The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-02-08
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Alters comfortable nights rest q, Gil.
gal,sW made "a early start for the site
Of ancient Jericho On the way thither
We came to the Fountain of Elisha,
which is q copions spring Of mster,
partially eaelQesda h and -49ias story tol;
tia fouatain, . told in the bible, sis
quite. iatsrestipg. When Elijah and
E'ishs went ever Jordan at the time OF
the formers "translstion T" Elisha. 10 re.
sponse to- the question, What shall !
do for thee before I be taken from
thee I" said, II pray thee let double
portion OF thy spirit be supon me-" And
Elijsh said il was hard thing that Eli
sha ssked, yet that il the latter, could
zee him ct the instant Of bis 'stransla.
ton" the hard thing should be granted,
but not otherwise, Accordingly, Elisha
kept . watchfut eye upon. him, and did
see Eiijsh taken up to Heaven, by .
Hhirlwind. e - ,ei,.,s a's,..
~ AEAEiNo 4 sIRINo. sf4y l.
Returning with Elijsh's usaut.e TO the
Jordan, he suaote that stream With 1t and
passed over dry shod. With this evl-
dence OF double portion OF power al.
resdY possessed BY him, the prophet
Was preseduy approached by people Of
Jericho complaiuina that the city's wa.
ter supply was 'naught and the ground
barren," although the situation Was 9th.
erwse quite pleasant. Whereupon Eli
jah took . nov eruse, pat salt 10 II, sud
cast it into the spring Of waters and
healed them $50 the waters we're heal
Cd unto this day. according to the saw
ing Of Elisha which he spake."s III
Kings, chapter 8. verss - J / drank
Of the water and found. Il quite pleasant
to the taste. bat not very cool. And It
should bs noted that the supply is 90
copious that It still suflcss to irrigate
all the land IN its vicinity, rs well as
answers for drinking and other; .pnrpo-
ses. thus sho wing coaclusisely that the
|s.hesling' Of the waters by. Elisha re-
mains permanent cure unto the present
day. 'ssFy 47szf'e fse4sg
lsu AZ SETHANI. ar1 3st,S
About noon We reached Bethany, and
lunched near by under the shade OF q
stately olive tree At almost every step
10 this Holy Land ] fnd indubitable
con6rmations Of IT'D, geography as map
ped out in the terse language OF Scrip
ture. / and Bethany by no means .
charming town, despite It's wonderful as
sociations: but / iind It jnat where Holy
Writ locates IL: ssNieh unto Jerusalepf
'at the Mount OF Olives Here the dis.
ciples found 50 colt tied. whereon yet
never man sat,
tied by the door without 10 place where
tso ways meet" The little village of q
hundred or more wretched mud huts, and
. ragged and squalid population Of
Arabs, is on the. eastern elope OF the
Mount OF Olives, on the usually travel
ed rosd from Jerusalem to Jericho and,
altno' Oh il 10 known to geographers
only as Bethany, the Arabs, singularly
an l approl tiatsiy. call It by no other
name than ET AsariysA, or the Place Of
Lasarus And they showed me there
his tomb, and the spot where bis house
stood when the Master said to the dis,
ciples: "Our TREND Lazsrus sleepeth !:
but | 60 that NAV awake him out OF
sleep;" and to Martha: "Thy brother
shall rise again; I am the resurrection
and the life: be that belieyeth in me,
though he we're deal, yet shall he live "
They pointed out to me the stone where's
on the Savior sat when he uttered those
memorable words II NAV, OF may not
be the veritsble stone. but I felt perfect.
II sure that Was standine where be
stood when on that efrand Of mercy to
raise from the dead the body Of the be.
loved brother OF Mary and Mattha. ~
on TIE MOUNT OF >oLIvEs. sz4ss.
The Mount Of Oliyes-by ST. LIKE
yariously termed "lbe mount called
Elaion," and 'the mount called Olivet
lis not really : mountain, but rather
what We would call '.ridge," about q
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salem, at some points separated from
them merely BY the ravine Of the brook
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