Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05

terror OF the city than the one en-
joyed from the wall the day before.
Later In the day l visited VIM. p,
Brown. q Whitmerite Mormon, who,
with his wife, lives outside the Nafa
gate. some distance away. This couple
came here with considerable means
for missionary purposes five years ago.
but Mr.. Brown lost all his money
through failure OF banks, and is now
so destitute of means that they can not |
return to America: his wife manages
to make little money by gathering |
flowers and selling them to pilgrims.
They were both highly pleased 10 sec
me, and said was the first man they
had ever met In the holy land who |
shared their belief In Joseph smith |
being Prophet. MIR. Brown had |
made few converts to the doctrine of |
baptism by immersion; and two men
had asked for baptism at his hands; |
"but," said he. there is not a suitable |
place around this whole city to perform |
the ordinance. and my health will not
permit me to travel the long distance
to the river Jordan" Hence his candi-
dates had been waiting for two years
to be baptized; but could not have
their wish grntlficd for the lack OF
water This gave me u new idea: 1t
| is no wonder then that John baptized
| in Enon, near Salim, nor that the null
| tldudes from Judea and Jerusalem
went out to him in the wilderness by
|
and be baptized by him. Like VIM, =.
! Brown, John the Baptist could not find
| convenient places in or about Jcrusa-
| lem to baptize those who bore the
| fruits of repentance. and therefore he
| went to the river Jordan or to other
| places where there was much water"
| John 1920
| Returning to the city ! happened to
| meet Mr.. Edward Baldwin, one of the
| Americans that had seen before, who
| now accompanied me on my last walk
| through the holy city Among the
places that we visited was the Church
| of st. Anne, situated near the gate OF
| st. stephen. A nun took us through
the building. and showed us. among
other things. the ancient Roman pave
| ment. as 1t existed In the days Of Pom
titus PLATE, whose hall of justice is
supposed to have stood here. This an
cient pavement is fifteen feet below the
level of the street in front of the St
Anne Church lin excaNating, that much
debris had to be removed before the
pavement was reached. l now returned
to my hotel, packed my luggage and
made ready for taking my final depart
ure in the morning.
Tuesday, July 14th, at $3.50 a. M, n
carriage called for me at the hotel
door and a few minutes later / found
myself at the railway station about
mile away. We left Jerusalem at 7;45
a. M, and arrived at Yafa about IL
a. m. The ride was made very inter-
esting to me, by two of the Americans
from Jerusalem, who were starting out
on a tour to Abyssinia on business;
they kindly pointed out the places of
historical interest as we Travelled along.
Among other spots noticed by us on
the journey was the so-called Phillips
Well where the eunuch was baptized
(Acts s: $50, Bittir, where the Jews
| made their last stand against the Ro-
mans. the plains of Sharon, Ramleh,
! LYDIA, where Peter healed the para
lytic man. (Acts 8: 32-S5.) etc. The dis
} lance from Jerusalc m to Yafa by rail
is 81 kilometers or 81 miles. by the wa
gon road 1t Is only Al miles. In
! straight line the two towns are only
50 miles apart.
Yafa or Joppa Is the seaport of Je-
, rusalem. From the beach rises boldly
upward n step and rounded headland,
to which the city clings, supported and
! braced by successive terraces The fiat
, roofs and hemispherical domes of its
clustering edifices rise by successive
1 steps one above another and crown the
heights OF this historical town. of which
:, tradition dates back the origin to the
> years before the flood. 1t afiirms that
the city survived the ruins of the great
catastrophe and that its walls, deserted
by the monsters of the deep, on the re-
: firing of the waters of the deluge, were
peopled again by Japheth. the son of
Noah. and his posterity. Certain 1t is
that its origin dates back far beyond
, the remotest period of recorded history.
! More than fifteen hundred years before
: the Christian era, In the days of Josh
J, portance. included in the borders OF
e Dan. Josh. 10: 46.) 1t was the only
!, port of the Israeites where the RATS
= of cedar from Lebanon for the building
of the first and second temples were
G landed. q Kings s: o. II Chron. 2: .;
= Ezra 3: - Jonah from the neighbor-
y hood of Nazareth repaired to this port
5 to take ship that he might flee frQr
e the presence of the Lord" unto
i Tarshlsh tJonah /: 81 Peter on the re-
l. quest Of the disciples of Joppa, can't
g to this place from LYDIA, fourteen
n miles southeast of this city. on the oc
/ casion of the death of Dorcas. n benev
! client woman, full of good works anC
;. alms-deeds which she did" To thu
a grief stricken circle who had assembled
i to weep and talk of the charities o
i their deceased friend the miraculou
e power of God, through the Priesthood
d held by Peter, and his prayer was man
y Tested, and the dead was raised to life
20 (Acts 8: S6-4s) After this the Arosti
X remained at Joppa for some time max
= ing his home with lone Simon a tan
Is ner," at the base of the city, upon TIL
" seashore. At this time there was sta
10 toned at Ceserea tS5 miles north o
!; Joppa) q military and naval post, t
r Roman officer who named of God b.
u a holy angel. sent for Peter to com
"a and preach to him and his household
II The trance into which the Apostle fell
l. his vision, his subsequent visit t
ID Ceserea and the conversion and bap
J. tism of Cornelius the first GENTLE con
IS vert to Christianity. are detailed mos
l. beautifully in the 10th chapter Of tn
= Acts.
ID Cesarea lies about thirty-five mile
l. north of Joppa, and about iifty-flv
N miles northwest OF Jerusalem. on TIL
IS Mediterranean coast. This place wa
e. built by Herod the Great at immens
ID expense. To form a harbor he cor
e. structed an extensive mole or break
L water, sufficient to protect flee
ir against the storms which rage owe
u, this inhospitable coast. 1t was bu
nj OF large blocks of stone, brought froi
r a great distance and sunk to the dept
or OF a hundred and twenty feet. To thl
0: stupendous work he added tempt
m a theater and amphitheater togethe
re with many splendid buildings. an