Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-17


reason why such people should not be
made to see the end of ropes and give
way to those who will cultivate country
SO rich. Strange to say, much larger
number of people were seen back in
Lower Judea than here where there is
something on which TO live besides stones.
They are too lazy TO work, but can take
refuge, when asked why they are not do
ing something, in saying 'It is no use,
the country is too poor.
Jemel is situated, or was-there are are
ONLY q few huts now-On an elevation in
the nlainl which here is divided bv Mt.
Gilboa- At the foot of this mountain fell
in battle othe King who has been handed
down as the tallest and fairest of them
all, but who was as jealous and mean
spirited as he was fair. Jonathan. who
deserved q better fate, fell here also.
About a. mile from Saul's fatal field Is
the fountain at which Gideon's men lap
ped like dogs. If all his original army
and four times as many had here Tapped,
no damage could have been done 10 the
fountain, as it is quite large and refresh
ing to behold. l did not try the tapping
process, but did something what answered
my purpose much better, VIZ, took a
glorious bath. In front of this is the
scene of the battle between the French
and Turks. When the plain is crossed
Shunen is reached. 1t is q pity but that
the Prophet who restored the ehild,s life.
or some other powerful individual, would
entirely wipe out the myriads of flies and
several score of fat trifiing natives found
here. The flies and Arabs were too much
for me. While resting I filed an Arabs
pipe for him, and a friend gave him
match, which did not satisfy him, for he
wanted sheesh besides. The sign is ia
Vorable, as half of the word is left out.
lie acted on the principle, / reckon; that
If he smoked once he must do so
twice, and this would give need to provide
for the future. We allowed the future
to care for itself, HOPELESS matter in the
case of the beggar. Instead of going
direct to Nazareth, detour was made to
Main. l have been to Main and that is
all l can say. The foot of Tabor was
passed, of which would tell you more,
but it is the scene of TRANSPORTATION no
longer. Wise men of late date have
found another place for that event. Leav-
ing the place and ascending steep and
rugged mountain, something on the Jericho
style, Nazareth is reached. At the foot of
the mountain as on the slope, were almost
thousands of cattle, donkies and camels,
belonging to the Sheik of the Bedouins
which he and his men had levied as tribute
money from the less powerful. l wasted
no time in rejecting on the sinfulness of
his course, for it is all right here.
AT Nazareth Sunday was spent The
place is delightfully."- situated on the brow
of the mountain with cove just below
it. The houses are good and the natives
are improved by the mountain air, and |
the Christian influences brought to bear
on them. On the mountain above the |
village magnificent view is afforded,
showing the Mediterranean Sea, the sur
rounding mountains and plains. The
Catholics and Greeks have separate shops
in which are shown the kitchen and |
parlor of Mary and the tools of Joseph |
and the Saviour. While here a Mohame- |
dan child was buried. From the grave |
were taken number of bones of body |
before buried. The new occupant was
placed in the opening and the bones
thrown In on top of it. The men only |
are the principal ones, in this instance, |
who mourn over the dead when deposited |
IN the grave, and the women come before |
daylight next morning and pay their re-
spects. lamps all hang around the grave |
There is no important feature about the |
route to the Sea of Gslilee, till within
short distance of the sea. In a great |
plain, before beginning to descend, is the |
scene of the battle in which the Sultan |
Saladin entirely destroyed the army of the
Crusaders. Just at this point none of the |
enthusiasm which influenced these brave |
men to fight for Christianity was felt, but
often when in some of the places made
sacred by Christ, was enraged at seeing |
the infdel domineering over the land. 4 |
little distance back from the place where |
the battle was fought is the plain where
the multitude was fed, with enough left |
to feed several more at the same rate.
Here, also, is the Mountain of the Beati- |
tudes; so Catholics.tells us, and also some
Protestant writers.
The descent TO Tiberias is long and |
rapid. This town stands on the shore of |
the Sea of Galilee, most beautiful body |
of water, but in basin as warm as an /
oven. At this sea two days were pleas |
antly spent, except during the almost in
tolerable heat of the midday sun. How |
much of New Testament writings is con- /
nected with this sea Not only sacred |
history has many page, but profane tells
US of many occurrences which took place |
on its shores and W aters. Christ and his |
disciples lived and taught here a long |
time; Mary Magdalen was born near it; |
Capernaum land BeIhsaida, with Tiberias |
and other furnishing towns and cities, |
adorned its shores; the Romans and Jews,
under Josephus, fought on its bosom; the |
Saviour on its water spake those celebra- |
ted and comforting words, cit is /, be not |
afraid" on its shores multitudes followed |
and heard His voice with joy. But now
all is quiet. There are no towns of worth. |
Tiberias is the largest, and it deserves not
the name, though the Jews expect the
Messiah to appear here, and some are |
already waiting for him. Capernaum is |
almost without local habitation and a |
name. Bethsaida is not satisfactorily To- |
Gated. The curse pronounced on them |
has been verified to the letter. |
The home of the Magdalen |
is squalid place, more for
bidding than attractive. The shore is
inhabited by a few herdsmen with their
tlocks, where once commerce and activity |
reigned. How changed is everything but |
the water, which is still clear, cool |
and inviting. The hot springs, which |
wealthy Romans once visited and owned |
villas near, are still gushing forth as hot
and steaming as ever. bathed and fished |
in this famous sea, but like the fishermen
of old, "caught nothing" This sea is |
several hundred feet below the Mediter- |
ranean. From the Sea of Galilee my
route passed by Khan called JOseph's
Well, fiction of the Arabs. The name |
may be fiction; but the water is as good |
as ever mother earth gave to her children.
1t was enjoyed, for the day had been ter
ribly warm and the road as uninteresting |
as could be. After leaving the Khan the |
valley of the Jordan is again entered, and |
the Lake of Merum is passed. On its banks |
Joshua gave one of those old heather |
Kings a good threshing and sent |
him 10 he'd To sleen LONGER than no had