Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-01


ships JoSephuS manoeuvred on these
watrrS-for JOscphus was warrior as
well aS hiStorian-there remains not
one piece of hulk, or one patch OF L
canvas, or one splinter of an oar. But
return 10 America we never will until
we have had sail upon this inland sea.
Not from wharf but from beach
covered with white and black pebbles
we 20 ON board boat of about ten or
twelve tons. TO be propelled partly by
sail and partly by water. The mast
leans So far forward that it seems about
% fall. but We find it was purpoSely so
built. and the rope through Il pulley
manages TO hoist and let down the sail.
IL is a rough boat and aS far as possible
removed from Venetian gondOla, or q
sportsmans yacht With a common
saw and hammer and axe many OF you
could make Il better one. Four bare
footed Arabs, instead OF sitting down
tO their oars. stand a. they always do
n rowing. and pull away from shore.
insist ON helping, for there is nothing
more eXilarating To me than rowing,
but soon had enough Of the clumsy
oars. aud the awkward attempt at
welding them while in standing pos
ture.
Side by side are the two great char
actcrs of this lake region, Jesus and
Herod Autipas. And did any age pro-
duce any such antipodeS, any such anti
theses. any such oppoSiteS? Kindness
ana Cruelty, Holiness and Filth, Gener-
OSity and MeanncSS, Self-Sacriicc and
SeldShmcSS, the Supernal and the In
fernal, MidnOOn and Midnight. The
father Of this llerod AntipaS was Il
genius at Assassination. He could
manufacture more reasons for putting
people out of this life than any man in
all history. He sends for HyrcanuS to
come from Babylon To Jerusalem
To be made High Priest and
Slays him. He has his brother-in-law,
while In bathing with him, drowned
by the kings attendants. He Stays
his wife. and his wfe'S mother. and two
of his sons and his uncle, and filled a
volume of atrocities, the last chapter of
which was the massacre of all the babes
az Bethlehem. With such father as
Herod the Great, you are not surprised
that this Hcrod AntipaS. whose palace
stood on the banks of this lake we now
sail, was a combination of wolf reptile
and hvena. While the Christ who
walked yonder banks and sailed these
waters was 50 good that almost every
rood OF this scenery is associated with
some wise word or some kindly deed,
and all literature. and all art,
and all earth. and all heaven are
put Co the utmost effort in trying to
express how grand and glorious ana
lovely he was, and is, and is to be. The
and Hcrodic characters so dif-
ferent from the two lakes we visit and
not far apart, Gallilee and the Dead Sea;
the one lowcr-banked and the other
bitumin0uS and blasted: the one hover
I'd over by the Mercy OF Christ, the
other blasted by the wrath of God; the
one full of iinny tribes sporting in the
clear depths, the other forever lifeleSS;
the waters Of the one sweet and pleas
ant 10 the taste, the other bitter and
sharp and disgusting. Awful Dead Sea.
Glorious GenneSaret.
THE SWINE or SCRIPTURE.
We will not attempt to cross to the
eastern side of this lake, aS | had
thought to do, for those regions are in
labited by thieviug and murderOuS
race. and one must go thoroughly
armed. and aS | never shot anyone and
nave no ambition to be shot, said:
Let US stay by the western shore.
But we look over to the hills of Gadara,
IN the other side, down which two
thousand swine after being possessed of
he devil ran into the lake, and bring
M down on Christ for permitting II
he wrath Of all the Stoc6-raiSerS of
hat country, because of this running OF
he pork business. You see that Satan |
: 2 spirit of bad taste. Why did he |
lot saw: Let me go into those birds. |
Whole flockS of which fly over Galllee.
90: that would have been too high.
why not let me go into the sheep |
which wander over these hiilS?' No; |
hat would have been too gentle:
Rather let me 90 into these swine. l
rant TO be with the denizens OF the /
aire. want TO associate with the IN /