| Show I j F NS0 r TRAVELS I 4 19GO1 Inevended FtUnlr alied July eteC Slich I stranding I lb bU norlhwest From OI1relh o lOt Sir Of 11 10mb known I1JI NOSY lb 10 1 all Illinois on title height ICOO FAM the level of this Pea the rt above I commands 1 grand It commln simply evr 1 oUley if the little valley torrip h I 4 is Nl1relh Iles Over its lower lah the oust peeps lie green 10 110Otedus I uilivotld Mt Tnhor it IV silly aid of 11 hlch tire the Nehl Dahl 00 I oud 1IlIn JIIJ IIIP vlllole Jnlur 1 uttle I zerln and a great part of Iho I Sed a rlralulI its far sea Ielllll Isla 0 r nUTth1vtkt Mt Carmel Irojel f1 the tile north or hleh Is I to sea Ita She or Arr the town itself being the 1341 Indrvening 111114 To the ceffed I by stretch I a the beautiful 1 valley tya t 11JuUoUr Ilt ho oulh of plain or riling of ferurl a the uhlle I ltdlf northeast is I seen Started to the e h III tilt rabbet lOr v0n to in mlnO hlllsbeyond m hleh IIe 4 rang to 01 food 3U Berman To tit east dat Ill Sea ot alIIe are the tile I fDnd SeaI bill 1 If Jot I I tult hl I I ift Nazareth Oil large I 0 PA1 St Arab mulo nlld hy nil accotlip bark > roo or1 l1mmened any aver I tl1 Jrusl1lom Wo des a Iun U 41 she hill 1 on a very rocky and Islas I of Ksdrnelon IMP Tile tit i tile plains In1119 In veer may ever so or I AjS and donl s laden with as r the harvest In th 11 1 Sells fiuin rA d on the plays Their destination reaehlns the iar Ih After < ISI < s aza direction tdic a southerll la II > 1 ig t th iKht of and within easy Sa t the llages of Naln where TIsod the diuirhtcr of Jalius J LIke IS 111 ° ml Zorln the nniknt pireel W nino Varied to the rIght I IHtle Iterates caled Nebl Dahl In Arabic tongue and Gllboa I Yobelrn lot Dire ill I on our Saute were the IDS es of I Tulch and Mukebetch Wt bob I 11 our right and left nu mU ° th Ijjrgcs vere seen on the I pluji We arrIvEd tit Jenin at put Nazareth it aLt twenty miles from I nnd I > for 1ul aftcr < < un 10 a put UI night little Dr N1f Komar u I S Iman III outa talk English lie ftgod m killdl felt greatly Interest conversation nnd j J on he said In our lug j m uothln > direct for btopniim lib hln Til servants however did hlhhlsh Wor etlhilrt Tbe Sir i plain fOr I Lmlraelon Is I I unity mil i IOIIR retain cant to went ond from ht to twelve inflem wide constitutes Its The rang or Carmel ruthI rn ml the tiny lOr Acre Its shuesiorn tweendaery I The muun ams or udiji 0 Little I10rmun and Tikordefin Us eastern but between thtH It P itiq i I cm arm down to the valley it th Jordan Ibis plain pro seats t in limiulullni surface eif great fertility md I ui which preserves ti avpnerp IPV 1 nf 400 foot nbovo the tta For miunds of > fnln It has m the hlBhwn of travel and the IaUInIJ it mall notions No field idr Ieal 11 11 Iymo Cole can In his IIstorl At lto1 Und ties of Vlhllral I ogIIIh has PO after harInd I > I the bloud of the lain It hu Ien th chosen plato fur cn mpment in erY content tint ln betn cairli 1 n In this countr final 11 teelajs or DI7 liornh 1 and UaraK until the dl vatrou march of Napoleon Bmparte from Egypt In Syria TBM tins Persians Arabs Jews aentlles iracenl Tuiks Crusader IJruoe nn1 French warrior out of every nation thlch la I earth r luai n have pitched I their tents upon the plains of Us Illation and hale beheld their loon to wt ASh the dew lOr INmon ulTali In the history of the Jews this Plain U I fruu ntly referred tn mitt th nome of Megldd still Jecreel IS orth of rodrnolon for thirty mile In the mounlln