| Show r A story J JERUSALEM tm T m vow from LI life ws D dawrant to BY awas pastor greek MT SINAI fuel fasel orth orthodox adox church A price utah serial bonti lied from lait last week wet a 10 0 THE HOLY MOU atil OF SINAI 81 abo tb approach of the holy ft hinal eidi elds through a most cring mate cf of bills and defile defiles after what deemed to UL travel we finally filially emerged in to tight light of thil this grind grand eminence the holy mount WO ve found at t hi its foot a monastery non aitery bit that hil has stood IKC since the tint first of christianity and oj li Is protected and to too by the empower of both europe and the orient the altar in hit this mon moo aitery coven the root roots of a bramble buh both which li Is ald said to be the self tame same burning burai fig buh bush ex 32 that coeel aw saw in front of the monastery monta tery ii is a gar get den and vineyard the beauty and in lux of which li Is without parallel po pos sibly la 14 all oil the world here we made our out camp ts mt binal sinai li Is one great granite pile riling filing in solemn majesty amidst an en ell circa ed letting setting of lener letter granite coli colLm oin ns obelisk in form a if it carved br ba a wis w is lr 1 sculptor culp tor and iril placed ahn ihn 9 0 fo o site 1 I the towering grandeur of the idoly mount it WB wis the jtb day 0 01 december Dt cember hat that we toiled full to houn bout to achieve the crest of sinai at the cot cwt of much sweet and labor but lint once there the penile gentle refreshing breare the breeze from which god poke spoke to ew swept ept our aro a to cool and refresh us its mr joral mon moo in alth the sublime ii blime firnett fit 11 eta tit of time ami und place opened the holy isible and anti in lit reverent accent accents reail rom ad in our hearing the ten tell comm n de bv god to M used on tali ver very y place we lye all bedouin ai as v ell knelt in revera nr at the con clu citizion 1011 clr joralmon exclaim exclaimer el now I 1 see gol godl in realla re allt there tit Is i no blare more fiting than tji for er fi fl nite man nian tn to commune with and bedoll the he infinitely at the batted tor top of ginal oae feels in awe of something the spell of the burning Luru lug bush wms seems to hover oer mer et it t ie is an exaltation of spirit an a inner stirring of depths the soul auls I 1 kloft only when hen tt stand andini inz oa on thi thil holy ground ansing the aulne mystery et cry our exultation wan AAA justified we lad had it reached r the goal tue exalted haht hi ht li wu too sublime for comment eu au my friend in silence lence ei realized the supreme joy of a worthy pledge gloriously ful filleti the eldien day lays atay at sinal were full onta there were so 0 o miny of the places mentioned in the ibbe bib e to visit thit ve e went first ti t i the south to the spot alere aaron while mows wis wi up on oil the mount fashioned a golden calf before which the t he 1 owed wed then to the west first to the th place where god aj eared the earth tc te open and anti swallow up dathan and ui rom of ehab ellab with ith their families fa milic ard rd roods pods then to S e the gransom rock alores true and out of which flowed water for thirsty israel to drink the rock is dry but to the eye it ap a 1 ts a all it if ere pouring iwu rin from U t let at in till title tock is i he hoi le e into which he train ral pla plaat griott aal bill abe claim it will remain freall aad aid gret awn A for forty ilay lays the time tarried on the mount NI ot and when talan out if it kd fed to ick sick r amels uee ulm animate animals are ire said eaic to at on once bewie c wal V cimel 1 Is tho thus cured have the sign of the cm cross reside 1 upon thelic their thel lc backa wu aw jah from flom 1 arre we went to the alae 0 manna manul here israel wai wits ao so mar fed manna may be had there to thil this day ae t paid a bedouin family to some for ui us after fier this abl we turned our farci faces to toward ard the red sea touching tou thing by the ali place where are twelve wells of eter and seventy palm tree trees KI its men cloned in exodus IS 15 27 finally looking oer oler that expense of water huh part el ed nt at the lifting of the magic rod of mew moses to allow the larsel itei to cross ro oer 01 rr dry shod but which flawed down and wallowed swallowed up the ole il of pharaoh Ih aoh pursuing this wn was near the ite site of the rity city of 0 suez upon reaching reach which we were detained twelve day days to accod eluh the he lawful quarantine of abba abbe yet the famous filly which done my Amet american IcAn friend and I 1 parted warm in ai a friendship friend thip and better men I 1 hope for the eight sights and oil me mot its of a most trip from to lit sinai end |
