The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-10-24
TO JERICHO.
DR.. Taimaee Describes Biblical
Scenes In Palestine.
'rhe Valley OF Jshossphat-The Story OF the
Good Samaritsn-Ihe Worth of Prsc-
teal Christianity-Aany
Reflections.

mon at Brooklyn, took his text from
Luke K 30: "a certain man went down
from Jerusalem to Jericho" DIR. Tall
mage said:
1t is the morning of December in
Jerusalem and we take stirrups for the
road along which the wayfarer of old
Tell among thieves who left him wound
ed and half dead Jobs p cture of the
horse in the Orient as having neck
clothed with thunder is not true of
most horses now in Palestine. There
is no thunder on their neck, though
there IS some lightning in their heels.
Poorly fed and numerically whacked
they sometimes retort To Americans
and English, who are accustomed to
guide horses by the bride, these horses
of the Orient guided only by foot and
voice, make equestrianism an uncer-
tainty, and the pull on the bride that
you in tend for slowing up of the pace
may be mistaken for a hint that you
want to out gallop the wind or wheel in
swift circles like the hawk. There were
eighteen of our party, and twenty-five
& beasts of burden carried our camp equip
mont We are led by an Arab sheik
with his black Nubiar servant carrying
G loaded gun in full sight, but it is the
fact that this sheiie represents the Turk
ash Government which assures the safe
ty of the caravan
We cross tho Jehoshaphat valley
which. if it had not been memorable in
history and were only now discovered,
would excite the admiral on of all who
. look upon it. It is like the gorges of
the Yosemite or the chasms of the yell
1owstone park. The sides of this Je-
hoshaphat valley are tuuneled with
graves and overlooked by Jerusalem
walls-an eternity of depths overshad-
owed by an eternity of arch itecture.
Within sight of Mount Olivet and Geth-
semane and 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 to Jericho and
fell among thieves" No road that 1
ever saw was we'll constructed for
brigandage-deep gullies. sharp turns,
caves on either side. There are fifty
places on this road where a highway
man might surprise and overpower an
unarmed pilgrim. On this road to-day
met groups OF men who; Judging
from their countenances, have in their
veins tho blood OF many generations of
Rob Roys JosePhus says that Herod
at one tine discharged from the service
of the temple 40, ooj men and that the
great part OF them became robbers. Sc
late as ls2o. Sir Frederick Hennfker,
an English tourist, was attacked on this
very road from Jerusalem to Jericho
and shot and almost slain. There has
never been any scarcity of bandits along
the road We travel to-day.
With the fresh memory of some recent
violence in their minds Christ tells the
people of the good Samaritan who came
along that way and took care of a pool
follow that had been set upon by vii
famous Arabs and robbed and pounded
and cut We enc tmped for lunch thai
noon close by an old stone building
said to be the tavern where the scene
spoken of in the Bible eliminated
Tumbled in the dust and CHASTITY with
wounds the victim of this highway rob
berry lay in the middle of the road
fact OF which am certain, because thu
Bible says the people passed by OF
either side.
There were IL. 600 priests, living a
Jericho and they had to go to Jerusalem
to officste at the temple And one Of
those ministers of religion, I suppose
was on his way to the temple servic'
and he is startled as he sees this bleed
ing victim in the middle of the road
TO-" he says, t'here is man that ha
been attacked of thieves" "Why don
you go homer" says the minister. Tn
man in a conatOse state makes n
snswer or, with a half dazed look, put
bis wounded hand to his gashed fore
head and drawls out ''What?" "Well,
says the minister, 81 must hurry on t
my duties at Jerusalem. l have to Kill
lamb and two pigeons in sacrifice tc
day. l can not spend any moro tim
with this unfortunate. l guess some
body else will take care of him. Blu
this is one of the things that can not b
helped, anyhow. Besides that m
business is with souls and not wit
bodies Good morning. When you ge
well enough to sit up will be glad t
see you at the temple" And the mir
ister curves his way out toward the ovel
hanging sides of the road and passes
You hypocritei One of the chief office
Of 10 70 he n
might have done here kindness tha
would have been more acceptable
God than all the incense that will smok
up from your censor for the next thre
weeks and you missed the chance. q
on your way, execrated by the cent,
ries
Soon afterward a Levite came upo
the scene. The Levites looked afte
the music of the temple and waited upo
the priests and provided the supple
of the temple. This Levite passin
along this road where we are to-da,
decoration in the middle of the roaC
t,Myt Myl" says the Leyite, this ma
is awfully hurt and he ought to /
helped. But my business is to sing l
the choir at the temple II am n.
9 there no one will carry my part b
side that there may not be- enoug
frankincense for the censers and Il
wine or oil may have given ont ar
what fearful balk in the service th
would make. Then one of the prizes
might get his breast plate on crooke
But it seems too bad to leave this ma
in this condition. Perhaps had bett
try to staunch this bleeding and gil
him q little stimuiant But, moi Tt
ceremony at Jerusalem is of more in
portance than taking caro- of the woun'
of a man who will probably soon I
dead anyhow. The highway robbei
ought to be stopped. for it binders
Levites ON our way MP to the tempt
Thene. have lost five minutes alread
Go along. you beastr' he shouts as l
strikes his heels into the side of Il
animal carrying him, and the dust ri
ing from the road soon hides the ha
hearted official.
But a third person is coming aioi
this road You can not expect him to
any thing by way OF alieviation. becau
he and the wounded man belong to d
ferent nations which have nbominat,