ot Galilei present 41 I In fits il I cession of hills land oounlal ImI hlch form n country Pill Snarly W < are < quo and beautiful but hh1y poduUe Beyond the moun I met of Galll c rise the lofty ridges ol klialu V hose peal s often lift their heads Into tit regions of rohnnat per I nJe g olg Nual I now need lee end condense the Joud or luaven Lend aIII1 them off Ion t I-on th ill wlnils of tho mun i Sales to rdr li 1 the scorched anti thIrsty Philips whleh tire opened out Man them The headwater uf the I Mm ortn t frnm the outllru IISLFoa il Lrtam which mal be Icrmod the ITO t condeeir r refrigerator and Steel See fertile Innd or Palestine rind la I ihli gnnl sustains the same part ta to hit land us do tile WI11110h 22 ontalnf tu the valleys of Utah n vlllaee of Naln lies on the beth ilop nl Llltle Herman about i ii miles in a ftralrht line 8Outheost Of Nizareth tint 1 considerable farther frel tlh3r road It e i Insists I of wretched clay tai New It are rock tombs I Be lass l Naln nd Nazareth but l much soarer the 1 t named town Is I the 0 eltil iioiint ot Precipitation aas IUI r hor An Pellolm uhir IPIge 1 rif which the 1Itle of Ii surety t were about to IHw ChrM i u certain occasion I Xby Ulhl Ir supposed to lio Wall I hlJ all6ith lI lIrurl hl tro7nl thr I hill Vnreh mentioned I In MCT 7ir It was First called Ilermon IF 5 jr m slid has since been I lIr all little t iterates its ton liOn I tr feet I lee Pere level 1 li-On the Lhse81 1I 111 of Noohy Dahl HeR the r I1 r of to b1ch anciently was 11 own ot th tribe of Issjclmr The 1411 f but rmth li I founl In the word 11 W > mlle PnoR Of Solomon 013 8 n too i FI ooolh ti 013 stood the house of t hl it Shuricallyit woman II Kings If trta h the nncl nt Jeirl a town Iih loachar Clo o fly Iwo tile spell 11 If lbe ke it title fought bs Social 11 OIT ti Ihlll tlne The Israelite I J jo led 1 round 11 Jeircel I Bar a whil I it I Philistines wr A n 14 IMDOI At Runeen Jl1 the oppIte 11 Dahl Rally f7l Jl1h < I I Sam L ILI Aftr Said0 jestlerej0 Nd for lonser time hl elar o F A or I 1 ilbbeth I I 1 it I nt o I I IPlho 1i t ri It G ZI rivardet the residence r let Ali 11 t SISSO Jesebel On theo 11 nlh I tjyllchor hili 11 V the vIneyaril of J TrnT khah l second still 1 u ift r lain I by jehu oni tile t f ilidith izrel 1 calleel rlheVrSr t 5 it I inneear the rrustiol Sini 11 nienlonea ns Panum A u Tn Iie ItI ad In Ia n town in Iftlat it I lot totttal 1 r e lit 11 11 for I Jr 4 tflat2rh Ih rslf H I 5S i a lit rilfli Sin 1 tile JliMi I a lat 11111 on whlih hey he-y ip 11 I I Jr frlU wtincal 1 1 W a iro n on Abreast every side I l say n It 111no I ter sees on Iho I I The n rl1tI tat oap I thletral mourfaing I called toy i J J I lldc N A It s 11001 all elevn 1 Sloop I t nl I A sea level nt the I ISSloop North 1 It I 111 runs from southeast nXe V 11 Ji north t side toward 1 er on JI 21 I 11 preelpIto and tat ill nRit lea tit abor Sir Zt i toV J L eria Janina The mountain < noluaej in I the I rrItry IIOI tt a bt f ajgjl it I at present pre 4 will j PPmpnnce I and Is used I t a Meaty I tin far ° l lands IiI was I d tu 4 with timber In olden t I 114T > atii 3 by frnl nil contimpul > our our nr J In about 1 hTelfel I Ill sunrise and ban Phlor II B hilly country with I a r S M Mlrnl Lillys Inter I I PV r i 11 Passed thinueh and 4 Ilse Name rUg vId I I 11 got Ulan 1 4 no I history I A I I > on our rgltI we passed I I the ruin of the ancient Dothan den I 37 lleM for which rinson It Is I still called Jilbo Yusuf