Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

compensation enough 1Or the struggle thdt
the savage might have with the wayfarer
There is only one other defense that
amounts to much in these lands and that Is
the law of hospitality. IL you can get an
Arab to eat with you, II only one mouthiul'
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 friend
ship after partaking food together. To that
custom Walter Scott refers in his immortal
Talisman, where Saladin. with one stroke OK
the sword. strikes the head from an enemy
who stands in Saladin's tent with cup In
his hand and before he has time to put 1t TO
his lip. and does 1t so suddenly that the
oody OF his enemy. beheaded. stands for
moment utter 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 Orlenal hospitality
TO give the fatal blow.
The only lands where 1t is safe to travel
Hnarmed are Christian lands. Human lie
Is more highly valued and personal rights
are better respected and l am glad to be-
lieve that in our country. from the Atlantlc
Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. there Is not "a
place o-day where man is not safer with
out pistol than with one. But all through
our journeys In Palestine we required fire.
arms. While the only weapon l had on my
person was New Testament. we went
through the region where l said to the
dragoman: david. are you armed!' and
he said Yes" and said are those fifteen
twenty and evan and
| and felt safer.
On we roll through the plain of Sharon.
| Here grew the rose after which Christ was
named, Rose Of Sharon. celebrated in all
Christendom and throughout all ages.
| There has been controversy as to what
| flower 1t was. Some say 1t was Il marsh
| mallow 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 1t. But
| leaving the botanists In controversy us to
what 1t 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.
Yondcr. little to the north as we move
| on is the Plain of Ono. The Bible mentions
| it again and again. The village standing
on this Plain Of Ono is mud village. Two
great basins OF rock catch tho rain for the
people OF more Importance in olden time
than in modern time was this Plain OF Ono.
But as the dragoman announced 1t and in
the Bible read OF it. l was reminded Of the
vast multitude of people who now dwell in
the Plain OF Ono. They are. by their
nervous constitution or by their lack OF
faith in God, always in the negative. VIII
you help to build u church? Oh. no! Will
| you start out in some new Christian enter
getting any better? Oh, no. They lie down
in the path OF all good movements, sanitary,
social. political and religious They harness
their horses with no traces to pull ahead
but only breeching straps to hold back
For all Christian work l would not give Tor
a thousand of them the price of n clipped
tencent piece. They are in the Plain OF Oh
no. May the Lord multiply the numbers OF
those who, when anything good Is under
taken are found to live in the Plain OF Oh
yes! Will you support this new charity!
On, yes! Do you think this victim OF evil
habit can be reformed? Oh, yes. Are yor
willing to do anything, whether obscure OF
resoundng for the welfare OF the church ant
the salvation of ruined world! Oh. yes
But l am sorry to say the most populous
plain in all the earth to-day Is the plain o.
Ono.
Here now we come where stood the fields
into which Samson fired the foxes. The
foxes are no rarity in this land, l counted
at one time twenty or thirty OF them in ont
group and the cry all along the line wa.
Foxes. Look at the foXes.' and ut night
they sometimes bark until all attempts tt
sleep are an absurdity. Those l saw ant
heard in Palestine may have been descen
dants of the very foxes that Samson EN-
ployed for an appalling incendiarism. TIT
wealth OF that land was in the harvcsts an'
, | It was harvest time and the straw was dry
, Three hundred foxes are caught and tied II
, | couples by Some wire or nconbustiblc corr
which the flames cannot divide, and fire
brands are fastened to those couples o
, foxes, and the frightened creatures are lie
Z loose and run every whittier among tn
, | harvests and in the awful blaze down gOe
the corn shocks. and the vineyards. and tn
: olives. and all through the valleys and owe
the hills, and in the villages is heard the or
: of fire. And in the burnt pathway wal
a | Hunger, and Want and Desolatior
All this for spite. And some theologian
earn one thing. and some another. But
n earn from it that Il great man may some
Z times stoop to a very mean piece OF business
: and that II men would use as much ingenu
4 ity in trying to bless as they do in trying t
: destroy. the world all the way down woul
= have been in better condition. Yet the fir
n OF the foxes kindled that night in Paes
= has not gone out, but has leaped the seas
+ aud the sly foxes the human foxes, are no
: still running every whittier. kindling polit
ical fires, fires OF religious controversy, fire
= Of hate. world wide fires, and whole haI
i vests OF righteousness perish 1t took I'll
T.. hard work OF multitudes on all these plair
q OF Palestine for months and months to rea
II the vine and raise the corn. but 1T took Onl
=, into ashes,
Ia Brace up your nerves now, that you ma
n look while | point them out. Wonder
It Kirjath-Jea where the ark OF &c
n, STAYED until David took it to Jerusalem
~ Yonder John the Baptist was born. Yor
N the disciples at eventide. Here are me
% ploughing. only one handle to the ploug
70 showing the accuracy OF Christ's allusio
y When we plough in America or Engal
~ there are two handles. but in Pale
ar tine only one handle. And SO Christ u.s.
10 the singular saying: mo man having p1
81 his hand to the plough and looking bacl
20 ward is fit for the kingdom The OK
c. urged on by n wooden stick pointed with
y, sharp iron, and the OK knows enough not
to kick, for he would only hurt himself inste;
I'd of breaking the goad. And the Bible refe
o. to that when 1t says to Saul: at is hard +
n thee to kick against the goads.
Here is the valley OF Ajalon. famous
va | Joshua's pursuit OF the five kings, and d
Ut lunar arrest. And In imaginat, ION see L
ID moon in daytime halt. Who has not som
10 times seen the moon dispute the thro
ho with the SUM- But when the king OF d,
M and the queen Of night, who never befo
hc Joshua's time, nor since then. stopped
:. moment in their march, halted at Joshua
~ command 1t was "a scene, enough to ma
| 4 ho Shi OF nd 4