Show LETTER PROM PALESTINE tn Intcrestliis Joarurj From Jaff to Haifa HAIIA December 20th 1SS 3clalcorreiioiiJtuceof the I > r IRE EsVsjIIs taking 3 glanct at the map of the Holy J tnd I r I found that the road from Jots to Halt passes for the greater lart over the celebrated riain of Sharon This plain which exttnds from Jai to Cttoanit and from the mouutaii I Judua and Samaria to the 3W tLiriuuau w as ancenty famed fIts or f-Its firtllltyiuJ huilibilltyfor p tungi litre the rose of Sharop which furnIshed Solomon with one m of his graudtst iwctical figures iii r pee li supposed t hae growl I Songsoffoolomon 111 Over this I Ilowir > pUlii ProjihtU and AlIS tIes Imve often trod Myriad o Cru 3dirs Inre her felt ttithn hearts swell with wiU tutliu lam l-am As the great plaIns is today I It rcruinJa one of the word of God The earth mouniith and languIsh elI ItUanon is ashamed and hewn down bhirou ho like n llderiicss Isaiah 339 nut in seeing this lion joyful I is t number at them the-m lime thnt then till Is l hope for tint deSobtu I places Thu wi dcrncfs and the ciliary place shall be glad the excellency of Carnic tl Sharon tlu > stall Me the glory of the Lord and thetxcelknty i of our God Isaiah xsx 12 Ir contemplating tlii > truths u I rode out from JaIls In cntnjiaii with llrotluT smart one day at the l1 n 11 I of this moth In order t bltJIaia On the route between these two cities but few objects of Intent are found to common tour Jsts except what remains of the once relihrated town of Canners On drives through the thrifty littl German colony of Strona and thti after a little wlilleiro < a > thelarges river omi the plain At this time of tile year ouliig I to an unusual i scar city of rain one tenth cross the river 01 f > ot jumping from roctt rock Itut in the Litu KDrin uliin rlrcrnilU brooLa nru full of water I i Is quite deep however the don keys bon all camIs 1 usually statIc it with rider In the saddle A great object of Intent to rime was the Jeu isli crlona little farthe ou cAlleJ Mictadt nati lv the Door of Hope We Illto at this hilare fur an hour and a liilf and had a good opportunity to look roundtiiestretLo though a tailing shower milt dill not contribute to the pleasure Like the rest of the Jewish coloniv thIs Dr of Hope proenteilai inxitiug npiasirauce Agreatwel or cistern II in the entrance to ill colony from the interior of which water was constantly drawn by n i blindfolded mule working an ingenious inge-nious but rudely eou tmited lumuhi was a prominent Iuml the establIshment The water was good and even the surrounding rtiloulnt who tents I were seen in iiictun que groups atm distance on the plaluo bctnitI to appreciate It tjiialitlcs I conclude this from the e that dark lare armed damsels were constantly seen I coming to ill their big jars at the well and It was Interesting to C representatives of the two brother nations the Jews and the Amt Iu unity dol piatv enjoy the re freshing gift of rjO Water always al-ways was and probally always will b a precious tiling In Palestine Irom Ihctacli ictYA we drove on over tIn plaIn passing the ruin of Apuf an ttliflce Alf a1 interesting llfc im ping even in its destroyed coiull lion From that explalltlon given by the driver who by the way was young Jew fromJalD I gatherut mentioned that thIs b the place by Jrephu mntoned as Apolloniu The driver told me that her was ought the lat haUl between the Jews and the loruan but he evidently mixed hi tor up a little referrlu0 rather to the battle betw ex n hear roles of Sld 11 and C < itrdc J < Ion In the year 1191 Hound the ruins Itedouins swarm ignorant Ifobably of the act that thJ are treading on the dust of immorta Imlor11 her Buffaloes are seen feeding ln 111 thin adjacnt nmihies Now the roatl continues through a fertile land Wo pass several villages all qalte diminutive Tlie boys congrtgate a our thiele aj preaches and a shower of rocks U wbbles are throw at us Some of these mitsilcs hit mk1lh the wagon and I uiil o our friend the Jew feel like pronouncing a blessing upon the I little sInners Ole of my fellow passengers an Anh jurajis out and offers to take up the battle single handed against tlio whole mob slnfk advances a few steps with rapid stp Iib ttrides and feuds a few rocks tpt Ilto the ranks of the attacking amy A PanIc IUUCS The said army Ire I 001 ele runs howling each man his own waJto flndohelterhmothe U1n sIl Inge Our valiant defender the and Arab resumes lila teat in the wagon triumphantly we that is our 1 horns trudged along iTevcr was a more uneven battle fought excel t at Tbermopi The battle of > ar va where each bwedo ccl fought against ten I I hIe usam was nothing comnn place of Interest on this road I iu already intimated Ca area rd Cnnr now called cllw ICalsaiyeh Ito van ruinsi now servo mainly a quarries IsulIJing rocks are con tantly car cr civil away from her and used for building up other places Thus pI many of the elegant new edifices of C JatTa are made up of rocks from the fallen palaces of the Hcnxlian city pC lerln Ctsaren was built by Herod the Great who spared no pains nor ex pens in its erection This e monarch erton fhl monrch is celebrated for his great architec tural enterprise In Jerusalem he bit a theatre an amphitheatre tpblhttre a royal palace and Commenced tile restoration of the temple The old capital of the kingdom of Out ten fl Samaria he reconstructed and gave It a new name Seba te nme and Tyre SIdon lIcruUI Sebate ascu g Antlochia and even Atlien Allen were by him ornamented with monumental edifices Ccsarea was an Important city Cer on TV1 1flJctfn Egypt and Phce nlcla A Herod with an ani