Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-10-11
1880
ACCOMAc g e. VA SATURDAY. OCTOBER IL L

are deprecated and attacked and per-
secuted turn their faces toward the
rising sun of their deliyerance- God
will gather in that distant land those
of that race who have been lan!trcat-
ed, and he will blast with the light
nings of his olnnipotenca those lands
on either side of The Atlantic WHICH
have been the instruments of annoy
ance ,lndsllarm to that Jewish race to
which belonged Abraham and David
md Joshua and Baron Hirsch md
Montellore and Paul the apostle and
Mary the virgin and Jesus Christ the
Lord.
T.iE WOMEN OF PALESTINE.
On the way across tho plain of Sharon
we meet many yelled women. It is
not respectable to go unveiled, andsit
is IA veil that is SO hung as to make
them lIideous. a nan may not even
see thc;fnce or his wife Until after be-
ttrothal or engagement OF marriage.
Hence. the awful mistakes and tho un-.
happy homes, for God has made. the
face an index ofcha1;lct ter ndshonesty.
ord dishonesty usual VI is demonstrated
33ini.the featur es:s@I ID 5 lot see what:
Gio,lsInadeS faT fslea ff5fsffff mot
to be looked at. sEut here come the
crowds of disAgured women down the.
rood ON their way to Joopa, bundles Of
sticks for llrowood on their heads.
They started 1T 3 O'Clock in the morn
ing to get the fuel. They stagyer
under the burdens. Whipped and
beaten will some Of them be if their
bundle of sticks is too small All that
is required fer enforcement is for a
man to say to his wife. ,.De OF. ldon't
want yonany more" Woman Il slave
in alIlands. except THOSE in which tue
gospel Of Jesus Christ makes her Il
queen. And yet in Christian countries
there are women posing as s.xcptics,
and men with family deri,ling the only
religion that makes sacred and honor
able the names of WIFE, mother, daugh-
ter and sister.
ROBBERY AND HOSPITALITY.
What is. tllnt2 Town OF Eamleh,
birthplace. residence and tomb of
Samuel. tile glorious prophet. Near
by Tower OF Forty Martyrs. So called be-
cause that number Of disciples persisted
there for Cllrist's sake, bat if towers
had been built for I'll those who. in the
time of war as il tinie Of peace. have
fallen on fills road during the ages past
you might almost walk on rurretS from
Joppa to Jerusalem.
Nowswe pass guard houses which are
castles of chopped straw and mud
where at.niglit and partly through the
day armed men dwell and keep the
bandits Off travellers. In the caves of
these mountains dwell men to whom
massacre would be high play and a
purse with few pennies would be
compensation enough for rlie struggle
that the savage might have with the
wayfarer. There is only one other Gle,
Tense t.lat amounts to inus.l in these
lands, and that is the law of hospitality.
If you ell, get nn Arab to eat with you,
if only one Inouthful, you are,sure Of
his protection, nrid thar HIS been 80
from age to age. Tie Lords suppcr
WEE built on Tint CUSTOM. Il special
friendship after partakin5 food to-
gctllcr. TO that custom Walter Sort
refer, in his l,n:nortsl "TnIi@nnn,
where Saladin, with one stroke of the
sword. strikes the head from III enemy
who stands in S;.la,lin's tent with Il
cup in his hand and before he las time
to put it to His lip. and does it SO sud
denly that the body of his ot.cny, be-
headed. stands for moment after the
bellcad::lg with tic cap still il his
right hand After the cup had been
slipped it wcu!d have been impossible,
according to tie laws Of oriental hos
pitality. to give the fatal blow.
The only lands where it il s,.fe TO
travel nnalned are Christian lands.
Human lie is more highly valued and
personal rights nrc better respected, and
| am glad to believe that in cur coun.
try. from the A.llnti,: ocean "a the Pa
cilic ocean. there is NOT II place" today
where r:r,.i i; not safer witio;:. n p:s-
tel than with orc I'nt all through our
Journeys in Palestine We required fire
arms. Willie the oH!::f weapon had
on r"y person was New Testament
VIC went through the region where |
said tn the dr,gonan. David. ~, yol
armed~ and IL said. Yes and said.
Are these fifteen or twenty l:iuleteers
and haggaGc'lcn and attendants
annedf. and he said. Yes. and | felt
salcr.
THE RosE OF SHARON.
On we roll through the plain of
Sharon. Here grew the rose after
which C..,r:;:t vas l,alned. Rose of S!lar-
on. celebrated iii I'LL Christendonn and
thrcu~',rut I'll ages. There has been
cc:l.i~,yr:y as to what flower it was
Some s:.y !: was II lnlrslnnallow that
ll1rives l.erc. and some claim this honor
for the narcisslls. and SOME for tl!e blue
iris. and solne for the scarlet anclnonc,
for you must know that this plain OF
Sharon is q rolling ocean of color when
the spring breezes move across it, But
leaving the botanists in controversy as.
to what it is, would take the most
aromatic and beautiful Of them all and
twist them into garland for the
"Nalne which is above every lame.
Yonder a Little to the north as We
move Oh is tie pl;inof Ono. The BIZ
Die mentions it again and again. The
village standing on Ibis Plain OF Ono is