The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-20
land OF THE BOOK
IS PORTRAYED
A VIVID DESCRIPTION OF PALEs-
TINE, THE LAND OF BIBLICAL
SCENES, AS 1T APPEARS TODAY,
GIVEN BY DR.. TILDEN OF
PIERRE, 6. D.

From Fargo to Palestine is long
journey, yet one of the largest church
audiences that has been assembled in
this city this year, was whisked away
to the land where the Savior trod the
earth, in the twinkling of an eye last
night by the magic of DR.. H. w. Til
den, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Pierre, s. D.. and a !, other
of Rev. Herbert Tilden of this city.
Joppa, the famous city on the
shores of the Mediterranean, where
Jonah started in his attempt to run
away from the Lord, was the point
at which DIR. Tilden landed and
where he first took his audience.
From there through the plains of
Sharon along a path which is still
thief infested, he went TO the city of
Jerusalem.
Joppa. and the country in it's inn
mediate vicinity, now raises the finest
oranges in the world. Colonies found
ed by the Rothschilds and by German
corporations are making a successful
business out OF the orange growing in
" "
when DIR. Tilden made his visit to
Palestine, the orange trees were
loaded with fruit and almond trees
were in full bloom.
Jerusalem, was described in way
which brought vividly before the audi
enee, the past granduer and the pres
ent day meanness and squalor. The
city which saw the crucifixion as we'll
as the great triunphs of the Savior is
now in the hands Of the Turks. Turk
| ish soldiers swarm about and offer in
suit to sightseeing christians 1t is
city OF $4,000 inhabitants without a
daily paper.
Dr. Tilden walked about the walls
which are two and one-half miles in
| circumference. The city has been de-
stroyed fifteen times and the walls
have been rebuilt from the old ma
terial. For this reason there are stones
/ quarter few hundred years ago
| mixed with the stones that solomon
| quarter in the days of the greatest
grandeur Of the city. Three Sundays
are observed, Friday by the Turks,
Saturday by the Jews and Sunday sby
the christians, so that there are only
four days of the week on which you
are sure of finding all the shops open
Prosperity Crushed Out.
The Turks have crushed the pros
perity out of the land. The taxes are
so enormous that the people have been
known to cut down their olive groves
because they were better off without
this source OF revenue and the ac-
companying taxes than with them
When the government knows that the
people are making a revenue 1t simp-
w conhscates everything they have.
The rest of the journey was passed
over hurTfdly. Bethlehem, the city
of the nativity, is inhabited altogether
by christians. Hebron the burial place
of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and other,
of the great founders OF the Jewish
race, was an interesting stoppins
point.
Bethany, the city where the goot
Samaritan took him who fell amons
thieves. is still as IT was in Biblica
times, the road from there to Jericho
il still unsafe for travellers because b
the thieves.
Jericho Ii Ii 900 feet below the leve
or the sea and the city IL squalid am
about what might be expected from |
city SO far down In the world ii Il
the lowest city IN the world. Near /
Is the Dead sea whose waters have n,
outlet, but evaporation and which ar
both salt and bitter
Jacobs well, on whose edge I'll
Savior sat and preached one of hi
great lessons To shining woman, /