el Josephs Ill In tho limo of Illtlm a Mllnce seems tu have stood here 3 KlnKS 7 13 Wo tlle te lots of people traveling Borne on caiiels others on hones donkeys en 3 mille anti many on Ford Aniong the latter irBnarCT niimlHrof ery 0111 ty look Ing and rnBEid women el1r rylne fuel and other heavy burdens on their hauls Th hpllt durlnB the mid dlo or tile SILLY um very oplireselve and my umlI1 which land served net it Parasol burslod In several places thus leaving me exposed to the full powers i of the sun At II 30 athe we arrived at the vlllafee I of rebastlch tile t ancient Samaria I hero I viewed the ruined church of St John In which Moslem attendants pointed out tho tomb of John the Baptist the tomb of Obadlah lIh 1 KlnRs 18 3 and Hit I tomb of lllshii and many other I nil I surdltles all for the Purpose ol exacting ex-acting money from pious pligrims I also liked through tho village tl1 tile tell or tile hill on the eastern 1010 or hloh Just Above tM village threhln floor In I n locn nr moro columns without with-out rnlllnl forming nn nllonl qua drnnlp They are ftupposed ti be romnln or the ancient tempi which lie 001 the Great Is I nd to leave erected erect-ed In hOMr or Augustus on n large open pneo In the mlldle of the citj Thp top nf the Samaria hill Is 1 MS reel above the level of the sea which In In 2S 1 14 I enmporeI 10 a crown and cmm nol an uno istriieted Mew In eluding the Iterranenn on tin ost Samaria In I turrounded by ranges of gently opine bills Numerous Numer-ous Milages nn visible but none cf hen liao any historical significance so rl1t 1 nes II 10 known On n terrace on the south Bldi 1 or the tilt run the street of columns with which lie od cmbe ilshNl the ton n Ties cattiness all < 1C which have lost their capitals are 10 feet high The colonnade wni luoti 20 saids wide anti oer 1800 lard In lenslh It runs around the hill but Is I often Interrupted or li I burled Ienenth the Foil into hole hlll1Ihlch ilest tile height ofP30 feet from tile surroundingveilleylet lerrnce1 from base to top and riling shouted everyn here Tim hill stand Isolated < In the valley Samaria Was built by Omrlooo or the kiters lOr Israel raboutZly years 1rnro Christ and ho mode It Instead or Tlr State the eoplll or tile 1nloIm or Isla el After that the city became fail right shtd In the hlstrny of that klnBdom and of the piophets rlljah and ril hn In connctlon with I the vai lous famines of the land the unexpoct I Plenty 0 Snrnotln and the aeeral delhcrnnee or the city from the Syrians It eonllnu1 for tw hundred Years thoo sent nr ldIntry 1 rand the still je et or prophell denunciations unlll the carrying away of the ten tribes In to CHttlMty by bhclnnneser File hundred sears afterwards It wo taken hy John Ifyietanus and razed tn the ground according 10 uorda of prophe Mleh I GOJ Thc prejudice slid oil fully nf the Jew townlll the Hnmnrl tans In the days of IIIl Savior wn most bitter en more Fo than tuwnrd the Qhllleans The Samaritans were remnants Land representatives lOr the revolted tribes They had hen the most lo1mt antnconlsts of the Jens In the robulMtnK or the temple In Joruaullln They lead ereeted nnother temple on Mount Gerlzlm They re Jeered the sacred books of the Jens with the exception of the book ol 31 Iiscs Their rellirlon was an nbomlnn Ion to the Jews being a profane mix lure of Judaism nnd piBnnlpm For these reasons the Jews lead 11 0 1 Sleety OBS with the Sntnnrltnn The term Samaritan became to n Iw aurstlve 0111Y 1 of