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By William Jennings Bryan...
CConniflit. ISO, by Joseph B. Bowlee Oeey.
rKal &rat Britain all KlfbU Kmw-tmS.)
-ee m , klw antvwit.iA1
i In Jerusalem and Judea, but
V disappointed to learn how
fw Protestant Christians
visit this city which mr. without Im
propriety, - be . styled , tha Christian's
.eCCS. v '. . . :!. :. ; . .
Poaatbly tha wretch d harbor at Jot) pa
If - harbor It . can ba s called may
f-is-bten soma away. for' whan; tha
weather la bad passengers are often oar
lied by, and yet It does seem that there
should be mora than 4.000 a year from
tha rich and numerous churches of
Burope and Amarloa. Mora than M.0M
pllsrlms visit tha Mohammedan Mecca
eaaa year, althooith tha Mohammedans
ra ooor and tha Journey difficult. .Port
tald l only'US mDefl Trom Joppa;and
A 1 !.. kA Ml mIIu n
than M.00O persons diaambarkad at thsss
porta laat year. .. .... . .. ' ,-
Maklna- a liberal allowance for Egyp
tians 'returning from Europe, for lmml-
aranta froas Uurooa ta Emt and for In
valids TtslUna; Cairo In search of health.
It la still true that many times as many
ro to tha Nile as trarsl to Jerusalem,
and of tha leas than 4.000 tourists who
visit the Holy City laas than 1000 con
tinue their Journey- to Kasaretb and tha
ea of Galileo.
I!ailroada llirongh NaMretli. -
Tha numbar which I mention doea not
Include the - Oreek Catholics or the
Roman Catholics, but It la an outside
estimate of tha numbar of Protestant
Christiana. - Tha railroads which are
bulldmr and tha earrlare-roada In ' pro
cess of : construction will make travel
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cmlterel eoUege. ewey, notebook la Beta
aea eewere ta piece, nr tae uaty Lane, end
will write hie iDUPweatoas ef the Mar for Tbe
Sunday JeoraeL Mr. Horner aes the eb
server's eye. th Bklloenpber'e vlsloa snd
tbe story-teller's see; bis letters win is
etreet as enterUta. ' This letter telai . et
kls rs te Ibe Csarck f aalnl Asa ef
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MANY are the pilgrims te the
.shrine of Ste. Anne de Reaupre,
Quebec Our way, thither waa
overlooked by Montmorency fall,, n
feet, higher than the falla at Niagara,
the duke of Kent' chateau, where lived
the father of Queen Victoria, and the
plain of Abraham, where! waa decided
the fata ef New France, and other point
bf historic Interest. Down on the Rhine
they aay, "Time give history and wine
their richneee; hence In searching tor
historical facta w are prone to turn
from American history to the old conti
nental Balds, summer-fallowed for de
cades, sine they have produced Incident :
approaching the historical horlson. The
old continent ha made it history and
1 taking a well-earned respite, aa doe
th' farmer who has cleared and fenced
hie lands, broken the sod and built aa
elegant .horn surrounded by beautiful
walk and delightful drlvewaya The old
continent haa made history In dstermln
l.ig It political geography, and now en
oy the pursuits of peace In avenues
, tarked out oenturiee age by a far-
-chted and provident ancestry. In this
a our I th history-making continent,
it our history doee not require the
mentlng power of time to give It seat
nd flavor. A- day, and Dewey ranks
th Nelson: minute undo tha work
'. half a century in San Francisco, and
frenaled race between science snd
t In Ametioa la making tb . world
y. My pen la not extravagant, there
re. when It tells you that there Is
i-h history and tradition along the
d from Quebeo to Baaupre 10 turn
i t .an gray at the age ef 4.
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The gold reminds- us that hr MSO
a Bretoa' marinera, while nav1gat
I the St. Lawrence, were overtaken
t storm. In the midst of their distress
y remembered St Anne, th well-be-d
patroness of their own beloved
tany. and they at once invoked her
n fervor and . vowed that if they
juld be aaved from shipwreck they
mid build a chapel In her-honor ea
e very spot where they should hap
a to land. When the morning
wned these brave men found them
ae quite unexpectedly oa the north
,.k ef the river. In front of Beaupr.
