| Show UTTER LIVER FROM SYRIA aleppo april 4 1898 our party has haa now safely reached this city our journey overland overlaid to killis killim by horse thirty five miles and from killis killia to aleppo by wagon another thirty five miles or thereabouts was pleasant enough so far as the beati weather ter WES concerned buethe but the ride on horseback horse back a long distance with poor door saddles and poor animals is very tiresome could we have been seen by our arr friends they would have smiled bullied at our appearance stiff and limpy we made our way into killis and found our nights lodgings in the same inn with the donkeys and camels the donkeys brayed with such torre foree and melody that talking while they had the floor was out of the question still we were entertained for the soldiers at the barracks practicing the calls on their bugles were responded to by the uka jacks in their basw tones tonea and then R ar st change the dogs on the market elow w would have a quarrel and then 06 battle Tiia tUe all of which helped to break the he monotony of the occasion I 1 have mentioned the parting with the 1 saints 1 at on march the 2991 29 le we left after a touch toucy ins f farewell ell with our dear bB athren and sift whom we have learned to love for their falth faith find and love of the gos pel they went with us out of town many of them where we gathered in a group and offered prayer this custom boa remained since the days of the apostles postles when they left we read that tie saints went with thiem them and that they ey prayed com committing mittin g one another to the kind keeping of gody dod it is only thair to mention here that though many of the people are light minded in some things and have but few cares in ih a worldly sense being satisfied with but little yet it must also be mentioned 1 that they ore axe intellectually bright 1 t hen en touched by a a flash n of 1 light and that at the I 1 is 9 a SW sweet it theme to thiern and then they do really desire thear souls salvation and I 1 do bellove believe 0 4 fair per ner cent of them will be useful aein Ane anber r in n the of christ and alb do much toward the up building of ge b kang 4 g dom of god upon the earth to may be equally applicable to male apud female many good aars may be found among 0 our saints I 1 must say that I 1 have been mach reprised at 1 the faith alad once ce our sisters have in receiving rele the while le here ten years ago so 86 little was been of the women that no ito real opinion could be formed but now that the gospel leaven has had time to work we find the same conditions here as in ha other countries countr iee and find sisters who have stepped forward and received ree elvod the ordinance of baptism ever even though father and mother objected young men full ot faith and hope have broke loose from kindred and traditions and come out boldly for the truth now if they have been inspired of god through his holy spirit to begin right why should they no have power to continue and be useful in doing the part in building up tha various stakes of zion if they observe the conditions of the gospel at killis we chanced on a cherkes caucasian whom we hired to take us to aleppo he proved a very nice little fellow so we partly spoke for him to take us from aleppo to damascus overland at aleppo we were met by the saints outside of town and by them we ware escorted to the home of dr hagobian Rag where we were made welcome wc l and where brother lund and the writer made their home while they sojourned sojourn ed a few days in calep the S saints ints in fralen were not so united as tase those in and zora still we believe we succeeded in restoring a good feeling and in organizing them in a better order so that they will I 1 ind it much better and easier to overcome their difficulties three were added to the church here aleppo or calep as ae the turks call it is a large city with a large trade it its bazaars are very extensive there is a good deal of weaving going on here so that it may be said to be a manufacturing town also so fro that its inh inhabitants are kept quite busy many nice houses are being built on the outskirts of the city so that some parts have quite a modern ap bearance pe arance since the road has been built through many fine carriages are found in town aleppo is an old city citi probably was in existence 2000 years before christ it was then named bercea it is located about 1300 feet above the level of the sea the climate is somewhat cool during I 1 ng its short winter period but the summer is plen swit being bl ing temperate with cool westerly walnda A curious known as an the al eppo boll or button prevails in this city and neighborhood most of the people seem to take the disease it la is said not to be painful but after a years time leaves its marks and the people are horribly disfigured with it of course some more some less leem visitors are said to have taken the plague long after they have visited aleppo dogs and cats have their turn also hence the poor street dog who has a a severe atmaa attack k pr presents events a most horrid appearance owin to the barren looks of the conn try around aleppo the city and surroundings roun dings look like ap an oasis in the desert this is however riot flot because of the real barrenness of the country but because of the indolence and carelessness of the fellah aab farmer this species of h humanity does nothing to improve conditions nor to make for himself comfort he plants no trees nor think ot 0 his needs tomorrow but Is content to ke keep ep things moving in the same lines that his bis father left between billis and aleppo is much fine cauntay coun tay some come with fine water privileged leka thousands of acres of aa fine land as is laid out door in any country yet we saw no signs of a corn male mala stock wheat and barley was the grain that or nothing of course in many districts it was next to nothing but had they planted a little corn which must certainly do exceedingly well here they woud rest the land and giet get better yields and have a chanc to clean out the land which la ts pretty weedy in many places 0 how well we could llva in at like that it if we heia had it 11 ader aw ca L A beautiful climate clima td good gom soft ana it fa water many people with fair e ener eie arid and economy axe are living high with wo b such opportunities laying out dollt gk may be found in northern syria wah such a country at their command at 11 ja no wonder that the syrian kings could raise great armies and carry on great eu wars here were recourses reao an and a place where wealth could be adue 1 palestine has its ex excellences excelle cellene but ut kt II Is small had israel been bl wilp room like the syrians assyrians As ms what a n bation ad 0 they would have been but go god d m staat I 1 have had a purpose in keeping them hemmed in on a small corner for an example of results one needs need sonly only to look to america and see just a branch of the mother people broken oft off and ana planted in a fertile spot of the earth an and d soon they far outnumbered the whole house of israel and if such results could be had from a small twig what aoud not the main tree ha have haie ie done but the turk says inseal la ia daha dir ie by the