Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-04-24

OF Egypt on the south 10 1.-THE enter
/ ing in OF Klamath" and that egaudly
mountain, even Lebanon, on the
north from the Great sea %, the VEST
to the great desert beyond the fertile
, Hauran plains on the cast scarcely
spot Of sacred significance was left
unseen between these limits and none
III CaeSarea Philippi be excepted
which the Son ef Man halluwed BY
making 1t His temporary home
IN sIoHr or THE PROMISED LAND.
The Lord quarantined Moses on
Pisgah's height and showed him the
: green fields OF Canaan, but forbade
him to enter. The Turkish govern
ment, which is as far removed from
the Lord as any government 10 the
world, quarantined the Glass. our
party, In the harbor OF Beirut and fuT-
bade our doing more than looking at
Canaan for four days Except these
days had been shortened from ten to
four they would have been indeed
difficult 10 endure The Bay Of Beirut
the spelling OF the citys name
changes with the wind-is more beau
J. tiful than the fariamed Bay OF
Naples There are no historical
associations about the Bay OF Beirut,
no poetry, neither song nor story
these the Neapolitan boy bas in
abundance. But the beautifully
curved Bay OF Beirut has far more
delicate coloring OF blue and brown
upon its encircling hills and to Jebel
Sanuin, its chief mountain, with its
cape OF green and crown Of snow,
! Yesuvius can not hold candle-un-
less it be an unSnuffed une when the
dreary old volcano is splitting lava and
smoking.
1 Nevertheless, quarantine, even in a
bay 50 picturesque and peaceful as
that Of Beirut, grows tribe tedious
after ninety-six hours Solitary con-
finement on a ship at sea going some
where has its drawbacks, but conhne-
ment upon a ship in harbor going
nowhere and surrounded by Turkish
patrolmen has more. There are many
flags OF various degrees of ugliness In
the world, but the ugliest is the flag
of solid yellow floating from ships
mast and Signifying quarantine. Thus
it iloated for four days until finally we
were permitted to see it hauled down
by the Sultan's authority, pay a
dumpy Turkish doctor ninety cents
for a certificate that we did not have
the bubonic plague and go ashore.
From Beirut we took ship again for
Jaffa--at which we had not been per-
mitted TO land upon first arrival be-
cause Of the quarantine. The sea
coast from Beirut to Jaffa-the ancient
Joppa-is almost unlndented by har-
Dor lines IL is not strange that the
Jews never became maritime power.
Their dominion seldom stretched 20
the sea and had it done so permanent
~ there was no safe anchorage for
fleets upon the coast. The war path
OF the nations for hye thousand years
has been along this coast 1t was
never crossed by the Jews and their
only naval battle was upun the Sea Of
Galilee with the Romans ~ is..Ii
Maecabean times and Jpsse they we're
most ingloElsnrsssi,y defeated. on the
JzssiITver near Beirut are nine boast
ful tablets cut 10 the solid RICK tell |
ing OF the Assyrian and Egyptian /
monarchs who went this way. In the |
old ruadbed besides the tablets the
footholes Of the horses and the gruoyes
worn by the chariot wheels OF armies
arc still visible.
Along this great road have swarmed |
for centuries Syrians, Egyptins, |
Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Crusaders, the
warriors, traders and travellers Of the
east On this road, though further
south beyond Carmel, the caravan Of |
lshmaelites to whom Joseph was sold
as a slave came from Gilead, with |
their camels, bearing spieery aud
balm and myrrh, going TO carry it
down to Egypt
IL is buta few hours journey by sea
from Beirut TO Jaffa, but in these few
hours is seen much suggestive Of the
sacred story. Mount Carmel is the
most prominent. II can be seen for
many miles In every direction and It's
conspicuous cone recalls at once the
conflict which Elijah had there with
the prophets Of Baal. Tyre and SidOn
are not far away--both now heaps Of
ruins Sidun the oldest Of the chief
cities Of PhOenieia and the cradle Of
the worlds commerce-Tyre, once the
glory OF the Orient, now in literal full
fillment Of Ezekiel's prophecy, "a
place for the spreading Of nets in the
midst Of the sea. The coast, or re-
gion Of Sldun, still blossoms with
flowers as in the Olden times, and. an
unexpected hint Of its former wealth,
there was found in a field near the
town the other day copper pot Of
gold coins Of the Alexander stamp,
worth s2O0,OOO Midway between
SidOn and Tyre is Sarepta where
Elijah dwelt with the widow and her
son sharing the unfailiDg supply from
the barrel Of meal and the cruise Of
.oil-not an unfamiliar menu even
now In Palestine - during the sore
famine Of Ahab's day South of Car
mel was Caesarea, royal city OF the
Herods. Its a desOlate ruin now, al
most entirely Sea covered. The mere
sight Of the place brings thought Of
the greatest man who ever walked
this globe since first the Almighty
sent IT circllng around the sun For
il was in this city u Caesarea that
Paul made the pathetic appeal % bis
friends. "What mean ye 10 weep and
break mine heart? For / am ready
not 70 b. bnund only but also to die al
Jerusalem for the name OF the Lord
Jesus To the same city be was
brought back after little while %
endure two years Imprisonment fn
one Of its magnificent palaces Of state
he appeared lnturn befure Felix, Fes-
tus and Agriiia and uttered that mar
yelous burst Of oratory unequalled IL
forensic speech. And IL was frum Cae- |
even 10 all us history :
that Paul, a manacied prisoner.
sailed TO preach the gospel 10 them