The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-05

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thi~ ignorant fsnatcaaa shat Fstar3s
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Nhcrc No-s~ Crossed Nova u Place IL
Dispute.
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du@ea himself sH tnl@ sane ~
name Il Most u : S od imam.
every body It'll }ou ! ~ a good snaa
DO You NAut guide and aonkeys
informed Mo-es that ! wa. Induced
~ visit lis ountry IS > gentleman
~ the same name ho Ie1 the lsesset-
ties his was some Thousand tsaf
ago AMI crossed the Red Sea some
Whefe IN thts u~eighborhaod. re
replied Moses i can show you the
very place. II not FAR from here.
then counded 10 Moses The purro>e
Of mS presence down here-that the
controversy rs u the true place If
the crossing 81 confused ne and
mat ] had COME acEe 81 satisfy nay
ovn mtnd i the spnt. Moses prompt
Is solved the problem that Eshlt
scholars haNe wrangled over t.r
year. can how You the tNo
places. KNOW eEactl where
are. Moses crossed ut both IF them
There i common ground fot con-
promise anon which the intending
parties car get together. "~ueeoth
"Pi-hahi.ath. Niagor" and "Baal-
Zephon" have never been located and
there is practically nothing - all III
identifying the exact place. thc trs-
ditional place lies some miles south 1T
SueX and is covered by the dep ~,
while the other one is i feW mis-
north of II. The northern place is
nOW dry land Except fr the canal
recently cut across it, The parties
To the dispute. IN the main. have
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their belief as to whether the cross
ing was accomplished by nat4Yal IL
miraculous means. The class II
scholars who explain ii in accordance
With natural laws select the northern
place and claim that. at the Time =:
the Exodus. the place was covered Us
the Red Sea but 50 shallow that IL
became dry 1T low tide (the tide to-
day rises seven feet here1. and that
when PharOh's army attempted t.
cross the rushing tide came in ana
destroyed them. Mot OF those Who
believe il WAS a miracle ADOPT the
traditional site. but many who consid-
CT il q miracle adopt the northern
place. The passage could have been
a miracle and occurred where il Is
nov dry land. The conhguratipa ~
the coast at the head OF the Rel sd
has greatly changed even within his
torical times. ana in the days OF Mo-
scs the sea probably extended more
than fftN miles north Of its present
head. Only a few miles north Of the
present head Of the sea is Il large
lake. OF inland sea. several miles long
and between it and the Ted Sea the
strip Of sand Is but little above the
present level OF the sea. That the
sea once covered this strip is shown
by the sea shells to be found un even
much higher ground in the neighbour
hood. These shells are found cmbed-
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west IF Suez and prove that il WAS
thrown III from under tho water.
when the strong east Windt cau-e9
the water 10 be divided and to become
= vail" il is not necessarily mean
that the waters sto q upright but sim
ply the equivalent meaning Of wall
protection. But, in any event. it
could have been a miracle as We'll at
one place aS 1t the other. Those Who
favor the lower place apply the words
Of The Bible 10 the sea as il now APP
pears and take no account Of how il
might have been at the time Of the
Exodus. After The CT gSSing Moses
lead Israel out into the wilderness Of
Shur. AMI after three DAYS they
came 70 MIrah. exodus 1880 But
Marah is no three days from the ira
ditionai site. but would b. from tho
other place. We decided - visit
Marah. now called Moses Wells. The
excursion was delightful. The latter
day Moses Of Suez. convinced Us that
it would be better to MAKE the trip On
donkeys rather than on camels and we
closed n contract with him. At the
appointed hour Moses was on hand
with "Ya~nkec-doodle Dandy for me
and Mrs. Langtry" for my wife.
Moses paid no attention to sex In
naming his donkcys. Mrs. Langtry"
is Q male donkey.
To Moses Wells i'm PatriarcIial style.
Before crossing w into Arabia /
had 10 get a passpor from the Anglo
Egyptian authorities. This was DIo-
cured from q clever Scotchman who
assured rs that. ia his opinion. We
could make the trip IN safety. He said
that there had been no English speak
ing people over there since the clash
last year between Turkey and England
over the Sinai boundary line. That
stirred UP the Bedouins. but their
feeling has now subsidized. Before
cmbarking We had to register IN n
book Il names. ages. nationality. des-
tinatiOn IN Arabia and my occupation.
These matters out Of the way. We got
in q sail boat with Moses and his dom
keys and sailed for the other side.
after being confined in Il slow snip for
several days z trip through the desert
on a Balaam.s nag is something to be
remembered. IT is 80 new to Western
crs and yet so old in the East. IT was
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for genuine pleasure. a good donkey
beats "a palace car. Mrs. Langtry had
an ideal gait. but Yankee-doodlc
Dandy was constitutionally opposed to
exeTtisn. Money makes the mare
GO but nothing but 4 club viii per
suade q lazy donkey to make speed.
We met on the way some of the much
Observation-Disclosures they never
robbed or killed us We also passed
q caravan Of the same folks from
Sinai going 10 Ismailia. with u cargo
Of dates. The eamels are the only
Arabian rains
Before starting 7 provided myself
with 4 supply IF small change AMI
cigarettes. All Arabs, even the chill
dren. smoke. Narah lies in the. viii
dcrncss Of Ethan or Shur. Il il an
oasis. There are several Iare. we'ls
or springs which are surrounded hy
palms and other trees. These springs
IF living waters bubble up from the
sand. II largest. according to ira
dition. Is the n in Which Moses cast
the tree which the Lord showed him.
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