help of god it will yet be so we feel the house hallse of israel will wall be felt in the earth ald aad they will yet be crying for room and they will continue until they have iu fly led the whole earth P P F hintos hams hama hemath habath Ha math april oth th 1898 it SO happened that our little em company consisting of four frev zion and one from turkey reached hama the ancient hanrath Hani HaAi ath on the ath day of april conference ft aay r in ift alo zion we fancied ourselves sitting in novt favorite places in the large tabernacle SAN listening to the servants per of god dig 1 bensing the word ward of god though we were not present y yet et we felt that much valuable counsel was given aard that god through his spirit would AA ji us so that we might always be found in line and harmony with his we spent part of the day in bathe la iti 1 i hunting up the lost sheep of the hoate of israel we feel somewhat i aged for though not knowing AL a soul p a couple of us went out and enquin enquire around as to who might be found WW J in ing to hear we were w soon n taken tbt U young dr ans who proved tc tiep ti y fe a gentleman and in a few minum 1 I after meeting the doctor we were iw IV fl kited to a meeting that tha t same where we might preach to t abib A word of god we accepted t thanks i t at meeting the doctor as acted ted a aal a I 1 inow in j preter and elder hintz delt delivered ered a i course upon the first principles 6 of rafe f gospel goepel this Is perhaps the firt td d course of the kind in this dispels dispensation in habath and we hope tt will bear beear good fruits as it was brought ai boasa in such a rel way we left ff with pressing invitations to undoubtedly habath has ha heard heaard loway t a testimony in earlier days as ts to aft wa y of some importance under ae the rothaa roman t v between aleppo and hama Is J days journey jo urrey with wagon or i about miles the first da day y out ft OM ab i eppo we had a fine view of the estt ri roun soundings dings of aleppo and of thirlus thir lUl ia south of the city cultivation lie is am elf i very good except an on the acir extends only the short distance afat miles south where it Is ie lost I 1 in A v t swamp after getting out of th the contey 1 we struck strack an open country mare M less leas improved but poorly farmed the there was one point of 11 u ever that we should mention they VO ivera ally plough the longest CA straightest furrows here of ally I 1 hav seen in any country many boma mt be seen one half mile lo 10 long nag and abd e awty V ta furrow it as straight as an eata y they manage to sow their te rows and maaia places ofie nsf I i jhb them tn cultivate the wheat so as we vitt corn by going through a plow this la 18 quite scene lit itt taft country it would not be necessary if their lands were ploughed sloughed hed properly but as their plows are only poor shovel ploughs at best it makes quite a difference one reason why they can keep their lands so grit is that when once laid out they can guide their animals in the same furrows year after year there being no cross ploughing sloughing hing the more board or iron part on i the point of an oriental plough Is removable one handle only te its used the pole goes clear through between the animals so as to fasten it onto the yoke the yokes for the oxen cows donkeys camels or what not in use for the purpose vary according to the financial ability of the owners owner if he is poor his yoke is but a pole with bows or ropes or some con tr ivance around the ami animals mals neck it if he Is in better circumstances he has a better yoke for his animals tt it is a great sight to see donkeys hitched up in this way an aji animal which is really not buit for draft but for burden work but greater is the sight to see a donkey weighing four or five hundred pounds hitched in with a camel many tim times a cow and a horse or a cow or ox and a donkey and so on teams in the oddest possible way put together tor for work and they are asked to do things really impossible for them to do well of course they do it in a way but how Is ie it done villagers that are more progressive and in better localities than others have oxen and horses cheb though never good are far in advance of the ordinary but in all this stretch of country no trees let the eye wander where it will nothing but the barren hills could be seen along the road brother maycock the leader of our quartette tuned up our whistles and soon scon we were making the hills ring with the songs of zion toward evening we were singing hall to the prophet etc when we suddenly run into a crowd of beduino bed ulna ably twenty five all armed and wild looking lookin ir chaps we had not seen them until right in an among them so we kept ote ob until we came to the last verse when we quit seeing that we had many following ostensibly to listen but who knows for what else if an opportunity had afforded itself the sight was ex citing our driver whipped up and they ran some on foot and some on lio horseback one undertook to ride but one of us rose up and brushed him off tater later on they gave it up as we were hearing the where we were to top stop over night A beduhn be he ever 0 vo o honest Is still a hard looking customer at the village we were housed by an old ld arab who took in travelers in the tn morning orning they proved how they obtain fuel in the country where no wood could be found in the morning the women of the khan went to work bright and early to sweep the yard which had accommodated donkeys and camels to its fullest capacity the donkey and camel chips were carefully gathered in and put into a solve seive the zut dust was sifted outs out after which they were gathered for cooking fuel in some places the chips of the animals are am carefully gathered in by the women who put water on them and work them ty by tramping or other processes after which they are worked into sizes about the size and shape of a rde die tin and plastered on the side ot the house to d dry ra when dry they are fit tor for home consumption or for the market where they are kept in stock for sale at one village we had our eggs cooked by a brisk fire industriously kept alive with chips in brick form by an arab woman the eggs were cracked up for being mong among the best we can have the gathering and the abilay of being able to take care of the chips is a necessary accomplishment of a fellah lady they would of course rather do that than go for miles to gather weeds and pack them home for as a rule she must furnish it hama is a town of about inhabitants it is located low in the valley of the orontes it ft has an immense lot of water wheels for hoisting water some of them looked to be as much as aa fifty fet in diameter these axe are used to lift the water of the river up into high viaducts which convey the water into gardens and houses dr took us upon a high hill in town where we obtained a fine panorama view of the city and its gardens which was quite charming and then the oriental houses in the different quarters of the town having here and there a monument towering into the air I 1 i all is well with the company in our crew of six including the teamster we can handle eight languages and still in the distribution we are short F F HINTZE |
