THE SCRANTON TB1BUNE-SATUBDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1899. n .; IN THE COUNTRY EAST ' OF RIVER JORDAN INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF A. TRIP IN PALESTINE. Traveling Under Difficulties In n Portion of Territory Fraught with I Oient Hlstoilc Intmest. But Now ' Little Visited by Any But Anti quarians and Archaeologists. Strange Scenes and Incidents. l.ullleh, Jnn. Will, W.Q. My dear Friends: This letter should ive gone to the United State In No- , member hut was unavoidably delayed. It was Into the country east lit t tin. TnHiln .. ...-. . .1 fltll ...l 1.. , If I ;.V. ..'.V. , . ,-. , ! 'Ml..; uui llll.lljlltll llllin .111.1 Ullllt.riii'- glgsts and now almost closed to these I:'..'C?,"J ' l.h m!H.p,0l:,lI .a,ttltU,lp. ,oC ' both tho government and the people. T. nn,n .1... ..r.,l 1.. ,. ....II .... ,::.""., ,..;,...,.. .. .. '","' . laiuua in uiniiirj. in i erj uriLii'iil limes it was the land of Hashuw nnd Ollead, then tho territories ot Xiiph- ...II ii.. -. . . . . .. 'H T'nZV. r. nJ: . - V, '" ... "' ; ... : ' , .'" ." nu Mm Innln,, .!, n , . ji ., ' """'' i"i iiuumu, jiiiu iiuu tlin TlAllm Om, mpIi ...i. l,rAA M. i Our party wus throe, Mr, W. K. Kddy, ot Hldon: Mr. O. C. Doo- ' llllln ! 1,!1. 1 ,. ,-..... ,.- . r n?,! ,,'. . Jirojeci,a ,n i,, . '"""" "''" " " "l,"r I ?, '' umtn.-r. In which non.. of us had taken any rest: then to study i history, so that the trip accomplished was the fulfillment of n long cherished hope. It will not be possible to give the days and hours of our journey but an outline which will serve as a side yv..u...Uy w. i i-iu.n-.. ...... " milk at this season no fires and sov- Hometiimg supplied uy nnoiner. tiuo , mm sougiu aciiioroiim to Rirengtuen twcnty-ilvo day trip which was to mo t,rn, t)mos wp , j . clm,.U01ll outline will do as u guldt John, vl, themselves In their positions, and they one r- i most Interstlng ot my life t0 Cf)cjk (in( ' . f nninu,iH ror -x 15-21: .Matt., xlv, 27-36: John, vl, 22-71. hated all who exposed their hypocrisy (ven ..ilgh it Involved not a little ; threp (u , .(U , -,,,. !lt .mos Altuic, vll, t-37; Matt, xv, 32-39; Mark, and questioned their authority. And exp- e, considerable danger and an. wus pritful nml ' .., W(, Ileariv nor- ' vlil' ,'3S: ""-' ,x- 27"42: Mirk. v. 2-- Vet, then us now such leadeis held tho enoi 'nus expenditure of nerve and ,,..,, - ,.,.. ' - ,,,',. 29, Matt., xvil. 22-27; Murk, lx, 33-50; populace by a slender tie. Many rrn TnAMV,HH 1,1 t .. n.l ?.,.. I )11UK.- -r, Xt. .. .. J"... . .'.,,'', ,.'." 1'onrtielt thanksgiving for It, I KXOWLlCnnE.-Tho words of ,,! iiiVmi, ,.. V. 'i .i. .i..n V..i .-. 'J'll(? dangers were those of fever. ! provoked much discussion among n,- t,V ,,,. Vi .. i i ' cv" results of bad and foul water and i Jews, who were divided in their ing. In modern times it is known i,, . .....,. , , .... , ,,,... ,.. -i T, . Ditmn nf .!. .T .n..... P .1.1.. ,11 1.11. I '--.- "..-. ' .... ...,..... .... .. ....v. . . r,f,;, ,,",' . " , l ', iu'K,s"l keeping our baggage train in sight by Ignorant of Him. They were acquaint , 1 T ? S lu the extrcm-, ()aJ. ,, mountnB RUiw ovol. tPlUa od with His Nazareno home and His hn'L L , K d, ' '.' i'" , Eeo1 nnd animals by night. Our own sad- Galilean associates and relatives (v, intones! n,,i n ,, Vol! 1 kee,,, "" " nttl nightly with 2?), but they ought to know also that interest In Old nnd New Testament i ...,.,.i... ...... ...,.., .. .?... ........... H n,.. !. .1. -i.i . .. ..,.. iift-i- ...i.n. i 1 1 .-. . UI l"e mans mr us, vu iiuvcift'u " "J "''."r'naplens, trackless regions and where u miiiiv jr . 