| Show IFNSONS TRAVELS IJENSONS fl Ix k V L4L < ts I lL day Juno 30 1830 After arranging ar-ranging for my transportation to Nazareth Naz-areth nnd administering to Drother amu who was sick I took an afftc tlonate leave of the Saints at Haifa and started at one ocloek p m in a passenger 111 a carriage for Nazareth about 2314 miles distant In a southeasterly southeast-erly direction Though the heat In tho middle of the da y lOS oppnislvo Indeed In-deed I enjoyed the ride Cry much Our route lay along the base of Jit Carmel and thence across the plain of Klslion which really Is I the lOll el end of the great plain of Esuratlon We forded tho Klshon about ten miles from Haifa and then crossed n low range of hills covered with oak forests to the plain JMraolon proper We stopped to rest and 011 Ink at n beautiful spring situated by a line orchard which was surrounded by on enormous cactus fence Continuing oUr journey wo entered en-tered the hili lands of Oallleo and from the top of the ridge beyond Mu Jedll we had our first Mew of Mount Tabor and also the mountains of Uaohan beyond the Jordan river Soon lifter ord we Panned on our left the village of Vafa the Jal hla of Joshua 19 U situated on a lofty hill and utter ut-ter teaching the top of another hill the town of Nazareth suddenly came Into view but as the BUM had already disappeared dis-appeared beyond the distant heikht of l01I1I1 Carmel and It was gettlllt some vvhut dark the Impression on the mind was perhaps not so complete as It otherwise might have been Still nIt n-It was the lint bight of that historic tOil II Whom our Savior spent the rellier portion of his life on earth 10 dueed all I effect upon mo unlch I ehall i never forget We soon Itached the lower end of the ton where iI put up at a neat little hotel kept by a German Ger-man who treated me kindly and who subsequently arranged for my transportation trans-portation to Jerusalem Wednesday July 1 I left the hotel In the outskirts of Nazareth at 5 oclock a in and took a walk through the heart of the town At Marys well I turned off to the right and then struck out on foot for Mount Tabor distant about six miles In a southeaster direction di-rection By following Baedekers guide too closely or perhaps not close enough I got on the wrong trait which brought me In a roundabout way to the east hose or Mount Tabor Into the mldt oC a Deduln camping ground Determ tried to reach the top 01 the mountain where the monntery buildIngs build-Ings appeared In plain sIght I struck out cross lots over rocks valleys and groves of timber but had not gone far when I met a big and vlcloua looking TCeduln armed with a gun who placed himself In the path before me and de mandod hoekhlh mones A Running the attitude 01 not understand Ing him IC darted pot him hvlllFf my eye on a pile or cobble tones nar by but us he did not follow I had no nr comfort to aim for self Protection with I rocks At length I readied tho path leading up the mountain side and finally fin-ally reached the top with tired limbs and parched lips almost dying for tho want or wntr I mode my way straight to the Latin monaster where nothing sieeted me nt first but a hordo a lt ugly looking balking I dog which I made music for me while I was help Ing mvself to a drink of water from the monastery well At length a friendly friend-ly monk appeared who after treating me to a drink of pure Palestine win took me around and showed mo tho ruins crowning the summit of tho moull tain and other Obillottl Of I InItrulte I lie then conducted me Into nil alott ment where the monks entertain thlr visitors Then I enjoyed a refreshing I Bleep and did not awake till a servant a Cannellanrr nrhmnli who could Plcnk a little English called me to dinner din-ner which Won piepared for me In an adjoining room Mount Tabor IS 018 feet above the level of tho sea Is I called Jebel et Tor by the Arabs When micn from tho southwest It has tho form of a dome hut from the northwest that of a truncated trun-cated cone The slopes of Iho I hill are wooded Oak formerly covered the Putimilt hut meet 01 them have bO < il felled by tho Greek nnd Intln monks Ivirtridgem harr fox on and various other kInd of game abound The rnlno on the lount belong to several t dlffcri nt periods The ubitructlo of the wall Inelooln the OUlllmlt end form 111 g R plateau or about four sqllore mile eonolsl 01 large bio kn name i or which par it c ale rly Oil i the southeast side are drafted and tire lit least as Old OS the Homnn Period The castle 1111ch oeculI1 tile IllghiSt Part oC tile plateau dates rrolll the mlddlo nRe sind < 1 Is now a large and shapeless heat of cut stone within the Iitln mOil artery ore sit u to be neon tho ruins of a Crusaders church of tho twelfth ecu tury consisting of a nave and Aisles and threo chapels In memory of tho three tabernacles which the Apostle Peter wished to build < 1 The Greeks find Latin differ here as In ninny other places as to the actual spot where tho Transfiguration took place each claiming It to be within their own church The view from Mount Tabor Is 1 very stentlve To the oust the north end of tile Loire of Tlberln Is visible and In the extreme distance the bluo chain of the mountains oLIn the laumn oL-In onclct nishaii To the cast of the lake Is I the deep gap of tin Yarmuk valley Toward the south on theislopo of Jebel Dahl lie Hndor NiUn and other villages Toward Iho southwest call be seen tho battlefield of narnk ana Siren to the west rises Ml Carmel which together with several ranges of hllli almost entirely shut out tho view of the son To the north rise the hills of izZerbua and Jermak near which Is the mountain town ot IafcJ Above