Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-10-13
SATURDAY ArroWDA COUNTY GOODRICH

all the thieves in Christendom As We were
obliged to pay for their watchfulness, they pro-
badly wished to make their zeal as prominent
as possible.
We found the road from Jenin to NablouS
much more tiresomc and less interesting than
that we had traycrscd the day before. There
was more climbing of mountains, more travel
| ling through the stony beds of torrents, while
the prospect was more shut in and although
in many places the hills were terraced almost
to their tops and planted with fig trees, yet as
this is the season when these trees are lea1eSs,
the country seemed barren and desolateto the
eve And vet this is the great highway which
has RECEIVED no alteration or improvement
since the time of Christ, and probably not for
long fine before Joseph and Mary and the
Young child travelled it in their journeys to
and from Judea and Christ when teacher,
must many times with his disciples have passed
along the rugged road. The last of our jour
ney had been particularly uninteresting, and
we moved rather YEARLY and silently along
As, however, we gained the summit of the last
hill, the view which broke upon us inspired us
with fresh strength and courage, and delighted
our eyes. We stood upon part of the Mount
| Ebal range of mountains, and opposite to US
was broad pleasant valley, stretching off to
the right in green pastures and groves of trees.
| On the left, and spreading up the foot of Ge-
tazim, was the walled city of Nablous, which
| looked larger and more imposing than we had
expected and is indeed one of the principal
cities of Syria. EbaI and Geralm still reared
| their tall heads As firm aud as proud as when
the children of Israel were all collected in the
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on each of them to give forth the blessings and
+, the curses which Moses had before command
ed should be done.
Our descent was over rough rocky road,
which was not a very expeditions affair, and
| twilight already began to deepen as We rode
up to the gates of the city Elias had gone
on before to make some preparations leaving
Us to come along with the mules As we en-
tered we found ourselves almost immediately
enveoped in darkness the narrow, close streets
shutting out what little light remained Very
soon we thought torrent had broken loose.
for our horses were knee deep in water, the
noise of whose rushing alarmed the gentlemen,
and quite terrified me, must say. heard the
animals in front of me stumbling along. and
sometimes absolutely refusing TO proceed, and
dreaded lest mine shoald give ont There was
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he liked the state of things no better than /
did. he carried me faithfully and safely along
After proceeding some distance in this manner,
We turned into another street and supposed
our troubles ended Alas, we found we had
been on the wrong track altogether. and must
retrace our steps. This was discouraging but
there was TO help. 50 back We went through
the SplaSlu- water and over the rough stones.
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come sound ot Eiias,s voice. and before long
were safely housed He had sent messenger
10 NEE; Us al the gate. who missed Us by ar
irving too late. We were rather a tired, VOC
be-cone looking set this night, and as soon as
we had eaten, betOok ourselves 10 bed, our ac-
cqmodations being great Improvement on
those we had at Jenin. We were TO rise at
o'clock the next morning. aS our longest DAYS
ride Of all lay before Us twelve or fourteen
hours at Least But then Jerusalem was at
the end of il and that thought would gire Us
strength anu shorten the long road.
We are ready, therefore, for an early start,
bgt not 50 our mules aud baggage While
therefore, they were getting ready, We went TO
see the Samaritan Chapel where it being Sat
ursiay and their Sabbath, the small remnant OF
j this ancient people were gathered for their
, cagly Iaoguin- service, The fye books Of
3 Moses alone constitutes their Bible. aud thew
/ strike in ali respects to walk in the way Of
their fathers II is said these are all that are
I irft uf that people on the face Of the whole
earth They have ID longer any temple on
GazaFiR, although they sometimes make pill
! cr;ma-e TO L. We were told the night before
: the meaning Of the water we passed through
4 nrountaii. stream i C-nu,inctesi through some
Il
below. whore ii is turned into a racevay TO
serve the purposes Of a mill. At this season.
when the springs are full il has all the velocity
of a torrent In oar morning walk we saw
what lad appeared - strange 10 Us. and real
II il was quite respectable river. Raiscd
fvos-Inths. about ei-htccE inches In height On
each side Of the aarToE streets SerFe 70 Yesies-
TRANS, and large rJek Ae.e and theEe answers
! Tor stepping stone from side TO side THIS
stream was directly through one OF the baEaarS,
and it not Unfrezi iueutly happens that it riSEs
- high . to cover tie Sl3twaiks, and eFea
the rooTs of the >,sofrs In Samale- h1EcTer.
it dEies easirc'y away Ike ali the Other streams
l. US ae-,r.y Se7en o'clock before we left
NahlouS The weather w2s still tielicsoaS. aud
Ge-azlm and Fhai tic cIty and the waller,
booked bright sul pheasant in the morsHg szsu
We did not fail TO visit JOBS Eesl sl0gt
distance frosE tbs csts.-eslr which Is the tomb
of Joseph, w.scse bo8es the lsEealltsS bEOuEht
with them frNn the iaad Of Esypt. The
mouth of the vel ! nos nearly covercd up
with large stones, but wster IS StiIl in It, a.
I thoU-h large reservoir near llT has s7EpeCseli
ed uoSsiy lis forEncr Hseft,iEsess- Always. hoE7
eye-, gle presence of Hin wao once Festel on
is tt-.ier. a.s1 lau-a; the aStoaisLed women
Of S2--2E5s, ~.l ssRetify the spot, an: lyEiaeis
q Pilgrim feet VIII E;Sst i. AMI remember, Is
they look tow ards iersZi-1. that neitller in
: thi< Hsoansaita nor yea st Jerusalem shall men
E0Tsaip the faGEer: for they that worship
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