El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-31

with brush and earth. The people con-
tinue to pray as it cooks, and keep on
praying until the sunset approaches.
At ten minutes after sunset they begin
to eat the meat, throwing the bones
into the fire without breaking them.
In my talk with the high priest he
contended that the Samaritans were the
only true Israelites, and spoke OF the
prophet Samuel as a sorcerer- He paid
his respe&S to the Jews in no measured
tones. He gave me little book he had
written concerning the religion of the
Samaritans, and at the close was by no
means averse to a present of silver for
which he thanked me in dignified
way After 1 returned to my camp,
which is on the outside of Nablous,
some of his followers brought me his
photograph, and a model Of the five
books of Moses which they offered to
sell for a song. The Samaritans are eX-
ceedingly poor and are despised by both
MoslemS and Jews.
At Jacobs Well.
1t was at Jacobs well, not far from
Nablous, that Christ met the Samari-
tan woman and told her of the water
Of which, If one drinketh, he shall
never thirst, but there shall be in him
a well of water springing up into ever
lasting life" You will find the story
in the fourth chapter of st. John This
well is one OF the holy sites of Pales-
tine, about which there can be 10
doubt The village of Sychar CORE
spends to the village of Askar, which
stands on Mount Eba1, perhaps a
thousand feet away from the well
where the Samaritan woman lived. The
well itself lies just below the new car
riage road from Jerusalem I went
through an olive orchard to reach it.
1t is surrounded by a wall, and is in
the heart of a garden now owned by
the Greek church, which has made il
a resting place for pilgrims. They
have built a stone chapel over the well.
and services are held there several
hours every day.
Some of the priests went with us
down the steps to the well. 1t lies
right IN the floor Of the chapel 1t is
about three feet in diameter, built up
with stones which are laid in the shape
of tube, being smoothly cut One OF
the monks brought a pan which was
tied to rope in such a way that it
remained level. Upon this he placed a
lighted candle and then slowly lowered
it down into the well. 1t descended
perhaps so feet before it came to the
water. The sill Of the well is of
marble and shows the marks of the
ropes which for ages have been low
cred into it.. The sill is some distance
above the floor, and it may have been
the original stone upon which Christ
sat at that weary hour of noon
Jacobs well has been known and
visited by pilgrims for many years IL
was probably once even with the sur
face of the earth, ut the debris and
earth washings from the mountains
nearby have filled up the valley, and
it is now considerably blow the coun
try about Within the past year ex-
cavations have been made in the gar
den, and the remains of a church
which was built over the well some
1900 years ago have been discovered.
I found immense granite columns and
also many pieces of the stone walls
of the church. I persuaded the Greek
priest who lowered the pie pan with
the candle upon it into the well to
come into the sun and be photographed.
The dissatisfied American.
While 1 was at the well a party Of
travellers, conducted by one Of the
great tourist agencies, arrived They
were Americans, doing the Holy Land
at so much per day. and they were
bound to get the worth of their money.
One 1 shall never forget His gigantic
frame was such that l shall call him
Goliath. When the party went down
to the well the services in the chapel
had just begun, and after pointing out
the nO1c III the l1OOT the
them out. AS they came into the
churchyard 1 heard Goliath remark.
@I amt satisfied
About what?" said the guide.
81 amt satisfied about that. we'll
How do 1 know there's a well there?"
You saw it," said the guide.
Nav, I saw only a hole in the floor.
How do I know there's a we'll? How
do 1 know it has water? 1 tell you
amt satisfied Here I've come 5000
miles TO see Jacobs WELL and how can
I prove that I've saw tt
In short the man so protested that
the guide took him back, stopped the
service and had them let down the
candle. Further than that he brought
up some Of the water which Goliath
drank at q gulp. This hugh doubling
Thomas would not believe in the spot
where our Lord was baptized in the
Jordan, saying that the banks were
too steep, and that if he couldn't
crawl down them no one, not even
John the Baptist could do so.
Over the Hills From Jerusalem.
1t took me just one day to come