The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-14
SfORY OF THE JORDAN
Evangelist bosa Teas Someihisa Of The
HSiery Of this Stream.

\ lArE. audience assembled al the
Main Street Christian church last
night 10 hear Evangelist Boen's ser
mon on The River Jordan" He
said that It is the most celebrated
It's size or length. as II Is not a large
river: not because of it's commercial
importance. as no steamers ply It's
waters. not because Of the large cit
les along it's banks. as they are not
there. And yet people everywhere
who know but little OF the Tlher. or
the Nile. or the Amazon, or the Mis-
sissippi are familiar with the Jordan
The Jordan is the only river in the
world which lies below the sea lev
el. The indications are that in the
past volcanic disturbance produced
a zigzag creyice which Is the valley
through which the Jordan flows
The head waters are much like those
of the San Marcos liver in Texas in
size. in clearness. aud in the many
the first ten and enc nalf miles it
falls $50 feet. Here t. passes through
the beautiful blue Sea of Galilee.
about which Jesus spent two-thirds
of the time of His public ministry.
From the Sea of Galilee TO the Dead
sea is distance of sixty-fiye miles.
The river winds through this as
serpent and fails to depression
1892 feet below the sea level. The
Dead Sea is the lowest body of water
in the world. The Jordan for centur-
les has been empting its waters into
it; it has no outlet, and yet its level
is always the same. 1t neither rises
nor falls Nothing can live within it's
waters, and no human being can
sink. The sea of Galilee and the
river Jordan are filled with fish, but
when any of them enter the Dead
sea they instantly die, and thous-
ands of carrion birds are ready to
pick their dead bodies from the sur
face OF the water.
Mr.. Boen diverged from his sub
ject for a few minutes to call at
tention to q few cases where tn
| topography Of Palestine corrobOl
ways read up" to Jerusalem, an
from points in every direction thi
is true The Bible relates the re
markable story OF JOshua's readin
the law In the hearing OF a half
! million of people. Mr.. Boen teste'
this. In the valley between Noun
Gerrezzim and Mount Ebal he station
ed a friend while he went far up the
side of the former mountain. He
saw about him a perfect ampithea-
tre and taking from his pocket his
Bible he read the first Psalm and a
portion Of the sermon on the
Mount, in an ordinary tone of
voice. He was half mile from his
friend When he descended he told
Mr.. Boen what he had read and that
he had heard every word distinctly.
The speaker recounted some OF
the events of history which have
made the Jordan memorable, among
them the preaching of John the Bap-
tist and the baptism of the Lord Je-
sus Christ. Mr.. Boen by accident met
a party of Americans at the Jordan
who had come TO Palestine to study
the land The superintendent OF
public instruction OF Pennsylvania
introduced himself and asked If
minister was in the company. Mr..
Boen gave him his card and was IN
formed that the gentleman Wlle
wished to be baptized. Mr. Boen
baptized her at the place where Je-
sus Christ was baptized.
\ number OF good lessons were
taught In the sermon and the audi
ence gave close attention. At the
close one gentleman confessed his
faith In Christ
There will be baptizing tomorrow
night The song seryic" viii begin
this evening az 1.2o.