Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-10-25

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converse with all our brethren Of the SyIinl
Saviour's dying love in the place where he
Of his death"
Journey across the Desert.
{" wrote you on the 81 of March from
Cairo, which city ! regard as the starting
point Of my real journey. Mr.. Cheevcr left
us there, prelerring to 60 by way of AleSan-
dria and Bsrort; but he was taken i'll, aud
was unable to nc complsh his object.
"Our party, consisting Of Rev. Mr.. Smith,
Mr.. Adger, and myself, left Cairo March l2lI,
and reached Mt. Sinai on the 23d. There
we remained five days, and then set of 70,
Akaba on the 29th, where we arrived April
4,h Ii had been our intention 10 go hence
to Wady Mousa, with Arabs of the Aloul
tribe but finding they were encamped ut a
great distance, aud that we must be detained
six or seven days, We preferred to keep oul
Towara Arabs, aud take the road across the
I great western desert to Gaza or Hebron, as
the case might be, the road being for several
days the same. This is route as yet nnirod-
den by modern travellers. We left Akaba
on the 5tb of April, and reached Hebron and
Jerusalem oil Saturday the I4ih, where we
were welcomed TO home in the houses of
our missionary brethren. Whiting and Lam
ncan."
american Clergymen assembled al Jerusalem.
"Here we had the pleasure Of finding all
the members of the Syrian mission, Except
ing Mr.. Pease Of Cyprus assembled To hold
their general meeting. All the family from
Beirout was present. We form altogether q
band of ten American ministers Of the Gospel
Mr.. Nicolayson is the eleventh and within
two or three days Mr.. Paxton of Bcirout has
arrived with his family. Probably so large
a number OF Protestant clergyEIcn never mel
III the holy city-ccrtainly not from the new
world"
Passage Of The Israeliies through The Red Sea
"The results Of our journey thus far have
been much more important and satisfact tory
than could have anticipated. At the Red
Sea both MIR. Smith aud myself were able ,c
satisfy ourselves that the passage of the
Israelites must have taken ylace at or nca
H Suez, ii being, Of course, impossible, aI,e
the lapse Of so many ages, to point out III,
exact spot. We suppose it may have takeI
place a mile or two below Suez, where cveI
now the shoals from the opposite side com,
near together and where at very low tide
the Arabs can wade through, though th,
water is up to their nccks On the east sid
Of the Sea, we could trace the route Of IN,
lsraelites through the desert Of Shin to Eliu,
and beyond, where they cncampcd by tn,
Red Sea- Mum. 3', ll) This we have d,
doubt was at the mouth Of the Wady Tsybc
II Site of Mount Sinai.
"To Snai itself we came with some in
credulhy, wishing to investigate the poin
whether there was any probable ground, be
II y ond monkish tradition, for fixing upon tn
present supposed site. We were both sur
priscd and gratIfed to find here, in the inmos
recesscs OF these dark and lofty granit
mountains, q fine plain spread out before tb
foot Of the so-called Horeb,-a plain capnbl
Of containing two or three millions Of peopl,
from the south end Of which the mouptai
rises pcrpendiculrr y md overlooks the v b :
$50 That whatever passed upon its top woul
be visible TO all. This part of the mountai
IL about 1900 feet sbUvc.thc plain tho sun
mt nov called Sinai is about two miles farilt
fsouih, and is not visible frvin below. Wit