The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-05-12
The Bible calls it a city. and although

not looking for towers and temples
and French rooted residences, still We
were considerably taken back when
our guide rode up on to heap of
rocks and rubbish, covering half
dozen acres, all leveled to the ground
without an inhabitant and said "now
this is the city of Sareftap." The tomb
of Elijah is not far away erected by
the Mohammedans with their usual
wit. They have built a tomb of
Moses also on this side ofJordan which
the Jewish history says Moses
never crossed, but saw the land of
promise only from the top of Pisgah,
and was buried no man knows where.
And here is the sacred burial place
of man who according to their own
traditions left no body behind to be
buried, but was translated. They ex-
cuse it however by hanging a curtain
in front of a recess within, and saying
that Elijah frequently visits the place,
and on Thursday nights and Friday
mornings the tomb is filled with such
binding effulgence of glory that no
man can enter. That night we lodged
in the Franciscan convent in the city
of Tyre, and slept in a chamber on
the roof over which foated the old
flag of the crusaders. Near by is the
ruins of christian church whose inn
mense proportions and rich columns
of marble and prophyry show it to
have been if not the first christian
temple that ever was built, yet UNI
doubtedly the most magnificent Of
the early christian ages, lie the re-
mains of that greatest crusader of his
time, the old Iron Emperor, Freder-
lex Barbarossa. 1t was the largest
and most imposing funeral procession
that this world has ever witnessed,
when they carried the dead Emperor
more than 800 miles, ali the way
from Tarsus, along the shore of the
sea, crusaders with the white flag and
red cross, with wailing sound of
trumpets that startled the rocks and
the seabirds, and was given back by
the waves of the ocean as they lifted
their white hearse plumes of foam
and beat the death march upon the
shore. They thought that no monu.
ment was worthy the dust of old
Frederick, but that noblest monu-
ment of the christian faith, for which
he died, and there they laid him be-
side that first and greatest of chris
tan teachers next to the Apostle Paul,
the broad minded, great-hearted
Origin.
| shall not attempt any minute de-
scription Of the city of Tyre, nor of
the fulfllment of prophecy with re-
gard to it. Only this that it is now
city of about the population of Owes
SO, but with no prospect of a casket
factory, nor a court house, nor base
ball ground. All that is passed, and
nothing remains but a weak SEM
blance of fast disappearing prosper
ity. The court house has gone to the
neighboring town of Beirut, casket
factory would be the best patronised
institution of the place if they could
afford to have one, and the only use
they could have for a ball ground
would be to turn it into graveyard,
where they might all lie down to-
gether in peace and out of their mis-
cry. Macaulay says of it: cit was on a
bare rock surrounded by deep sea,
that the streets of Tyre were piled up
to dizzy height. On that sterile
crag were woven the robes of Persian
Satraps and Sicilian Tyrants; there
were fashioned silver bowls and
chargers for the banquets of kings;
and there Pomeranian amber was set
in Lydian gold to adorn the necks of
queens. In the warehouses were COL
lected the fine linen of Egypt, and the
odorous gums of Arabia; the ivory of
India, and the tin of Britain. In the
port lay fleets ofgreat ships which had
weathered the storms of the Enxine
and the Atlantic. Powerful and
wealthy colonies in distant parts of
The wor1d 1ooked IN With 6l;a1 ravor |