reproach Insomuch that when they would express thilr deepest dls 1 rust anti nhho roncc ofChrl l they said Thou Sin n Samaritan Land has n devil Tor the some reason the Jew Molded traveling through Snmnrln Pull when compelled to pass through he I countu carried their own prols Inn anti refused the entertainment ot the Zople While rgagel In examining the ruins and present antn nP Samaria r 1Ino coeirlderably nnno1 hv nn Anblon outIl who Inslsled In follow intr mo wherever I went calllns for bakhshish At lost I made a PR Sat S-at him without hliilnjr him after which he illsni > ponicj I never paw such Impudcme as these Arabs exhibit Whenever a decentlj dressed European on the travel fnnke his nppenrnnee In any Arab town It Is I the signal for the Benernl cry of Dikhshlsh Hven little children meie Infants who ns jet nro nimble to talk plain are taught bv I their mother to rail for the much coveted hakhfihiph when they see a I white slrangtr After pelInl shout nn hour and n half In Samaria we continued our journey to Xablous dlitnnt about six miles In a southeasterly direction who we nrrlOd tit 4 P I in In limo to nth nl Iho Church of rnEland niter wom aerllce I mit up wllh the 1I0Y Christian Tals heer the Protestant missionary or Nohlnus Ho I to n German Ger-man by birth bat has spent over thirty Sears of his life In his present position posi-tion In KnMnus After the services the Arab servant nr the houe accoen tonlp tne 11 short 1Itne upon the slope for Mount Oerlrlm 10 Iw Ihe town fom nn elevation ho then pllote1 mo through the narrow ranked streets of the town many of vilileh were arched over and Were notunl tunnel unlrr tat I buildings At length we reached the t quarter or Ih Samaritans whee I for n mall fee was conluctcd Into tile celd sn SiScogun and hown n very old copy of the Pentateuch the ne hooks of Moses hich thee people claim tit leave horn written by n great grandson grand-son or Attract hut which Van ilotoaad loll 100 I1hltr than the I Chrltlnn era Aa 1 knoll been told thai 11 moro modern copy I Ienernll hlhltClI to visitors Instead of the otlglnsl I Insisted I1n seeing n srnnt COPY Which wn nnnllY permlUed nnl thus I have reason 10 think that the old copy was actually hown mr 11 was written upon parchment anti mounted on roll era The quarter of the nmoilions I In the southwest part or tile town Their veynagogue consists or n mall mhlto wnh1 chamber the 1lCment ot which Ill I ow1 with molting rind must not he trodden on with hoes Their worship Is I Interesting Tho rnersnre reppntpd In I the Samaritan einieet although Arab II I now th colloquial InniruaKO of the I people Tho men were while curpllc nnd red tur bass Tho office of lIIh Priest Is I I hereditary and Ynku the present I hoMir of It li l a deAreallbIt ot the trlhp I Of Lev I He Is the fi > reIHnt < if the community l and at the present limo I ono of the ellrtrlct authorities III H I stipend consists ot tithes paid by him 1 flock lie took Treat fnln to cxpln bs sign and gestures what he thought 1 11OUt1 Imw about hln Send fits rolle anti mini I Wells leaving ho linclied < me Ills portrait I thoutht os n token of friendship and TPIIemllnn lint I was soon remInd of nn extra Imlhshlsh At first stuck un two of his lingers and cried < out frank This or course 10 ra man or ordinary Intell genre nollt two franks I wns nbou hanjlper back the specimen of the pho I tonrapherfl art lnst Lad ot tile money ro when up came one finger only nn re so I I paid him I his frank and