The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-07-22
JERUSALEM The
GOLDEN
Interesting Account Of the
Life and Work Of the
American Colony
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY
Do Unto Others Is the Law
Which Rules the Lives OF
These Good People,


of an American religious movement in
historic Jerusalen.
Your favor of the 18th ult., is just to
hand, inquiring for the aims of "the
American Colony" to which / gladly re-
ply at once
/ am sure it is pleasure to be able to
easily to give joy to another. OF course,
living here one is familiar with all that
must be of vital interest to so many. and
shafl not any one gladly, at such small
cost afford that qualification? AS the
easter egg owuld say, that it had in
mind a lady who was staying with us,
from Wayne, H., and who has since
left. who consented to carry the small
parcel for you. She will have reached
Boston by this time; she expects to
spend a couple of months there before
going West. Her name is Mrs. w. J..
Guild. She will communicate with you.
am sure the dream of your children is
not so impra cticable. There starts from
New York annually vesst1 carrying
from to 800 passengers, for 70 days
trip, chartered by Frank G Clark, of Ill.
Broadway, n Y, which takes in Egypt,
Palestine, Smyrna, Constantinople, Ath-
ems, NapdIes, etc., for the modest sum of
$4CO and upwards To be sure, one
could find more agreeable way to tra-
vel (but one could not possibly have it as
cheapl. This is irst-class throughout,
and includes all the main features. They
offer side trips for extrasb but for one
doing it the first time and wishing to be
economical, if other means he is debarred
from, surely this furnishes convenience
Think of this, and possibly your d. cams
may crystalize. Then | may have the
pleasure of returning your kindness TO a
stranger in strangeland, who first
showed brotherliness.
In reply TO your question. YOU may be
astonishcd to learn that though / have
always lived within $50 miles of Dam
ascus have never visited that Garden
of Palestine" and of course have not
visited Bagdad-which may be explain
ed by the following description am
sorry there is nothing feasible to send
from either Bagdad or Damascus, as
what reaches us here is nothing that
can be sent. To be sure, I could send
you pictures of the latter place, which we
have. have tried to send you such pic,
lures of this country as / thought might
interest you: have also taken the iiber-
tys of sending you few personal (ool-
ony) ones, thinking you might like them.
shall not fail gladly TO send the time-
tables, which are very simple. and shall
be glad at any time to serve you if |
can. may pc able e send you some
mamma { from the Bagdad region. should
you care for any. Possibly ssme time
you may care for widows mite
The American Colony (as people
haze called it, though we have taken no
name), is religious movement, consist
ing Of about 12o members, who have
lived together in Jerusalem as one fam
lily (very much as the primitive church
did for about "a years.
No thinking person will deny that re.
ligion to-day is as remote from the life
of Christ and the requirements of the
Bible as East is removed from West.
What, under the circumstances, is to be
done i? Is regretting It, bewailing it, or