The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-09-19
FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY
a SIMPLE SECT OF CHRISTIANS Add
/ ING IN JERUSALEM.

Dmgsnt searehers OF the Scriptures VINO
Have veriaed Many Landmarks Ovex-
looked BY Antiquarians-The Rebuild-
ing OF Jerusalem.
Together with bits of stone and like
relics, which threw into my valise, !
gathered few bits of information, which
may not prove old, of this Palestine,
ashen In physical aspect as morally its
life seems reduced to ashes.
What made Jerusalem itself most In
teresting was the information given us
by sect OF Christians whom we, In our
explorations, CHANGED to stumble upon.
In searching the Scriptures they have
verified many landmarks overlooked by
even antiquarians. One Of these places
were the wine presses of Solomon, which
the government was beginning to have
cut away for building purposes. These
not only are located as indicated In the
Bible, and indisputably like all the wine
presses found in the country (cut out of
solid rock with various watts for the wine
| In its successive stages, with channels of
ingress and egress from one vat to an
| other), but are too immense in scale, and
have too tremendous a cistern to have
been the property of any private indj-
vidual. These, through their influence,
are now in the hands Of the Antiquarian
society of Jerusalem, and are thus pre-
served from further harm. Close at hand
to these are the quarries of Solomon.
What wonderful climate is this, that
time does not alter the freshness of the
rock. The grooves made by the chisel.
L Ice -
centuries ago, show the incision Of the
tool as freshly as If cut but yesterday.
/ Even thus the rocky chambers In the
tombs of the kings and judges show slight
] signs of decay, so hard and sharp are the
edges. The catacombs of Rome, COM
pared to these of modern build, appear
ruinously old.
In a long donkey ride around the city
these people pointed to literal fulfill
ments of prophecies concerning the re-
building Of Jerusalem. In this they
have perfect faith.
RELIGION OF LOVE.
How can explain to you our impress
sions of this people as their lives and
aims were unfolded to us2 They are a
society Of now twenty-six people, young
and old, unmarried and with families,
who, viewed as fanatics, left Chicago
some Eve years ago. They were peo-
pie to whom their church life seemed
cold and barren, and in bond of COM
mon feeling met often in private to COM
mune on things spiritual After time
they felt called of God, as they express
It, to go where they could lead a life Of
pure seeking, feeling they would thus
be preparing themselves for some work
in the future for others. People of cul-
ture, used to all the luxuries of refined
society, they left friends and came, by
the call of God, as they felt, to settle in
Jerusalem. Most of them had money,
but their relatives at home made them
out in the court as lunatics, who had no
claim to common sense or the money
that goes with it. So, with very little,
they arrived at Jerusalem, and settled
in sunny house on the edge of the city
wall For two OF three years they were
subject to gross Misrepresentation of the
worst sort-our own consul, for some
unaccountable reason, doing much to
damage them in America. They took
no name, have no creed, do not prose
lyte, abide by no laws peculiar to them
selves, but simply search the Scriptures
hourly for guidance to abide by the sum;
ming up of all doctrines: stLove the
Lord thy God with all thy heart. and
thy neighbor as myself"
They do their own household work
and. during that time. if any one wishes
help or guidance for anything, they droI
everything until they have met and
: prayed, when they resume their occupa
tions. They labor outside for pay, If
after praying over it, they are led to Dc
so, but nothing must interfere with theil
spiritual life. They claim no mission
but daily work has come to them, minis
3 tering to the rich and poor alike, receiv
: ing nothing in return. They have never
2 wanted for the bare necessities of life
They speak the truth to each other, and
as one of the ladies told me, the constan
friction of different dispositions is wha
makes it life of discipline. Some hav,
come to them attracted by their peaceful
: life, but there is no glamour about it, NJ
| rigidity to attract ascetics, no rites anC
1 ceremonies embellishing the simple lif
Of truth to attract the sentimental. The,
labor now on the precept: First tax
, away the beam that is in thine own eye
and then thou shalt see clearly to tax
out the mote that is in thy brother
l eye" Though they do not preach, thei
. daily living and communication witt
/ their neighbors have drawn many Mo
| hammedans, Greeks and Gwen jews t
5 learn of their simple religion of love.
, REBUILDING OF JERUsALEA.
They fully believe that the rebuildin:
Of Jerusalem is at hand; that the prophe
cies, which by many people are consid
cred symbolic of the coming of the heav
emily kingdom, apply to Jerusalem of to
t day. Certainly, consulting certain pre-
dictions of the Old Testament, as foun'
in jeremiah XXI, $40, and Zecharial
xiv, 10, IL, where even landmarks Of tn
n new city are cited, just there and no
. where else are the new buildings goinI
q up of Jews and Mohammedans.
# Among those who have returned &
Jerusalem are 500 Gadites. bringing wit
them their ancient scrolls proving then
I TO be of the twelve tribes of Israel, who
during one of the political dispersions o
a the Jews, settled about the Persian Gulf
0 $40 b C. Silversmiths by trade, thei
S workmanship proved too crude for tn
: market. and so for long while the
q were in great distress
Our American coIonists helped Their
for several months. and finally the
> worked themselves up to the market an
;, refused help, showing them to be homes
d and industrious = r ii. K IN Bosto
g Herald.
g The Duke Of Edinburgh IS a persistent bu
q poor violinisk
a The Duke Of Connaught amuses himssl
! with the flute
Lately the biggest ball on record tool
r place in the Palais de I'Industrie It wa
% In reality an entertainment offered b,
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