Telegram-herald., 1890-10-20

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goaFSs = ssrtaeas on the Holy land an1
zdi8iulng ooanffies i demonstrates 6y ths
tAea-zads we are taFnsi asay from tie
teors of the Brooklyn Aesdemg = Ansie
Ga @uhday naorainsts. and Tee Christisn
Herald >efFaoes Ia tb~ Nsw York Academy
u Masie on sunday evenings. sasbis 70
gaia sssB staating ro0m IA those iiameRSs
audit0riams TosiAy tse fourth seF1a0D q
the sxries w1s preached a. fsetorV, in this
city ia tke morning ala 10 New Nork At
night Heyls< annouaeed - his text Luke
\. 81 a certain niaa went down from
Jerusslsaa 10 Jericho. DIT Eslnasge said.
Il = Ehs morning Of Dee. 5 IN Jsra-
salem. znt ne t2ks stiFraps for the road
sl0ug which the wayfarer Of old fen among
thieves. who eft him wounded and bali
dead Jobs picture Of the horse in tie
orient a. having neek clothed with thah-
der : not true Of most horses now q Pal
estlne. There i no thunder on their nacks,
though there Is some lightning IN their
heels Poorly fed aud numerically
whseked. they sometimes retort To Amer
ictns and Eaglish who are accustomed ID
guide horses BY the bride. these hor~eS q
the orient. guided ouiy by foot aud voice.
make equestriansna an uncertainty. and
the pull on the hrial> thar you intend for
slowing up OF the pace may DC mistaken
Tor hint that y0u want 70 outsNllOp the
nd ar In sV.fff circle. "a -
hawk But they can climb steps and des-
eend precipicss with skilled foot, and the
one chose for our Journey ia Palestine
shah have the praise of going for weeks
without one stumbling step amid rocky
sleeps. where an ordinary horse would not
,or an hour maintain surefootedness
There were eighteen Of our party. and
twenty-five beasts of burden carried our
camp equipment We are led by an Arab
sheik. with his black Subian servant car
rying loaded gun in full sight but IL is
the fact that this sheik represents tie
Turkish government which assures the
safety OF the caravan
''uE FELL AMONG THIEVES"
We cross the Jehoshaphat valley. which,
iii had not been memorable In history and
were only now discovered, would excite the
admiration OF all who look upon IL. II is
like the goTges OF the Yosemite or the
chasrns Of the Yellowstone park The
sides OF this Jehoshaphat valley are tun-
neled with graves aud overlooked by Jeru-
| salem walls-an eternity OF depths over
shadowed by an eternity OF architecture
Within sight OF Mount Olivet and Geth-
semane aud with the heavens and the
earth full Of sunshine. we start out on the
very road mentioned in the text when it
says: "A certain man went down from
Jerusalem 20 Jericho and fell among
thieves" No road that ever saw was so
well constructed for brigandage - deep
Pulleys, sharp turns, caves on either-side
There are fifty places on this road where
highwayman might surprise and over
power an unarmed pilgrim. His cry for
help his shrek of pain, his death groan
would be answered only by the echoes. On
this road today we met groups OF men
who judging from their countenances
, have in their veins the blood Of many gen
erations OF Rob Roys. Josephus says that
/ HeTod at ore time discharged from the
/ service of the temple forty thousand men,
and that the great part OF them became
/ robbers. So late as 1920 Sir Frederick
/ Henniker. an English tourist, was at
tackled on this very road from Jerusalem
/ to Jericho and shot and almost slain
/ There has never been any scarcity of ban
I dts along the road we travel today.
With the fresh memory Of some recent
violence ia their minds Christ tells the
/ people OF the good Samaritan who came
| along that way and took care Of a poor fell
! low that had been set upon by villainous
! Arabs and robbed and pounded and cut
f. . 4
an old stone building, said to be the tavern
where the scene spoken of in the Bible cul-
minated Tumbled in the dust and ghast-
I ly with wounds the victim Of this high
way robbery lay in the middle OF the road
a fact OF which am certain, beculse the
| Bible says the people passed by on either
side, There were 1900 priests living at
! Jericho. and they had to go to Jerusalem
10 oiiiciate at the temple And one Of
these ministers OF religion, | suppose, was
on his way to the temple service. and he is
startled rs be sees this bleeding victim in
the middle OF the road "Oh." he says,
''here is man that has been attacked Of
thieves Why don't you go homer
says the minister. The man. in a comatose
state, makes no answer. or. with half
dazed look, puts his wounded hand 70 his
well" says the minister, IL must hurry
on TO my duties at Jerusalem. have TO
kill lamb and two pigeons in sacrifice to-
day cannot spend any more time with
this unfortunate | guess somebody else
win take careo of him. But this is one Of
the things that cannot be helped. anyhow
Beside that. my business is with souls and
not with bodies Good morning When
you get well enough to sit up | will be
glad 70 see yol at the temple"
TIE SEoLEcTFUL PRIEST.
And the minister curves his way out
toward the overhanging sides OF the road
aud passes You hypOcritel One OF the
chief Offices Of religion * to heal wounds.
You might have done here kindness that
would have been more acceptable 10 God
than eli the incense that will smoke up
from your censer for the next three weeks,
and you missed the chance. Go on your
way-execFsted By the centuries.
Soon afterwsrd lJevite came upon the
scene. The Leyites looked after the music
Of the temple and waited upon the priests
and provided the supplies Of the temple
This levite. passing along this road where
we are today. took look at the macs OF
bruises and lscerstion IN the middle Of the
road Ny myi" says the Levite. "this
man is awfully hurt and be ought 70 he
helped lot my business is 20 sing IN tb,
choir At the temple n am not there 70
one viii carry mr. part. Besides that thsrs
may not be enough fraakinoense for tss
ceu-ers aud the wine or Oh may have gwen
ont. and what a fearful hals In the service
that would make Then one % the prs. :
might ref his hreastplsts on crooked But
Il seems too bai q lesve this man in this