y , landed and. true te tbetr vow,
4 a little wooden chapel In honor
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A good monk continued with' this bit
: tredltlont , "Holy Writ has nothing
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Jews' Wailing Plac at Jerusalem. ,;
aaler and may increase tha number In
tha future, but It Is difficult to explain
or to understand why so many hare
coma near to, and- yet passed by With
out Boeing, the places made familiar to
tha Christian world by tha books of the
Old and Ksw Testament. t -
Wa landed at Joppa when the weather
was fair, but ware detained a half day
that, they might "deraUfy tha ship," as
tha Turkish authorities aesenoe rat
killing upon tha ship a eustom 'in
augurated after the rat had been con
victed of carrying bubonie plague. ' J op pa
la on the edge of the plain of Sharon
and. as an abundance of water can be
secured at a reasonable depth, the city
le a garden.: Orange trees thrive there
and the fruit la excellent. L Two places
of Interest are shown.- the 'home ' of
Tabltha and tha house of Blmon the tan
ner, tha latter Immortalised by tha vision
which taught Peter the universality of
Chrlat'a mission. . r.r
The railroad to Jerusalem crosses the
valley of Sharon, ' which at this season
of tha year Is exceedingly attractive.
. Tha crops are- growing, tha fellaheen
are at work In the fields, and everywhere
the wild flowers bloom. The rose of
Sharon had many rivals, ' if the plain
looked In olden time as it does now. Tha
principal station on .the plain la Bamleh,
through which conquering .. armies
marched for ages. From time imme
morial Palestine has been a prise ef war.
When it was not Itself tha abject of
conquest, its occupation waa neosasary
to the acquiring or holding of other ter
ritory. The Persians, tne Egyptians, the
Parthlana, the Berth Ian a, the Greeks, the
Roman and tha Turks hare all overrun
thla country not to speak of the numer
ous wars of tha Israelite and tha ex
pedition of the Crusaders. . ,
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mention . her nana. Wi fnnat ' not be
astonished at this.. As the Virgin Mary
was sumoienay glorified to have : had
ear divine Savior for her son, so It auf
Bos for th glory ef Saint Ann te have
the Immaculate Virgin. Mary a .her
daughters;, Bh as juried .: Brat at
Bethlehem, than transferred t Jeruaa
lam jand brought from Jerusalem ta Apt
in Franca by St Laaarus, who was
raised from the dead by the Savior. . Her
Bisters 'were the mother of several of
the apostles and of Saint Elisabeth, who
gave birth to John , the Baptist . Saint
Anne Ufa wa that of a pious mother
who-give hsr time to prayer, the care
of hey children and that of the afflicted."
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- From Alexander the Great and Caesar
to Napoleon, no world-conquering gen
eral overlooked Palestine and yet. out
of Palestine came the Prince of Peace,
South of Sharon lies the" pUin of
Phlllstta, a narrow strip of land between
the hlUa of Judea and tha sea, ar small
region and yet It supported a 'people
who warred for centuries with the chil
dren of Israel.. It waa at Oaaa, one of
the chief oitle on this plain, that Sam
eon pulled down the pillars of the build
ing and died with those who) made sport
of him. . ' " ;
The Walla' of JeraMlem.
- Leaving the low country, the railroad
begins tha ascent of the Judean bills
through the Wady ea Surer, and a on
la carried up the tortuous course of the
narrow valley be begins to- understand
why Jerusalem was eonsldered a citadel,
Tha hllla rise to a height of about 1.600
feet and are so Inaoeesalble that a small
number dwelling on top could easily de
fend themselves against a muoh larger
fore. The narrow limit ef Judea 1m
press ens, hemmed In on the west by
Phllistla, on the south by the deeert and
on the east by the deep chasm of the
Dead sea. : It -history wa developed In
a territory scarcely larger than a Ne
braska county.
