The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-10-09

ducks that fly about the lake, although it
| seemed almost sacrilege on these conse-
Grated waters upon which we are taught
that the Savior walked before His awe
stricken disciples and whose storm-tossed
| pillows were stilled when He ''rebuked the
/ wind and said unto the waves: peace be
STILL" Mark iv, 39) Sailing along the
coast we made our first stop at the tumble
| down village of "MejdeP the "Magdala"
of the scriptures and the birthplace of
/ Mary Magdalene where the so-caled
house in which she was born was shown
US. On the opposite side OF the lake from
/ Magdala is "Khepsa" or 'GergeSa"
/ where at the command OF Jesus
| Then went the devils out of the man, and
/ entered into the swine; and the nerd ran vio-
1 lently down steep place into the lake, and
/ were choked.-(Luke viii, 49,
After skirting along by the Land of
| Gennesaret" we stopped for luncheon at
"Ain-et-Tin," or the Fountain of the
/ Fig Tree" after which we continued on to
! Tell Hum, the village which occupies the
| site of ancient Capernaum. Every rock
/ and stone abuut this ruined city is in
some way associated with the name OF
/ Jesus, and there is no place in the world
/ so nearly connected with His general his
/ tory, for, while Bethlehem was His birth
| place, Nazareth the home of His youth,
| and Jerusalem the scene of His death,
/ nearly all the great acts of His public life
occurred about here, where being rejected
/ rs a prophet" without honor" or fol-
/ lowing ''in His own country" and city.
| Leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Ca
! pernaum, which is upon the sea-coast, In the
/ borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim.
And we are told by that most accurate
/ and reliable of the gospel chroniclers, st.
l Matthew hot barcaforfb ~ 1ras ttIfio Oxrr,
! city, and that
From that time Jesus began to preach, and
/ 10 say. repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at
/ hand.-Matthew ", 1917.
! Here are pointed out the ruins of the
! ''White synagogue" supposed to have
| been built by the good Centurion of whom
/ the citizens said, "He loveth our nation
and hath built us a synagogue" duke
vii-5l, being the place where Jesus de-
| livered His never-to- be-torgotten sermon
| in which He said .-..f-
! am the bread of life; he that cometh to
me shall never hunger; and he that belieyeth
on me shall never thirst John Vi, 35-5a)
/ Adjoining the synagogue are the re-
mains of an Old church said to cover the
/ spot originally occupied by the house of
/ St Peter, in which poor "Simon's wife's
mother Law sick of a fever" Mark j, 30.)
/
| Jesus made this humble abode His home
| during His soiourn in Capernaum, al
] though it is claimed that ellis house." as
| spoken OF by st. Mark, stood further back
! on the hill, but from hasty examination
| OF the gospels l can find nothing to sus-
/ tain the belief that He actually possessed
/ a personal residence here. On departing
from Capernaum and in landing our boat
we were unable to get near to the shore,
/ so that l was compelled to call the
! services of a stalwart Arab into
/ reQuisition, who, throwing off his
/ clothes, waded through the water with me
! perched upon his shoulders. Leaving
the ruins of the sacred city behind us, we
| sailed on to the point where the river Jor-
| dan enters the lake and thence continued
our circuit around the coast, touching at
| all the various places of interest In the
old days six important citles-Capernaum,
! Chorazin, Magdala, Tiberias, Bethsalda
and Bethsaida Julius-stood upon the
! shores of this lake, but now all are gone
| except Tiberias, and little is left
of its former glory. Christ here,
within sight of them all, Numbered
| His aRathemas against them 'be-
cause they repented not, saying
Woe unto thee, Chorazinl woe unto thee,
| Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were
! done in you. had been done in Tyre and SidOn,
| they would have repented long ago in sack
cloth and ashes.
But say unto you, it shall be more tolera-
bic for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment,
| than for you.
And thou. Capernaum, which art exalted
unto heaven shalt be brought down TO hell;
| for if the mighty works, which have been
done in thee. had been done in Sodom, il
would have remained until this day."
| (Slatthew H, 21-23l
The curse placed upon these unfort-
innate cities seems to have been complete
| ly fulfilled and only heaps of desolate
ruins now remain to testify to their former
renOwn. On our way back to Tiberias a
strong wind suddenly came up that gave
US very good idea OF what this turbulent
| little sea might be capable of in the way
OF the storms for which it has always been
/ famous. Upon landing 1 again prepared
to occupy my tent, which had been placed
in position near the Greek monastery, but
before night came on visited the hot baths
| south of the city and took plunge in
their steaming waters. They are believed
| to possess remarkable curative qualities,
/ for which they have been renowned since
| the days of the Romans, Pliny making
| especial mention of them. The sea of
| Galilee was the end of my tenting Jour
/ ney toward the north, as instead of con-
/ tinuing on overland from there to Damas-
Gus, had arranged my route so as TO
strike the Mediterranean coast at Caiffa,
/ where, by taking steamer from there to
/ Beyrout, l should be enabled TO cut
| off the long, tedious and uninter-
esting ride OF some four or five
/ days through the desolate country that
/ lies between Galilee and Damascus after
leaving Casarea Philippi and the source
\ of the Jordan. Therefore, on the follow
/ ing morning / began to retrace my steps
| toward Mt. Tabor and Nazareth, this time
going by the more interesting Kefr Kenna
route. The day was clear and beautiful,
and leaving Tiberias after an early break
fast we rode up the steep hills that rise
/ above the city, from the top of which We
had beautiful view of all the surround
| ings of Galiee and the far north, away
into the biblical land of Dan. \ short
ride further on and the twin peaks of
"Kurn Hattin" or the "Horns of Hattin"
| lift themselves out of the plain on our
! right. This is the traditional Mount of
Beatitudes" where the Savior preached
his wondrous sermon on the mount
| where
Seeing the multitudes, he went up into
mountain; and when He was set his disciples
! came unto Him: And He opened His mouth,
and taught them.-Matthew V, 2.
1t is claimed that the plain below the
sacred mount was the scene OF the
miraculous feeding of the 5000" with