1, i;uiaiil HJ III- lUJIt, DANGEROUS NATIVES. Wo went heavily armed because the whole region Is a lawless one and a great part of tho people giver, to pllfery and robbery. The modern In habitants are tho roaming Jiednwln who live bv llocka mul nimnW n,i - the very bigoted and suspicious Mox- liaros-to keep us fairly supplied with lems who treat the tew Christians menU ' had !V l-'0-ynl shot nt n among them like no many dog. Since Kazell with my Winchester nnd nm the troubles In Bulgaria (1S7C) colonies ' flul'e ' struck him though not in a of Circassians are taking up the waste j nalt tn l:111 lllni places, and since tho expluslon of the SCENES ON THE WAY. Jews from Russia and other European , Mv ()Wn journey began nt 2, and a countries; colonies of Jews are nt-1 ,,,.,.,,. f i,,. ft,. lom-w v,, tempting to buy up land and found ( new homes In the ancient possessions 1 of tho tribes of Israel. Add to these , Ik- T-.. I . .... ., . ..I- . u,i hkuwisi ivuomine govern- , nent waged a recent relentless war. mu iiiu i uiuH inuinscivca in 1110 ca llmil 1 IX-i. ..-.t.cnn ! r. , .1 .1.1 , ,h wrntnhoVvn- . uy I l.!10 r.d lSle S f tllT, '" ' h"io. aiic miirr nit hum i fSllrMUli)UkS tlntisi fl II rl .Tuu-u Piiinlnrr linnl.' ii. xinn I. ! their ancient possesions so that we j were everywhere looked upon as Jew," or their champions, or as spies In the interest of some foreign government ! Many a time on ip'S' ! other .rlr, lsr,wW. l,nn,.,l ,i,o ssed-"oven thoueh tii ! take tho "eXt u-wns' purpose oxprei loreiguern may taite llio seapt we mean to hold the intorror of the country for Moslems." The government nlfo refuses all per mission to strangers who would visit these pa- . We tried through our t'onsulatf r permission but the ans wer from Damascus was' a polite, sug gestion to secure an imperial Irade 'rom CnHstnntluople. So we decided to run the risk of being Intercepted at .some poln' and being sent back to Damnscus'. We broke no law In do ing so for International treaties guar antee us safe and free passage every where excep Into the i!eoJar and Mee ca. Our plan was to make use of our friends In the local centers and to avoid all centers where we had none and feared molestation. Once they were on our track but by changing guides twice, by fording an almost impassible nver and by sleenine. in a A Deadly Danger. Many a man who has the seeds of disease planted in his blood dreams away his time in fancied security with a deadly dan IvWS! 2 ger con ed upon him ready to fctrtue 3? ,M .fiu:..'.iA,.i, 'wi)V; its fanes inlc his verv vitals. paclty of harMcs and you have n sad! Ford nir two of tb. sniireU nf ill, ,cim"s U1L' "uer.ce t such stale- i foreknowledge, is extremely interost- and dangerous combination. Around . Torfa" we naed through C'.e- a !"ent9 UIT the "J08"0?' WC!r0 reaily lnfT Uut He h,Wm1 that a,'part Kuneltereh are twelve Circassian ' ium ', P . ., ,2, , le,33,e!X to arrest Jesus and to bring Him be- nro would be to the Father from whom towns and their dean vlllaU a , T ? ," m i m "f. ". a? fope th" utl'('rlfi(,9 v. 30). It was Ho came, a going, a voluntary act. not hay ricks and creaking I " vheel" , """' the faldon field. lJach of the early outcropping of the spirit that merely a violent death. He also de carts are a strange sight In tliM an- took some service duilng tho jay, resulted in Ills crucifixion (Luke xlx, clared that after His departure thoso ....... . . ' . ' . and on Monday beuan the real lournev a- r, ,.. roCi,.-,ini ,.. ii.i .. .. 1. .... i i m... i .. .... ... cient IHIHl. 