A we' approached the summit the
vineyard appeared and the olive groves
became more numerous. Jerusalem I
beautifully located. No wonder it re
building and repeoplia la the dream of
the devout Jew, many of whom oom
from distant corners of the earth to
spend their laat day within it pre
clncta The present wall of the city
are only a few hundred year old, but
the tower of David la believed to be
of a
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Beaupr, streams ef pilgrim were sees
pouring into the basilica, which a llttl
Greek rusty . with disuse for 10 year
help th visitor te uideretand that in
style of architecture it I a plao of
regal origin. . These pilgrim ar on the
way to the altar where lay a bone from
the hand of St Anne a constant obleot
of veneration to the pilgrim. -aa oMeot
of legitimate eurloalty te the vlsltpr
Here . comes th sick at i heart and
maimed some seasons a many . a
110,000. Frequently .the - rush I so
great -that the village hotels cannot ae
commodate all.' In which-event the pil
grims may be been lingering In the
chapel day and night In fasting and
prayer until the lane ea make room
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a part of the wan erected by tha great
Hebrew kins;, .-.r ' :'
Onoe - within - the dry one ' la eur
rounded on every, hand by place that
stir the tend ere st memoriae. - Even the
uncertainty as to the Identification of
many of tha site mad aaored by the
life, the sufferings and the death of
Christ' even the. rivalry between the
varloua sects cannot prevent a feeling
of reverence. ' Here he whose name la
born-by looroealng mUltp - waa-ooa-
Semnea without cause, crownea wiin
lorn and at last oruclfled, sealing
with hi blood the testimony of hi life.
Early in the fourth century Helena,
mother ef Constantlna, set out to iden
tify the spot moat Intimately associ
ated with the Savior's Ufa. She selected
the place where she believed Christ waa
crucified . and . buried, and her son
erected the Church of the Holy Stpul
cher to mark the looanty. ; For II oen
tuiie her designation was aooepted as
the oorrect one, and the Roman Cath
olios, the Greek Cathollo and the Ar
menians, who dfejlde the space in the
ehuroh between them, have kapj. Joint
though not always harmonious watch
ever the varloua altar and chapel a.
"A few year ago th correctness ef
the : location ef Calvary waa disputed
and a hill ever the Grotto of Jeremiah
waa .fixed upon by the dissenters as
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for them. At the sntranoe ef the ba
silica ar tw vast stacks of erutohe
celling high. These the attendant' as
sures " us have bean thrown away by
cripple wh have been miraculously
healed by St Anne. Such la the marvel
ous faith - exercised by theae pilgrim
whe have oom long distances support
ing themselves with staffs and
erutohe, eemetlmea crawling on hand
and knee. Mothers carry their sick
and dying Infant In thalr anna, the
o rippled lead the blind, the blind support
th crippled all com te kiss a rail
from -the hand ef St Anne, the mother
ef the blsad Virgin. . ..
Sunshlno 0f Fahh y ' V
- I aa - glad th dark veil ef circum
stances anciently drawn ' between
churches haa worn be thin that a Prot
estant, although confessedly unfinished
along religious line, may aee through
and enjoy the sunshine of face growing
radiant as the unction ef faith beams
upon the pilgrim- approaching th
shrine of Saint Anne.- Th llttl bone
haa been .worn deep . with tears and
kisses, which I an evidene of faith
that lead over dtffleultie Ilk a
bridg ef stars. Th townsmen aa well
aa th nwnk tell ua that almost dally
dating th season ef pilgrimage, peo
ple are miraculously healed and that
the healing power 1 no respeotor of
disease. A display ef epeotaolee and
eyeglass more extensive than th or
dinary dealer keep In stock represents
th glassee thrown away by those whe
have beea oured; and watches, rings,
bracelets, necklaces, ' chains, o harms
and diamonds, with other Jewelry, have
been gratefully given to th ahrlne at
the basilica by those wh have - . re
ceived help at Saint Anna.- Se many
have been the gift that thousand of
rings, chain and .necklace have been
melted Into crowns, ehanoel and ether
larger ornament te relieve the monot
ony of the display. Intact, the edi
fice themselves ar gift from . thoss
whe have obtained. health at the ahiin
of Saint Anna.
A Wonder of Oraca. '., .r -1-'j ' r'i-
- Our short etay denied ua the privilege
of witnessing this evidence further than
that . I did behold with my own eyes
what soms would call Wonder ef grace
performed at the shrln ef Saint Ansa
Among the pilgrim to Baaupre came a
womaa who for want ef a seat In the
ear sat by another clad In allk. There
wa no affinity between these women
of widely different taste. - Tb greatest
calamity that can befall friendship in
the formative state le violation of taste.
First, th on despised the ether, to
whom oulturs had been Begleotful and
fortune unkind. Th response was a
look of resentment uoh aa aught never
to cloud a lady' a faca Accordingly, tha
octal atmosphere became so chilly In
thst part of tha car that as soon s
opportunity permitted tbe women who
had slnoed toward aohetber oooupled
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On th Banks of thr Jordan,-
the place of the eruetflxtoii, and a tomb
near by as the sepulcher. Slnoe that
time the traveler ha been ah own both
place and furnished with the argu
ment- In support of thai claim ef each.
