Show ON WENT MOUNT TABOR hiis tiis jaima JODy nal la in the loly holy awl r THE ME k v au interesting I 0 ride on horbac Hore Horel holi ac through I 1 lit of th tha 3 orione and baral barak went down fi from orn mount tabor and ten thousand men after him and the lord discomfited ed sisera and all his chariots and all his host with the edge ede ca of the sword before barak our route today lay lav along the shores of Genues arct to where the jordon flows out taking 0 its course down the fertile valley of the same name ultimately marrying the bewitching waters of the sweet galilee leeto to those of the calm mysterious lake laha or dead sea we e passed the let hot sulphur springs where ling king za herod hero L came to bathe for his health and where several of the caesars caesara came to recuperate the medicinal waters how from a half a dozen small springs on the ci fide de of tho the mountain a and ad ai find nd their way down into the lake the peculiar culiar odor arising from these springs reminds one very much of those north of O ogden I 1 dep or decks springs in in salt lake city just below galileo galilee its is quite an all extensive island found by the parting and reuniting qunitin of the tha jordan on this thie v island josephus Jossph us had his castle and some come very strong fort fortifications fleat ions some of the ruins of which are still to be spanning the right 1 ns of an old stone bridge built I 1 presume by tho the romans komans here we te dismounted for lunch one of the greatest pleasures of horseback lioi hoi traveling t is stopping for lunch especially is this the tare tape when we can spread our blankets under the shade on oil the banks of a cool sparkling stream of water knowing as wo we do so that our tired animals are standing with their brid br iddles lies off in grass and flowers up to their bullies bellies N e much time to spend on the banks of jordan this time for the morning is quite far advanced and before nightie night we have a climb of from about 1000 feet bolow vic tie sea le level leel el to a 2000 feet above the sea foi we must reach the summit of tabor from which darak barak descended hs his men and tile the road we have travel is simply the wo lit kind ofa of a bridle path Afew A few hasty bites biles and we are arc again in the inal making cing 0 our way up the awkward trail progress is feces su sa ily slow blow but after a i few hours of j p tient dent trudging wo we reach the top 0 the last hill from whore where we vre 0 o i ked down on the dazzel ing robe Esdra elon and standing away j L by itself looking 0 liko so some me at demo dame is tabor from whose ii crown crow n we beheld and hour lapar wie of the sublime st of suns for many centuries a tradition P aking mount tabor and the ne ae of our lords lordo transfiguration orical ot ical was universally believed id among the many ru ruins ins on tile i un taits flat summit are those c three churches supposed to have f t m n erected by the empress i lena in honor of our lord jesus jeans ses and elias elian and peter and said to jesus master bluster i is good for us to 10 be here anti and let make three tabera taberna ales olez one ens for ee and one for moves and one for its I 1 mark ix 51 5 it is very ident from what tho the scriptures y r of thit this glorious glori oua event that the tbt ins figuration took place a good I 1 ny my miles north of tabor and in neighborhood of mount heri in mark tells us in his eight apter that jesus and his dis lea went into the towns i philippi which place is a t uree aree itie mount Lunt ui la in the next neit chapter our I 1 rd took peter james arid and john and went up into inlo a high mount huere the trans ration took place in the same chapter we learn that they pissed galileo galilee on oil tile tho way to jerusalem thus inal making ing it impossible for tabor to be the place where peter wanted anted to build three tabernacle one for enec one for B moses lose s and one for elias 1301 besides ides dul during 0 tile tiie lifetime of our lord the top of mount tabor was occupied ba b a strongly fortia fortified led town tor n and it seems very improbable for him to choose such a pare for ilia bonfe conference with nis father and brethren notwithstanding tins this tradition like hundreds of others has been torn to pieces and scattered to the four winds we to found bild mount tabor a very interesting V place its summit lnita a brond broad pla is strewn with tile tho ruins of buildings of t all a blics ca jen jelv greek and aloman besides towers cisterns and vaults belonging most likely to tho the ago go of tile the crusaders these vaults were veye no doubt the dw dwelling elliner places of monks at one time bierc are wo two convents on the mountain one greek and d one latin we were entertained n genuine christian atle nt at tile the litter latter you protestants may may say al what you you wish about tile the catholic cacholi arid and C catholicism but one thing you yon in must net admit that is they are far your superiors superior in iii doing deeds of kindness and exhibiting a spirit of orbio lio atherly love arid and since sincerely mor mons made it possible for you to come and establish your schools and churches in ia utah catholics catholic have made it possible for you to go to the holy lann fantl abd establish yourselves there their convents take you in w when bell weary with travel give you a good clean bed and plenty of wholesome food like tile the good samaritan they pour wine ivine and oil into your wounds a and nd nurse you back to life arid and health when you can proceed with your protesting against catholicism to me the most interesting feature of tabor is the view it commands of su rounding country from here one sees the sea of galilee the blue blua chain of the hamon and gets a splendid view of herman with liis snow crown a t hundred miles north the plain of Es draylon is seen to great perfection this thiap v boull hag have b geieg en ji very good itale lj s e last battle with the philistines Philis tinas when lie he and his brave son jonathon lost their lives from here we can see endor where the witch of that name dwelt and where saul came te enquire of the dead prophet samuel what she bould do it will be remembered king saul wc was very much distressed arid and when saul enquired of the lord the lord answered him not neither by bv dreams por nor by arim nor by prophets so in his despair lie commanded his servants to seek him out a a oman noman that hath a familiar spirit that I 1 may go to her and enquire of her his servants told liim him that there was such a woman living at endor whereupon their king disguised M himself and while his army was slee sleeping ping 12 with their hands on their swords arid the sentry keeping keepin a sharp eye on the camp fires of the philistines gives the watch cry all a it is well took two men and following the trail around mount blount gilboa bilboa finally arrived at the cave in which d welt dwelt the woman with a familiar spirit how saul got the witch to call up samuel who be told wretched king of the judgements judge ments of god that was about to overtake him on account of his wickedness and adds 1 and tomorrow thou and thy sons will be with tile me aga again i it we see the king weary and haggard after his nights work leading the hosts of israel against those of the philistines we watch tile the fierce bloody struggle 0 between the two armies as it is waged throughout one long day until at la lat last t israel is forced to retreat and is driven up the sides of old gilboa bilboa arid and the battle went sere aaro against saul and tile the archers hit him and he was avas sore ore wounded of the archers then said saul to lo his armour bearer draw thy sword and thrust me ins through therewith lest those these uncircumcised come and thrust we me abi through pugh and abuse me but his hin armour bearer would not for he be was sore afraid therefore saul took a sword and fell upon it all tulip thi and volumes more can be seen from the historical and majestic mount tabor WON wo 1 31 D CISSER FR |