Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-23
mo. 81
What a Merchant Saw of Europe.
MALAGA, SPAIN,

Dear Ones at Home " esterdsy we
left Tangier and returned to Gibraltar,
with no incident worthy of note in the
passage. A goodly company came down
to the sea shore to bid us sdieu. Poor
Mahomet looked the picture of detection
when we said goodbye. For several days
he had given evidence of his willingness
to 90 with us to America, and yesterday
at the thought of our departure his re-
grets almost assumed the nature of a
lamentation. Finally, he came to me and
feelingly expressed himself in the best
diction possible to him-"Mr Joodge, me
go great America: me be very good, very
good, Mr.. Joodge. Me want nothings
but clothes and eating, and me do every
ting you tells me, Mr.. Joodge, eoeryt6ng,
Mr.. Joodge." But. said I. you won't have
a mosque in America, and no friends but
us people will think you look strange in
that great coarse white robe, and I am
sure you will feel very lonely. He SEEM
ed meditative and I concluded by saying,
would you learn to read our Bible, all
about Christ the great Savior of the world,
who died for poor sinners like you and
me2 Christ be good man, Mr.. Joodge,
very good man be Christ Mahomet be
good man. Christ be Americas prophet,
Mr.. Joodge Mahomet be Moor's prophet,
Mahomet be for me, Christ for you, Mr..
Joodge. Me say prayers to Mshomet in
America, you say prayers to Christ. Mr..
Joodge." But you will never see a
Mosque Mshomet. never, neger see an
other Moor. you will be lonely, am sure.
The poor fellow beaved deep sigh, but
to the last averred his willingness to go. l
babe him last farewell with much feel
ing, and shaking SCOTS hand most warm
ly, "God bless you p he rejoined to kim
bred wish in his behalf. Mounted upon
the shoulders of three stout fellows, we
were carried to the small boat and thence
to the ship. The Bay OF Tangier soon
faded in the dim distance as the memory
of it surely cannot. Looking up and
down the coast range of Africa, thought
ful of its possibilities and sadly mindful
of what it is, took last lingering look.
remembering that twas probable I should
never again behold what then | looked
upon
"ana. like some low and mouruful spell,
To whisper but one word-'are we'll"
Samuel went with us TO Gibraltar
where we gave him money to pay the
boatmen who carried ia ashore. We
missed him among the crowd and saw
him no more. The captain of the Her
cules warning, "Beware of Moorish jews,
proved not uumerited, but the fellow gave
more than be got, so we are content as il
is. And now we are returned to Gibral'
tar, and it is our purpose after passing q
few weeks in Spain, to go hence to Malta
and Sicily.
A celebrated writer says of Gibraltar
at can neither be described by pen nor
pencil, and at which the eye is never sat
isfied at gazing" To Sir George Cook
and his valisp band England ia indebted
for her possession of this most wonderful
rocky mountain of the world. Cook cap
tured it in 1904 when but eighty Spani-
ards were in the garrison, and they made
no attempt to resist. In 1918 it was
guaranteed to England by the peace OF
Utrecht George I. rendered it TO Spain
aakng in exchange the promise from
Spain not to sell Florida to Bonapa1te
Beginning in 1899 there was siege laid to
Gibraltar by the allied forces of France
and Spain, and four years of fruitless en-
deavor resulted in the abandonment OF
the attempt to capture it. 1t has ever
since been thorn in the side of Spain,
while some think it to have been bride
to hold her in check. Surely it cannot
command the entrance to the Mediter-
ranean but might have done SO before
steam was applied to men-of-war: The
Straits are thirteen miles wide, any part
of which is navigsble to ships of the
heaviest tonnage. Centa, the fort on 1.-THE
African shore, is owned and garrisoned
by the Spaniards, and Englands best
marksmen and heaviest guns could do
little, if any, damage to fleet that might
be refused entrance or exit from the Med.
iterranean. 1t has cost England vast
treasure to fortify and kept garrisoned.
There are six thousand red coats
here now, and a monotonous life they
have of it. Not only is it exile from the
rest of the world, but prison like confine-
ment. Although it has been of little
practical utility to England the Lord has
brought it actively into use for the
furtheranoe of His Kingdom of earth.
We rejoice to learn that Spain is throw
ing off the shackles with which Rome so
ruthlessly manacled her. Gibraltar has
been largely Instrumental in the fruitful
labors Of Gsdly men in Spain. Perhaps
no country of the world so fully exhibits
how the word of God nnaided by words
of man has power to heal the sin sick soul
when the truth is watered by His spirit.
Twas but few years ago when that band
of italian exiles came here and formed a
secret league for the purposes OF pnsaiing
the bible into Spain. They rnse at Gihras>
tar, headed by Calveras, the 25th of
April, 1868. and on the f9th of Sept, the
same year, after much prayerful endeavor,
we hear of the seed producing its fruit.
Clough quitely engaged at Seville, his
has made iournavs b;tb.r
and thither, leaving bible printed in the
Spanish tongue wherever twas safe to do