It Is contended that the Church of the
Ho Bepuloher, though within the pres
ent walla, atand upon land which wa
outside of the original walla, while
-the new location la outside of the wall
a they ar at present. Possibly fu
ture excavations may settle th question
by determining the exact location of the
wall , in tha time of Christ! but what
matter! The two place - are not far
apart, and the whole vicinity ha been
hallowed by Hia presence.
Pilate's judgment hall, the Tla Dol
orosa and the Eoee Home arch - ar
marked by the ereotloa of a Catholfo
eon vent and school for girls, where
one find a cleanliness in striking oon
treat te the etreeta outside. , . ,
Coot.Sllosnrt Shady XQL
The pools ef Olhon. ef Snoam. of
Betheada and of Hesakiah are all given
a local habitation; th plao where Judas
banged himself Is pointed out, aa well
a the cave la whloh Jeremiah wrote hi
lamentations; tha chamber where the
laat supper waa observed Is else fixed
upon, and the tomb ef Rachel. Absalom
and ef David. I de pet know hew much
eata widely apart Early after out
arrival tb poorly dreeaed womaa oarke
Into the . basilica, and kneeling besld
a cripple at the ahrlne of Saint Anne
offered up her petition; for like all poor,
he had much te ask for. Sooa ' th
prlneea of tb social circle came In and
reverently knelt beside th woman She
had ruthlessly brushed 'as id In th ear,
and there offered up her petitions, for
although th want of th rich are not
always so evident they are aa Imminent
a th want ef the poor. ' Thea shs la
ealleo took from a cloth an old worn
leather-baoked volume a Blbl or
prayer book and read from Its pages
promise that stimulated hsr faith, and
a glow of Joy removed the look of re
venge from that labor-stricken fao.
Than ah la allk produoed a velum
sumptuously bound In morocco and gold
and read Inspiring' promises, whll hsr
feca beamed with a new sunshine which
sh had found 'at th altar of Saint
Anna They kissed the shrine and arose.
Departing, thsy embraoed .each ether
as Bisters; for something whloh had
whispered to them, "Be ye reconciled
one te another," now told them that re
venge had aurrendered the throne te
love and pardon had been recorded in
the great chancery abova , Twe women
war never more affectionate and atten
tive to eaoh-other, and allk never har
monised more beautifully with calico
than on the returning ear from Beaupro,
where eat the twe womea whose hearts,
although enoe set ranged, had been melt,
ed together that day by faith at the
brine ef Saint Anne de Beaupre.
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VUapta; Off Ena.! '
TTnalaska . resembles ether northern
station, having warehouse, dock, th
inevitable ,Oreek cfturch and a Boor ef
wooden cabin. Whalers leave here for
the Arotlo region. ' i "'
-Dutch Harbor I a station for ear
revenue fleet There 1 much oom In g
and going ef ahip ef all nation; there
lay quite a formidable fleet and only
twe- ehlp - out -of 1 1 oarrted oolors -of
the earn country. --
Just before entering th harbor, aye
a writer ta Outdoor Ufa, one notices
a detached rook high against th aid
of th allft - It bear -a striking re
semblance te a Ruaatan prleet In full
robe. Touched by th sunset light h
eeemed to stand blessing tb harbor.'
Sailing north out Into Bering sea, one
look back at the desolate, Unt tree
lees Island, whloh seem te wall th
dg of th world. Hundreds of mile
west they run toward Vladivostok.
Two hundred and forty mile north
ef Unalaaka are the PrlbUoff Islands;
not large, but the greatest seal Islands
in th world. Ther ar many fur seals
around th ahoros of Bering sea and the
Aleutian Islands, but th great mass of
them are-bred on the Prlbll off -group.