Ihr eye open to the advantage of the situation did all he ojn could to secure Its pros perity and succeeded so well that some time after his death Casarea U snares was the chief town In PalesUue irtodfU Felix It was and the other residence Raman of Kcstut and oter RJDn governors but since tile time gcor 8nc tme of the crusades the place has gradually tank Into I and ruin IU In insignIficance 1 rin cDc habitants at prnt mealst chhedy habltnte who ofa mall nume of ulat hau undo f111 18 eLe here mid built n fe 81nl hoS What a subjec for rciieciiou Is hers 1 A teler may conjure Uh5 and the pomp before liii splendor tL Roman pmp In Ito otI n VB and etr1 wecalhc days ofgiory scull commecc arid ft its empIre 1d ItlaC hY wHit Inlinci fllhid II his eUd tl wllt flonman i Ihe ltomll bie Itgloiil tf proud 11 IlloU ruins upon I armyauth miOSt MB r trasrtIgt0 llJn Iii hitwcatimcnhi CIrea Iel1mlnt I I lu Is often referfod t Plt ono Merle order to escape the 1ibffecIou3 1 of lie Jews in D11IL 5pza It I loclI by the brthee roJi 3 osall Irll Iurr off t Cithserth where he founds vetiel tot Ihilu Itithi I tulot pathets town Totnue t AetsOIl hljJ dwelt o ji th Homl cnturion isa together with his family ° ° ° tile firtflUlen amly Clnert to ChrMIlhIIJ nd srhii would not Ino wcii o pIZ at nil n gonG had tnugh Peter In n vision not to count any nun unclean on cent of bt birth mal Acts 101 1 Her dwelt Philip tm livar lt who was the father of foiirdausllterB all Tlrgius who hail the sift of prophc yjnc th ll G1 Again we Jim tall here cunnieJ bj two hundred soldIers and liorMimen threoscore andlen and pear men two hun decal nmiehero order to bo tried before Felix tho governor on a charge no doubt of timIng n con car against the rtal Acts 23 Alit 1ICISO ou thli occasion Ito gnn Atx > tlo prvacliwl his nKmorabi ni < m to Felix on rlKliteousuesfl temIerAflct > anil juaraiem u nll wlilth Chit overnor trembled In his verywula faO mostly tntterat ° ° dif d-if wrenumber that nt nll K to Joecpliuc this same governor who was to try n rlKhteous sen ant of Uodwas himself living in nduitery with UrusilU the wife of the late wih KIng Of Edessa But Is not the world always like Itself Hut I must come back again to ourlourucy We had lift Jafla nBt ocloekara We arrived In Sama n1 ocok ar tin at 10 o < lock p I our resting placo for the night P banuriii isatiothcr Jew fch colony founded by1 tho Baron is Roth child J hercscninlly called by the Jew I wag told that this colony now has about lire luindmi Inlial itanbiana nlthotigh I it Is only MX l yeawold tile I feMisCTcrywhere xisible and its future pfoJperit seems fccnretl I is true the colony hn ftlll to be supported from the ouWde mid the Laron is I sending every month tho where withal to cultivate roll build Jiouts and inaHe gcnenl ituproveroenls The pullu Imle IJn employed in agriculture to n great extent but so this Is tlrcnietl hisu profltablo than the eultiro of the vine this wil non b tl chIef employment of the coIonW t One feature t nell worth mentioning The kiron liea ercctei agricultural schooL where yoUng men rioehu scientific intruetign pertaining to agriculture inrticu nrlr flrmeitlr thu best Instructed OUI men seven in number were selected In one of these schools and asoltiesi to hound a colony of their own icoipleof hours from Samarin I had the pleasure of conversIng with one of thi < oouugjuen And It 1 was gratlfxiugto noto the expressions expres-sions of patriotism and confidence i In the work hu LXprcssetl ta her xinttJ to n little grump of neat IIOUMS between tonic hlllr fa > lng That ha I our owls tuloii lIla teen > < ry pleisinj to me to t iota on my trips through the Holy laml thu progress everywhere go nuii I and U being cultivated old vlneardsare being cleared anti planted water clrterns and road bit > o wonder that the provn novtinent In PalestIne L causing unier attention The world fills to comprehend the uo inunt that is going ou They Ke that thL h a Mran o one ai event uiilookni for Tho believe him Ixxn looking out for It and knows what ItfllLfiiillev ORctlloetzh h ias struck mo forciblj during my tayauionj UI Jew H in Jerusalem lebroii and in oilier places The Jew themselvia neetl 1 to bu enllght eucd inpel the subject of gathering They conic from nhnost U quarters of Ihe globe They are attracted to tills laud a to the land of the era die of their nation and nnny if hem feel happy i they can drag their old tabernacles over continents and oceans and come and die here lut in iencral there seems to b no iiartieiilar enlightenment on the ulject rl gathering A mission t the Jens therefore the oln Jct of which would be to enlighten the scattcrenl nation upon the subject of gathering ns retold bJ tin ir ancient prophets vould le i work of vast imjiortanco just at tills time But no Chris tln denomInatIon need spend money on i The quibbles of the Chrltlansand theirsilk hnol rll tare t-are too thin Their diy Is past with liesupertitious ages that originated them The Jews need le messengers sent from the Lan and tiny wIll > iac them for thu time is at hand While at this eltoreu having a tine timu In Utah with snow Ice ahiu wind tIre rainier here have just commeucrd to commenc plough and tout to-ut In their grain for the year The grass is coming up nicely t the nJ real joy of mown sheep and goats Tiny liowers are peeping timidly up rom their hiding places in the ground Just to see what is going on and thu brigliteolomi birds chug sweet melodies to cheer Nature ncengilu to renewed eflbrts after tCI long hint seasons Thus hare h-are re n but the canon Divine rlsdomsuiieriutendj the work hire and there J il S I |