Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-28

$50 bitter, 50 prosecuting, as here The sects
OF Christians here, all more or less, hate each
other The spirit of Christ, as have before
illustrated 10 the matter of the Holy sepulcbre.
but little exists among the population of the
city. Even he Turk here is a little more fan.
attic than elsewhere. | only peeped into an al
ley leading 70 the Mosque Of Omar, where
none but Moslems now are allowed TO enter,
and even children, among them a boy with a
Dlg stick, especially noted, approached nue. to
beat off the dog, Christian was in company
with party Of ladies' OH the Wa Doloroso.-
now street ofihe Turks,--the street on which,
it Is said, Christ was taken to be crucifed, and
the ladies' were spit upon from the windows,
and mad TO shy off into the middle aud on the
other side Of The street The only revenge we
had wae'a heavy shower Of Arabic, which one
OF the ladies poured back upon the Turkish
women peeping through che latlices of their
windows. would have thrown stones at them
regardless of the consequences, but was forbid
den 10y my conductress, who told me that in
tue same street once, when on horse, awhole
bucket Of water was thrown upon her. Yet
this lady is the daughter Of missionary here,
who is sacrificing life and property to better
the condition of tue Moslcm
THE BIBLE THE BRsT GUIDE BOOK
The first Of books that one longs to read and
re read here is the Bible, and the Bible is, or
ought to be-, in the house Of everybody Read
1t you will learn the woudrous but valuable
tones OF Robertson, now, as / have said, the
highest Biblical authority in matters Of topog-
raphyi read the late valuable work of DR.
Barclay, Of Va, now here again with his very
interesting and highly intelligent family -
Americans, among them DR. Olin and Rev. Mr..
Spencer, have written the very best works up.
Oh Palestine and Syria. One OF the best little
guide books and maps have found is from the
office Of the Sunday School Uhiou in Philadel.
pha Read, before you come here, and do not
be compelled as ] am TO work half the night to
study up history the next day The Bible
above all, however is the best hiatory-the
hand book, the great guide book--what "Mur-
ray" is elsewhere and the Bible besides Here
Is the spot TO expound TO explain aud to thor
oughly comprehend II, its metaphors, its para
bles, its allusions. know and see now that |
shall hereafter read the good book with an un-
derstanding and an interest l never could nave
had before Palestine the Holy Land, its an
cient people, are to every body in name so ia.
Iniliar, that we not only copy its towns and cit
ies--its Canaan for our Canaan, it's Sharon
for our Sharon, &c, ,Ec its Marys, its
Ruths its Rachels its Johns and Jameses--=ant
its Proverbs, too, become Our proverbs as from
"Dan to Beersheba,' (not so very far by the
way) | am glad to say no country seems lC
take so much interest in Biblical typography as
our country.
The best place to see Jerusalem and the sur
rounding country, is from the Turkish nina.
ret that crowns the Mount of Olives--ior now
| the Turks own that mount, and in the center of
a Turkish mosque lnCosure, is, by purchase
the Chapel of tho Church OF the Ascension,
where Jesus footsteps are shown in tho rock
as he aseended up Bakshcesh-money- that
magic word in Syria and Palestine, hut parto
ularly in Palestine carries YOU almost every
where. BdkShceSh the first word you learn,
and the last to be forgotten, from the way it
is ever imprinted on your brain "Baksbeosh
Hadjt" (money, Plgrm), "Baksheesh, Iladir'
- hear them so often, that they seem to be
about the only words in or about Jerusalem 49,
Well, "l}akshCesh' penetrates through the
smoking atmosphere surrounding the piped and
turbaned head even Of a Turk--and upon the
inspiration of Baksheesh we went up the min.
aret and looked from it far and wide upon the
surrounding country. Down there below are
the Valley of Jehosaphat, the Vale of Hinnom,
Tophet, Gehanua, Alcadama-the Brook OF
Kedron, in which is not one drop of water
the Pool of Sloan, the Garden of Gethsemane,
the Tombs of the Prophets, the Tomb of the
Virgin Mary, the GrottO of Jeremiah, and a
hundred other places just as sacred in history
and up there above are Scopus, tho Hill Of
Evil Counsel, the Mount of Offence, dc dc
| turn round, and 10! there are the distant
Mountains of Moab the other side Of the Jor.
dan, but seemingly near, very near-and the
Dead Sea, where are sunk Sodom and Gomor-
rahi aud there the ridge that ooncoals the far
famed Jordan-not as the Mississippi or the
Indus, or the Gangcs, great mighty, rolling
river--but river more iRmous than either