Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-03-31
Standing Where Moses StOal.

Heretofore there IA We been serious oh
>'arlc> in the WV of " Standing where
Moses stool" The lani of Moab ht~
been. until recently. an unsafe one for
hri>t IAN travellers. and few of tho-,. whu
have visited Ptlc>t ne have ever ipurnrNc
in The land beyond tie Jordan. There
re many mountains in thtt region. AM i
i> only recently thlt >cli 'llr> have un lrr-
taken to ascertain which of til. Sc are.
Mount Mel 0 AMI Mount P.>glh, and 50 lit
tie is known that Wien til. evangelical
>unday->ch OILS of the country. MT lon"
since. were studying The story of events in
,heir nrighborhoood. the commcntari,-
threw but little light upon the question al
locality. Indeed. the opinion WA cN-
pressed in some quarters that there i n
hci.h' from which 10 look the Landscape
Ser. that i described II hay inc been seen
by Moses. and that he SAW those places only
bc,-:,u>c God gave him supernatural vision
Students of the Bible will Therefore. i,'
-r:ltiiied To learn that Il mnuntain hl- h.cn
discovered Which in every respect answers
the description of the Mount pisrth o;
Moses
y few wears AGO NJ. de Saulcy. an cnthu-
~i:>tir Frrnchm.tn. travelling in the neigh
| horhond known to bc that in which VI Sc
died. learned from an Arab guide that one
IF the monnttin> near winch they We're
was called .Jcbtl (Mount Neba ana he At
once came t. the conclusion that it WAS the
Neho of scripture. Soon after Il party oi
his countrvmen passed over the mountain
and gave II HE name of Jebal Mu>a. o.
Mountain Of Moses. The same wear. 1891.
| d.. Ili-trim who has gained credit for di~-
| ,..y a. fn b-,,a 4.
served it. WAS in the same nciyhborhool
and gave descriptions of things said T. hay
been seen hy himself. though h. failed l.
discern them on Il visit some wears later
| His >ta,.u.rn;s of heights and distances.
and his descriptions are 50 much al ,lri-
aucr wi;r TIN, fact now reported that il
! apparent that he did not visit Mount
Nrhl. ana drew from his Imagination tu.
is rirtion ef the country to lie seen there
from.
The difficulties and doubts of the past
are now happily removed 10y The invest "a
tiun- of Professor j. A. Pane. who. under
tn auspices of the Palestine ENp"rlti"
Society. of New York. spent several week.
upon AMI near the mountains, pointed oI'
bv previous ,li>covercr> Il the >-cnc of ih'
Hose of the life of Moses He had II" ,lit
tirultv in finding Jcbll Neha, after he h.,
recovered from The disappointment due t,
his following at first the directions of Dr
rri~trtm. Nho had given that name la
oWcr mountain. and one urlhcr remove
II m he jordan. 1t rises from Il cult
waited plain bearing the name If >rh
Nchl. or plain of Ncla. AMI la~ tArr'
submits. OF crcst>. the highest of which j
known a >hcft \cba. Reaching thi>. III
explorer found 4 magnificent view to tn
northward. bat was disappointed hrcau~
he cnuld not see all the country SAID I
have been seen by Moses The >ccon
crt i. thrc,-t -tulrth> of 4 mile away. AMI
few feet lower. Known rs Jcbal Nrba. VA
nearer the Jordan and gave Il still bette
view of TIL country west of tie .Jordl1
than that he had lift. but there wa
-tir nch lacking. The third crest. know
20 tn" Arabs rs .Jrlal Sialhah. somcwh:'
inwrr. but more than Il mile nearer to II
Jordan. was next visited. AMI there Ii
found the Mount Pi~~ah of Moses. Il plar
from which the whole of the land thlt WI
,hc inheritance of the Isr:lclite> could h
seen.
He subsequently traced the journey {
Balalm. when sent ont for the purpose Z
,ur-inr the ISracliteS. and made oth'r iii
roverir> that will prove of great int r.
20 students of the Bible. The >tory OF h
{ discoveries i told in a volume inst Issue
. lv the Palestine Exploration Society.
- which Professor Hitchcock. Of New \ OF
, i president.