'J 110 jeiVS, Wliere tllOV have I ,.....i . . . , r ' -"" i-o.....,.i ..an iuiu .m ihi ini-n ncam nun nun uuu nui Hi- ii chanc. do good work ami make the i ,b5 m ? ,,renljfa ,xve them. His hour to die had not yet I ceptcd Him would seek and fail to nml dewrt blossom ns tl,e ,. hi, nin, I ?ntL1 ed . the T'lnlan-Golan of Scrlu- . (John vlll. 20). The life ot the. Him (Hos.. v. 0), that they would bo rr-dVcIt ,e.r,rilrin SnT'of ' TTZ" 'ST'iV r-.i,..i.i j t...i. ,...,....." i i-'Ud of Moub. Ihe second night out ague fears 'r C ." ' H IM46 WKrWrTfHfH OwwS iS i vLs 4GB mlKR3BtiFS& giMJKiBBWliridiSj .tfn.cii ,.f u " Should a man think he has consump- ' l"d enjoyed our Hlhles by that lake tion," you ask, " just because his anpe- , of holy memory. the is poor ill he is losing flesh and he i -Monday found us moving southwaid has a little cough and u general feeling ' in the valley of the .Ionian, fordlrg pf weakness and incapacity ? " the river and dropping lower und lower No. that doesn't necessarily mean con- into Its frightfully hot reaches. Oi.r sumption, but it means that the sv.iletn j destination was Pella. u recently Iden is lieing steadily undermined; it is ' tilled city of tho Decapolis, n mosi losing force and vitality; it is being beautiful spot, with heaps of ruin tainted with bilious poisons that the liver ' and a fountain that waters miles -mJ hasn't power to throw off and any day miles of the Jordan plane. The n,-.,; that which is now only a probability may ' Btrlklnir featin- r tin, vi,.i,o., .. .i... suddenly develop into a certainty. .'MywlfehndheraorrhaKroftlielmiKB. sh- li,Sld,nVte.eB:ln"-gia5 had here said she would never Ix-well attain. " Mr. V A. Sanders, of Hern. Mafou Co.. W Va. in a very inatructlve letter written to J)r. K. V. i-iexccoi jiuuaiu, ,-. v. mil sue ip-gnu in lane Dr. fierce' Golden Medical ulcover and alie toon begun to RMn strength nnd flejh Alter , lounci u reruge In Pella. It thus bo- Ing partridges in the ruins of tho Met UklBKUDboltleifhc was tnhnly will, bhou d ,.ftrrl(, moally rl , .. , rwr., l.n.... ..rwi Hfo.iiu you tniuic mis will no you any good to puuuta, fust use it, and If any one dispute the merits of this tlraot omnipotent medicine they may enclose self addrested envelope with atainti, ud I wir answer the aine as written in this letter" But the t1 e ' use this medicine is now while the little weaknesses are slowly breaking you down. Awaken in time and throw off the deadly, dansfer before It .trlkeiyouinayitalpot. This Klonouj "Discovery" will give you appetite and digestive power, pure blood and solid sub. ' Write torerh fierce about your condition. He will send you good, professional ad- rice, free of charge, lonely (leHKitcil valley we avoided n incetlnB. Wo do not often take such rlslts for fear of prejudicing- other hti!liiens that wo havo nt UiitntiHcti and ticolnu Hint wo had not a slnprlo nilnliuii or nncountpr with officials e ore lieurtlly clad that v? tried and very proud ot our htieeeFM. I'illSCAL'TIONS. 'J'Iip ini'imiatlont; involved liofurp Ftnrtlni; nnd nil nlmnf t1 llm nt' ilin t0.nl would Interest you. Wo were twrnily living1 dentures In. nll-w thief, a boy to helr rook, four wirt- tiio Homes, four inulcH, two donkeys, four mulcted s und two dorrs. I count them nil because In u region destltuti of fodd und wntor the wants of every creature had to bo consldeu-d. We eurrlcd tentc, bedding, provisions, rub ber elothlntr for rain, medicines, tun- i niuiiltlon und even nulls und horse ,,- t,....,.., '.........i.i.. ' I .,.,.. ,,,, ... . ' .. . , . ... I ...rf ulna (4.I11.U. SlUII 1 Ill'll tUUIIUi went twenty-three hours without rlnk nl tills In heat almost siilfo eating. At most places there are only filllt ll'nllu llitinun tfntntiu lnAn,1 n..li '"' that of n sewer than or a tommn. The Imagery ot the Hlblo grows on one -"I n constantly nnd so much was the real sufferlng involved and so great the necessity of planning nll our move- ....,,.. .,.t.i. . .r.. -...... .n ....tn n...l iin-iiicf iiuu i t:i-i t-uui- ill PllllllKS iiiiu 1-rookH that I shall never again drink t fool pure water w vithout a conscious ""i "I ouiibu ui.i-p. Jlll-Il- C- uaj.