Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-23
TENSIONS TRAVELS.

! called In Ara bic Babel MOghariDeh,
ar tho I,u,, o,ot. ,,d dasoant.a into
| a..
'he Naiiey OF the heuroh' where
visited the tomb of Absalom, the
grotto OF ST lanes the nvra,nid of
z,cbario. ~ ,,ui,oa 40 syoah si,u-
'ne '"''se VI '''v"''
hteu on ledge OF rocks on the oppo-
site side of the valley from the city, and
St Mary's We'll Descending further
,n,a a. 49, ,.,., 49,. -, =,
~ '""es' 'i9i'." ''e ~ Va
Siloah, thence went down to Jobs
we'll, situated short distance below
i'm fupcti,, 90 tha Ixad,.o, ord tho
rI,,,,'l,.. -. a.,.,.
ii'''''o"' valley IN returning passeu
up the last named valley where
visited number of rock tombs of
,,,nra ~. loo, t,t,o,ioot si,.nte,,,,oo
n,,a i'9s 80 s'i ,'i,e,..
C"S u 'heh Is Cuileu the Apost'V y
Cavern, owing to n tradition from the
sixteenth century which alleges that
the A,,,,,,,,,. a., ,,,.,,,.,,i..,.. -,
t'pVst'e7 eoneea'eu '"Vihsei'ss "e'e
Wheh CHRIST was taken prisoner. ana
during the cruclnxion.
Toward noon | returned to the city
and completed the arrangement for u
trip to the Dead Sea. hired a Beduin
to accompany me and donkey to ride,
and with this outfit left Olivet House
at 1890 pm. My Beduin, who carried
X,
perhaps had not DISCHARGED a shot for
twenty years, belonged to the village
OF Abu Dis, which lies on an eminencc
a short distance southeast of Jerusa-
lem. Through some local ARRANGEMENT
between the several native tribes. II
appears that the shekh or chief of that
village has the exclusive right to escort
travellers to the Dead Sea for a fee
which generally means All he can
get. II is not safe for strangers
to go without one of the men
from Abu Dis In case HI. docs he
is ant to be robbed before no ratnrns
Myself percbed on the back Of the ex-
tremely ensy donkey ana my ARMED
soldier Walking behind endeavorint. to
remind tho animal that n Was a To,..
number or suitcbas nrnvided Tor The
occasion we ,aSsad ara,,na ~, rorth-
east corner of The citv tban crn.snd ~,
Kedron valley and nassad nro,,nd Tho
south slone of tba NJo,,nt 81 oi,,,ns
with tho Mount ~ oryance ON ON, ri,,ht
Al n noint yvhare tbr ,ood iaads' a,a7,,,1
n gorge ia shown the site NJ tbe ,i%
tree Sbicb va cnrsa5 ~, %hrisi
NTotth o.. 10, Wv 80, ,s,,NI -
vIlInpe Of IA. A,sriveb thus na,,,,d Co.
rayarus a.. 49, III, ~. AraI s a., ~
49,, VS., "a r@"1 ~ N,'os wing
co,,.as,,onSs ,,iS an a. ~ 81
20 d,sta,,na ,e &C., ~.
i.,,'r, ,,,,'i,'. ~ ~
fo,.t,'' ,,i,,,,h. WIN .e uiue
,J en,a ~ 81, W .ei.i. .ne
pi pa iIuiis we cily at 'ile rIeSeht .lihe
V III ~ 10. VI vh al aiiln .n possess
ns sMi'hess VI an "iulii'uS Atdp
up III,
~. 1N ~ mes on wen cur
sINateu spur tNtchuins southeust
,,p 'he MIuut Oi'es, 10
Whose soihtWnat barren scopes
presehts pieasant contrast. IL
coilsIsts oI apout forty movers. cor
ti.iiS tiosiSni it,'ioot,"il,s oIis' nv
a,,s az SOY, anu .rieie aps nu,,l-
IN, US, oi,ss, aiilionu aiil sa,oV -
,',I'a is M ,,',e ',hio,, ,,d t
s niasv 70 an oiu 49, m . uusiiIs
tosad ~, ha sIda, dhon ths ii,,,a -, ,ha
Tr,,sa S az w w ~, Wv.
he no,.th ne this co -ontIaS al,a.tia ",
Ioznr,,s,' ID tho Toroh ~ Iaza,rs
| called NV the Arabs ISabr et Azar The
| door lool,s tetvard The north and IN the
cnst ~ the tor,b rises n nnnsnua with
n white dome, for The Moslems also
regard I,azarus as a saint and have
| taken possession of his tomb. The
main object in doing so. however. was
and is undoubtedly to make money out
| of Christian pilgrims. AS the Moslems
| prevented pilgrims from visiting the
| place except by paying extortionate
| fees. the Christians of the sixteenth
century caused a stairway leading to
It to be constructed from the outside.
| The visitor descends by "a steps into
IL small, square chamber, which
| Is said once to have been chapel and
| is u Moslem as well as n Christian
| place of prayer. Proceeding east we
| descend three high steps to the So
| called tomb chamber of Lazarus. The
| poor looking chamber Is lined with
| masonry, and its whole appearance Is
| unlike that of Jewish tomb.
The tomb of Lazarus was formerly
shown In the church above. About
| forty-three yards to the south of the
| tomb of Lazarus tradition points out
| the site of the house of Mary and
| Martha. The site during the past ages
| has been shown in many different
places and at one time the sisters were
said 10 have had two separate houses.
| tbe authority FOR This statement being
| n strained instrumentation of Luke 10:
| az 40 The same uncertainty cbnrac-
terIzes the tradition ms to the bouse of
| Sin,nn tho Ianer SNJatt %. a, Tndaed
| nothing certain 10 known regarding
,nost ~ tha niacas or tbe sroct snnts
,,nt,,ai o,,t nH ho,,,n, 30, ,,ist,ai -
| Erhrist ~
pas',ra ua,,o .ho r,oa ,..a.
hii III ta,,. IN toau asSehus
, ~, or" III ,.,iIa,s ,i G ~ e mn
20 - ia. ~, ~ -. ,'.' ,tvne
VI u.s., an , tiilee teel ivIis, Wnlcn
SUIT pig iii.'a hissi II niaIhs tne spot
Mhsfe Taunton tlieses tnat marina
met JESUS NJonh IL sot' snort
instance I" me south OF TINS
stone inc treehs nave erected
IhaPei on an ancient Ioundation