Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-14

an Invaluable light upon tho nos, ......
and profound problems Of human ~.
The East has been the magnetic souree
OF religion TO the whole civilized ,ccrld
~ sowed the seeds Of civilization long
4 before Greece and Rome were evan
names II sot In motion tho phflosonhlcs
81 The world, aud anything that can throw
llRht upon Ia faraway deeds and asnira.
tons VIII be q gain 70 the present aud MI
intnre generations.
\ !. ~ speaking Of the exclusive ordor Of
things under Turkish rule have been
careful 20 except Egypt, which IA m n
sense independent 81 the porte, IN.
I Ger the efficient management OF Messrs
NNllle apl Peiric the Egyptian Exnl0.
ration iuGd has within brief period
I resulted ln the discovery OF the ancient
/ Aoan ANA thu careful survey of tho
| land OF Goshen. fualish aud Amer can
I sehohfa hive entered heartily into tbe
work. ana are anXiously awaiting thn
settlement Of important questions con.
cofning the israell,ish a0ioufn ia Eaypt
ms work deserves the sympathy ana 90.
I operation of every student of the bible
aud OF ancient history. While this door
Is open the project should be pushed for.
ward as rapidly and thoroughly as pos,
/ sible.
The surface Of Western Palestine and
The S!naitlc pcnlusuiahaye during the last
! century received careful attention. The
/ work Of the English Exploration society
mas iluished what can be done la that
line for the country west OF
the Jordan. The American Tx.
! ploration society did good work
east oi the Jordan, but came 10 an I'M.
I timely end. The English society at.
/ tempted work IN Moab, but was stopped
1 by the government. Much as we know
4 about this interesting territory, there re-.
/ mains yet much TO DC done. The great
American, DR.. Robinson, stll remains
/ the foremost name in this department
\ IL Is u matter OF chagrln 70 many Amerl.
can scholars that the English society
should be left ~ do this whole work
alone. The Wolfe Exploring expedition
/ 20 Babylonla, under the management of
| DIR. William II. Ward OF New York city,
which was carried out so successfully
laet year. shows tthat the Americans
! have not lost interest In Bible lands or
/ forgotten how to exploro,n
/ Bcyront as the educational centcr ol
! The Arab-speaklng world Is beginning TO
offer attractions TO American students.
For several years the Syrian Protestant
college has opened its doors 10 Young
men who wished TO study Oriental his.
tory md the Arabic language AZ pres
ent fellow from Harvard college and Il
recent graduate from the Union Theo-
logical seminary Of New York city are
making Bcyrout their headquarters, This
lisa beginning, aud II IL probable that
/ many more Will follow.
The great. trouble Is that whom O, stu
donl goes to the Orient he leaves all books
behind him. lie can do little more than
make plunge into the East gather few
facts, and then return TO digest them In
the Libraries OF Europe or America Why
could not Americans equip thorough
! going library and museum ut Beyrout or
at some similar center, and give oncour.
agement TO students 20 prosecute original
studies Ia the East2 II Greek school
at Athens has attractions for n limited
number OF students OF Greek history
| how much more attractive could a sim
liar institution at 3eyrout be made TO the
much more numerous stu tents OF the
/ Orient and the bible2 The authorities OF
the Syrian Protestant college would
gladly furnish land for such project
| aud even assist IN carrying out the work
A proper building could he erected foi
| $4,000. The expenses Of travel could
| be lesscned by at least 20 per cent. by q
system OF cooperation Money In,
v, stcd In such an institution could not
! be wholly wasted, for IN case Of failure
the college would be- the natural heir.
WOODWARD