Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29

tra>a1efs g kslaxns, q SYrs&as. e E.ts.
BANS hss~ gcEs e sriasSrs taer~ A
writer sigks haa1red so&n sge ssia he
st9od 60 tAe he4ch IL a stern a. Jopua.
sad oat of thtrty saiEs al eut ssseR wsas
- PIeees "a tAs reeks. sad t2eoSAns II
ne caz1 were wSsaed aShere.
strange th2t ~lta fs~ h.zsts e powder
Ike tkss WLiea shattered eur American
He4l Gate. these rocks hsye 1gt bera an
rooted ant tie wsy elaared, - that srezt
ships in<te4a q sncsorsng far 0uG trosa
land lllgal sweep ap 70 tie y hzrf for pa
sengers aud freiEat. But yea uzsG re-
alember tASt laad i aador ths Tsrk. ane
What the Terk touches he wlthers No
hgmnedxnisn l. SGainst EASY wharsos
against steamers. against Tal trssns,
ssainst printing presses. against civiiisA-
tea. Darkness Is always opposed 20 hgAt.
The owl hates the morn. Leave those
rocks where they are" practically cries
The Turkish government, we wat 40
people Of other religions and other habits
% land there II the salt SEES wash over
them, let il be zwsrning 20 other invaders
Away with your Nineteenth century. With
Us tres thought and rs modern insen-
fions" Thag Turkish government oaght
% be hlofted from the face Of the earth.
aud il viii be.
OF many Of the inhabitants Of Palestine
asked the question, Has he tan OF
Turkey ever been here" Answer. NO.
"Why don't be come when it belongs 70
bis dominion And after the man inter
rogAted Looked this way aud that, 90 a. 20
know he would not bs reported, the an
swer wouid invariably be. he dare not
come believed IT, If the sultan Of
Turkey attempted 70 visit Jerusalem he
would neser get back again. AL Pzles-
tire hates him | saw him so 10 the
mosque for prayers In his own city OF Con-
stsntinople. and saw seven thousand armed
men riding out 10 protect him. Expensive
prayers or course that government wants
no better harbor az Joppa May Cod re-
move that curse OF nations, that old bag %
the centuries--the Turkish government.
For its everlasting insult 10 God and
woman let 1t persist And so those rocks
at the harbor remain the jaws Of repeated
destruction.
VIVID MEMORIES OF JoPPA
As we descended the narrow steps M the
side Of the ship we heard the elsmor and
quarrel and swearing OF fifteen or sixteen
different races OF men OF all features and
colors and all vernaculars. all different in
appearance but all alike in desire 20 get
our baggage and ourselves at exhorbitsnt
prices. Twenty boats and only ten passcn-
gers 10 go ashore The man having charge
Of us pushes aside some, and strikes with
heavy stick others, AID by violenceS that
would not be tolerated in our country, but
which seem 10 be the only manner OF max
ing any impression there. clears our way
into one of the boats which heads for shore
We are within fifteen minutes Of the Christ
land Now we hear shouting from the
beach, and in FIVE minutes we will be
landed
The PROV OF the boat is caught by men
who wade out TO help US in. We are
tremulous with suppressed excitement,
our breath is quick, and from the side Of
the boat we spring 70 the shore. and Sun
day morning, Dec. l. 1889, about o'clock,
our feet touch Palestine Forever to me
and mine will that day and hour be COM
memorated for that pre-eminent mercy
Let it be mentioned in prayer by my chill
dren and children's children after we are
gone. that morning wa were permitted to
enter that land, and gaze upon those holy
hills, and feel the emotions that rise aud
fall and weep and laugh and sing and
triumph at such Decentralization.
On the back Of hills one hundred and
fifty feet high Joppa is lifted toward the
skies. IL is as picturesque as II is quaint
ard as much unlike any city we have ever
seen as though it were built in that star
Mars, where few nights ago this very
September astronomers, through unpaTsl-
leled telescopes, saw a snowstorm raging
How glad we were to be in Joppa! Why,
this is the city where Dorcas, that queen
of the needle, lived and lied and was res
urrected. You remember that the poor
people came around the dead body Of this
benefactress and brought specimens OF her
kind needlework and said, "Dsrcas made
this" "Dorcas sewed that "Dorcas cut
and fitted this" "Dorcas hemmed that"
According to ightfoot, the oommenta-
tor, they laid her out in state in public
room, and the poor wrung their hands and
cried and sent for Peter, who performed a
miracle by which the good woman came
back 70 life and resumed her bencfactions.
An especial resurrection day for one wo-
man. She was the model by which many
women of our day have fashioned their
lives. and at the first blast of the horn OF
the wintry tempest there appear ten thou
sand DOrcnses-Dorcases of Brooklyn, Dor
cases of New York, Dorcases Of London,
Decreases OF all the neighborhoods spd
towns and cities Of Christendom, just as
good as the Dorcas OF the Joppa which
visited. Thank God for the ever increas-
Ing skill and sharpness and spscd and gen
erosity Of Dorcas needleI
What is that m6n doingw said 20 the
dragoman in the streets of Joppa "Oh.
he is carrying his bed" MultituEos of the
people sleep ont Of doors, and that Is the
way so many in those lands become blind.
Il is from the dew of the night falling on
the eyelids. As result OF this. in Egyp,
every twentieth perso, is totally blind. In
Oriental lands the bed is rnade II a thin
small mattress. blsnket and pillow. and
when the man rises in the morning he just
ties up the three into bundle and shoDl-
dsrs IL and takes il away IL was TO that
the Saviour referred when he said to tbs
sick man. Take up thy bel and walk. >
An American couch or an English couch
would require AZ least four men % carry
Il. but one Oriental can easily manage his
sl1mbeT equipment.
sINox, The TANNER
But inhale some Of the odors % the
large tauneries around Joppa- II is there
to this day. a prosperous b-siness, this
tanning cf hides And that reminds m.
of Simon. the tanner, who lived a Joppa.
and was the heat ~ Peter. the apostle.
suppose the olfaotoriss q Peter we're -
easily inspiteS by the odoTs of tsnnerT
as others But TIE Bible says. He lodged
with one Simon. toe tanner" Peopis who
70 ont 70 do rsfornatory and missionary
and Christian work must not hc too ssu-
sitiTs Simon no doubt breuEht % hi,
homestead svery night tbs rnslodoTs q
the calf skins snd CT hides IN rs tssnery,
bat Peer lodged IN tbst hone. not onlT
because Re u1ay rot have been invited 70