| Show HPf i I 3 k JE WSALBM cold Q099 tTERUSALClA 114 189 free sye 1 x leti tl m I i at i L i r JR dr 1 t i r2 e t r r r I SIR GODFREY DE BOUILLON IConrrnht 1141 flOit the time ot the cruiadera F until Emperor Vllllain H ot tier many entered 1uleetlne no such 1IO100UI pageant arts Palsied through the Holy land Wllh the cmpren and n retinue consisting vl mlolilcrt ot state court official noble troops lockers owing it n Ing men and mail and a store or more raPt > r-aPt correspondents numbering In all 1 more thin 100 Persons he had mad a vim lo the mart Interesting land In all the world ml with more ItonJeur thin that displayed by the Medieval king Emperor WIIIIm visit to the Holy IanJ It It I Maud hal two lurpowa Ont u I lo restore the country In hills the Chrlitlan religion first aw the light ot day to the Christian people and the secant I la tn find a I lare lo found cI I gifts 1 for his lulijerla who leav Iho hln country In teanh ot new n < iil whore they may enjoy Old trusts of their In Un and itlll remain true lo the taper land TDt tltrnmnt who no to America tcom Amerlranlieil rapidly and this lams William lo inch an extent that hIm I h-Im determined lo keep its pe pie i 1 under I Mi nil ao far an po ilble II s also hope efort long lo add a part nt Vila Minor Including aleitme to loll d mind in and for all this ant alto I lo t reeen tat t-at the dedication of the Herman lu therun ihurch at Jerusalem illd WII Ham undertake hla iruaado Into Ih Ian where Christianity wa born With the advent Into the Holy Ian1 vf the Herman emperor a new Internet has DIn In I he most historic country In the world I and all itself are now turned I turn-ed tu the place which U I not only moral m-oral IweauM Christ wa born within Hi border but olio because of Hi rise ord which art si final wllh the blood vt hundreds ot Ihoutandi of brat mil and women who went there lo lake the land out vl the hands of nonb hovers Palatine borders nn the Melltrr neon ea and In I In I the southern fortiori of Alto Minor II Iles between Turkey In Asia proper on the north and Arabia 1elrwa on the mouth Tn limit uf Jim country cannot bt stated with any de 1 tree ot ciailntt Ho far III fun Its aieertalned Hi length to I a little mote than 114 mile with a t ar > lng I wrath of from SI to M mile The area Of the I portion West if the I Jordan li I tun ouare mile whll Hint t tilt lOll 146 I been estimated at 100 solitaire mile > This la the modern Palestine The anlent Ileitlnr wai much unalkr It Included only Ile southern ior lion uf the colonist region In Its ceo graphical make up tl country la I toot peculiar than any of the aurrouiflliMf lend I III li a pUtt ot hill and valleys and a wonderful variety ot tempera lure Through the Galileo la I a title 1 land with an attaao elevation of I NO fast Uion whore rusited edge 444 several of the undent flllei with Itself old fartlfkatUni gradually going 10 plnc I plncAlong Along Iho coast the lnd li I law I and barren Hero the heat is I Intinit while on Me hllli lUUaua and mountain aide the temperature varied it never growl iscmdlngly culls however aM whll mow tall about Jerusalem and on the hill It Is I never cold enough to freei she ground The descent from the central tableland un the east n I try ileeu On tin west the slope li gradual I to the Plains of PhllliU The mountain ranges which run through the country tn one end In the other are totted and dlicunnccltd I The hlhut l > oaks ron r-on Hit central plateau They art Mount letiran 2WO fwli Jerusalem IM feet liunl lerlilm 2119 feet Mount Hbal 1071 fret and Mount Tabor 1 III feet Almost directly through the center of the wintry run that great and historic water count the tin Jordan of which t hi Prophets wrote II run train the Jrail ta through Ibo lake of nonfiction it known lo the ancients ai the lea o t lilllfe and lade Immortal Chris and his disciple Thence It And It lay Into the alley of elnllrl n1 the Street hllli In the north II tweet ant turn and covers n great territory Th vast crevasse through which the Jordan flow le I one of the hart remarkable remark-able fissure on the iiirfAM of the earth 11 to from nve to M tittles In width and tn Pines very deep I AI the Njtlcirn n r he Dead era It reACh a de Plh or UK feet and lho 04 Itself to i more tine a quarter uf a mile tallow the level I of the Mediterranean It I this stet > tr 1 < atn hat rupplUa the luravr IIn of Idle I Idl-e line wllh water Th valley of the Jordan U ticetdlnfly fertile ml wot 1 wnodod In Thin section the chief ecru 1 potion of the Inhabitants la mrl ultura I uriulli I and the main product an bar toy I wheat mall Asia re Title however li I I in un Mwllnn o r the wonderfully fertile valley of the Iflrilnn The plain of Kidraolon and Jericho tnlnmMt n stele and snot moue crafts ate ban t I from them They rail chiefly m loans l polulot Itlutao rollun out one mil lam quintllli vf rice I wl ch groo II In tbl I 1ts I e ry I r = 1 y low and nroft lunl 1 along i tie Iwr dtr of