No white man la permitted to land on
these breeding grounde without a per
mit' signed by the secretary of the
treasury ef th .United State. j
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eredenoe should be given to th
tlmony - adduoed , In . behalf ' et theee
different sites, but we ar sura of the
Identity ef a. few place. - Mount Zlon
upon which David built hi palace, la
known; Mount Akra can be located
and about Mount Moiiah ther can be
no mistake. - The great bare rock that
crown th last named emtneno 1
landmark that haa not- been and can
not b eeally removed. - It la now cov
ered by a mosque, - but waa enoe th
sacrificial atone of the Hebrews. Boi
oraon'a temple waa built., en Mount
Moriah, and aome ef It foundation
ton and subterranean chamber can
still be Been. In a street that leads
by these foundation walla la th Jaw
wailing place, - where for many ean
turiea , devout Hebrew, gathered from
every country, have met on each Fit'
day afternoon to bemoan .the fate ef
Jerusalem ana to petition.
Weeping Over Cltyn Fats.
' 'On eeea no mere pathetic eight In a
trip around the world than this assem
blage ef men and woman, aome gray
haired. om In mlddl life and many
mere children, chanting their laments
and - caressing the stones whloh th
hand ef Solomon laid whs he wa
building th temple whloh marked tho
ummlt ef Jewiah political power. ,
Bethlehem la . also Identified, and
whether or not the church ef the Na
tivity, erected by - th mother et Con-atantlna,-
oevera tha apot wher Christ
waa born, ene can look upon, the hllla
around about the city and recall that
It waa her that th measags "Peace
en earth, good - will te man" came to
the-ahepherda ,who kept thalr flock
by night "
In th gardes of Oethsemana, by th
Brook - Ksdron, en can tread th soil
pressed by tk Mastr"afeU in the
hour ef hie loneliness and ag-ony,
Th garden la now walled In and care
fully kept and It old, gnarled , and
knotted ollv tree shade th. panels
which trow there In profusion. Beth
page atlll stands, and also Bethany
where ' Mary and Martha and Laaarus
lived, and moat eonspioueus ef all the
Mount ef Ollvee the place of th As-
oenslon. From it summit th best
view of Jeruaalem la obtained; from
that point also the eye can 'sweep th
hill ef both Judea . and Samaria, and
te the east look upon the watera ef
the Dead Sea, 1,600 feet below.
Nowhere else can . one walk amid
scene so familiar - te , th civilised
world a ar thoss of Judea. - Sur
rounded by paganlam and - Idolatry, - a
llttl band began her the establish
ment of a monothelstlo religion and,
notwithstanding backsliding, ' abort-
comings and wanderings from th faith,
tha spiritual aide ex life was never
entirely - forgotten: great prophet
thundered their warning from theee
hills; great singer poured forth their
hymn of penitence, praise and thanks
giving; here a wonderful literature was
developed and a history written whloh
waa stranger than fiction; and here, in
the fullness of time, cam one who waa
commissioned te substituts ths law of
love for the law that required "an eye
for aa y and a tooth for a tooth." ,
la th city ef Jerusalem there are
new 1 aome 40,000 aoula, . and a . com-
roalt population It la,,. While about
we-thlrds of tb peopl ar Jews and
the remainder divided almost equally
between the Mohammedan and Chris
tians, ons can count representatives of
a scor or more of nation In an hour'
walk, ,;,i .', .". t. ., .
Crooked and HUy Streets. : ' '
-: Th treet of Jerusalem are narrow
and crooked, and one la going up hill
or down hill all th time. The houses,
the' store, th walls, ths -gatee and th
oustoma of the people seem more
oriental than European. There ar no
streetcars, no modern bookstores and
no newspaper, eaoeptlng ene printed In
Hebrew. ...
The carriage , road from Jerusalem
te Jerioho wind around th Mount of
Olive and down the s stern sld of
th Judean hllla. past the Apostles'
fountain and through th Wilderness of
Judea. Thl wilderness I - not the
wast that w expected to find, ; bat
merely . a - .broken and . mountaltfous
country, toe atony te be cultivated and
fit only for graslng. At this season
of the yeer the grass I green and the
ground bright with flowers. , .
A little more than half way down
th slope I a rest station called In
honor of the parable the Good Sa
maritan Inn. Bt tor "themounted
guard who now patrol thl road the
traveler would vn ' today be In, dan
ger of falling among thieves.)
little farther oa the read lead ,
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near the sdge of a wfld, dee eat '
canyon, at th bottom of wMoh plans)
th Brook Chertta, A Greek monsfry
haa been built at th plao wher EUJah
found refum during th drought ' .
- Jericho 1 a small village and -a half
mil from th sits et the ancient dty
ef that nam a : It depend for Ita up
port upon th . tourists whe visit th
Jordan valley r rather than . Upon J th
oultlvatad a rem.