-i ,v1(,, t ,.m BU,.n I nvnrnimH lu-n i-nl. 1 . .. ......unu . .- lona of water and still icnialned tlilisty. At a ling on my saddle hung I wnt(?l, botUp wn,ch wn(4 nled at ovory opportunity and just as cer- ,,, c,'n1I,Ur(1 ))yJ the wlJiy. Wc worP ..P..U.,10PU n ' ,, w ,.,i,o. Wo never gave word to any one as to our movements, not even to our own 1 muleteers, avoiding the danger of hav- i Ing robbers precede us in order to "tie 1 .. ii. .... .i..ii f. 1tf . ......-l we needed and secured' guides they Mould Journey only to the contlnes of their own lands and then return. To nsk questions, by the way was only to Invite deception and be sent along the wrong road. Our three guns gave us protection and brought down enough game partridges, wild pigeons and j,t. iu-rnon came Into sight and was hmy PVer hlllden froln us durlnK ,e whole trip. Leaving our own Held at Meshgharu, where once dwelt the nivltes. 1 was soon over tho hills of wl" "ol and tents nnd ancient ruins, wondering at the scores of craters ein t.own " by niountuin-l ke dl ' 'caps, but abounding In ru ns V' ";", ,,r '"ywhere covered wi h Jewish un'1 Christian emblems wrought tth ''T8,1. "' Fet- U ho We" trom Which tho Village (lrl"ks ls a "nt'ly wal,trt one uut f01" ,utc.d ?4 Ve paid M cents for two oil tins of water from a fountain one-half nn hour away. That night there was a wedding, and they danced on the dungheaps by the light of the moon and tilled all the air with such foul smelling dust that we wished wo were far away. The Jews have fio colonies near by but these wretched pedple have supplied tho government with lying petitions and have suc ceeded in driving them from their homes nnd the Redawln have rooted up the orchards of mulberry and fruit trees, undoing In wantonness the fruits of honest toll. The Rothehtlds are promoters of this colony, and we hope that tho Jews may ultimately recover their lands and return. INTERESTING RIUNS. Our next point was Abila, one of the Decapolis, an Interesting ruin. Then Gadaru-Just southeast of and several hundred feet above the Pea of Galilee ruins of a Romun city with a wealth of sarcophagi, tombs, a well-preserved ! theater and u street of columns nearly an ot niiicK UiiHiiit extending for near ly a mile. Wo spent a miserable night heie, unable to obtain anything be yond some very questionable water. The next day we descended to the Jnr niuk und visited tho hoi springs, of Gaduru, onco famous in the whole Un man world and second only to Halu. Rivers of hot water gush up so hot 1 IIUIIIIU'M llllll lUl'leil (III ll Illieil-ll. mini- .ii.u mi; ivi.im lliri iia n mwiu I VnnMnll ,,...1 t .. a .1... ...... T.... i iuic iiuu Muiiiiu uur way uiiiuiilt xiL'iiii- 111 n 11. I n O" l-nlivinrtne Iayih' .iffln.,1 A,.nli i that none or us could bathe in iheni, ' wall enclosing miles of columned t and strongly Impregnated with sul- I streets, theaters, temples, colonnades, , phur. Then on to tho Jordan and ' forum, bridge", baths, nqueducts, round Galilee to Tiberias, where we j gates, truuiphal urches and ho forth. I spent a Sabbath by that beautiful, One of the theaters in fine pteservu , beautiful lake. In the absence of the ' Hon would seat 5.000. We camDort In Scotch mls-sluiiaiius ire held t-ervlees in tho hospital morning and afternoon. lt.rrnco UeforB th ,.,.., .......... wni scene of one of the most momentous ! T111.13 " the Christian centuries. At the time of Christ, Pella was n Hour- lshlng town. Hefore Jerusalem was i ,irnvn,l tin. . u.