The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-04
EDUCATIONAL.
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weeh w npN last wrote, yet withal. the
SINCE awe W" speut most enjoyable and
pT 4Ul.,phvave been attending the lee
W. g,yen by DR.. Ward-El- Ward,
tlte'h we found quite interesting aud
wluctive. Even yet we are roam
in''in fsncy oyer the hills of Judes
Ivy ai ENJOYING the sweets OF Pales-
'Tne orange grove.
tI Ia ,hn welI-crowded church we nc
"a some one whom we supposed,
u.'I js note book aud "short-hand
be- one of your reporters, aud
s,i' ,ur-e the readers of The EXAM
o, OIL eI have been benefited by his pres
Mn At each lecture. SO it will be
enVy ,ss for us to dwell upon any of
the public lectures.
w 0pr interest having been aroused
uonday night concerning Palestine,
VT il the only country that still
s.;ctlc preserves this customs of the
an;ents. we were much gratified the
'u uvt dsy when DR.. Wad-El- Ward VS.
ted our chapel and continued the
lscture of the previous night.
We have recently i'll our Sunday
.,Sool work devoted much study to
,ba history of tho Holy Land; aud he
Made many facts clearer, which till
now we had never appreciated fully.
After telling us OF Palestine and
mo surrounding country, among
otber tnings, was the enlightment he
ave us concerning the origin Of the
Dead Sea.
Aboundug in this region are many
;ocsled sling ponds out in reality,
ihey are petroleum pits, and the de-
.rnction of Sodom and Gomarrah is
attributed to a flash of lightning
striking one of these surrounding
Dits. OF course nothing could OK
iuguish the flames and so
Gods curse upon these wicked cities
was fulfilled. over the DIES olale ruins
sb,sin was linaliy formed, and that
basin has gathered the waters watch
now form the Dead Sea. Looking
down through the clear waters of Il
depth of six hundred feet, the bot
tom is seen to contain many p )hshed
stones which could have been hewn
only by the hand of man; aud this, in
connection with other evidences, con.
firms the belief that the remains OF
these cities are buried beneath the
sea-
When speaking of the various ian
guageS, which in his extensive tray
r!s, the doctor has thoroughly mas
ered. we requested him to write III
something in Hebrew, his natjv,
tongue. lie wrote something first il
our language then III his, aud the diff
ference ir length of the two sentence
was quite remarkable. Iu his cOun
try NO certain family names are used
each family gives the title ofit5 estate
The explanation he gave concern
iDg his own name satisfied our sur
misses as to his strange coguomen
"Wsd-E Ward" is the name of hi
hOme-"Nalley of Roses" Ate
spending about three hours with u;
be lett with the assuring promise 0
ntuming Wednesday night. Puuc
Nsl to his promise, he came and CAV
Hs description OF donkey rid
from Dan to Beersheba. E-pecial
were we Interested in the markets o
JOppa their only seaport town c
iny note. The luscious fruit brough
INTO this town are unsurpassed b
My gown elsewhere.
As we ride slowly across the plain
I Sharon, we meet with many of tn
eziled race" who, living in colonie
much improved by the aid of 81
Noses Montitiore and the Rothschllt
lstlently await the fultilment of til
l'tOphecy concerning them.
Here, in the land OF the Philistine
ot Il H.
sas scientists The results of thet
aarches was the exhuming of skel
9lS thirteen feet i'll length. The'
HiVe to confirm the believe in tt
Ants of biblical history.
As we near our journeys end v
TVe at spot so revered and love
all Jews,-the tomb of Rach'
ta' is the only holy building whi'
lohammetans have not yet WIRE
peOpe.
noweverit is fortunate that throul
|, VAT OF the punishments inflicted
SSe, gurding angels, the followers
pauns'nmed leaves the remains Of Il
" W.T. nN in peaceful repose.
va thursday night the lecture toe
ns lorin Of t4bleauX. illustratil
n n'ay Oriental customs. Quite il
A., SS'sNe We're the marriage ceremol
'uc / east of the Passover, especi
ron a' some Of our girls were "bC
is"5 lor the occasion. 1t WAS
s, ru with reluctance that we ba
go S"tii TO him and his excellent wi
= sl n aue cheering promise that
's1V rs ct some future d,
torrsss s with it the hope that in t
h,ao. OF his travels he will II
h, N.Y. ., ms warm reception and plei
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