The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31
TO THE PROMISED LAND.
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 good bye to the priests as the rest of my itinery of ten days was with Thomas Cook and Sons. I reported at the office, and was introduced to my dragon man, Chalil $. .Gandour. He proved to be faithful friend and guide. &
 He had charge of the German Elm peror's tour in this land, and was said to be Cooks best man, and proved him self to be equal to the reputation which he had earned. His house was in Jaffa so he took great pleasure in showing us this ancient city. It is said to be many thousand years old and we do not doubt it, from the many odors which arise from its streets we should never question it's great age It is on the whole a fine Oriental city. Here are magnificent groves of orange and lemon trees, large orchards of olives and stately date palm and blooming cactus trees.
 We were shown the house of Simon, the Tanner, which is by the seaside. This is where Peter was on the house top at prayer when he saw the vision and the angel messenger came to him telling him to go and preach the gospel to Cornelius and this he did thus open ing the door of the Kingdom to the Gentle world. From here, we drove to see the tomb of Dorcas, whom Peter raised from the dead, and whose aims and good deeds made her the originator and president of the first Dorcas soci- ety of all the centuries.
 Taking the morning train from Jappa we moved slowly upward toward the Holy City. We pass through the val ley of sharon, one of the most fertile plains of the East. We think of Him who said T mthe Rose of sharon, and the Lily of the Valley, and the bright and morning Star for the stars shine in the land of Syria, in the clear air, with unusual brilliancy. We see in the distance the birthplace and tomb of Samson, the hero of Old Testament story. The place where he tied the tails of the foxes together is pointed out to us. On through the valley of Adjalin to Romleh, the home of Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathia, our train runs at snake-like pace. We were enlivened on the way by one of the natives, who spoke English well, who told us story he had read concerning the slow train to Jerusalem, written by an American. The writer said when he was in Jaffa he bought a little pet dog. He took it with him on the train. The conductor came around and demanded tickets for himself and also for his dog. He re- refused to pay for the dog, then said the conductor, you will have to put him off the train. "All right" said the traveller so taking long, small rope from his pocket he tied one end around the dogs neck and dropped him out of the window, holding on to the other end of the string, the little dog followed along, easily keeping up with the train. All went we'll until the tourist fell asleep, then he let the rope slip through his fingers He awoke with a start, where was his little dog? He thought of the string and gazed out of the window. He was in despair He had lost his dog. What was his relief when he arrived at the next station, to find his pet dog sitting on the steps of the station. waiting for arrival of the cars. The native said he was a going to write to the American author and tell him that he forgot to add one thing to this story the fact that the en- zine was an American engine, built in Philadelphia. After three hours and forty minutes of climbing we reached the hill of Mt. Zion.
 We were driven to Cooks Grand View Hotel which is situated just inside of Jaffa gate, and opposite the Tower of David. We rested that night in order that we might be at our best to see the city on the morrow. To my great de- light found Dr. Sela.h Merrill, the United States consul and his wife were boarding at the same hotel. Dr. Mer- Till is an old soldier and a graduate of Yale University. They both showed me great kindness during my stay. In the morning bright and early, we took our first general view of Jerusalem from the top of Cooks building. It was magnificent sight and one never to be forgotten. The city with it's historic past present and future, lay spread out like panorama before us. It was a beautiful picture which will never be defaced from my memory. We next walked around Jerusalem, which took us about three hours to accomplish. We marked her towers, and her mas eive foundations. Some of the great stones still remain from Solomon's time The city has now seven great gates--the Jaffa gate, the Zion's gate, the Sheep gate. St. Stephens gate, Herod's gate, Damascus gate and the Beautiful Golden gate or the Gate of Triumphal Entry.
 The difficulty with many of the pil- grims visiting the Holy City is that they begin at the center to view the city. instead of beginning at the outer edge and working toward the center. Walking around the walls of the city first gives you a definite knowledge of its former greatness and magnitude. Then, too many travellers come to the city worn out with over travel to begin with, and besides this, they try to see the whole city and environments in a day. After visiting the walls of the city we returned to our hotel for lunch and a rest of three hours. In the af- ternoon we walked up the Via Dolorosa lust before entering, however, we Vis- ited the Pilates Judgment hall. Here are shown, cut in the original pave ment, the games which the Roman sol 1 diers used to amuse themselves in play ing during a prolonged session of the court. Here Pilate brought Jesus forth | after the cruel scourging and said .Ecoe Homo" "Behold the Man'' Now