all presides majestic Harmon on tho top of which I Btlll noticed some of lat winters snow Mount Tabor has a long history It wn on the boundary line between Isoehar and Zabulo It wan hr that Deborah directed Barak to assemble nn aims and from hi nee the Israelites marched Into the plain nnd tinted Memo Judges I 4 tn the 1 1ualma Tabor an llermon I arc extolled rIll r-Ill 39 12 The hill wan afterwords ailed Italrlon ur AIM r Ion In the t r nihOIgr year II O 111 Antlochus nihO Great founded n town cf the same name tin the top nt the hill In A U 13 n battle took Pines hro between the Homon under Onblnlns and the Jews Joacrhus afterwards caused the Once to N for lined nnd the plateau on the top to be enclosed b I > n wall oil cm and j lomu peak of AIL Tabor Otfsv j scene of the tranMlgiimtlon Mark P 2101 but many critic claim that tills could hardly hard-ly have b in the case ua the tn was covered With houses In the time ot Christ The legend however attached Itself to this the most conspicuous mountain In Galilee and us early aft the sixth century three churches had been ended hoe In memory of the three tabernacles which St Peter proto posed pro-to make The Crusaders also orected n church and a onastery ou Mt Sabor but HKM surferod much dnilnir the wars with tha MuslemaMn Mt Babor but these suffered much elAdll the bloth and uice sor ot Saladln Tlv soars later this fortress wan unsuccessfully besieged by the Christians It wan afterwards dm mantled by the Jluslema themselves and the church was di lroj ed The two monasteries one Ureile l und tho other Latin wlilih now occupy the top of the hill are comparatively modem After retting and refreshing nil self at the Latin monastery em Ml Tabor for about live hours I decided to continue con-tinue my walk to Tlbsilas Instead ut returning to Nazareth Aceordlngly at 2 p m I left my friends the monks and commenced descending the north cast slope of the mountain without following tad or pith I reached the haM llthout ned entand then struik l1eros the Quinitry In a northeasterly direction to ImnelTuJJar r where I found good water to drink Continuing Continu-ing the Journey I paused the village ot Helm Taft situated on high ground on tile light tit the path and also met n number cC calovns coming In rrolll the del beyond the Jordan After descending n deep hnln I met Santa traveling lleJuina who I1ccostod me nIt n-It bent on mischief and made tile usual demand for backkhl without getting nwny The mail II terrible nolso and for awhile It looked I as IC they well determined to make 11I0 n Pilsoner but they didnt and after that I was tloublcd with nothing but tired limbs I found that my climbing exlerl ences oil Mount Tobor had drown OIY heavily all ny plntlcnl etrencth and before I reached the top ot the plateau ailed by the Arabs ArdclUamma which overlooks the Sea of Galilee I Was almost give I out and my thirst knew no bounds But the lovely Mew which I enjoyed as 1 nat down to rout on the brow of the hill overlooking the beautiful lake about 1100 reel below made mo partly forget my exhausted rendition for the time being It wan now after sundown and ns I hd been orned 01 the dangers oC being out alone In tho night In n 1Ilnln count y I 1 proceeded to descend the step Incline In-cline and finally reached the town or Tlberlas situated on the lake shore at 3 p m After some little dimculty I round the only hotel In the place And retired at once being too tired to rat upper During the day I had walked 11 About fS miles oil Account of my jolgut o3e tJ Jr rouncinbout course Othorwipethadim I v tCO from Nazareth hy way or Mtt TO i 11 i bar to Tiberlaxi 18 only about 18 After thin I days experience l e IIJi i I I not to Ihrtoke any more ecunlons Ion I-on foot during I an sojourn In 1 P e ITo I-To venture out None like nI did t1hxa11eh I a country Inhabited partly hy roving anti hostile Hpduln Is I fraught With I I considerable dooor unit though a mor onl 01 the Lord Iles n claim upon the preserving cr 01 life Master lit rtould I I not unnecessarily expose his life or I Iroperty And he Ides this Walking i in 0 semltroplenl land In the heat or summer to I nlol < ether different to th 11 I 0 Role kln1 01 ercle In n moro tem t sense partite n cil And 0 cooler part or the l I i In making my usual arrangements for stol ping at the hotel In Tiberias I d I was Bomewhat amused at tho look I with which my Arabian host surveyed if mo when 1 told him that I was n mM i sionaty without much money and would like him to Ihe me his loweot f it I term A missionary without I I I much moner ho roted nl I i tor me that Certainly neuritis I j trone ror mllonnrle tire I always lIrpoed tu have plenty ur nil Bad I told him that I was 0 i I I I hanker or merchant Ih only little If I money I hel I eve he wOIII hoe been I less surprised nd h < Call blame him for the prletH And vardors mi 1 I Plonarins and colltr 01 the vitrious I senl < Christian onomlntlon In I I PalNtlne tire coroldirrel the bent paid I I people In tile land They generally live 1 I In Iompuou style and In elegant i I I hom PP having lot 01 native Pervautq 1 t 10 wait Ihemnll tho 01 on m strength I t file liberal lonntlonl which pious 1 1 Christians In Europe nnd America are 11 J cent r butinn toward the relief 01 the I I It poor rrerlng Jw And when thy i travel they cnll afford always to gu I i frtclno and live on the rot 01 the II 1 land Consequents It wo something I IIko I 0 neW cvelotlon when I told my Arnh host about missionaries nho I travel without Puree or crlp or 01 I least on their own expenses He however I nlk ever gave me the reduction nBked for I and treated me with kindness i ANOIICW JINSON I I |
