Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-10-04

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dwindlcd in Importance, for tomorrow,
tomorrow We shall see the Holy Land.
Captain. Whit time will VIC come in
sight of Palestine?" We'll" he said,
eff the wind and sea remain as they
nre. about dayhres,s y Never was SO
impatient for Il night to pass. I could
not see r,uc,l Use for that night, any
how. pulled aside thc curtain from
the portfolio OF my stateroom, SO that
the first hint OF dawn would walien
me. But it WAS Il useless precaution.
Sleep WIS among the impossibilities.
Who could be so stupid as to slumbcr
when any moment there might start
out within sight of the ship the land
where the most stupendoNs scenes OF
oil tilna AMI all eternity we're enacted
land of ruin and redemption, lard
where was fought tue brittle that made
our heaven possible.i land Of Godfrey
and Salalin. Of Joshua and Jesus Fl -,
IT rs GBowrNo I1GfITER.s 3 3
NYillsthe t.evcr,be gone? Yes sit
lis growing and LONG: fhesI iorii5
I:zons there Is: thing ike sa bank Of
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sdeck. Isayto lima, What Is that out
yonderl', lat IS land.s sir;" saidsthe
sailor The. laad !" ! cried. and soon all
our friends .wercu.oused from sleepand
the shore began lnorcclearly to reveal
itself. With roar and rattle and bang
the anchor dropped in the roatistead a
half mile from land. for though Joppa
is the only lmrbor of Palestine it is the
worst harbor OF I'LL the coats. Some.
times for weeks no ship stops there.
Between ROCKS about seventy-llve foet
apart small boat must take the pas
sengers ashore. The depths are strewn
with the skeletons Of those who Iiave
attempted to land or attempted to eln-
bara. Twenty-seven pilgrims persisted
with one crash Of il boat against the
rocks. Whole fleets of Crusaders, Of
Romans, of Syr:aas. OF Egyptians have
gone to spliators there A writer eight
hundred years ago said he stood on the
beacl, in II Storm at Joppa, and out Of
thirty ships all bat s,ven went to pieces
on the rocks, and = thousand of the
dead were washed ashore.
THE STUMBLING BLOCK Or Mo!IAaI-
MECHANISM
Strange that Wit. few blasts Of
powder like that which shattered our
American Hell Gate those rocks have
not been nprooted end the way cleared,
so t!l;;t great ships, instead of anc.or.
ing far out from land, might sweep up
to the wharf for passengers and freight.
But you nl:lst remember that land is
under tie Turk, and What the Turk
touches he withers Nohainlncdanism
is against easy wilarves, against steam
crs. against rll trains, against printing
presses, against civilization. Darkness
is always opposed to light. The owl
hates the morn. Leave those rocks
where t,..cy are" practically cries the
Turkish government; I'VE want NO
people OF ot!lcrra!igionG and other hab-
its to l;l.rl t,,l>:c; If the salt seas wash
over them let it Ea Il warming 10 other
invaders: away Wit, Jour Nineteenth
century. with it, free thought and its
modern inventions" That Turkish
government ought to be blottcd from
tlle face of the earth. and it will be.
Of many of tie Inhabitants Of I'ales-
tine ASKED the question, LAS the
sultan OF Turkey ever been here"
Answer 10 ''lYi.y don't he come,
when it belongs to lii; dolnnion2
And. after Che man interrogated looked
this way anI that, 50 az to know lie
would not be rcaartc:l, the answer
would Invariably ba, IKE dare not
come" | believed it, II the sultan of
Turkey attempted to visit Jerusalem
lie would meier get back again. All
Palestine hates him. sa:' him go to
the mosque for prayers in lis own city
of Constantinople. and s:tw seven thou
sand armed men riding out TO protect
him. Expensive prayers. OF course
that government wants no better har-
Dor at Joppa May God remove t.lat
curse Of nations. t.ilt old ilag of the
centuries. II, Turkish government
For its everlasting Insult to God and
wonlaa LET it perish! Anal 50 those
rocks at the har:oor remain the jaws Of
repeated destruction.
TIE EN;, or TIE VOYAGE.
As we descended the narrow steps
at -tlic side of the ship we heard the
clalnor and quarrel and swearing of
fifteen or sixteen different races Of men
of I'LL features and all colors an;l all
vernaca!,.rs; all ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
but all alike in desire to get our bag
gage and ourselves ut exorbitant prices.
Twenty boats and only ten passengers
to go ashore. The man having charge
Of us pushes aside some. and strikes
with he;lvy stick ot:leri, and by vio-
lences that would not be tolerated in
our country. but Which seem to be the
only n.;slner ef making ;sny impression
there, clears or way into one of the
boats, which heads for tho 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 ont to help
us in.
We are trcmulous with suppressed
excitement. orr breath is quic..;, ami
fropr tho side of the boat we spring TO
the shore, and Sunday morning. Dec.
/. 1880. about 6 o'clock, orr feet touch
Palestine. Forever to me and mine
will that day and hour be colnmemo-
rated for that pre-elnincnt mercy. Let