Idaho semi-weekly world., 1890-11-07

VIII gather in that distant lard those
OF ti:sss.s s..ee who have been nlaltreat-
ed, and he will blast with the light
nings Of his omnipotence those lands
on ostlier side OF the Atlantic which
have been the Instruments Of annoy
ance and harm to that Jewish race 70
which belonged Abraham and David
and Josbua and Baron Hirsch and
Montefiore and Paul the apostle and
Mary the virgin and Jesus Christ the
Lofd.
THE WOMEN OF PALESTINE.
On the way across the plain Of Sharon
we meet many veiled women. 1t Is
not respectable to go unveiled. and Il
is q veil that ii 80 hung as to make
them hideous- A man may not even
zee the face Of his wife uutil after be-
trothal or engagement of marriage.
Hence the awful mistakes and the un-
happy homes, for God has made the
lace an index Of character, and honesty
or dishonesty usually Is demonstrated
in the features l do not see what
God made d fair face for If it were not
to be looked At. But here come the
crowds OF disfigured women down the
road on their way to Joppa, bundles Of
sticks for firewood on their beads.
They started at o'clock in the morn
ing to get the fuel. They staqger
under the burdens. Whipped and
beaten will some of them be If their
bundle Of sticks is too small. All that
Is required for divorcement is for a
man to say to his wife, Be of, don't
want you any more Woman slave
IN all lands, except those in which the
gospel OF Jesus Christ makes her a
queen. And yet in Christian countries
there are women posing as skeptics.
and men with family deriding the only
religion that makes sacred and honor
able the names of wife, mother, daugh-
ter and sister.
ROBBERY AND HOSPITALITY.
What is that2 Town Of RamIeh.
birthplace, residence and tomb OF
Samuel, the glorious prophet. Near
by Tower of Forty Martyrs, SO called be-
cause that number of disciples perished
there for Christ's sake; but if towers
had been built for all those who, in the
time of war as in time Of peace, have
fallen on this road during the ages past
you might almost walk on turrets from
Joppa to Jerusalem
Now we pass guard houses which are
castles of chopped straw and mud
where at night and partly through the
day armed men dwell and keep the
bandits OIL travellers In the caves of
these mountains dwell men to whom
massacre would be high play and a
purse with few pennies would be
compensation enough for the struggle
that the savage might have with the
wayfarer. There is only one other de-
fense that amounts to much in these
lands, and that's the law of hospitality.
Ii you can get an Arab to eat with you,
if only one mouthfui, you are sure of
his protection, and that has been SO
from age to age. The Lords supper
was built on that custom, a special
friendship after partaking food to-
gether. To that custom Walter Scott
refers in his immortal ''Talisman. y
where Saladin, with one stroke of the
sword, strikes the head from an enemy
who stands in Saladin's tent with a
cup in his hand and before he has time
TO put it to his lip, and does it SO sud
denly that the body of his enemy, be-
headed, stands for moment after the
beheading with the cup still in his
right hand. After the cup had been
slipped it would have been impossible,
according to the laws of oriental hos
pitality, to give the fatal blow.
The only lands where it is safe to
travel unarIned are Christian lands.
Human life is more highly valued and
personal rights are better respected, and
| am glad to believe that in our coun-
try, from the Atlantic ocean to the Pa
cific ocean, there is not place today
where man is not safer without d pis-
tol than with one. But all through our
Journeys in Palestine we required fire.
arms. While the only weapon had
ON my person was a New Testament
we went through the region where l
said to the dragoman, David, are you
armedg" and he said, Eyes, and said,
"Are those fifteen or twenty muleteers
and baggagernen and attendants
armedgp and he said, Yes, and felt
safer.
THE ROSE OF sHARog.
On we roll through the plain of
Sharon. Here grew the rose after
which Christ was named Rose of Shar-
on, celebrated in all Christendom and
throughout all ages. There has been
controversy as to what flower it was.
Some say it was Il marshmallow that
| thrives here, and some claim this honor
for the narcissus, and some for the blue
iris. and some for the scarlet anemone,
for you must know that this plain ol
Sharon is a rolling ocean of color when
| the spring breezes move across it. But
leaving the botanists in controversy as
to what il is, would take the mos
aromatic and beautiful of them all and
twist them into a garland for the
Name which is above every name.
Yonder a little to the north as we
move on is the Plain of Ono. The Bi
BILE mentions it again and again. The
village standing on this Plain of Ono il
a mud village. Two great basins q
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