-i,.... ., , - . '"-airc-vou tlie t hrlnlnns tied to and , , , ".,,:, , " : " rnnined so until the close of the Dy- Z.mtiue limes, and hero was tho grave .,, ,i,o Rv7iitilln r,r.iv.. in n,u .,,.,. , un. iiizntutiie power In the coun- " cuat of thu Jordan. Here the dree """les gathered and made their !a. stand and here, according to Moslem I historians, they left 80.000 alnln uien the Held which cxtlnsulahod the Uy- inline pOV er I nS yrl ft. "! ! ' '""' i RELIC OF THE CRUSADES. Then two hard days up out ot tho Jordan depression, via the country of J Tubesh Gilead, over the mountulna of Sunday Scfaool Lesson for February 2L Christ at the Feast . JOHN VM. U, 28-37. BY J. E. GILBERT, D. D., LL. D Secretary of American Society of Religious Education. 'ON'TKXT. From the feeding ot the live thousand, our last1 lesuoti, on tho northeast coast of the sea ot Galilee, wo nre transferred In our studies to thi temple at Jerusalem. Six months hud elapsed, tho former bolnu In April of tho year 20. the latter In October. T.w the intervpiilntr events wo must mill ... nll tho Knsiels. each oinlltlnir - Matt., xvlll, 12-3.": Luke, lx, ol-GQ: John vll. 2-13. In changing from bortk to book to get the connected story ono will perceive more clearly the purpose ot the writers nnd come thus with n preparation for the lesson before us of which John nlono furnishes the record. The disciples went up by themselves to the feast of tabernacles (v. 10), and Jesus followed later. In the temple Ho engaged in teaching (v, 14). Jesus tho csti- niaiu Ul Xlllll (V, ..). 1)111 ill lfllKl.il Silllli. um-n illatwiua.l In 1-nlnr.f Tils Atda. i . .. .vjwk . slontc claim because His origin vai well known (v, 27), and that led to the opening thought In our lesson. Ho takes up tho Item of knowledge and prcsontu It forcibly to Ills hearers. He. declares that they were in a measure man, but as the sent of God (John v, 4"). On that point tho testimony of John (John ), 31), nnd of the Holy Spirit at tho baptism (Matt., ill. 17), were sultlclent. Th-lr ignorance grew out of the fact that they know not God and hence disregarded all proofs of nivlno things, n blindness which continued throughout His ministry (John vlll, -14). Over against their Ig norance llo sets Ills own knowledge of God (v, 2'.i), derived through personal communion prior to His earthly lifo (John xvli, 1). RESTRAINT. These words of Jesus woro doubly offensive to his hearers. To charge them with ignorance of Dl lne things, when on those subjects they professed to know more than all others, was enough to arouse feeling of bitter resentment. To go beyond and declare His familiarity with mat ters about which thow 'knew nothing. thereby assorting Ills superiority, awakened the utmos-t hatred and hos- tlllty. Hence these proud and bigoted , people, feeling their importance and . Saviour was secure until His mission was accomplished. He would not do part until His mission was accom plished. Ho would not depart until His work was done (John xvil, S). Then Uo would lay down His life as a vol untary sacrifice (John x, IS). Ajlun, through a country dotted with ruins, Intersected by ruined Roman roads and through towns vvhere still rlso the ruined towers of Crusader churches. At one place we visited the castle of Rubud, one of the finest Cru sader ruins in existence. We climbed the highest ruined tower, were amazed nt tho depth of tho moat, the tier upon tier of vaulted rooms, the stu pendous cubical contents of the struc ture and we honored tho memory of thoso bravo knights who fought so hard nnd so fiercely to rescue the land from Moslem oppression and who held It for over 20u years. Then we lifted our eyes and feasted upon the mar vellous panorama all of Golan, Her man, part of Lebanon, Hormon, Gall lee, tho Jordan, the Dead Sea, Ebal and Gerizlin, the region of Jerusalem, Gilead and Monb such a, sight, such a vision was worth all our