Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-31
LETTER FROM PALESTINE.
Elder Z. 4. Hush Describes His
Journey Through Many
Countries.

HAlFA, Palestine, July %, 1872
Correspondence Dtisro Nee,
Thinking that perlaps my friends
at home would like 10 hear from me,
take the liberty Of writing you those
lines TOR publication. LEFT my home
at Payson Tor mission o
Turkey on the morning Of the ION
Of April Of the present year In 0al'
Lake CITY was set apart for my mit-
sion under the hands OF Apostle Tens
dale. and after attending the dedicatory
services at the Temple Loft salt Lake
ON the evening u the IAN. There
were eleven q us in the company nhu
our way was via Pueblo, kausas iity
10 Chicago. Aver visiting TIE falt
grounds aud other points d Interest
we left Chicago by the Ehe N''i'
way. We pae-ed through Marion
Rnd Aaron, Ohio, anu alter passing
through long tunnel early one m'th
ING found Ourselves stopped 40 thc
Jersey CITY station. We were not long
in crossing the Hudson by ierybohl
aver 10 New York, anu soon hhd our
rooms tn the Cosmopolitan MOTEL
While In New York ! viaited some
81 the principal points Of interest," anu
. O'CLOCK on the mufning ~ the --hl Oh
Ami found as on Oaru thc sltnmship
Afly1un, ieAviug the hurhDr We had
very Pheasant voyage, tue sea being
ifrl Io most part quiet anu Hmlltui
contrary O. the expectations OF the
GALORE. IL was miniug a little a. we
walked from the Liverpool Jocks zap O.
a. lexington anu the stewart hp'cl
whofu We l1dgod while IA lhvctpool.
White passing through the streets ol
this city hnd, ~ ~ say, my hfsi view
OF poverty anu degradation Which, !
Hm sorry % say j. very pen lHu'
here. snw mother. bhft-
headed aud baroiootoI with whlt
could hardly be called dress,
hnDpiug around them, covered VITA
mul nom mead 10 foot, chrfyin liult
Lnbics half Dressed through tue stfcit'.
the rain was falling upon tncr liue,
b a., hniflcsg hcalH, AMI thelf ittt
hanging below theft dresses Whlch
were only small snirla that woul'
reach only 10 the child'H thighs or
knees. You may imagine nov 10
IMPRESSED me, being born aud reared
among tte benightul MOtmous where
such thing IN utterly unknown uOi
having seen In my wuOle HE Ia Uan
n near approach TO IT, IL u simply
awful, anu these mother, | refer % are
usually followed by from Onu 10 four OF
i've lille children Of different ages iu
the tame condition, 1 dli not ttuy 10
witnoAA thuHO scenes but nt O'oiura
on tue afternoon oil May 2nd iOunl
myself In the metropolis Of the world,
IL would take "A long Time 10 Wilt
every thing Of nuto IA London bus dur
~ ar a.
succeeded IN visiting some OF the more
important places. We crossed
tue EnglIah channel by moonlight
and the morning Of the on we hussu
10 take IN tho sights VI pafi-, when IN
the most beautiful city Of alltho uarthi
believe. From here We travel through
fine green aud grassy country, spend
one night on the ears and we are soon
landed In Bern the capital Of Swilart.
land and heuuquatiufs ui the ouirs,
German ami Italian mission. We
iOund President 5enarrer at the Onlco,
gB pOstgarHe, who was very Ileauad ~
see w. Here my travelling ImpnniUur
and myself were separated, Brother
J. J. Toronto being assigned 20 labor ~
Geneva anu Brother h. M. Young ia
NurnbeTg, the former Ia Switzor
land this latter IA Germany. BiUthui
Young accompanied mo rs Tar ~,
Lucerne where | IBID him good bye 30
travel alone down through the country
OF the Itaiiane. / left lucurnc at ~
O'Clock at night anu early next muru'
ing passed through the 81. GOthardl
the longest tunnel In the world. II
Is nearly ten miles long aud Is GU
through the Alps mountains.
10 IL 5000 iCot from the tunnel 10 th'
top OF tue highest peak where II passes
through. Tue first city OF any ui2,
reached after leaving here ~ MailaHdi
when has "A beautiful cathrodal thai
Will contain $1,000 people. a few
hours more rluu and Genoa preached
the birthplace aud early huulu u Co
lumbus. 10 Ia a pretty city by the sci
shore. 1 could stay lu Genoa but
lew hours and was HOon passing la
ana out OF the many tunnels along thi
coast OF the Mediterranean. iHrrr,
through Pisa with II. leaning towe
ana O'Clock IA the murniu, 20, tu'
llth Of May found myself Ia Rome
the home of the pope, the mead Oi th
Catholic church. II isH very uic1 or
Of 300, 900 inhabitants. The building
are most all OF white stone anu th
prominent ones have rculptured worl
on AMI about them. visited ~. Peter
aud saw young aud OLD COniyssiu
their Sins In boxes or cabinet
AROUND the rom Tor that purp0s,
There Is figure OF tho H. an 'rl d
Luke there with pen aud pJuuullt
between ms nugerH some idrnu "a
siEe OF the figure can be had whHu
II uudeutlOu that tho pen II Hl1iru
feet long. II 10 were possible 90 TAX
another temple like that Of ours iu SOL
Lake ana stand it on the Angel Nc
TOuPs head, the two could stand iu $
Peters aud would not touch the Ctilu
by four feet. IL VIII hold 81 900 pc,
pie. When standing amOug the run
" the COLISEUM / thought / saw %
ancient spleI dor, when the will Il IA
tyraut emperor was absolute.
thought l heard the hOo's o, its swift