Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-16

member that that land Is under the Turk.
and what the Turk touches. he withers.
is against easy wharves.
against steamers. against rail-trains.
against printing presses. against c!Siliza-
ton. Darkness Is always opposed to light.
The owl hates the morn. leave those
rocks where they are" practically .ries the
Turkish governments: I'VE want 40 people
OF other religions and other habits to land
there; II the salt seas wash over them. let 1t
be q warning to other invaders; away with
your nineteenth century, with its free
thought and modern Inventions" That
Turkish government ought 10 be blotted
from the face of the earth, and II will be.
OF many of the inhabitants OF Palestine
asked the question, HAS the sultan Of
Turkey ever been here?" Answer. NO"
why don't he come, when It belongs to his
gated looks this way and tn at SO as to know
he would not be reported. the answer would
invariably be, HE dare not come" II the
sultan OF Turkey attempted to visit Jerusa-
lem. he would never get back again. All
Palestine hates him. l saw him 20 to the
mosque for prayers in his own city OF Con-
stantinople and saw several thousand armed
men riding out to protect him. Expensive
prayers! or course that government wants
no better harbor At Joppa. May God re
move that curse OF nations. that old bag OF
the centuries. the Turkish government!
For Its everlasting insult to God and woman
let 1t perish! And SO tn Jse rocks at the
laws OF repeated destruct on.
AS we descended the narrow steps at the
side OF the ship. we heard the clamor. and
quarrel, and swearing OF fifteen or sixteen
dinerent races OF men OF all features. and
all colors and oil vernaculars: all different
In appearance, but all alike in desire to get
baggage and ourselves at exhorbitant
prices. Twenty boats and only ten pas
sengers to go ashore. The man having
charge OF us pushes aside some, and strikes
with heavy stick others, and by viOlcnces
that would not be tolerated in our country,
but which seem to be the only manner OF
making any impression there, clears our
way into one OF the boats which heads for
the 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 out to help us In. We
are tremuous with suppressed excitement.
our breath Is quick, and from the side OF
the boat We spring to the shore, and Sunday
morning. December 1. 1889, about eight
O'Clock, our feet touch Palestine. Forever
t. me and mine will that day and hour be
Let 1t be mentioned in prayer by my chill
dren and children's children after we are
gone, that morning we were permitted to
hills and feel the emotions that rise, and
fall. and weep. and laugh. and sing, and
triumph at such Decentralization.
On the back Of hills one hundred and fifty
feet high Joppa is lifted toward the skies
1t Is as picturesque as 1t is quaint, ana as
much unlike any city we have ever seen. as
though it were built in that star Mars.
where few nights ago this very September.
astronomers through unparalleled telescop-
es saw a snow-storm raging. How glad we
were to be in Joppa! Why, this is the city
where Dorcas, that queen OF the needle.
lived and died and was resurrected. You
remember that the poor people came around
the dead body of this benefactress and
brought specimens OF her kind needle work
and said, ''Dorcas made this" Dorcas sewed
that" "DOrcaS cut and fitted this;" Dorcas
hemmed that" According to Lightfoot,
the commentator, they laid her out In state
ina public room and the poor wrung their
hands and cried, and sent for Peter who
performed a miracle by which the good
woman came back to life and resumed her
benefactions. An especial resurrection day
for one woman. She was the model by
which many women OF our day have
fashioned their lives, and at the first blast
OF the horn OF the wlntry tempest, there ap-
pear ten thousand Decreases - Dorcas OF
Brooklyn. Decreases OF New York. Decreases
of London. Decreases Of all the neighbor-
hoods and towns and cites Of ChristendOm.
Just as good as the Dorcas OF the Joppa
which visited. Thank God for the ever
increasing skill and sharpness and speed
and generosity OF Dorcas's needle
eommemorated, for that pre-eminent mercy.
What is that man doingf l said to the
dragoman in the streets Of Joppa. "Oh, he is
carrying his bed" Multitudes Of the peo-
pie sleep out Of doors, and that is the way
so many in those lands become blind. 1t is
from the dew OF the night falling on the
eye lids. AS a result OF this in Egypt.
every twentieth person is totally blind. In
Oriental lands the bed is made OF a thin
small mattress, II blanket and Il pillow. and
when the man rises in the morning he SIM
ply ties tho three up into IA bundle.
and shoulders 1t and takes 1t away. 1t was
to that the Savior referred when he said to
the sick man. take up thy bed and walk"
An American couch or an English couch
would require at least four men to carry 1t.
but one Oriental can easily manage his
siumber equipment.
But inhalc some OF the odors Of the large
tanneries around Joppa. 1t is there to thi
day. prosperous business. this tanning OF
hides. And that reminds me OF Simon, the
tanner, who lived at Joppa, and was the
host of Peter the Apostle. l suppose the
olfactories of Peter were as easily insultci
by the OdOrs OF IA tanncry as others. But
the bible says. "He lodged with one Simon.
the tanner" People who 60 out to do re-
formatory and missionary and christian
work must not be too sensitive. Simon NJ
doubt brought to his homestead every night
the malodors OF the calf-skins and ox-hidcs
in his tannery, but Peter lodged in tina,
home, not only because he may not have
| been invited to the houses of merchant
princes surrounded by redolent gardens but
| to teach all men and women trying to make
! the world better. they must not be squca,n-
| ish and fastidious and Rnical and over-p pa
! ticular in doing the work OF the world. The
church OF God Is dying OF fastidiousncs.,
| We cry over the sutferin.s of the world il
! hundred dollar pocket hanlkerchiefs. and
| then put cent into the poor box. There
| are many willing to do christian worl
among the cleanly and the refined and tn,
elegant and the educated; but excuse then
from taking a loaf OF bread down a dirt,
alley, excuse them from teaching a missio.
school among the uncombed and the un
| washed. excuse them from touching tn
hand OF one whose finger are II
mourning for departed soap. Such religion
precisionists can toll In atmospheres ladcl
with hOneysuckle and rosemary, but not II
| air floating up from malodorous watts. No
no, no! excuse them from lodging with on
simon. the tanner.
During the last war. there were In Vir
| ginia some 60 or 20 wounded soldiers in
| barn on the second floor, so near the roo