toilsome journey. JERASII. . Next day we reached Jerash, the goal of our hopes and plans. And It did not disappoint us. We shouted like school boys. A city of stupendous ruins, second only to Palmyra In slzo. and second only to Hnalbec in beauty of architecture. It was a Cheek col- ony before the time of Christ nnd Its perlbolos still standing almost Intact ls pure Ionic, while the street ot col umns Is largely Corinthian. It Is an example of a city left to decay with out the vandal nets of human destroy ers. Only storms and earthquakes and vegetation have woiked at Its ruin. It lies almost ns It did when abandoned seven or eight hundred years ago. Rut ! what shall I say of Its ruins? the city u small theater where once men fought with wild beasts nnd where many a Clulstlan was given to the iloti. We played about Its seius, roamed through its underground corridors and exits, slept one night where once tho Oieek and Roman populace promenaded be tween tho acts of the dying gladiators or defenceless Christians. Outside the. southern gate Is still the lemalns o a great Naumachia or water circus, where they produced mimic sea lights Just as they are doing at Earl's court, I nni '-.', tbnt deserte,, ,., . In London, today. We sang hymns i We hunted partridges all through tho ruins of temples and theaters aod round the city wall. Who can linnglno Now York n. d... . . . sorted ruin and some stranger shoot- - i-.-- '""" I Square garden? Yet New York f left uncared for would fall to ruins und disappear In one-tenth the time that HAPPINESS VS, MISERY. Dr. Ohurcot h Tonlo Tablets, the ci eat Par. Isluu lemeilv, Is a K.ununteeJ cure for tlio Drink Hub It: also nervousness and uiolun otioly caused by over-Indulgence. It Otstruys the Appetlto for Alcoholic and nU lutoxlcutlug lleveruees, und leavui man us ha should be. It cun bo administered Mlthmitlue knowlediioof tho patient where ccetsury. Hand far pamphlet. Vt a. 0. Clark, jjo Penn Ave,. Scrantoi.Pa, I'OI'tTLAItlTY.-lt should bu borne In mind that the opposition to .lostis all through Ills ministry was from the hierarchy. It was caused by ills bold utterances, showing their Ignor ance, superstition and Incompetency (Luke, xl, 12). Like leaders of parties In our day they loved tho honors and emoluments ot office (Matt., xxlll, 35), soned for themselves and at times dared to reject the ecclesiastics. So It occuired that while tho chief prlestH persecuted Jesus Ho gained In popu larity Willi tho masses (v. 31). Mnny believed In Him, nnd some even op?-n-ly pressed His claims to bo tho .Mei, blah. Moved by what they had seen they made bold to onqulre whether tho expected Messiah would do itvcvcv miracles. JEALOUSi. Hut all this testimony of tho common people made matters worse. The men whoso business It was to conduct tho institutes of re ligion, to tench and maintain tho tra ditions handed down for centuries gone by, who regarded themselves as the appointed guardians of ttvj most saored things, would naturally b3 Jeal ous of any one who might come be tween them and those to whom they ministered. The l'harlw-es, the stralghtest nnd mout precise of all sects (Acts :;xvl, 5), would resent this Intrusion most because they boasted most, and because any diminution of th"lr power was liable to prepare for the ascendancy of some other sect, tho Sndducees or the Kssenen. Hence they took counsel with the chief priests and officers (the temple po lice), with tho view ot arresting Jesus (v, .12;. Of course It would have been easy to frame home sort of charge as a ground fur arrest, inasmuch ns tho regulations governing the conduct of all on public occasions wore o nu merous that one was constantly in danger ot transgressing (Matt., xv, 2). PREDICTION. The designs if the