New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-12
WONDROUS SIGHTS.
letter of SalutatiOn from the
Eloquent Brooklyn
Preacher.
The Many Things Witnessed
by Him on His
Trip.

CSNsTANTlNoPLE, January, 1S9O.-On leav-
aRE America l addressed some words of fare
well to my sermonic readers, and now, on
my way home [ write this letter OF saluta-
ton, which will probably reach you about
Sue Monday that will find me on the Atlantic
ocean, from which cannot reach you with
she usual sermon. ! have completed the
Journey ofiuspection for which came, 9th
sIzs may write "a life of Christ without seeing
such work until had seen with my own eyes
the sacred places; and so l lett home and
church ard native country for a m ost arduous
undertaking. / have visited all the scenery
connected with our Lord 8 history. The whole
tourney has been to me q surprise, an amaze
meat, grand rapture or deep
sotemuity. | have already sent to America
my Holy Land observations for my Life of
Thirst. and they were written onhorseback,
or muleback, on eback, on ships deck by
dim candle in tent, in mud howell Arab village,
amid the ruins of old Cities on Mount of
Beatitudes, on beach Of Genesareth, but it
It'll take twenty years of sermons to tell
what ! have seen and felt on this journey
Through Palestine and Syria.
All thbags have comb ined to make our tour
instructive and advantageous. The Atlantic
and Mediterranean and Adratic and Egean
sstnd Dardaneles and Marmora seas have
treated us WE'LL Since we lett New York we
sszlazs had but half day and one night of
storm, and that while crossing Mount Her.
mon But let only those in robust health at
tenlptto go tnelength of Palestine and Syria
Nsahorse'ack. I do not think it is because OF
the unhealth Of the climate in Holy Land
shat SO IIany have sickened aud died here or
afterwards as q result of visiting these lands,
but because OF the fatigues of travel The
number OF miles gives no indication of
The exhaustions of the way. A hundred
saHd fifty miles in Palestine and Syria on
salnraeback demand as much physical
strength as 400 miles on horseback in re-
es1ons of easy journey. Because of the near
swo months OF bright sunlight by day, and
bright moonlight or starlight by night, the
hai. day OF storm was to us the more memor.
abe 1t was about noon of December 10
Ssi'ass the tempest struck us and drenched the
1noun6ains. One of the horses falls and we
halt amid binding rain
1t is freezing cold Fingers and feet are
.sla ICE. Two hours and three-quarters be-
Fore encampment. We ride on in silence
foaSIag Tor the terminus of today's pilgrim.
age 1t is, through the awful inclemency of
she weather, the only dangerous day OF the
Journey Slip and slide and tum bic ana climb
and descend we must, sometimes on the
ssiorse and sometimes of, until at last we
isiale ia the hovel OF village and instead of
'entering camp for the night we are glad to
lind this retreat from the storm. 1t is a
aousc of one story, built out of mud. NV
room is covered with roof Of goats hair.
a feeble fire mid-floor, butno chimney 1t is
che best house OF the village. Arabs, young
aaad old stand around in wonderment as TO
why We come There is no window in the
room, but two little openings, one over the
door and the other in the wall, through
Which latter opening | occasionally find an
Arab face thrust to see how am progressing.
But Stse door is open, SO have some light
EMS is an afternoon and night never to tie
IN ~ flow 70,
WA tn tie i2ardships of what an Arab consid-
ers luxurious apartment.
sat that night by fire, the SIN oke of which.
Mnding no appropriate place of exit, took
lodging in my nostrils and eyes. For the
first time in my life realized that chimpeys
were luxury but not necessity. The only
aaaruments in this room were representa-
lions of two tree branches in the mud of the
walt, circle supposed to mean star a bot
lie hung from the ceiling, and about twelve
tndeut ations in the wall to be used as man
9ies for anything that may be placed there.
ANA storm was not surprise. Through
pessimistic prophets we had expected that
at this season we should have rain and snow
and hail throughout our journey For the
most part it has been sunshine and tonic al
snes phere: and not moment has our Jour
ney been hindered Gratitude to God is with
us the dominant emotion.
:, HaTang visited the scenery connected with
=
oy passing through the apostolic lands and
seas. You can hardly imagine our feelings
as we came Ill sight of Damascus, and on the
very road where Saul was endorsed at the
flash of the supernal light We did not
vNant. like him, to be flung to the EARTH but
we d,d hope for some great spiritual blessing
brighter than any monday sun; and a new
preparation FOR usefulness. Our long horse
back ride was ended Tor q carriage met us
some miles out and took us to the city.
-ibe impression one receives as he rides
along the walled gardens of the place
are different from those produced by
arg other city. But we cannot describe our
feelings as We enter the city about which
ore Rave heard and read SO much. the Oldest
city under the sun, and founded by the
grandson of Noah, nor our emotions as we
pass through The street called straight, along
which, good Ananias went to meet Saul; and
Joy theisite OF the palace OF Naaman, the lep-
er, and saw the river ALBANIA, as yesterday We
saw Pharpar, the tivers OF Damascus that
Naanian preferred to wash in rather than the
Jordan. Strange and unique Damascus! 1t
ilS worth while to cross the Atlantic and Eu-
rope to sec it. Though it has been the place
of battle: and massacre, and of ancient at
haence and splendor as we'll as it is OF present
prosperity, to me it's chief attraction arises
from the fact that here the scales fell from
lPauPs eyes, and that chief of apostles here
begaa that mission which will not end until
T9lesIFen Is peoped With ranSOmed spirits. So
also l saw Patmos, where John heard the
,trumpets and the waves of the sea dashed to
mis- feet reminding him OF the songs of heav-
san, .'like the voice of many waters.
asut THIS letter can only give you hint of
ft,e things we mean to ellyou about when We
get home. where We expect to be before this
month is ended. | baptized by immersion in
7Ehe Jordan an American whom we met, and
who desired the solemn ordinance admins
tered to him in the sacred wa terS
rolled down from Mt. Calvary or ssplace
of a skull!'' a stone for the corner stone of
our new Brooklyn tabernacle. We bathed in
the Dead Sea" and in "Gdeon's Fountain, y
where his 800 men Tapped the water from
facsr hands as they passed through and
we sailed on Lake Galilee and stood on Mt
Zion and Mt Moriall and Mt Hermon, and
II sax the place where the shepherds heard
the Christmas anthem the night Christ was
Bora; and have been at Nazareth, and
Gapernaum, and sat by Jacobs Well, :" and
saw Tel,et Kebir OF modern battle. and Me
giddo osancient battle, and where the Israel
Ites crossed the desert, and slept at Bethel,
xyhere one ladder was let down into Jacobs
dream, but the night / slept there the heay-
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