The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
From H. P. CARSON
On board S. S. Arabic, Cruising
the Mediterranean.

Some amusing remarks ana
queries are made by my associates
on this voyage. Just after we left
Cadiz one writing a postal, of which
hundreds are mailed at every op-
portunity, said II am telling my
pastor that we have just passed the
place where the whale got after
Jonah !" In Seville, another as
W g were viewing an imitation of
Pilates house in Jerusalem, asked
"Who was PLATE? ?" And another
on hearing some n express desire
to Bethlehem, asked "For what is
Bethlehem noted ?" And these on
a voyage to Palestine This voy-
age, however, is chiefly in a cline
so inviting, touches SO many lands
and places of such historic interest
and takes the yoyager like myself
from the rigor and storms of win
ter at home, that many have join
ed in it on that account rather than
from any special interest in Bible
lands or history. Especially is this
true of those who live near the At
lantic ocean or nave made other
voyages to other lands.
Indeed, we have not a few who
have before visited both Palestine
and Egypt, including n passen-
ger who has crossed the Atlantic
80 times as we'll as not a few to
whom this is their first voyage.
Among our number are at least
two men aud two women past 80
years of age, also several children
of tender years. Some of our num-
Der are for seeing whatever is to be
seen, eve to a bull-fght others
embrace opportunities to gamble
as we'll as wager On the speed Of
ship or the hour of its arrival at
some certain port; many eve Of
the gray haired women play cards
and more indulge in dancing, dis
playing diamonds and elaborate
dress. Not a few of our passen-
gers drink wine, beer or ale, but a
decided majority limit their bottle
drinks to Appolinaris water which
can always be had when any bottle
drink is available. While some
cases of marked selfshness appear,
almost everybody is courteous, kind
and agreeable. The sermons we
have had at the regular Sabbath
services have each held up Jesus
Christ as God manifest in the
flesh, the friend of sinners and
savior of men, supremely claiming
human devotion and offering in
finite reward. The lectures on Sab
bath evenings have helped us to
see the hand of God in human his.
tory, it's brightness and its shad-
ows and best of all to appreciate
the history associated with Pales-
tine, the place where appeared the
Light of the World and from
whence His light has gone forth
TO bless humanity. This voyage is
a real education. 1t induces q re-
view of all the history one already
knows, urges him to learn more
and to view the history IN connec-
ton with each place and in the
light of today thus it deepens the
Impressions previously made and
III new ones AS these cruises
are made and reported their educa-
tional effect will widen and other
persons will join them. More and
more will be brought together the
crude aud barbarous with the Gull
tured and refined, the most prim-
tive with the most advanced, the
ox-cart and the automobile
Our arrival at Athens gave op-
portunity for asking Of each other
Did you wash your facein Greece
this morning?' AS | went about
that city and viewed its beauties
and its most impressive Parthenon,
its Acropolis, the ruins of its IN
Gent, heather temples, as we'll as
stood one half hour on Mars Hill
where Paul delivered his unique
prnuonfofSon IF tho fr,,o rof;o,