Pharirees were known to Jesus, per haps through His power to discern the thought 3 of men (John ii, 2."i). porslhly through the report of some friend. Yt Ho did not on that account retire from the city. On the contrary He con tinued Ills teaching, but Ho made the PharHaie 1'utred a basis for fuller in formation. He declared that He would bo with them only a little while, rc- ferrlng to His crucifixion which ould Tho occur fix months later (v. 32) calm assurance with which that statement was made, indicating His unable to follow Him (v, 31). It ls generally believed that Jesus referred to tho time of the calamity when Jeru salem would be destroyed by the Ro man army, and when the people would reflect upon their sins and desire a Saviour. this city has defied the Might of years. We were loth to leave the spot and came unwillingly away. THE RIVER OP JORDAN. A day later we were in the Glior -the depression of the Jordan, with Its frightful heat and flies and mosni'iito?. Six times we forded the Jordan, many times wo bathed in Its waters and In those of Galilee. Everywhere we saw traces of the teeming population which once lined its banks and the slopes higher up. It ls the most unique spot on the earth. That winding, dying stream hurries downward to its grave through as varied scenes as one could Imagine. When vegetation fades every where else on the surrounding mqua tains the Hocks find water and pasture here. So the hotter the seas-on, the drier the summer, the greater tho gathering of the Redawiu from all quarters. We were glad to get- Into It and gladder still to get out, for the heat was not less thnn 10S-110 lu the shade on more than one day. Strange that In all the ancient world no one ever guessed that the Jordnn and Gall lee and the Dead Sea were all far be low the level of the wateis of the Mediterranean. Not till 1SS7, when Lieutenant Lynch, of the United States navy, carried boats from Aero over, was this wonderful and curious fact discovered. What must have been their feelings when their instruments got down to sea level and then began a series of antics not even provided for in any Instruments ever made he fore. We spent our next Sabbath In Hel-sau-Roth Shean, where they nailed .Saul's body und that of his sons to the city wall. Where Cleopatra came from Egypt to meet Alexander Jan naeus, once the flourishing capital of the Decapolis, now a ruin but still tho site for a flourishing and wealthy iiy. Then six long duys' Journey Tiber ins, Safed, Tyre, Stdon, Heirut on my way home. In Beirut I saw the Ger man emperor ut the very ciose of hbs wonderful journey tu the Holy Land. Ills return from Damascus and Hum ble, through the city to the sea, where he bade good-byu to the scores of Pashas who guarded his pilgrimage, was one of the most beautiful sights I ever saw. I watched It with keen Interest and enjoyment until he stepped Into the little launch that cur ried him to tho "Hohemsollern." which boro him away to the Vaterlund. My last ride was over Lebanon then .1 welcome home! T. U. Uosklns. WHAT SWEARING COST. 0ur6es nnd Oaths Used to Bo a Costly Luxury. Krom tho Gentleman' MiiRiuitu'. In 1623 It was enacted Unit any who cursed or swore should bu lined i pence, or, on non-payment bu get In the Htockn for twelve hours: or, If un der 12 years of ntro, should be whipped. In 1C94 another act was passed fixing ijradatlons of punishment, and direct ln that yount? offenders up to sixteen should ho whipped, nnd this law was, up to 1623. read publicly In parish churches, after morning rayr, four PERPLEXITY. This reference of Jesus to His departure awakened much surprise among the Jews. His words were so enigmatical that they fell inlo a dlrcusslon among thenselve an to their meaning (v, 