Th Dead sea,40 -mfle rsnf and
miles wide, cover th dee pee t portlgst
of thl moat remarkaol ef the dear
Ion In . th sarrb's Burfaoa, Th rent
evtenda from tha beam af lfBouet xtam
moa te the eastern arm ef the Bed sea,
known aa th Gulf ef Akbeb.4 Fee
mAM eKe ia Mtlea fita Mnt ey savltia
is below th level ef the sea, th sur
faoe ef the Dead sea bams MM fee
lower than the Mealterrsnean, Aa the
Dead ea ta la aome plao 1,1 te feet
deep, the greatest depth ef the chasm
la, tharafor. mere than Mot feet, Th
water ef the eea le bitter and contains
ie per cent or salt or asowt rive tuaee
aa smah aa th n risen A wa took a
bath la th Dead ass, we can testify
that ene cannot sink ta Ita water. .
Th Jordan la neither aa large nor aa
clear - aa one would expect from Ita
prominence la Bible history. - Th bank
are slippery, th watera ar muddy and
the current la swift It haa much th
appearance ef a creek swollen with rain.
We tried - Ita watera also, bat did not
venture ier iiuiu ui iuvi vttwm
the Sea ef Galilee and the Dead aea
tbe Jordan falla about toe feet, er It
feat ta the mile. At or sent but- llttl
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In the opinion ef soms whe have In
vest! gated th matter It sou Id with
proper Irrigation and under a Just gov
ernment be mad a fruitful aa th val
ley r The Ttn. Aa might be expected,
the heat la thla deep basin la Intense
I- ik. . - hnt ti 11 1 la eivNm wr
MMii An ml riftv ia t a ii aetda linmea
for those whe would cultivate the
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lieoklng aoreaa the Jordan one see
th mountain ef Moab. While the
country "beyond the Jordan" play aa
unimportant part la Bible history aa
compared with Judea, Samaria and Oall
lee, sUU It haa Its Msbo, wher th
great Jewiah lawgiver aleepa in an un
marked grave; it ha ft Macherua,
where John th Baptist waa bah sad ed. .
and its Gllaad. -
ir 1 1 , ka inaiiKi,- . mama .
yond tbe Jordan, and beyond the Jordan
Eli she received hi teacher mantlet
Until Mm rVnm the. lanil fMk mwA
Job endured hi trial In th land of TJa.
pw uumm nm permit a reisjsuu x
all tha nlmAl n Intaeaat r .l.kft.,
ate consideration of any of them. It
Is impossible to describe in a few word
what it requires several day te eea.
One thought often cornea te the mind
aa the different scenee are visited, via,
that a visit te the Holy Land make
It eaaier to understand many Blbl
passages and gives aorded significance
to others. We have seen the barren fla?
tree and the fruitful Tina: w have
seen the lam and ths blind and met th
leper at the gate; we have aeon the tiny
lamp, such as th wis and foolish vir
gin csrrled lamps that need often to
be refilled; and we have seen the
whlted aennlchrea" "full of dead men'a
bone.? '.!(. "j "'..;." . - . , . .... :'
Where the Promise Is Kept.
We have been impressed with the life-'
giving power of a fountain In a barren .
land and can more fully realise th
fore of th promise that the man who
A 1 1 a, K . Ml 1 . r, k - T .ra .
uniiHiii.iM ... Maw .ww w& IJi. AoriX
"hall - be like - a tree planted by tha '
river of wtr."
ttux no part or in via Testament ha
been brought more vividly to our mlnde
than the twenty-third psalm. Life l
mucn mo same nor toaay aa u was two,
three, four thousand year ago, and wa
have seen Innumerable flock and have
watched the aheap following th shep
herd with confidence a he, staff In
bsnd, led thsm Into new pasture or
from hillside to stream. No animal la
more helples than the aheep and no
guardian more tender than the shepherd. '
l li mmu avuuw moir m.aL.r VvlOSL
and we have several times Been a Bhep-
herd carrying a lamb In his arms. Th
hill about Jerusalem, tbe sprlnsa tha
ahepherds and thalr flocaa will rise be-
iui u wufBTr w agamic
Tnt ioni if-my nnepnara; I shall not
. want
Ha maketh me to lie down In sraea m.
i- tares;
eadeth me beside-the atfil traUra.'