Ih Jordan inl tin many tribu I task The nilllvutiU fruits nn iiiupe I prole apr11 loin plum apples otanir lint bananas olives and income Iho 110 fiuin oni of hkh are anion lilt 1 A Peacefuf Invasion of the Hofy Land Which Hay Be Productive of Host Important Im-portant Results > rln lat article of export Th grape n > f ItolMllm are hob ua for their also and deltolou flavor The dale palm Is l found only In the faults and en the 1114 coatl while the IK I trm in cultivated on the hllliMe still l In Hi valleya Tin country li wonderfully Htuated and It operated front the iurrounulng ooun tr010 aiwl deeorte by chum of rolling mil and rugged mountain Whtmg Bid 1 II item ieopeeeihie la lImb In fid It It stated that when lilt tribe would war with each olher HIM lit Ing on Iht illlildei win never moleiled by the earring ones an It wa next to Impoi Bible ta net to them Pit iteep were the illli and 10 well fortiflAl their cllle mil place of Photo There art many ruin of the ancient dwelling on the iltlelden yet Y Able Agricultural four mill were carried on < > n the sides of the Mill ant mountains where the earth waa very feitll and lt climate propttlou In some of three plane the old retaining walls itlll remain anlna lure half don her part M that It la I Im > 0111 lblt ta tell wber the aillrwlal let cn nn1 the natural ended The wall were built to keep the toll from being washed down the mountain Ides durIng dur-Ing the rainy season which lain a Hilt II Hi-lt more than two menthe Most of Iht mountain aldt farming loss been abandoned aban-doned ami now only the old non wall which art rapidly crumbling to plerw art left Aa In moil of Iho eastern countries agriculture li practiced I In a moil prim live way and tow modern Implement an used to till the Sell or gather thi crops Thin If owing partly to Iht In dolene and Ignoranct of the Inhabit win Asia 1 partly to tht had I government snit lift exactions or the taeSatherere woo Pave the people only luirirlenl 10 five on and In many cases not even that much remains after they have made their round A great deal 1 of at Icnllun li I paid by the Inhabitant to postural pursuits still flock of sheer and goals 1 art to bt found everywhere on the mountain allies ami In faced I number In the valleys Them 14 I very little beef raled In tht country and that which li I la very poor A treat tar on 1 I r 1 r 11 1 JanIS nl i ciuwni or TUB iiKDinuiiu lion of hit port vf IatMtlnt which l rder on Cho southern and tester n leeert U well adapt d for flill reg only and Hit pelople who Inhabit the M Mllona an little more than Permitted Then air no records tu how how drnttly the land was ixipulatcd In the early ages It U I > upu < wd that durlni the Urn if Christ It wan rotors thickly ollltil than most of the uuntrln 01 the same size either In Europe or Aila I V = = = err Ir i mHirI l 1 ftl rd I s m l J f l 11 s d 1 IosI I uow > JJ J Ir i jt fR j < 1 Jay i S tyI rTrngta mli I tb il t I 1I I u s J 4tybW 1 1 Z r Irfl1t 0 v2w j > L Ull l J f if > tt W a t 7 Jo J r = Il mt f t c r I It IthfhsiY1 eIIW OF JIntRI1 1Ino 1 A NIIOI1IJOmm JlILI Tie nshitn hue I lucre find at tie pt I nt shun It 14 fells4 sih to ae I not it to hht twicuo la Upl fit r oM the > d III tune na Row 1411n r theta = Turk anal Cnor hold liou hlMh sots while thr ulhnre I ht cummin people 1 liar Arab reek Id yrlan ancestor The Jewish pop illation U I try small The Jews tire round m tly at or near Jerusalem Itbron Tlberla and Ha fed Of late years colonle of Herman and Tellih Jew l have been founded In IAlt tine Many more would have nelllcd there etptrlally the who were expelled from ItUHla but the sultan of Turkey retuned to aloe 1 hie consent lit would not ht laid allow ptrioni of an alien 4k i rr jnninuM IIAIMVAY BTATION race and religion to Pottle In great numbers In a distant part of his do ilnlon Ai In most Places under the rule of the sultan of Turkey few or no lin proiementi have tttn made In any of Iht cities or In fact any part ot the holy SAM Moat of the cities art retk Ire with nth and II la A wonder there are not more deadly dl > e iei among the people The means ot communion Ion and travel throughout Palestine are ticeedlngly bad Many vf the roads re tn the came condition as when Christ and his disciple traveled over them from place to place The beat road li from lafa to Jerusalem while the only railroad run from Yet In Hum leh ntv I Ihenr In Jerusalem Tli filth uf Jerutalem IS I won than In any city In the world The attests ell the paieartHayi can U called street art very narrow but what they lack In width they make up In dirt and tt to t often found neceexary In wadt through ifarbnctwhkli haaliten thrown out by the occupants uf the houses This i Io I also true of many other cltlen y Then I nothing modern In the country to lni 1 rewi the > Mullor yet It stands W Proved for IKK lie ancient ruin it lathe la-the birthplace of the ebrief lan religion It HdlvMed Into three I rovlm namely name-ly Judos HamariA and