iass d on 1Inil face of Yaknb Is nl exhibition in my private rollc < lion t this dayAbot Pherhem under the name of Nalm lonsls still t nn Inhabited cits of JOooo souls Sheltered In ouht rluon Ile tee Will and Oerlzl the mount I of I hlln and of rearsets which tow PO high nhoo 1 It Illie Innv wtllls on olthcr P Idc nn1 surrounded toy I groves on1 garden this ratichept town tile flChell for Shhem of the Old 1 TOllln I ritient stred the i Syriper of We1r New ln present Se scene delightful In Itself and I IIf lurlnslng Interest In It historical thello associations It Is on the line I of the central or inkidlo route train Jernla Im to Oalilcc I at the distance of S5 miles from bJeruLitrile and about 40 miles from Nazareth still midway bo tweell the coart or the Med I terranean alit the Jordan In n narrow dell between be-tween the formats summits ur lbnl and Oerlzlm The volloy which rejun nlo these mountain opens nt the dia ance of two mllea cast of Bhrchem Into a fertile and beautiful plain ex lending from eight tu ten miles from north to south and vanlnB In width from two to four miles Thin Is I the Plain of Morrli hA luxuilunt nelda afforded on Inviting plore or encamp mcnt for hrnham and of pasturage for his nocks wl1t1 and wearied bs fInOn or their Icing match train their rainier shade In the cast for Shechem Is the first place In the land of Cannnii where the great Patriarch mole Ills temporary home From the Um ot Abrnhnm arrival till the final overthrow over-throw of the Jewish notion Shcthm was an Important landmark In tho geographY of Palestine Here God renewed Ills covenant with Abraham Gen aG Jarh on his return from I PndanArnm pitched his tent over alotnt this city at Shalom on the eot ef the plain 1I0ro WI1 also Jnroh field n pnreel or ground whlclI he gave to lilts on Joseph On 31 IS 10 Ills sepulcher Is I there to this day At tho distance of about GOo feet train Joaelh tomh Is I Joeoh well I1t the mouth of which the Savior Bit In His interview with the woman of onrlo John 4r Here wn en acted the teirlble traced connected with the dishonor of Dinah by the son of Ilamor rlnce of tho country Gen 31 Here Jacob kept his flocks even when nt I1otrnn nrty or sixty miles dltnnt At Dothnn fifteen mile northwest Joseph was 100 frayed by his brethren Gen 37 The Israelites Immediately after their iv turn from KBSptherej rallllsd the law 1 or the Lord while six tribes were I1cnmp1 on Mint and Fix IOn nerlzlm the at k read tho attendant priests In the valley below pronounced the blessings bless-ings and the curo tend nil the ces emhlod multitude rallied to heaven thlr solemn Amen Deut 37 Here the buried the hnno or Joseph lIere Ioshua met the assembled popll for Ihe apt I time rJohul1 24 I 2G 32 Rheohem wo nlloUod to Iphrnlrn and Rlsncd to the Levlteii it was the see to of the treachery of Ablmelech Judges 9 the parable of Jothan and of the revolt I of the ten tribes It was and ever has been the abode of the sect of Samaritans a little remnant of whom still KO up on Mount Gerlzlm to worship CJod I1n that mountain as did < their forefithers In the time or the Savior Joint 11 20 11 wait captured bs Hhalmaneser Icing of Assyriaun der Harem and repeopled by a MranBe people anti again III the days or Ne licentiate and to Of Ezra 3 Kings 17 Kzra 4 I 9 A vatt temple the ruins of iihleh I still remain was built 1 here by Ranhoo I Into In I lie time of Aleunder the Great which two hundlcd scais inter was destroyed bs the Morc bees ANWinW JUNSOX |
