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Mount Gerizlm. These feasts are diff
ierent from those of the latter-day
Jews AZ the time of Christ the feast
ol5tie PASSOVER was eaten reclining and
as though at the end Of n journey rath-
er than at the beginning.
ne Saiinritans eat their Passover
with their shoes bound upon their feet
ana slaves In their hands as though
,ehGy TO start out on their wanderings
IN inc wilderness. They do this on the
mp OF The mountain, camping IN tents
lley smear the blood of the sacrifice
uRoh the tents to commemorate the
passage of the angel of death over the
houses OF Israel. rhey dress in Whit
satinehts, and they kill the animals
wien VIC. are burnt according to the meth
JUS which were in use when Aaron
,,sen. Inc sacrifice consists of buck
,ahlns, each of which is carefully exam
,he'' mat II may be without wound or
~ I,ish' ~ 4 siNentsgnal the Threats
~ INC lambs are cut. and at the sa,ne
.,nic SOME of the blood is caught in a
~ cup and smeared over the tent AS
we plood flows tho people shout out The
Mo.us mere Is but one God" and they
. ,t,'' ms sentence again and again. At
INC same time there Is a service, he
s t,,' win hymn pr;,s!ng Abra-
by a prayer OF thanksgiving.
me meat for the sacrifice ii cooked
over IRE In the earth As soon n.
the animals are killed they are scaldcd
ana the wool is pulled OFF. The cntrals
are removed and saited. Thcn n mole
Is thrust through each lamb. and it is
iaid on the hot Goals Of II fire made in
trehch. The meat is then covered
with brush ana earth The pconlc con-
linue to pray as il cooks and keen
on praying until the sunset APP
breaches. At 10 minutes after sunset
theS begin to eat the meat, throwing
the bones into the fire without break
ing them.
In my talk with the high priest he
contendcd that the Samaritana were
me only true lsraclites and spoke of
the prophet Samuel as a sorcerer He
paid his respects to the Jews In no
measured tones. He gave me n little
book he had written concerning the
religion of the Samaritans. and at the
close was by no means avcrsc to a
present of silver for which lie thanked
me in a dignilied way After l re-
turned to my camp. which is on the
outside OF Nablous, some of his fol-
lowers brought me his photograph
and a model or the five books of Moses
which they offered to sell for song.
The Samaritans arc exceedingly poor
and are despiscd by both Moslems and
Jews.
AT JACOBS WELL.
IT was at jacobs well, not far from
N.apious, that Christ met the SiImar-
ltan woman and told her of the water
OF which, II one drinlleth. he said shall
never thirst. but there "shall be in him
u well OF water springng up into ever
lasting life" You will find the story in
the fourth chapter OF St. John. This
wei Is one of the holy sites of palesa
tine, about which there can be no
doubt. The village of Sychar CORE
spends to the village of Askar, which
stands on Mount Gbal, perhaps II
thousand feet away from the well
where the Samaritan woman lived.
The well itself lies Just below the
new carriage road from Jerusalem. |
went through an olive orchard to reach
1t. 1t is surrounded by a wall, and is
III the heart OF a garden now owned
by the Greek church, which has made