Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-31
LETTER FROM PALESTINE.
Elder 4. A.. Hush Describes Ills
Journey Through Many
Countries.
HAuA, Palcstlne, July %, 1852.

HAiFA, Palestine, July %, 1902.
Correspondent, Dsierc Na-.
Thinking that perAaps my iriends
at home would like 10 hear from me,
take the liberty Of writing you these
lines tor publication. Let my home
at Payson for mission g.
Turkey on the morning Of the 10Th
Of April OF the present year In salt
Lake CITY | was get apart lot my mis-
sion under the hands OF Apostle Teas.
dale, and after attending the dcdicatOfy
services Mt the Temple Lott Salt Lake
ON the evening of the IAN. There
were eleven Of us iu the oImpiny aud
our way was via Pueblo, kausas CITY
10 Chicago. Auer visiting tho FAIR
ground6 aud other points u Interest
we left Chicago by the Erie RAN.
anu Aaron, Ohio, anu alter plss.ng
through n long tuuuel early one mJfu-
ing found Ourselves stopped 90 the
Jersey CITY station We were not long
IN crossing the Hudson 10y iUfrybUut
over TO New York, aud som htd our
rooms In the Cosmopolitan hotel
While IN New York Visited somu
~ the principal points OF interest, Aul
y O'CLOCK on the morning u the .2u1 %
Apfil found us on Oaru the steamship
Arm m, leaving the hufbDr. W. hlu
very pleasant voyage, thu Hcn being
Tor tue most pari quiet anu smooth,
contrary 10 the expectations OF the
sailors. IL was mining little a. We
walked from the Liverpool Jocks up
~ lexington anu the Stewart hotel,
..H
White pnsslng through the slruuts oil
this city hal, ~ o. say, ms Hfsf vlrw
OF poverty anu degradation, which, /
Am sorry % say, J.. very plentiful
here. auw mDthcr- btrt.
headed aud harel0otod with what
GOULD hardly be called "a dress,
hanging around them, covered VITA
mul from head To foot, carrying little
babies huli dressed through tue strottt.
Vhu rain was ialliug upou tnoir lille,
b a., hairless hoals, gni thrlf feet
hanging below theft urrssu8 which
were only small snitti that would
reach only 10 the ohiid's thighs or
knees. You may imagine now u
Impressed me, being born aud reared
among TIE beuigbtud Mormous where
euch thing IN utterly unknown; no.
having srcn la my whole liio Ia Uau
" hAAA hIIAhNNh ~ AAs Az ~ fNAANll
awful, anu these mothers 1 refer % are
usually followed ny from one 10 iour or
hvo lille children Of different ngca iu
the same condition. 1 dii not stay To
witnoas thUsO scenes but NJ OioI0ua .
on Tue afternoon OF May 2ui iuuul |
myself In the metropolis Of the world. |
IL would tnke long lime 10 visit /
every thing of note IA London bus dur. !
ing our stay Of three or four days We /
succeeded m visiting some OF the more 1
important places. We crossed i
tuu English channel by moonlight /
and the morning Of the blh we hessu
TO take ~ tho sights Oi Paris, when IL
the most beautiful city Of nlithc earth,
believe. From here We travel through |
Hoe green aud grassy country, spend
one night on the cars aud we are soon
landed In Bern the capital of 5wilgef.
land and headquarters OF the swiss,
German anu Italian mission. We |
iound President Sonnrrer at the 0iiluo, /
SB poslgasse, who Was very ,luacsd to /
see W.. Here my travelling G jmpnntuus |
and myself were separated, Brother |
j. J. Toronto being assigned 10 labor IA |
Geneva and Brother +. NJ. Young ia /
Nurnbefg, the former Ia SWilzet. !
land the latter in Germany. Brother /
Young accompanied me as far ~ /
Lucerne where bid him good bye 90 |
travel alone down through thu country /
OF the ltAlinns. 4 left lucurnc Mt ~ ]
O'Clock ut night ana early next morn
Ing passed through the 81. Gothnrd,
ihe longest tunnel In the world. IL /
n nearly ten miles long aud Is cut
through the Alps mountains.
IL II 5000 iUot from the tunnel 10 the
top OF tne highest peak whore IL passes
through. Tue fret city OF any H2e
reached after leaving here N Mailaud,
which has a beautiful cathrodal that
VIII contain $1,000 people. A few
hours more rlue and Genoa isrenchod,
the birthplace gui early home q. Co.
lumbus. IL Ia u pretty city by tue spa
shore, / could stay IN GuuOa hut "a
lew hours anu was soon passing Ia
anu out OF the many tunnels along tnu
coast OF the Mediterranean. 'H--rd
through Pisa with It's leaning tower
ana O'Clock ma the muTuu. 100 tup
llth Of May / found myself Ina Rome,
tue home Of inc rope, tne mead Oi tuv
Catholic church, IL isH very nice city
OF 800, 900 inhabitants. The buildings
are most all Of white stone anu the
prominent ones have eculptureu work
on and about them. l Visited 81. Peters
aud saw young aud old Confrssiug
their sins In boxes or cabinets
around the rom Tor that purpose
There Is u figure OF tho r. AN ,tlst
Luke there with u pen aud pruuUIder
between ms tinRers. some idruO tue
Size OF the figure can be had " hen it
Il undertlgd that the pen II sixteen
feet long. II 10 were possible 10 take
another temple Ike that Of ours In salt
Lake anu stand Il on tho Angel Mo.
TouPs head, the two could stand IN 81.
Prtera aud would not touch tue ctiuug
by four feet. IL Will hold 50 900 poo.
pie. When standing among the ruins
Of the COLISEUM 1 thought / saw iis
ancient splri dor, when the will u tn
tyfaht emperor was absolute.
thought hruEi the hoo's o, is swIff.