| Show FROM THE HOLY LAND by courtesy of J T wilson of 0 midway wasatch county tile the NEWS la is able to place before its readers the following from a letter written to rider elder wilson by elder don C W hubeer president of the turkish mis into dion ion jaffa april dear brother your kind and very interesting letter of february was received some time ago but owing to the press of other matters I 1 was unable to answer at an earlier date I 1 derived encouragement from letters letter aud and I 1 realize the leading your truth of what you 88 say y concerning the extraordinary blessings bles singo that IL a kind kiad anti and loving gol god is daily bestowing aon on the blatter day saints nor are we the only guly people who are partakers par takers of auls unbounded love and tender mercies for they extend into all corners of the earth and all nations and people are recipients to a greater extent t in 11 they deserve the saints show PM their works that they tire are grateful their blessin 8 9 more than other people do still we all nave room tor for improvement we are ott times care deportment ments and given give 1 I tog to a as lefts in our deport considerable extent to fault tinning and ag back biting we are oft covetous ax the wealth and influence of others and bogne in our habits in keeping the commandments ot of god and in attend thi out our meetings and are unmindful t the golden opportunities tuni ties that are flitting by still I 1 believe the latter amy saints are taken an aa a whole eminently better than any other people doerthe MOd Po erthe sun we certainly bp it the gospel of christ in its sweetness nesa anti ana purity its simplicity nd power is anything it divine mv xe elation and a knowledge ot ol the lie er eatter will incite a people to I 1 lives i ven ot of and virtue jur lives should be the most clean anuj virtuous of all people but to your letter in answer to to your first question I 1 have to say no DO there is not an F liggion paper pub ab in all palestine there is a small mall german boneet public bed in jerusalem and an arabic ineat at Boy rout As near as I 1 can learn these are the only I 1 i apers published in syria lit ID question aik it any of the wall rall klug solomon built around mount moriah monah to till remaining yes on the north side aide of the mount is a very ery high marble wall 1024 leel feet conw ark in the lower part of which there are blocks of stone 16 15 feet long rod from three to four feet deep it la in thought that a great deal of this wall la in just j as aa it was first laid this thia to la one of the most moat interesting spots of tha once holy city for here the jews come to weep and bewail the ion of their former glory alory and to pray tor for its ita return it itic to a curious eight to see aee this once haughty ani and proud people as aa they blind there kissing those cold marble blocks while the tears stream from their e ees es the jews are constantly increasing in numbers in palestine at jerusalem whose copulation is over there are over ove r jews thime these are divided into two classes the in ut of spanish origin aal the of german aud and polish origin and are all very poor they are and persecuted un on all sides by the so called christian as well as the modam the turkish government has ha recently passed casseu a law prohibiting the jews gewo buying more land those who have landfa can possess them but they cannot sell to their brethren can they buy more there are a number of J edish colonies throughout the land iu in a fl condition and as far as I 1 am able to t ee tee au an d stuby their ways way they make good citizens the latter rains have come to palestine and at the present writing there never was wa a more fertile looking country grass and flowers growing everywhere silvery brook brocku thread their way th through rugh the richly carpeted lowlands lands dotted here and there by rocks flocks of sheep and goats and mud villages while the highlands are covered with the vine and fig tree and olive all in the world this thin country needs to wake make it the eden it formerly ws was is a mormon colony to teach leach the arabs how to work how to be industrious how bow to live happily by doing goon good not long since I 1 was with gentleman of prominence who has interested td himself in the mormon question and ana among other things he said aid although I 1 lam am not a believer in the mormon faith I 1 believe the only redemption for this country will carlue thorough your people pa this gentleman said he had bad live lived J here forty years and in that time the ane climate and the laud land have improved phenomenally I 1 thought of that time when the servants s r of the most high came and bloused thiu this land and removed the curse it had been under for so many ages agen yep yec I 1 have visited the mo boqi alie of omar it standa stands ou the most sacred acred ground in jerusalem it was here where that inexpressibly grand temple of king solomon stood on this spot according to tradition abraham was about to offer his son isaac in compliance with a command of god over there chere is where david had the ark of the Coe covenant nant placed before the temple ws was built down under that modern building is fuere solomon had bad tale his stalls of horses for his chariots and on this side is the beautiful gate through which jesus jenne passed on his bis way to and frum arm the mount of ef olives and where peter cured the lame man acts ili 1 11 the mosque of omar is a magnifier magni 6 fir cent structure with eight sides each being 68 teet beet long lone it has 56 stained glass windows wio dowe whose harmony and richness excite the wonder and admiration of all visitors the walls are c iveree with colored pro celain and the great dome 66 feet in diameter is supported by 12 marble columns that were found in the ruins of solomons Solomon 19 temple the floor of the mosque is in marble mosaic I 1 did not get out to hebron I 1 am sorry to say but I 1 was as an far as solomons pools and was in bethlehem on christmas eve and part of christmas I 1 spent most moat of the night in the place where our L rd was born bora I 1 have been over the mount of olives a number of times there are quite a number of churches on the mou abst present and some fine buildings building ej belonging mostly to the greeks well dear brother my letter to is get ting rather kontzi lon so I 1 think it wisdom window to close for the present I 1 hope to hear bear from you again in the near future kind regards to yourself and family |
