Show variety vari et y of acacia used in building tabernacle it la Is in exodus that we first find mention of wood when the lord ord was giving directions to moses for or the building of the taber uncle nacle the temporary church of the israelites while like a tribe ot of arab they traveled about in the desert no one doubts that the tree or wood tree la Is one of abre varieties of the acacia which Is com mon in eastern lands landa this particular culm variety Is known as acacia sepal and Is the one from which gum arable arabic Is IP obtained it grows to in the very driest kitun eions at the present time in that self same desert every little oasis ever tittle little declivity on the tide side of every ever rocky hill it may be found a sturdy good sized tree in the spring it ic 1 beautiful with its hatry halry like yellow blooms and during the summer bummer it pro duces pods gathered for provender proven dei hut but of very slight alight food value in fact the husks which the swine did eat in famine time |