Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01

OO WIZ nave Deen maItreat-
ed, and he will blast with the light
nlngs of his omnipotence those lands
on either side of the Atlantic which
have been the instruments of annov-
ahce and harm to that Jewish race to
which belonged Abraham and David
and Joshua and Baron Hirsch and
Montetiore and Paul the apostle and
Mary the virgin and Jesus Christ the
Lord.
THE WOMEN OF PALESTINE.
On the way across the plain of Sharon
we meet many yelled women II is
not respectable to go unveiled. and If
Is veil that is so hung as to make
them hideous. A man may not even
see the face of his wife until after he
trothal or engagement of marriage
Hence the awful mistakes and the nm
happy homes, for God has made the
lace an index of character, and honesty
or dishonesty usually is demonstrated
IN the features | do not see what
God made 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
sucks for tirewOod on their beads
They started at 3 o'clock in the morn
ing to get the fuel They stagger
under the burdens. Whipped and
beaten will some of them be if their
bundle of sticks is too small. All that
Is required for enforcement is for a
man to say to his wife, BE off, don't
want you any more" Woman a 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, dauoh-
ter and sister.
ROBBERY AND HOSPITALITY.
What is that? Town of Ramleh.
birthplace, residence and tomb of
Samuel, the glorious prophet. Near
by Tower of Forty Martyrs, so called be-
cause that number of disciples persisted
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 off 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-
tense that amounts to much in these
lands, and that is the law of hospitality.
Ii you can get an Arab to eat with YOU.
If only one mouthful, 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,"
where Saladin, with one stroke of the
sword, strikes the head from an enemy
who stands in SaIadin,s tent with a
cup III 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 a 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 unarmed 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
citic ocean, there is not place today
where a man is not safer without a pis-
tol than with one. But all through our
journeys in Palestine we required fire
arms. While the only weapon l had
on my person was a New Testament
we went through the region where l
said to the dragoman, David, are you
armedH and he said, Eyes, and | said,
Are those fifteen or twenty muleteers
and bagga9emen and attendants
armedY and he said, yes" and felt
safer
THE ROSE OF SHARON.
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 a 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 of
Sharon is a rolling ocean of color when
the spring breezes move across it. But
leaving the botanists in controversy as
to what it is, | would take the most
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 BIZ
bic mentions it again and again. The
village standing on this Plain of Ono is
q mud village. Two great basins OF
roa!z catch the rains for the people. Of
ln3Te Importance in olden time than in
modern time was this Plain of Ono.