Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-02-21

will withdraw"
Come in. You are welcome. Our house
is always open to visitors, night and day"
Through a court whose walls are covered
with vines and flowers, up an outside flight
Of stairs TO an upper room fitted as an
Eastern paror, furniture very simple, clean
illness exquisite, engravings on the walls,
wild flowers in vases an organ. | intro
duce myself and companion The lady
Mrs. Gould of Chicago is person Of cul
ture, somewhat reticent speaks much Of
following the example of Jesus, leading a
pure life They live in great harmony,
have a common purse and that harmony is
for her proof that God approves Of them
Her remarks do not give me the kernel Of
their doctrines.
By-and by arrives Mrs Spafford the
leading spirit Of the colony, apparently
under 49, dressed in black, modestly, with
a cultivated voice. have heard she was in
the Vile du Havre in 1873, lost her four
children 1t was the steamer on which
we're Messrs. Pronier, Carrasco, Lorriaux,
Cook, Weiss, delegates 10 the great evan
gelical alliance meetings. knew them all
The first two we're killed, Mr. Cook died
soon after from the hardships endured
| introduce the subject, and Mrs
Spahord relates how she was up at o'clock
in the night when the collision took place.
how she dressed her children and stood with
them by lifeboat, she with her baby in her
arms Pastor Weiss with little Bessie how
pastors and priests prayed how, when the
ship sunk and sucked them down, they all
clung 10 their young charges, bound to save
them If they were saved themselves how
she lost consciousness, and when she came
to her senses was floating, face downward,
in the water, childless was picked up by
boat Mr.. Weiss became temporarily in.
sane, having lost also his charges and would
say 'ies enfdHts les enttnts - how they
had to leave the Lock Erin ship for another
steamer Weiss could not be removed Cook
remained with him She relates
all that with composure and simplicity, but
breaks down and sObs when telling of reach
ing Mr.. Cooks house she finds it adOrued
for his return, and welcome over the
door. he yet in the ocean. 1t is a
most touching, pathetic story, related here
in Jerusalem where did not expect to re-
hearse the Vile du Havre tragedy
Then long conversation ensues on their
being in Jerusalem. condense the re
marks Of Mrs. and Mr.. Spafford; this one
has come in the meanwhile While floating
in the water Mrs. Spafford had revela
tion. the Lord appeared TO her since she
has had other revelations was told to come
TO Jerusalem, wait for his coming, live a
pure life aud be a shining light
They must renounce all carnal intercourse
she loves her husband and he loves her as
much as ever, but they must lead the life Of
Jesus Paul speaks of some making them
selves eunuchs for the sake of God 5 kingdom
They have been DETAINED, represented
as immoral people, but any one can come, live
with them. and see. They came six
from America they are now twenty broth
ers and sisters, representing eleven nation
alitles They wait, pray, sing, draw to
them the Mahometans disgusted with
Christians quarrels and mutual hatred
they relate many cases showing their influ
ence on Muslims. We have drunk
a glass of milk, cool and delicious we have
admired the panorama from the high, flat
roof we leave with a promise to return.
. 1t has been a mcst interesting visit
| Later | hear them censured because they
do no work and are often in debt.
Mrs. Spafford has had two children since
| 1873, they are with her others have also
children, and we see them looking as happy
as possible. What we see is model of
| cleanliness, the court is full of flowers 1t
is a mixture of most sublime feelings and
delusons
3,
preparing for our Jericho trip. Our Amer.
Ican tent friends come and dine with us. 1t
begins 10 rain when they leave the cross
over the Greek church is lighted During
the night the wind howls ; bells ring at ~
| o'clock, at 1 o'clock at 6 O'Clock, and usher
| in Easter Sunday.
Ap,I iD-Mother needs long rest, is
overtired, but she goes to church TO hear
| Arthur Brooks Of New York prefer an
| hour of solitude and self communion
Easter Sunday tabeauX tl) Bells ring
ing ringing. l2l Professions Of Musms
! going to Jatfa gate to receive more pilgrims
| going to the tomb Of Moses, tomtoms, Gym
| balls, flags. dancing idiots, or saints with
long henneh dyed hair green turbans and
robes b Crowds pouring out from the
| Greek church with palms--it is their Palm
| Sunday I'm troupedU dhOmmeS de femmeS
| d'enfdaiS. Russians of all classes. hatten
myself against a wall TO let the mass pass
| hy. ~ Finally inside the church, see the
Greek dgnitaries coming out of the Sepul-
chre, gold brocade robes, gold helmets, a
grand spectacle (j) Turkish soldiers every
where, with guns. (6) In the church court
venders Of candy, oranges, salads eaten
raw as they are, religious wares-a fair
| (0 Coptic church, the bishop or patriaI ch
nations of the earth, multitudes buying,
selling, moving. (9) Under our windows
market for vegetables, lemons, auction sale
of furniture.
Such is an hour in Jerusalem while our
room is being 'fixed;' the professor roams
about and looks, returns and writes till
mother comes from church a little more
sick than before going.
We have dined lunched with our Amer
lean friends under their tent nave had a
luxurious meal, as good as any since leav
ing Europe, We have settled the affairs of
the world aud are back in order to pack
and be off to morrow early to Jericho. The
sky is yet cloudy we will be lucky if we
have no rain. otherwise cloudy sky would
be blessing against the hot sun and the
sitting heat often met with in those lower
regions While going to Jericho, | shall
not send my readers there, and in course Of
time shall report faithfully what we saw
and what fate we met with.