IHIIIee nl conlalnt the lubpathallca of Acre and Jeruialem Ivileiilne like IVrpt has n marvelous marvel-ous historical record The earliest golf back to the sixteenth century II C and 1 II li ai bloody ai It to I Interfiling M hilt It li a land of hllli and valleys It 1 li ulo a land ot cunnicla that tire unequaled un-equaled lArgo armlet time liters ni emhleit and farted lo the Italy Inn fur the purpot of reclaiming II train the nonbeliever and It can Ite l truth fully 1414 that into bloat has been aplllel there than In any uglier knoni t country Many of the Total to be found 1 In Ju TI are of the opt of many centuries mt There la hardly a hint p I through ut Hi sohlei l unlry that la I not tov ea I iviih the ruin if some furllflcatlon or ancient city They sand out In heir bull whiteness against the sky or a bnckcreund 6t foliage ai monument at the put Many of th fe ruin are from the dUtanl age of Hit Baraetnle iniMdlng l Homes Jewish and rgyp lean perlrali 1 nn1 Point of them extend even lerhiin tu the oil Caninnltlih days Correct the arrIoel of Joshua Wan were carried on tong 1 before the Chrlillan era begun They however were i not of much mat mactllii ai these that followed the aUent ot Christ and hate wlh very lull tntermlailon kept up ever slot Even AO late I ai 11ol4 III U rlKlme1 the puMtnlon of Hit Holy lAnd caused a war between four or the mot powerful countries of Iu rape Its ownership wa often dlipuled by the Egyptian and llaiylonlan king and few yenta finesse that some ruling I > owcrdld not have men In the flell for the purpose of getting r ntrol vf this land l The rountry remained iulJn1 10 Ilman nnd Hiiantln emperors mor than CM years after the coming of Cliritt The Jew had frequent and bloudy tlhli among ihpmeelvei anl with the people > who had conquered the In Jerusalem was the main point of stark and It was destroyed and re built Oftener than any other city In the world Titus destroyed the city In TO t U It was rebuilt by the Jtomin and remained In I a mlloful Hall fur a few centurlea when II wen again deilrued In CM by the Ivralani under Chasms II Ht 1 Invaded Ialeiiin and with the aid of tee100 Jews cai lured and drilroitil the Holy City It wad re gained again by Ilerncllu who was In turn defeated by the Mohammedan Arabs In U7 They hell control fir along a-long time but Hit wan never ceased They continued between the rgyptlani Ureeka end other nations until 101 when the land was again conquered by Heljuk Turk They remained In poi erosion for M ytira or until 1006 when they were defeated by the rgyptlan out tau who took poiitnlon ot the urrl fury In 10M the rruiadeni capture Jeru stem and It was held by tile elitist lang nIllIlIT when It won taken by Sultan Haladln Two year later another era pad wa undertaken by 1hlllli of franc Illchard I of Kncland anl Km boor 1rederla llarbaroim ot Germany They failed to lake the Holy Lily but restated Chrlitlan rule along the covet Frederic If In lit recovered Jerusalem AnIIIIIh1 Chrlillan dominion over a lame territory of 1alntlne It 1 re malned under title rule until mi whet the lgyptlan lullnn again cot contra and retained until 117 In thai year the Turk were again lolotloui and they have held It ever line with the exception of the two year In ta Still when It was occupied by Mahomet All paiha of tigypt t The dlwotery of the Holy fVpuleher trade Jtruialem a great religious con ler And aura caused untold trouble between be-tween the Chrlitlani and other re Masons bodies Not only that but II I developed a strained relationship bt wren lame of the more powerful coon tries ot liurnpt II was oelrnll ly The ram of the war Wlwern lluaili And Turkey on one aide and England find 1rnnro on thol other whiih twian U I 1WJ and Is I known ai the Crimean war The Latin and Ireek thurihita for leiule1 for Ole cuitotly nf IhA Holy Hepulrher unit the disputes between Prance and Russia regarding the rights of the two churches led to the rails pros I claiming a protectorate over all Stock ChtlilUni In Turkey The sultana ro i turn ta recognize Ihll was followed ty I a vur which brought Unit lutufutio I 11 I the participant and cot the live 01 thusands or neon I Jrunlm the cause or most of the trouble tas a population now 01 11000 Wool t e I rF t 7 r I t > r JIB I 1 rl Irp fy dl ea i KAISER WILHELM about onthalf of which li I composed ot Jew There Is I link trade and no man ufaclurlna In the city The neighbor Inif country la barren and the plat puller at times from lack of water A throng of visitors from Europe and Asia visit the pint I annually which Inline lo the fact that for moro than II contorted It has been looked upon mea me-a halt city and while III li In the center ot Iho laud licit the Christian re A 1 tt a i ry r emu ciiuncii OF HOLY BniuLcnu Vision was born and Hi many lives have been spent to make a Christian country of It It 1 itlll remain In Iht control or ont ot the wont despots vf nil Huropt who 11 I Is llktwli a Mohammedan JIOI1IUT W WIICOX |
