The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-24


and It's Hot Springs-A Visit To
Cana, and the Place OF the 9eiiioh
on the Mount-HOW Galiiee Iooh9
in Storm and Calm-Taiks win Tie
Fishermen. -
tCopyright 1910. by Frank U. Gar
penter.)
Tiberias. Palestine
lam in a fsherman's skiff on the Sea
of GalIilee We have just lett 11perldS
the ancient city Of Herod, near the
southern end Of the lake. ana are on
our way to Capernaum, "here oiili :.
lived and preached-tnat WhlIe Spol
which you can see on the shoIe at 'lie
north 1t seems strange that one an
carry the whole Sea OF Gailllee IN MS
owe I have always considered It as
only little less thar an ocean. or, ~
least. as big as the largest OF our lIe9h
water lakes. The truth is II IS oniy
middle compared to Lake Michigan, IL
is about half as large as Lake LAY usa
ar Ithaca n Y, and standing on any
of the hills which rise precipltously
about it the whole body Of water can
plainly be seen.
A isrd's-E Eye View.
The Sea Of Gallilee is only six miles
at its widest parts from east TO West
and from where the Jordan ho"s III an
the north to the place where IL Ell p'iss
ONT at the south the distant is a scaht
thirteen miles. The sea lies in the de-
preston Of the Jordan valley, the river
forming a winding canal 2oo mlie5
long. which connects it with the Desad
Sea at the south. The descent OF tlie
Dead Sea is over 500 1eet anu .ie
waters wind like corkscreW al tle
ray down to that salt sea Of death.
Lake Superior is a little more than
500 feet above the level Of the ocean
The Sea Of Gallilee is more than ooo
feet below the level, and it lies IN a
nest in beautiful mountains when
slope UP from the water in picturesque
shapes
over there at the west the shores
are bright green and are spotted with
wild flowers The grass makes
waving sheet Of emerald velvet and
1t seems to almost reach the fleecy
white clouds Of the blue sky above.
Farther to the south are the Galltee-
an mountains now gray in the morn
inc sun with masses Of smoky clouds
hanging over them. They are full
of water; and, as I look, 10! the rain
comes. The sun IS still shining; and
1t has painted a rainbow over that
part Of the lake covering the town
of Masdala which, as you remember.
was Mary Magdalene's home.
Looking through the rainbow you
can catch sight Of the Mount of the
Beatitudes, upon which our Saviour
sat when He preached the sermon on
l.,
hill at the left is where, it is said
He commanded the weary multitude to
sit down on the grass and fed the
5000.
Now look at the east, to the lands
on the opposite sides of the lake, and
from the water. The hills are so
steep it would be almost impossible to
climb them. and tl-~y are ragged and
rough That is the land Of the Gada-
renes, where our Lord cast out the
devils into the swine, which ran vio-
lently down the steep place into the
sea.
All about Us are the most familiar
scenes of the Scriptures. Every bit OF
these shores has been hallowed; and
as we look the figures of the Old and
New Testament spring into life It i.
Impossible to read the Bible in the
Holy Land and not feel that IT'S people
were real men and women. The apos
ties had the same feelings as ours
they lived in a world much the same
they breathed the same air: they en-.
Joyed the same grass and flowers; ane
they loved and sorroWed as We do to
day
The Beauties of Galilee.
I doubt not our Lord appreciated
the beauties of Galilee. It's scener,
Is as picturesque as that Of any lax,
which lies in the Alps, and it change
IN beauty at every hour of the day
l saw the sun set last night. Tn
clouds hung heavy over the hills t
the East of the Jordan and the SUI
gllded the top Of the Mount of tn
Beautitudes as it went down in tn
west A little before that thes
waters were a glorious yellow, whicl
1aded away into a rich copper bronze
AT the same time the heavens wer
FURNISHED copper, cloud piled upo]
cloud, and the whole was mirrored il
the CLASSY surface beneath. The Se
OF Galilee has always been noted 70
It's wonderful beauty. It was a pleas
ure resort at the time of Herod Anti
pas and the palaces Of Tiberias an
Capernaum were famous all over tn
east
Let me give you still another vie,
Of the lake. It is moonlight TIL
great round queen Of the heavens he
ornldnx Ut ELL