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needed them. The buildings are among
the finest of the many monasteries in
Palestine. They are three stories nigh
and solidly built of stone. The ground
floor is used for offices and kitchen,
a dispensary and a hospice for poor
pilgrims The second floor is fitted up
with neatly furnished bedrooms and
other accommodations for travellers
who are able to pay, while on the
third floor are cells for sixty monks,
library, refectory, hospital and
other rooms. The bedrooms are es-
pecially inviting in their arrangement
and appearance, and the monks are
hospitable.
In the center of the building is a
handsome chapel, deliberately decorat-
ed, with a good organ, a magnificent
alter of onyx and some fine paintings.
All the work has been done by the
monks themselves, and they have col
lected the funds to pay the expense.
AT the end of the promontory is a
lighthouse for the benefit of marines.
1t was built by the Turkish govern
ment, which pays, or rather promises
20 pay, the monks for keeping up the
for several years.
The monks have fine gardens and
grow herbs, from which Chartreuse
and Eau de Melissa, an aromatic liq-
ueur, are brewed and sold to travellers.
They also sell pressed flowers and
other souvenirs to pilgrims.
In the center of the court before the
lighthouse is a statue erected by the
army of the Republic of Chile in honor
of Our Lady of Carmel" who was it's
patron saint during the war with Peru.
There are a number of caves in the
neighborhood. In one of them. called
1.-THE School of Prophets" Elijah is
supposed to have taught a class of
young men. Another cave near by is
said to be that in which Obadiah hid
the prophets of the Lord when the
wicked Queen Jezebel was after them.
On the point of the mountain facing
east a little Catholic chapel and the re-
mains of an old castle dating from the
time of the Crusaders mark the scene
of one of the most thrilling tragedies
in the Bible. 1t occurred during the
reign of the wicked King Ahab and his
Queen, Jezebel, who by the way, was
a daughter of the Phoenician King of
Tyre and a granddaughter of King Hi
ram, who supplied Solomon with ma
terial for his temple.
Elijah. the Tishbite, was the prin-
cipal actor. To punish the king for
his apostasy to the true God, and the
queen for corrupting the faith Of Israel
by the use of power and patronage. the
prophet prayed that rain might be cut
off from the land and the fountains
of the heavens were shut up for three
years and six months. The king sent
Obadiah Governor of his house, upon
a scouting expedition to find water and
grass ito save The horses and the
mules alive that we may not lose all
the beasts" Obadiah had gone but a
little way when he was astonished tn
meet Elijah, who had disappeared and
could not be found either by the SOL
diers or the detectives of the king.
GAS the Lord, thy God liveth.' ex-
claimed Obadiah, there is no nation or
kingdom whittier my Lord has not sent
to seek thee"
Elijah replied coolly, go tell thy
Lord, behold Elijah as here
The proud king was hunbled. He
obeyed the summons, but when he saw
Elijah he asked sternly, art thou he
that troubleth Israel?'
The Tishbite gave the king piece
of his mind and offered to prove that
the priests and prophets of Baal, who
had been living around him under the
patronage of Queen Jezebel, were i'm
posters.
trial by fire was proposed to test
their power. Four hundred and fifty
prophets and priests of Baal came to
the place of sacrifice and called upon
the heather god in vain. Elijah mock
ed them, and the priests, goaded to
frenzy. slashed themselves with knives,
tore their hair and continued their
appeals until 1.-THE time of the offering
of the evening sacrifice"
Then Elijah suggested that they
had had a fair show. 1t was his turn
now Taking twelve stones, according
to the number of the tribes of the sons
of Jacob, he prepared the altar of
Jehovah which had been broken down
by the priests of Baal and placed a
sacrifice upon it. To make the trail
doubly convincing he demanded that
barrel after barrel of water be poured
on it until it ran around about the
altar and filled the trench" AS he in
voked the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac
and of Israel Ito let it be known this
day that 1 am Thy servant. and that
1 have done these things at Thy
word" the fire of the Lord fell and not
only consumed the sacrifices, but also
the wood and the stones and the dust
and licked up the water that was in
the trenches.
The King, with the whole multitude,
pronounced the verdict. Elijah said
to the people, take the prophet of
Baal; let not one of them escape"
They did so and brought them down
to the. brook Kishon, and slew them
there" The place is stf1l pointed out
and near by is Tell el Kussis (the
mound of the priests, where their
bodies are said to have been buried.
Then Elijah cast himself upon the
ground. put his face between his knees
and prayer earnestly for rain; but u
did not come until his servant had
gone up 10 the top of the mountain
seven times and looked out upon the
blue waters of the Mediterranean.
Then "a little cloud like a mans hand.
was seen 10 rise from the sea. Elijah
said TO the King. Prepare thy chariot
and get thee down. that the rain stop
thee not 4" In the meantime the heav-