The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-11

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY EF:pl-uf.I,.
From Greenwich. Conn. almost wirhir
III. sb,aov. ~ tho r,,oosd c,irf o,,ar ,,bic.
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me h'fHGt' tfElhS tf''Stte upon ths
from the "hartar"uS Tufk-
The fact that Pal. stiu" the scene Of thc
suffering ar Christ. his hirtnIli... ard hi
burial u!ac.. ts not jn tn. control Of tn"
"lri...uu world h.= airysys l"rn e thorn
- .sr -ic" r' ih' r!rfi-.d q "ur.@.
ii Orr. r.ii or tie ,ri@'rni Peter the He,
rl.t tens of thure8rde rf rn.n clad in thei9
ElltteJiug ~ ems r-eastpl4t"s swords AMI
s.ht.l,ls started tn" famous CrIsaGc ami
Tia down theic lives at Nicsa under the
bsarrr Of the h!ood-red cross. all TO no
purpose
tn Holy Land remained in the hands OF
the Mphammer8n-.
Now. after a st'"nco Of more than so
YEAR. ar"tnrr j. a=itatinS 4 movement to
regain Palestine.
But times hIvF changed. and the modern
Peter I'M Hermit does not cry aloud for
ilGodsEed. FOR warshrs and l%-inch guns,
for Rough Riders and uniformed infantry
With Era g-I prEsnsons.
Military paeruts have no charms for him.
u" would buy Palestine hy popular sub
,cr,lsfo0. with % fun! created hy all the
Governments of the world for that purpose.
The Eoderl crusader IS . Young naH-n"t
older than - years-and his name Is
Arthur Smediey Greene one would natural
y th;"N tlat TIL" originator cf - devotional
- sch enc would br an ardent churchs er.
h'it IN ,H""H IS not ,-,.,
t!t'"uIn W., M at ~ a'i, NJ !.
~ y, eI., IN da,IinS of Ina, r,iigin,s
orgauizat ign has not attended church at
any one place of worship
HOW HE RECAAIs> INTERESTED
r,. ,s.,.,.t, for his prcat iuteres, in mat.
Tors rori,,i,,,, MAY. he founI in ,b. fact that
H.. mas hs-n studvins tho life of Christ to~
N, i,s. fau, ysars and has heen ,,thusad
with the marvellous s;orv il revealed.
10 l.. cr a rciicious turp Of mind and
,.b,. NJ. ~.,d r,s.,Ic = s.ro,, impress,on upon
him.
4, night when he tried to sleep the
thoupbt car,e to him constantly oh the
bitter shame that the country or Christ
should be desecrated with unchristian fest"
until at length, while lying In his bed he
iidn' Iihe ,ts 'up''s ',,,, y, $50 J.,
|, was more man "fealn' pe.aus, .a. ,,'. i,t
,,," awake and ever,thi,,.- rsSse5 hafors
his eyes with wonderful ,iistinctnesq.
Although he had never been to Palestine
he saw the country stretching away before
him. 1t WIS as il he were On Il mountain
-op looking down
And as ne looked nc sa" V5nerahle man
leading an army ~ mounted troops n
They were dressed ds no other hghtinS
men wore dressed thdt he had ever seen
Instead Of rifles they carried swords. lad
Wore rnrased III shh ing armor. ftilectlnS
the sun. Iik- flashing mirrors. Piumes they
wore in their hem' u. and in their hands
were short swords. whose handles were in
the form of crosses.
They fought under flag, rich rcd cross
on a large white field
TIE Saraccns and the unbelievers met
them with bows and arrows, with lance and
curved swords. lighting Ia keep them away
from the rfry Of Jerusalem. which lay be
vout among the rocks. Again ana again !
ihcv withstood the charge of the knights. !
until defeated and detected. the enemy re- /
treated, leaving their dead and wounded be- |
hind
RAND OF PILGRIMS
.rt,,, ILL, , -cr,1I the visf,n ro,lod its.,f
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peaceful bah' Oh PilS'4 inns "'l1ei announcer
las.
They were dressed in the ordinary clothes |
If the citizen of Europe and America a |
.naiI band and they bore gifts In their !