Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-09
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IN THE LAND OF THE REDEEMER
Sacred Hauns OF the Savior Are Visited by Mission
aries - Country Could Again Sustain Thousands by
Being Irrigated.
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Tiherias or the Sea OF Galilee. is ab,pt
seventeen miles long ana seyen nil1s
VIDE, about une.thIrd the size Of I'tab
lake. The remaining portion Of tha d9v
after our boat ride. We put I'm seeluq tbs
town and the celebrated hot springs
ON the south Of It.
Ihe next day we left TiberIas and
climbing the mountain were soon ON
sam latin. the traditional scene of
me sermon on the Mount on the
pam alongside, is the baltic ground
Nhore Saladin defeated the Crusaders
lliS being the decisive battle after
winch the Crusaders power declined.
Looking down on the country below,
ana taxing into account the different
elevations, seeing the miserable larm-
llls or the barren land, ] think, II only
the streams that are going 10
waste were utilized in this scmi-tropi.
cal land, with its rich volcanic THOUGH
stony soil, what immense crops
could he raised especially OF fruits and
judging from what we had seen accom-
pllsed at other places where the seasons
were not so long and the soil not as
stimulating, this ought to Doe as pro-
duclire as any land on this broad
earth
Below us on the west is the valley II
Che JORDAN, which lt IibCreas is G25 feet
below he sea level On the west il
the Plain Of Esdraelon go above tho
sea; northeasr'ls the Jordan nj Lake
Iluleh at an elevation Of PA. while fur
Their north at BanIas the elevation Is
1850 feet
The low mountain range between the
Jordan valley and the Mediterranean
water shed (Which has very little rain
fan except on the land close to the
COAST has no great elevation
SHOULD BUILD CANALS.
why notinyestigate: First, say canal
on the upper Jordan at level GOO above
the sea, Second. AZ canal at the mouth
OF Lake Huleh, "a above the sea. these
both being gravity canals. Third. a
canal same miles below Lake Huleh
but at the level Of that lake but using
hydraulic action 10 pump a portion Of
the stream above .ts level
Have these things been written OF be-
fore? If not, what is the reaaon2 It Is
that on account of engineering dnlcul-
ties IL Is perfectly impracticable, is IL
that those who visit these lands are
not acquainted with irrigation. on is II
that the expense OF cutting canals
through rock and IN a country where
the government will not allow blasting
powder TO be used ia so great that IL
cannot be ever thought Of?
a week or two spent In this region
with an engineers level and an aneroId
barometer would give data that
would help 10 determine this question.
! can now dream that this barren land.
populated very denscly In the days Of
our Savior will yet sustain a populH-
ton greater than II did even in His
day.
But I win not linger any longer on the
redempton Of Gahlee Ike that OF Utah
by irrigation.
We now descend and are IN q
country whore there are few oak trees
OF is probable IN the times gone by
quite an amount Qf the land in this
part was once wooded afterward COM
ing 20 he foot Of Mt Tabor, an isolated
mountain we ascend again
on our reaching the top, II started TO
rain. the first rain since April % and
we concluded to stay at the Francscan
Catholic monastery. Mt Tabor Is one
Of the reputed places where the trans
hguratIon OF our Savior took place.
Here Helene, the mother OF the En-
peror Constantine. caused church
with three chapels % he built. the ruins
or which are still existing. These three
chapels were In memory Of the three
ia bernaces Peter wished 10 build The
top Of Mt Tabor Is occupied entirely
by two monasteres. the Roman CathO-
lic and the Greek. and they both claim
the actual spot where the transhgura-
ton took place Is within their own
church
The view from the Isolated Hill OF Mt.
Tabor is very good the lake Of Liberals,
the Hauran (anclent Bashan) noun
tains. the mountains OF Gllead, Mt.
Carmel, the plain OF Esdraelon. are all
visible. The plain Of Esdraelon was up
to the last forty years inhabited only
by the wandering Bedonin and now the
people who live there are OF a very
mixed character. An Algerian village
IF settlers from northern Africa. and
mother village Of Caucasians having
been pointed out 20 me-
IN the morning we started for Naz-
lreth. In consequence OF the rain hav-
NC made the roads muddy we had TO
walk most Of the way, arriving there
lbout noon. and we are now IN the city
where our Lord spent his bOyhood days
where He taught In the synagogue, and
where He spent quite a portion OF h!t
'arthly career.
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