Is, ” ‘the island of ~ wa£<6,oF-tbe .uniJa»i<l of hyacinth and rufiy. a mix-■t^^b^?^ose^^-.U^S,®avston e park- - S* ’ Wpy scholars have supposed' that this Wandof Ccyion was thWgffiinal garden of Eden where the. 'sn hWfirst appeared on reptilian mission. There are reasons for belief that ‘This was the site where the fifst homestead was opened and destroyed. It is so near the equator that there are not more than 12 degrees Fahrenheit -differencc’niHdm year roti'ißTr hTe'F-" petual jfoiiagg, perpetual fruit and all styles of animal life prosper. What abundance and superabundance of life I What styles of TpShiSg'Sk db%ioff What sfevlfs W sorfJ’*io|flW tlfe inMheir Itbrette ! * * isWhat;miracles -of ««'L S vXe? EUPJlgh^ban anas to pile all the wotM s It int baskets. Enough rice b’ > Biioiigh'fibers to garland all the world’s beauty. cn W'i 1 ng, riding through valuable and delicate that, trans- : ps*4ie^^A?lflps?' ; the ? aroma cinnampn is dispelled if placed near *a Foftsuch great value is thl ciiinarion years ago ib®e who In were jpu£to jeaji.T Jjlht which once wflT'ajungTe oi cinnamon is now a park of gentlemen’s residences. The long, white dwelling houses are and all g ar den. h°P ws, more k ich never y ® an * y-My test of ', aro some Tome wonder not mrHni they burn camphor aiffaM|| lamps IgMnchgkliHF 100,000 pilgrimage to man the only of MpWlirp, what so What glory en‘rfWmed amiTits foliage! What a 4R<)4Mta«yhißl4R9ir«preads out in its branches! What a voice when the iW inter * MhißwßS ii i. • n disestablishment has taken place, idorAQQlWis OOOn taßaJiea &Mr>rTQyllfe The Spauldings, the Drs. Poor, the Saunder^tnra I Dnrer? cruelty greater than any swung the tusk or roared •fIPfTO jungles. Amon y tkhpk f i T ■ viai t Afl tw-as. a abouty-one*. huncVcdT ffipif stbuylng tt> BeJamlS pqg/ts, ers. Stepping into the building riest was instructing the class, we were apologetic and hfibogaa, doubled up as he was, on Od/fgA w ‘ th hioright ond kagndutiTjis foot. In his left band he held ti package of bamboo leaves, on whlctT’Were written the words of ” uuin iilw leaves. » priest first read, and then «gfe!S inatruaten fl?he > iaat word ■ o£, igaeiu r to/ Mmrt in Ww wWpefctnft d)6K>» ta “kbd»raUt« (WArtotaimt j«|ia»id/ Inciitevimk toiiatibuDthatoirlbr samiwnoKS? wM .rones, vThaktie<BdlHdhiwt£lhJW»'-WW faith) in ithplr ccligioflPfcO* Otte j4§ubt.v ’What> Mbharrfhfcd’ IsW’thif I M>.in>mmed#n ntidafrhat i ithe ChArtMny'BufeldtW .-rihfeS -’We WfecVWa «LWiifW J As night was edmmgon we came up

:to a tfempie< lint we wert proKl bited outside steps;’ but Jr e gmduaii!j*‘ad' : goipg ihside. grortriiip* pers,..}yere: tpakjpg- Tbfc i e JP wildly, I s W P^-I p^i?9'V,n-.and.-sev^raJ : ’labdridttsf style bf- wParsfilbl fiSaiyei seeto orWird.' 5 The dsto lights,"and the jargon,’ And the glootntff SnePtMt’ flitying figures mingledtCot- eye and ear a horror which 4t is diffieult to sfiaVejaff.All. ibis, was only sugceased work and had time to appear' at. ther temple. That such things should be supposed'to please ihd Lord prrhave any power to console or help the worshippers isonly anOther^mystery in thjs world pt terleiiJ -vr— *_ u_»z« i*p iki WSiOR up and 4 down , the streets of Ceylon you .find, all styles of people within five - minutes—Afghans,Knflirs, Portuguese, Moormen, Dutch, English, Scotch, Ifrisfr, American—allr. classed dll dialects, all manners and cnstoma, all styles? of salaam. The most interestiaM. thing on earth, is the human race, and speciroenSjOf all branches of itcotifrpnt ydtf ihj CeVlori. The island of ’the present is a’quiet and inconspicuous affair“compared with whit' it once Was. ' The dead cities » W Ceylon were larger and more imposing. than are the living cities. On this island are dead New-Yorks and dead Peking and dead Edinhurghs, and dead Londons. Ever, and; ayon at the strike of the hammer, the tomb of some great mgnieipality flies pjnepj and. there are other buried cities that will yet . respond to thh' The Pompeii and Heredlaneuitf'tm-' are xPinparsd; exh urn ed.city Which w'as founded 501)' before; i -pasd&sidh s W^lia^'feflfrveiT S( Wi M4hemi n thg tparvels.,: ,-of sculptare :<’aad ;iovarpfocessiQhs marched; arches 4n««i WSfcW»’‘V»flfs lied; city with reservdM i liles in cirpu mferenno; P.xt^mporized Ihkes that did.khmr.oqokiuD-zand refreshing fSr’welvD cenTuries; ruins JIS# 1 SMiri.- qa l « W lf®fefeP<Mn fobfesfe thaijlAW : Whm its havered the sife toftsoniffof tire CitiesJw'sifc r!eptiiasfeurfnia|t thcariSselvee SPtfMK mueh of the,grafideur-rrebuilt sflftfeß its .scepter. ...But.all,.is down, the s^M'mowfr, 11 the" frri,' the it M Jayj 8 g -jfliefceli M"Wn«l?l?eWv®M apiid the fi H r . plattneddthiww fsitbcmJeiAnswsmfe h JUtm »nbriglP«bWtfild tt Wv W ’« et high frum Edinburgh to ,n - , a. You catTjudge somewhat of-the Ji !r§>lWieP‘«HM> I Vy ’WMMfi tHitfdJWtfw it wisvi MTOa“tf«wa? 'O-S3 h: hktenArf£Eri«sri T 1 wwdtalibdwtfixbwaJbq QtNw’lim a 5 be Js> M Ff’l? ■ T< smwse to 4ho!lidMto«iqc»vtaiiiflF<b«v&4«o>p< s m :W*>Wod-„ttr bu L cities have their last judgment in this world. —They blessythey cu •se, they M MS' ft 1 =to ttteaktthnb tta^hPbl^GtfeMj l or cft&s long canlayerjeume-thToligh'Vic*'■ 'to uHabfNiwHSßjriudnd iik ndon have not stood as long as SWSB S«S£££ >Wf«ist r s-pteit; and -mW d fit ifeß"arfd : Patiohs as of ’ l jp|he Lord knoWhth the ; WHy of thf itUi vhiy of the ungodly shall perish.”