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

from Jerusalem to Shechem. My out
fit was a three-horse team to which
an American dayton wagon was har-
messed. The horses were good, and
we drove up hill and down on the trot
We started at Jaffa gate, past the
place of the Skull, where Cen Gordon
thought the Savior was crucified, and
then crossed the valley of Kedron. We
climbed Mount Scopus, which joins
Olivet, and rode under the hill on
whose top was Mizpah. where Samuel
was buried and Saul Amounted king
of the Jews There is mosque on
that spot and the place is holy to
Jews, Christians and Moslems. alike. all
of whom worship at Samuel's tomb.
Mizpah lies on a peak about 5000 feet
above the Mediterranean and on one OF
the highest of the Judean mountains
1t is where an army Of crusaders stood
under Richard the Lion Hearted and
got their first sight of Jerusalem AS
they looked king Richard knelt down
and thus played:
20 Lord God, I prav Thee that I
never may again see Thy Holy City if
I may not recover i from the hands
of Thy enemies"
That prayer was uttered seven CEN
turtles ago. Jerusalem was then owned
by the Mohammedans, and it is held by
them still.
On the Road 80 GaiiIee.
The road which we took to Samaria
was the one over which the boy Christ
and the holy family came when they
travelled up to Jerusalem to celebrate
the Passover 1t is one of the high
ways of the Holy Land. and is still
travelled by thousands. About 10 mics
beyond Mount Scopus we stopped at
Beeroth, stone village surrounded by
green orchards of figs and pomegran-
ates. This is one days journey from
Jerusalem, and tradition says 1t is
where Joseph and Mary, as they were
returning to Nazareth, discovered their
u year old boy was not with them and
they went back and found Him teach
ing the wise men in the temple
little farther on We came to
Bethel, where the Benjamites lived,
where Abraham reared an altar and
called on the name of the Lord, and
where Jacob took stones for his pill
lows and dreamed that he saw the
ladder extending to heaven and the
angels ascending and descending there
on. The name Bethel, which means
the house of God has now been
changed to Beitin- 1t is a poor stone
village of about 500 people, with
Shiloh. which lies just off the road
little farther on toward Samaria, is now
called Seilun, and, as jeremiah prophe-
sled, it is nothing but ruins. Where it
stood is a mound covered with debris,
broken columns and rubbish, 50 that
the prophecy. Il will make this city
curse to all the nations of the earth,
has come true.
Nevertheless Shiloh is one of the
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1t was there Eli dwelt and there Han
nah came every year with a new coat
for her little son Samuel. whom she
had given up to the Lord. 1t was
there that Joshua divided the land. and
there the Philistines stole the Ark Of
the Covenant.
Travel In the Holy Land.
I am surprised at the caravans which
are continually crossing these PaleS-
tine mountains. There seems to be
great trade north and south, and the
roads are full of strange characters.
On my way here 1 saw crowds of men
and women on donkeys coming up to
Jerusalem. Some were from Galilee,
others from Damascus and not few
from the mountains of Lebanon One
crowd told US that its people were Mo-
hammedans, and that they were max
ing a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the
tomb of Moses. There were many
women among them. They sat astride
upon donkeys, some carrying babes in
their arms
We passed many came1s. Some were
loaded with white building stones
slung in a network of rope on each
side their humps. They were taking
them to Jerusalem. Others were rid
den by women and men. / saw one
which had two yelled women clad all
in black on its back, with two boxes
below them, each box holding a baby.
Another party was composed of Sa-
marian women on their way to Mos
as straight as royal trees. They car
ried their baggage in bundles on top
OF their heads and walked single file.
Behind them were women from Leban
on walking barefooted and singing in
Arabic. They were tattooed on lips,
chin and cheeks. and their heads were
frowsy and dusty. They wore nothing
on the head and their bodies were clad
in long cotton gowns embroidered with
red. Only a few were good looking
ard all seemed prematurely old.
IL Old Shechem.
] am now living in my tents outside
this old town of Sechem, my camp
facing Mount Ebal and above me Ger
iZim, the holy hill of the Samaritans.
It is very near the spot where the laws
of Moses were read by Joshua to the
assembled children of Israel. the coun-
try being the shape of great amphi-
theater of which the hills form the