St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-02-27
ST. sSohnsburp Galcdonian.
Extracts from the Magazines.
GREETING \ MISSIONARY.

lowing incident to Il discussion of Ara
hian Profanity in ScribHcris tor March ::
Perhaps it is only the part of c;ndor
for me to state why have :" much
feeling in this connection. MS he
traved on one occasion into Il most
shameful indiscrction. We started for
the usual touri>t-trip through the Holy
Land, four Christian women, three min
listers of The Gospel. one Sunday-schCol
teacher, and Theological student all
of us, OF course, perfect patterns OF pro-
priety in our poor way. We were hand
Is out of the beautiful orchards Of Jafla.
on our way to Upper Rcthoron, the til>t
day of tcnt-lifc, before Muhanmcd
shouted Iullai to the beasts that bore
MS, the cry strained at the very top Of
his voice, to urge them forward.
Now we had been ring, modcStly
and by sundry little irgcnuitics of our
OVID, to cxhiiarate the horses spirits.
having a vague notion that they might
be Arab-ian-it seems they were. But
we had long since become convinced
that they did net understand the Eng
fish language at Ill. The ''chirr'p."
the 'click," even the ''gct-up" of "rdi-
nary courtesy to the ligh-bgcd animals
Of our own land. made 30 moie imprcs-
sion than boarding school French makes
in Paris. But the moment Achmtd
Yullah. ard black AhdullIh, the cook.
repeated it, and our brilliant servant
boy. Hassan. rc-cchocd it, (and at the
same moment deity SHE'D Il persuasive
,.tone at the lcader.) all the cavIicadc
pricked up their eats, and started int"
a profound enthusiasm for IS much As
two minutes; then, Of course, it all had
to he done over again. Bat there was
present gain and hopeful comfort i'll I'M
Outstanding we had discovered what
was the thing to do III depressing ext
gemcics.
So for thirty days we I'll rode OF, and
vociferatcd IHlloA Whcncv'. things @ri
dull As we ncarcd Rcyroot-oh. h""
weaIied, man and beast, and M"ham-
med's stocd l. ing dead down just he
voud Sidon we caught 4 fan glimpse
of the author of this new volume, Ir.
Jrssup himself, coming forth on horse
back to meet Us. Ife!cr murtulS were
glad to see q dear friend, We were gi~t.
To see him tLrn. We could not cuaS,u.
to lie tame under such 4 welcome. Tive
or three Of us knew him at 4 distance.
Up went h1l, and hand, and hJndkcr
chief TO greet him rs he c.utcreG on.
Then We put forth every effort 30 comr
il in style Oh, if lice j !rd beast
would only comprehend tie ro>ito1
We whipped them aud spmIod-onr
happy man hada spur-2la>, We shout
ed Iuiiah, like So many agitatci Iudi
ans. We ali shouted i'U''uh, al thc
horse-ara!ic We knew, till the Syrian
air quivercd. Then We swung cur green
sun-umIrellas like faded banners, and
screamed louder and louder. Ill this
in honor of tie missionary.
But it Lcco.ac evident he was H.;
p!ensed. Fer he stopped short cprt
up both lis hands; lie waved |hcm
deprecatingly; something was wlo"g.
Yet all which ,hat excellent man said
then was, 80 friends, please stop saying
Iuliah - And we did.
Bat we never recall ouc mastery AZ
proaoh TO Beyroot that hot noon with
out all iguomirious sorsc Of pr"l1"t
failure. Or. Jc>sup has told Us since
with = hu>hcd voice, that he mover. he
fore or since. saw such 4 platoon OF
whOoping, swearing troopers entering
the town, as we were. And 80 it ma!
be understood ve made shat '!."%onan
learn lesson. when he had laugh: rs
to go disappearing unconsciou>ll. mcu
and women. all the way though Pal
eStine!
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