Show jK irn irm royh roTh q Clu cru onto onTe oct r ii lif israels f aeils land a and israels aels ir promise 0 M i se th there re is 13 nos now noi wa it I 1 digi dagi diwi whether alther bither the there reever ever N kasnot wa S snot since the days of the captivity bf the md land a marked difre difference rence between the land of judah true nature has done some of it tut gut dut out not all why should not springs AM and brooks flow fram bromne fh nill hill of judea indea as freely freels as from the hills bills of ephraim and Sam samaria dria aria inform in form and nd composition they are the tha same and what is in thein their favorin favor in this respect they are larger and mo re n umber number ri but BA they do not water is their greatest pan wan want t much bluch more mo to artificial it lin riga gation needed here hero thai that further norths Itis it is this his di avs and nd heat of th the soil that make inake thi this s part of tha th the country so much more adapted to vines and gis fis 11 than further north these thrive best in u hot soil soll j i f las iab a general ra rule ruie we may say tha laud of judah fori forr foi for fru K the e plains for bread gralli grams s and ye ge e fa tables es ana the hills of the northern martof part of canaan gilead and bashan for pasturing like all this urd hied thlu hos bos many dany axce excel countries of similar latitude to iffla haye an and 1 dry ary season the causes for lor chese raidy rainy ai and ory cry ry seasons it is not necessary for me here to explain la i but it is a thing ho however wiver that is is neww ia I 1 understood I 1 ltha itha rainy season commences about the tha flast of Novem november bero berj and lasts till april during the first half of the time it rains often and I 1 hard almost every day generally in the afternoon As soon as the rains commence and alid the hard liard and baked earth is sufficiently softened to admit of it plowing is commenced and seeds are sown as the occasion c requires through the ther whole of the wet season when the rains cease sowing ceases ceases altogether and during the time lime from april to november imy INY have one unclouded fa sif sic sky then all ail a vegetation which cannot stand t this is dro drought wiit wf tiers jers down and its roots red res as the roots of our plants do in winter till tile the rains again commence which is 13 springtime spring time to them now when thiu thlu things s are tire thus situated le itma st be very obvious to any one that the longer longet or later the rains faina continue the greater will be the tha amoust and perfect perfection 1611 of the tile produce of the land and the shorter the time of the rain the sooner will all be dil adrid d up upped and the crop cut short the israelites were often threatened by moses and that in case caso of disobedience the rains should be withheld if they were withheld they must of course be shortened in duration now the rains mias that fell in the latter part of the rainy season and especially those that fell after the tiie usual period for them to cease were called the r ains rains 1 these occasional ashow ders jers er if continued through the time of the ripening of the fruit and grain would add greatly to their abundance aud and perfection the withholding of ther them would have the contrary effect the withholding the latter rains and the promise of their return are things often spoken of in irl scripture these latter rains have llave been withheld century after century till the land has lias been brought into the state that we now nav nov find it and d there can bo be but little doubt but that the return of these rains again will be the means that god 1 ua 6 to restore the land to its ita ancient ess if we had no scripture to bear us out in this opinion we ve should be well assured of it from tile the well weli known scientific fact that all al soils require a certain ani amount gulit quilt of rain to cir ctr carry carpy y on anthe the dedam decomposition position I 1 of mineral matter in sufficient c quant quantities rles ries for the anneal supply of the tiie crops this tins is especially necessary in fit such a geological formation as the tho land of palestine so wesee we see sea that there thene is no llo physical obstacle eWin in the way for fon god has hat the means close at hand when evertee time for him to do it comes comee for this event we cin can all adopt one ona of the fhe ex pres aa in a jewish prayer the eLord theford Th one ord hasten it even in our day and one fact there is lat atiat I 1 will mention ingentio 1 n that looks somewhat as eis ets teis his prayer be answered even jn in our day for forsi since uce the efforts that flin tAre are now making forthe lm improvement r movement and seft seit settlement lement of the jews fa ii pal pai aulne etah e commenced the tiie rains have fallen oallen po me e than they luve juve rave for eor tanj many an i uge oga before no question is morg more often as asked e respecting this land than ahat what can be doue to reclaim it broo iroini ils its is barren barrenness nessi I 1 know ild iid that a better batter answer can ba given than thail tills this mcinte it and trust llie tile god of abraham isaac issiac au abul jacob forbie nar bar farmer harmer barmer und latter ra ins 1 1 I within terr seri sern kattar filter ralus aa as 1 a in matter atter after of act fact have antin aftin appeared the pany party yno io blaye flave gone fromi front conduct ai IQ enterprise inhales in atles tine line earn from the hi habitants that they have hye lately had llad sholem sli sll ower in april after tho the close closs atthe nual igual ral rai liy rix s n which lyu ngn non has not no been by their ancestors for back this parry party ata lear wit wio 1 nes berto to t the e garneck anle garne C cr i laving been there two or three they Y ha hat hav witnessed ased the ilie fall fill of in april aad uail xai i p n i i |