Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-18
Letters from Palestine.
uaifa. Palestine. May II. 1895.

rho country around the ancient city
Jerusalem u a hard looking lana.
N, whichever way you VIII sud the
,niry shows great volcanic b1uldrrs
t.'r'sd ihakiy over the ground Herr
,hrre a field or basin may be
,.,,d nj sIr cultivation. but the ma
The hills uf Judea are covered
t those great bouldera and even
.,ilj cllns the FIRST Impressions That
orstorn person obtains Of this coun-
"a, l. that u 10 none too good fot the
f.srtble Arabs who luhnblt u. They
T.. hard and their nature seems tb
Rave become a. unimureaslonable ~
M. r,cks NJ the hills This View OF the
.l,t.Hon will do for those who have mo-
intrrest In the land beyond seeing 70
.sd visiting H. shrincs. and then re-
1trr.ne To- what seems 10 them a bCt-
,9r and more favored country. But
,t.rr n another side to this important
,gsstion. All who believe IN the Bible
80. that d was once a choice land
Eli much blessed Of the Lord Ana
i,d.ettions are that II was about M
,+,pv then ne now. The land must
6,ya possessed some interesting ana
reruiiar features. or Abraham and
t,ar and Jacob would not have folt
~ pleased with the gift the Lord be-
..,gad ON them. Moses. the man Of
an was 20 eager 60 SOC the land that
b.. wont ON Mt Nohn. wherr tn Lord
.h1wed him the whole land. Surely
~ land ala possess great Riches In H.
climate. which IL 30 perfect that mos'
ill Kinds of grain ana many fruits do
I'm hero. Just how many varieties
ibsy had We DO not know. but they had
s.vsrlI ~ which their grapes we've
enormous. needing two mon to carry
OH. bunch
h BE- not the purpose to treat In this
article VI the past No much NJ of the
HHaa. I'D
f4..r.tly H1ints 90 understand Just
what the Lord Intends 90 do about Fot.
fling the land of Palestine. and what
arc the present prospects " livelihood
hafr Tho firHt ana great question
with us d.. then. has The time conner
Whom the Lord settles this question
through the proper authorities. the
other pafi N d viii be- made comphr-
afIyuiy easy Nevertheless. 10 is pleas
nnt % know that there arr prcplra-
tdnH going on all the time. Many
wears agu the Prophet Joseph
Smith sent Apostle Orann Hyde 10
dedicate the land Tor the gathering
o. the House ~ Israel Afterwards
President brigham Young sent hla
counselor. Uoorrc \. Smith and Apostle
Lorenzo Fnnw ana othgfH tu visit the
land. and 10 wnF uguln dedicated ana
blessed. Since thnt day thoro has been
o. gradual tendency among many jews
Co return in this land. They arc how.
,ytrprDyDntpd by the Turkish govern
mont from coming In in largo numbers.
hence they nre not Increasing very fast,
and stIli nll thinrs Cuf-'durod II ~
probably fast enough, uH 10y buy land
and set here anyhow ON the plan "
the over POWERFUL hlckshish.
BESIDES the Jews. thnrr lH n hardy
hand ~ Germans known nH tho Tom
p. society. who have fclt Il their duty
Co help build up the waste places Their
auolrty IL now crumbilnr Tor the want
N proper leadership aud laws ncccs-
tary Co carry out such nm important
work. Their y0unT men Frrlnr no "a.
tufr here. leave Tor Germany and
America leaving the widows ana many
au old maid behind 90 pine away In
loneliness.
No matter wha, may be- the mistakes
o. these people. we lrn not here a. ar
rnirn them Tor such. but rather to
'front.' by their example ana DO better
when our turn comes. Ana we ought
So do better, We have u very Wide
experience ln colonization, W" have
the only solid and durable organization
ON earth. The revealed plan from hyn-
Ven with IT, promise NJ ~ remaining
with uN Then why not DO better
when God gives iila sanction. ana we
exert our viii and talent Influenced by
Ills Holy Spirit
one ~ tho great points made by
these Germans, N the possibility ~
turning Tho barren wastes into n FRUIT
ful vineyard ur field. They may NOT
have become rich. hut they have
lived. nud most N those who came Tor
purpose have remained. and In the
flec ~ nll opposition. have made beau
ilfll homes
A. Jerusalem they bought In some
property Just south ~ tho city. below
the elbow ~ the ulhon and nlnmon
ON small plan. They ut once set
about building fine houses ana planting
trees nnd treating tho county "a ll
Almhuz In some respects ID was an
RIGHTS IN others n was not and those
Who We're not too oct ln their ways
hal 90 change, ~ Jana they located
900 the SAND banks of the MGdItorrnn.
'ln' where they started orange groves
Anl lomun groves. the place was not
healthy but they improved u by plant
ing the cyprus and the eucalyptus aud
other trees They are very methodichi
ln their work hence their places are all
To- good order ana nru a very good cN.
ample Tor The Arabs
Here In Hnlfa they have made 1T
'ln paradise NJ the north slope ~ Mt
lhrnnl, They have laid Gut u colony
me main street o. which runs nenrl,
north ana south. on either side they
hive built very nice residences shade
trees, both useful nnd ornamental are
rnurishlng M ana down the street. and
around tho gardens. sn that 80 colony
looks like n garden ami h visited daily
by The Arabs from linifn proper tho
colony being 90 them park. handy
Tor promenade. Not being n florist.
cannot tell you all the different kinds
N flowers growing In the flower beds.
hui ] see nearly all tho varieties com
monty grown In pots In our homes In
Utah I see the oloander growing
ana blooming richly IN the gardens. A
Ffnnt number ~ trees grow without
any water except that which IA sup
pied during the rainy season. A.
such the cypress towers M stately. tho
Give. tM nF, the almond. the locust
N which John the Baptist evidently
Alto mot a Erhsshopperl. ana many
ornamental trees NJ home IN this orr
.ntll country can be seen making this
llir spot quite attractive. This has
l'n accomplished by energy aud faith,
ahl they have shown ms that they can
I'VE and be happy and satisfied. They
nave soap factory They press olives.
make fne grade " oil and soap from
puiN olives Much ~ their products
az" sent 10 the United states Export
OF wheat N good also.
Hut coming back to the immediate
products " the colony In their gardens
may De seen onions, potatoes ruin
nlgns corn, and other vegetables, an
Elnwlng without irrigation: they would
tlohably DO better with a little water,
nl n.y. there n no water Tor irrign-
,oh hey get along without H. on
W' mountain their Industry has made
N,,At showing Acres ~ the hard