Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-05-20

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1 thar these are Gods chosen people, and that
| prophecy tells US some day or other Jcrusalefn
1 shah be theirs agaiu, the whole scene becomes
50 thnehing that Que can scarcely refrain him.
selfffoln sailing | must confess have new
CT been more afectad by any spectacle 1t has
disarmed me Of a thousand preindiccs against
tie Jews, and am sure now feel for Jew
as for man and brother
PILGRIMS TO JERUsALEM-rnE SPIRIT OF
THE CRUSADERS.
Proiatly more earnest, more fanatic men
| assemble here than IN any olher city Of ike
Popniaiion-for Jerusalem Is not only holy to
Christian, but to the jew aud the Muss!eman.
All nations, all religions, look up to Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, and respect the Prophets ana
their outgivings. The Calipd Omar consecra-
| ted his Mosque on Mount Mosah as tie Em-
perez Constantine did bis Church upoa ths sup
posed Mount Calvary. When in nv voyage
hitteF saw Pilgrims even from the distant
Aassia, as we'll as from eli parts Of Greece and
Turkey, coming Aither, often ia blankets, With
only reg coverings necessary for deeenog, sab
! m'ttisg 20 everything, and suffering ererytairc
-exEosed 10 rain, aud 10 the cold air Of night,
upon the decks Of Austrian, French and Rus
| sian steau,ers-I lels they must ba al earnest,
/ lmPasSeoed men &ud wouier could NOT
have endured fJf single u;2at wh4t saa
them suffer for Il week ia tie roadsteal Of Be:-
rat. Thousands upon thousands are now on
! their 9ays sBarLning IN Ike manner to have
then Las;Gr in Jerusalem. The spirit Of tho
Cr9s29eTs, then, see, is not extinct; il is on-
y changed-and The world is just as fall Of
earnestmen as ever. The United States, too,
distant as we are, have their earnest men here
| also. fhe missionary ground that The Epi=co-
palians and Presbyterians have described as
hopeless, the Seventh Day Bsptists and Camp
beil'tes Of America have taken up Then
there i Miss LiverutoTe, watching and waiting
With TIE Jews. come, 80 she says, for the last
tinse, sssd nov q lie % the spot 50 holy.
d 1T EEsN Fss ASD FAS ATIeIssi OF TIE ggcrs.
The history of the city. ID lis religious bis
tory, 80 Inspiring, that i attracts hero earn-
ESTES 4saiaAsls ssaa assa iaess, tse
mind is we'll balanced, il too often runs into
visions and fanaticism. There is probably no
place on earth where "geigion,' or rather sect.
is SO bitter, SO prosecuting as here Tie seets
Of Christians here ali, more OF less, hate each
other. The spirit of Christ, as [ have before
illustrated in tue mater Of the ioll SepuI-
chre, 5ut little exists among tie population Of
the city. Even tie Turk bere IS lIttle more
fanatic than elsewhere only peeped into an
alley leading to the Mosque Of Quar- where
none but Maslems are allowed to enter, aud
even children, among thsm boy with big
stick, especially noted, approached mo to bear
OF tbs dog, Christian. was 10 company with
party Of ladies on Via D5i0ros0-- ncw
street o; the Turks, tina street on which il is
ssil, Christ was taken TO be cTuc!ied, and the
ladies were spu upon from The windows, and
bad to shy IF iuto tac uide!e and en- the 9th.
er side of the street. The ouiy revenge We /
bad was 4 heavy shower ot Arabic, which one
OF the ladies poured back upon the Turkish wo-
men peeping through the latices Of their wins
dows. | woald have thrown stones az them re-
gardless Of the consequences, but was forbid
den by my cOnductress, who told me that in the
same street once, when on q horse, whole !
bucket Of water vas thrown upoa her. Yet
this lady is the daughter Of missionary here,
who is sacrificing life ana property to better
the condition Of tho Moslem.
THE BIBLE TIE BEST GUIDE BOOK.
TIE first of books that one longs to read
and ra-read here is he Bible, and the Btle is,
or ought to be, ia the house of everybody.-
Read If you will but learn the ponderous but
valuable tones of Robertson, now, as | have
said, the highest Biblical authority in matters
of topography; read the late valuable work of
DR.. Barclay, of Va, now here again with his
very interesting and highly intelligent family, |
Americans, among then DR.. Olo and Rev. Mr.. |
Spencer, have written the very best works upon
Palestine and Syria. One of the best little |
guiGe books and maps | have found IS from The
office Of the Sunday School Union in Pbiladel- |
phia. Read before you come here, and do not |
be compelled as | am to work half tho night to |
study up history the next day. The Bible |
above all, however, Is the best hlstory-the |
hand book, the great guide book-what "Aur- |
ray" is elsewhere, and the Bible BESIDES Here
is the spot to expouud, to explain, and TO thor
0ugbiy comprehend il, its metaphors, its para
hles, its illusions. | know and see now taat
shall hereafter read he good book with an IN |
derstandiBg aud interest never eonld have !
had before Palestine, the Holy Land, IFS an |
cieut people, are TO everybody in name 50 fa- |
miiar, that we not only copy Its towns and cit
les for our towns and cities ITS Canaan TOR our
Caaaan, its Sharon for our Sharon, &c.,--iis
Marys, its Ruths, its Rachels. its Johns and
James-and its Proverbs, too, become cur
proverbs, as from ''Dan 10 Beersheba.' mot
so very far by the way,) am glad 70 say no
country seems TO take so much interest IN BID
lical topography our country.
The best place to see Jerusalem and the sur |
rounding country, is from the Turkish minaret
that crowns the Mount of Olives, tor now the
Turks own that mount, and in the centre OF a |
Turkish mosque enclosure, is by purchase the
Chapel of the Church of the Ascension, where
Jesus Is footsteps arc shown in the rock az he
asceaded up! Baksheesh-money-that magic
word, IN Syria aud Palestine, but particularly
10 Palestine, carries you almost everyWhere.-
Baksheesh, the first word you learn, and tae