The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-07-10
The Holy Land Of To-day.
Prom the Now York world.

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A meeting in behalf Of the Palestine
Exploration Society was held last week
in the Central Methodist church, Sew
enth avenue, near Fourteenth street.
Rev. Professor Hitchcock was the first
speaker. He said that explorers were
every week Identifying new spots near
the Jordan. Rev. DR.. Robinson did
not make very wide exploration. Count
less ruins exist, the exploration of
which will produce great results in the
interest Of the Bible. In 1865 the Eng
lish began TO examine the west side OF
Jordan. They invited the cooperation
Of Americans. The result was, the
English concluded to leave to the Amer
lean society the east side Of Jordan
while they took the west side. The
English have surveyed 1880 square
miles. The Americans will use the
same scales, so that a uniform map may
be made. The English are spending
1915, 900 a year, the American society
will keep within 5000 The whole
work will require five years. A frank
appeal will be made to the Christians
of this countrg to furnish the money
for this enterprise. A number Of Amer
leans are now on the ground, and have
surveyed their baBe-linc Of five miles.
Tie expenses have been met, so far, by
gentlemen Of. New York, who have sub
scribed $500 to 81, 600 apiece. The de-
sire is now TO obtain 80 subscriptions.
If the Bedouins are too troublesome the
enterprise will be given up. 1t is de-
sired that this Bible-loving earnest
Methodist church shall have the first
chance TO subscribe. The speaker said
he would now introduce an explorer,
who is the son of Il missionary, and WAS
born in Palestine.
Rev. W. II. Thompson said that the
longer he stayed in Palestine the more
he realized how little is known about
the country. There is no site except
Jerusalem that seems SO easy to explore
rs Tyre. He had been there some forty
times. Beyrout is now using old Tyre
as n stOnc-quarry. Ceserea was evi'
IDENTIFY built from the stones Of an old
Phmnician town. Most modern cities
in that region are built in this way. Al
Arab Oncc took him TO see n tesselated
pavement in Tyre. Near it was q hole
that led to n causeway just discovered,
This was evidently the causeway that
was made Of the ruins Of most ancient
: Tyre, taken by Alexander by it ht
connected the island on which the cit,
stood with the mainland. 1t was mad,
of q mass of old Phmnician columns
All the waters near Tyre are strewl
with the ruins of some Of the fines
buildings ever erected. Columns of al
- sorts are found, and the Oldest are tn,
: most massive. He thought the explo
ration of such waters was n far more i'm
portant work than the search for Al
open polar sea. Some peasants of 81
=, don lately struck upon four leaden box
-. es full OF gold pieces. They quarreled
a., and the news coming to the governor. h
, tortured them until they disgorged tn
=. whole sum. Such treasures have Ofte
been found there, as such burials hay
been going on for five thousand years
! He had been much strHck by n castl
! near Tyre. Found it Saracenic, with
C|anaanite base. From the castle h
and his father counted seventy-tw
ruins of towns and castles. In trave
ing through Galilce he found that JC
sephus was right in saying there WI
800 towns there. These ruins stan
:, 80 close that they almost touch. Tn
=, land has been conquered, as far as tn
west Of Jordan is concerned, by n
. great nations. But Jordan valley l,3C
=. feet below the sea, has acted rs a ba,
. rier, and the east side is remarkabl
g unchanged from the times OF Job. A
H. architecture is found there that seen
likely to last rs long as the earth. f.
=. cry particle of the houses, even to I'll
i ceilings, is of stone. There is a so,
:, of lava bed there which it cost Meh,
h met Ali 10000 men to capture frol
"a 1000 Druses. In this very place WI
the stronghold of "Og, king of b
- shan" That land has treasures of in
!, mense value, because it has been so Ii
tie disturbed, There are Inscription
there which will certainly explain I'll
- original dispersion of the race from til
plateaus of Asia, and also why I'll
Egyptians had hieroglyphic while til
|, Asiatics had n phonetic language. A
the close of this speech the m {
- those who would pay so a year for tv
, ears were taken.
The FIRST SUCCESSFUL CoTToN Mil
g IN South CAROLINA.-South Carolin
l. is rejoicing over her first successful col
ton factor. The mill was started earl
Il in 1872, and during the latter eigh