The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-07

- E@titl StdL4SAlfS III regard 70 sEz
results OF missionary lab.r~ .,,.".
the Moslems In Palestine. His -.
legations covered Z perioa 81 GC.,.
years The cost Of the work arno,r..
all classes vas found to ~ So 00n :
Year, or $2.750.00 for the ,1fty 80
Tie net result ACCOMPLISHED amrr.
Moslems was the conTers,on nr on.
Mohammedan. and ne Was an jwn4-
ciie- - IS casting pearls before swine
70 work among H. Mohammedans
The Jews.
Tut little better heaaway can he
made among the Jews. annie An the
9hahGes IN government. population
and religions, the Jew has remainel
true - MS ancient faith. 4 Jew in
Palestine is On his own soil and IL
especially strong in the faith. Relt-
elous zeal las kept him here or ha-
Drought him back. He is impervinu-
10 precept Dr example. He II q stick
CT from away pack" lie viii con
tlnue To stick 50 long as he is perSr-
cuted as he Is noW. Even certain
Christians mistreat him simply be-
cause he is a Jew. over in Bethlehem.
which is strictly a Christian city. :.
Jew is not allowed 10 reside or even
spend the night. lie mas work in u,
during the day. but is not permitted
to sleep there. Such treatment is nor
calculated to cause Jews to fall over
each other III embracing GhriStianltr
In Jerusalem he is denied the right,
and privileges accorded to others. ana
often without any redress. But the
Jews ere pretty Shiftv fellows ana
some OF those in Jerusalem have dis
covered a novel and effective plan Tor
securing protection in their rights.
They have AmeriCaniZca themselyc,
and now enjoy the protection Of our
government. There are men in Je-
rusalem who cannot speak a word Of
English and we're never within 100
miles of America, n Yet they are
doing business under the protecting
old Of the American nag< Tht
scheme is worked thus: There is a
man over in America Who follows the
business Of making Americans in
Turkey. To him is sent a description
of the applicant for American c~itiZeii-
ship, and the American agent finds Il
Jew over there filling the description
of the Jew over here. The American
broker has him visit the state De-
partment at Washington and get q
passport to travel in Turkey. giving
the name of the applicant oyer here.
The passport is issued and then mail
ed to the applicant over here. Arm
ed with his credentials Of an Amerl-
can citizen. he appeals to the Amer
can consul whenever his tights or
person or roperty are invaded. On~
consul has only to remind the wrong
dOer Of Mr.. ROoSeVelt'S big Stick
and that Jew is no further molested.
OF course these fictitious Amer!-
cans love America, but American mis-
sionarles cannot p~ersuade them ("
love Christ. The Jews, like the Mos
lens, are also held to their faith by
fear Of ostracism by their own peo-
pie. If one embraces the Christian
religion no Jew Will have anything to
do with him. will not associate with
him. nor give him my work. With
only such material to work on. our
people should not expect too much ~
missionaries in the Holy Land. But
bad material IS not the only hindrancc
to the spread of Christianity in the
land of its origin. The lives and con-
duct of many so-called Christians arc
potent factors.
CrankS.
The pure article of Christianity ia
greatly handicapped by religious
and fanatics. This IS especial
~ true in and around Jerusalem. N
holy city is the metropolis of crankS
and the storm center of fanaticlsln.
No place on earth has such a variety
of cranks, To begin with, there are
three men in Jerusalem claiming to
be the Christ. one IS an Austrian, one
q German, and the other an English
man. One styles himself Prince Eman-
ueI. have seen one of these self
styled Saviours, and he is "a daisy
a red-headed daisy at that. Like most
of the religious cranks, he wear his
IL NSIN IIS - -
lieve that there is some connection
between hair n holiness.
There is nothe errati, brother,
who claims to be John the Baptist
He is a Russian and takes himself
quite seriously.
But the men are not permitted to
monopolize all that is rare in religion.
over on the Noun of Olives are
Carmelite sisters who are
both dead and alive. Alter going
through the ceremony of marriage.
they We're put into their collins, the
burial ceremon conducted over them,
and then they were passed through
the veil.' They We're married to the
church and are dead to the world.
They will never again see the face of
Il human being except themselves. The
one who to them their food
see them. Their closest kin
will never see them again IN
world. These good sisters spend
their time in praying for the world.
are lots of old sinners who
ignorant of the fact that these
$780,