36). "What manner of saying is this?" thoy Inquired. "Whither will Ho go' Will Ho go and tench tho Gentiles" (v, 35)7 Evidently this was said with contempt, as nn Inference of His former conduct nnd teaching. As Maurice remarks, "He had broken down tho barriers between classes of Israelites between Galileans, Samaritans and Jews. Why might Ho not carry His designs further? Why might He not go to the dispersed tribes in heathen lands? Why might He not preach to the heathen themselves?" The bolder method of tcnchlng adopt ed by Josus, His unlversullstlc declar ations. His partial non-obsorvanco of the law of the Sabbath, would lead them to make bucIi a scornful suppo sition. Besides, the Interest already felt among the heuthen and more fully manifested later (John xll, 20-21), would give occasion for such un Infer once. INVITATION. These Insolent ques tionings among tho Jews deseived no attention nnd received none. There nro times when one may best meet enemies with silent Indifference. Jesus therefore turned entirely away from nll who would criticise nnd oppose and gave Hlf attention exclusively to those who needed Llin. The last day of the feast had come and tho people would soon disperse. At the time of the holy convocation (Lev., xxlll, 3C). Ho cried out publicly Inviting men to Himself. The figure of speech used was, one common in sacred literature dsa., lv, 1), and presumably familiar to th people. The spiritual needs of men in orientlal countries have ever been lik ened to thirst (Rev., xxli, 19). Our Lord endeavored by similar expression to Impress! the woman at Jacob's well (John, lv, 14). but she failed to under stand Him It required a deal of mar velous courage for Jesus to stand tn the groat assembly and offer Himself as able to satisfy the longings of hu man hearts, and to that at the close of a series of conflicts with tho author ities In whicli His life had been in Jeopardy CONCLUSION. Two persons, dom inated by opposing principles, cannot bo brought Into harmony at any point. Every word will be misunderstood, and every act misjudged. Any attempt to get together only results In greater sep aration. This explains the friction be tween Jesus and the Pharisees at tho feast of tabernacles. The former came conscious of His Divinity, anticipating His sacrifice, desiring to serve the un fortunate and to save tho wicked. The latter camo knowing only tho post captivity regulations of the church, which they were anxious to maintain against all innovation. They were ns wide apart as tho poles In their Ideals and purposes. An Irrepressible conflict was Inevitable. That conflict glorified Jesus, bv lifting Him above His enemies, by disclosing the nobility of His character, and tho disinterested ness of His motives. Whether speak ing or silent He shone with an unearth ly lustre In the presence of men whose hearts were hard, whoso thoughts were, cruel. times a yenr. In 1745 there was a new statute by which a kind of swear-scnle was established, whereupon a day la borer, a common soldier or sailor or seaman might utter one oath for a shil ling; a person under the degree ot a gentleman for two shillings; a person of or above that degree for five shil lings, nnd the penalties were doubled after one conviction, and thereafter trebled. Nor were these enactments altogether Idle. Thus in 1S61 one John Mason Scott, a mealman of Wlnslow, Bucki, "did profanely curse one pro fane curse" In given words "twenty several times repeated," and It cost him two nnd a half guineas; two sov ereigns for the curscs.at a florin apiece, and twelve and six pence for the prose cutor, James King. Moreover, the con viction was held good by Justices Wlghtman and Blackburn. 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