Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-12-04

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halr. and growing destruction between his teeth
Ihe Earl not in the least daunted called sout in
stout voice stand, you dogl'' A, these words
me lion crouched at his feet, 10 the great amaze
tnepi OF .the courters, who were peepiBg ont NJ
Eesery window 10 see The issue of their unpener.
Gus design The Earl laid hodof the lion by the
mane'turned him into his cage, AID placing his
nighi cap ON the lions back came forth wittho,,t
casting look behind.him. Now" said the Earl.
calling out 10 the courers, .let him amongst You ALL
that standeth most upon his pedigree, go and fetch
my nigh. cap
The Depth of Jacobs Well.
/ he Rev. DIR. Wiiso on of England who h,s ro.
Gently travelled through the Holy Land and puh.
iished the results of his travel under the title of
The Land of the. Bible Visited and Described :,
present The following relation of his visit to Ja-
cob's Well = =
AT Shechem, DR.. Wilson found remnant or
the Samarans still. and had some interesting
conversation with one Of their priests. In the i'm.
medlateie neighborhood is Jacobs Well where
our Lord encountered the woman-of Sana ria. and
win simplest Images Instructed ner in the sublime
mysteries of Spiritual truth The well is si,uot.
cd amid tho runs of a church which .once sur
rounded II. E'he mouth was covered will, two
large stones. Rolling away these. ibe traveIersy
with their attendants, swung themselves down to
klnd oil platform, where they kindei apbt md
commenced preparations for ascerlanpg th,
depth of Jaco5's Well.
/ 81 was now tme 10 disclose our plan of opera
ton to our native attendants. Jacob said we.
"a friend OF ours an English traveller. and minis
ter. (the Rev. An ndrew Bonar, of CcllaceO droned
The live books of Moses and the other inspired re-
cords into the well, about three wears moo and
It yna will decend and bring them up we shall
give you handsome bakish.' Bakish7' said the
the Arabs kindng The sound; elf there is 10 be a
oakish IN the case, We must have for we are lords
lot the land well down you go,' said we, throw
ing the ropesover their shoulders .and YOU shall
hfve the balNsh,' Nay verily,' snid thew .you
mean TO hang US; let Jacob do what he please
lyacob was ready at our nd; and when he
nad tied the rope round his bodysbelow tho shout
GERS, he received our parting Instructions We
asked him TO call out to us the moment that he
might arrive a; the surface of the water and told
him that we should SO hold the rope as to prevent
hm from sinking, if there was any considerable
dePth OF the element. We told him also to pull
out one of the candles with which he hal stored
his breast, and to ignite it when he might get be-
low. As he looked into the ear ful p on the brink
or which he stood, terror took hold of him; and
ne beiook himself 10 prayer in the Hebrew
tongue. we OF couse, gave him interruption
IN ms solemn exercise, as, in the circumstances of
the case, we could not but admire the the spirit of
devotion which he evlhced. On u signal given we
let him go. The arabs held with us the rome
and we took care that he should decend as gently
rs possible.
W When our material nearly exhausted. be
called out out 81 have reached the bottom and il
is at present scarcely covered with water. Forth
with he killed his light; and, that he might have
every advantage, we threw him down a quantity
OF dry sticks, with which he made a blaze, which
dsilctiy showed US the whole of the we'll, from
the top 10 the bottom.
We saw the end of the rope at its lower mart:
and we put a knot upon it at the MARGIN above
,hat we might have the exact measurement when
JACOB might come up. After sea re hing for about
hve minutes for the Bible among the stones md
mud al the bottom. our friend ioyfulIy cried out
1t Is found II is found !! it is found We
were not slow, i; may be supposed in given him
our congratulations. Tine prize he carefully nut
mo MS breast; and then he declared his readi.
ness, with our aid to make the ascent.
we found II no easy matter to get him pulled
P' as we had to keep the rope from the the edge Of
me well lest IT should snap assunder. When no
came INTO our hands he was unable TO speak, nd
we iaid him down on the margin of the well that
he might collect his breath. Where Is the bak-
shishi' were the first words which he uttered on
regaining his faculty Of speech. II was immedi-
ately forth coming, TO the extent of about sove.
reign, and to his fullest satisfaction. A similar
sum we divided among our Arab assistants. Tho
i book, from having been long stepped in the
water and mud below, was, with the execution
Tor The boards, reduced to Of pulp. In our
efforts TO recover it se had usceraued the depth
of the well, which is exactly seventy-five feet
T Its diameter is about nine feet IL is entirely
hewn Out OF the solid rock, and IS n work of great
labor. Ii bears marks about it of great antiqui-
ty. 'The we'll is deep, the description given
Of it blythe woman of Samaria TO our lord. II
still, as noticed, has the The same character
although to an extent it is perhaps filled with the
/, stones which thrown into it, TO sound it,
. travellers and pilgrims.
y q The adventure which have now notiecT D.,
= ing over. merged from the WE'LL and s;,,;.' oe
Q down at its mouth, we could not. but tbink of 49,
scenes and events of other days. We we,re -
v The very parcel of ground that Jacob ynva r.
i seph'' jacobs well was herel Here Jesus, rh
Savior. sat, weared with his journey. snssr" s, :"
from the nfrmities of that lowly human no,.,.
o. he had assumed, when he came from bo,va. !,
Of accomplish the work OF our redemption. wbjcl
e, his Father had giveu hin. 10 do. Here he sn,S'
6. with inimitable simplicity and majesty. as neye
10 man spake setting himself forth as the Source on,
Eternal Life, - :