The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1913-05-23

ealUh, we read IN nA4uke 10th chapte
how he taught a lawyer to inherI
et4cRGl life, by relating to him tn
parable of man who went from
Jerusalem down to Jericho and fel
among thieves. The old road il
there yet, and every year thousands
of tourists and pilgrims still travei
/ it. And to look into the faces OF
some Of the Bedouins one meets OF
the road makes person suspicious
that thieves are still there also, hat
personally we did not fall into the
hands of any of them, unless they
were insthe shape of guides. souvenir
vendors. etc. for they take all they
| can get.
The fifteen miles down to Jericho
was covered in about four hours, all
down hill and no stops, not that
'there were no places of interest to
,see, such as the town of Bethany,
Apostles Fountain, Inn ofthe Good |
Samaritan, Brook Cherith, with its
wonderful monasteries built way up
in the bluffs over the gorge, Herod's
ancient aqueducts, etc., etc. But
these sights were all reserved until
the return trip next day, when we
ladies and gentlemen would all be
walking up the hills to save the }
horses
The modern town of Jericho is
only small collection of rude huts, t
with about three hundred inhabit-
ants, mostly Bedouil shepherds, I
md two small hotels which cater to 9
ourists. 1t is interesting only as Y
'eiDg the dool way to the Prom t
sed Land" " The ruins of ancient II
ericho are about mile further up n
he Jordan valley For about thirty II
hree centuries this Jericho, destroy Il
d by Joshua, and rebuilt by Hiel W
le Bethelite, but which finally pl
filtered the curse spoken Of in Va
oshua 6;26; lay under huge oil
found of rubbish, but recent ex- II
Lvations by German archaeologists w
ave resulted in the discovery of Jo
rye portions of the ancient walls OF
I'd many of the narrow streets and on
houses, which were tn,
ade Of sun dried bricks. Flom .Jel
e ruins of these ancient dwellings
any interesting relics have been of
ought to light. Standing upon 46
ese ruins, even in this twentieth Sc,
ltury. the Bible student can al .Jor
'st imagine he can see the weary ,ut
aelites returning from their bond VIII
IN Egypt. bound for the Promis- full
Land. But history records that am
Y were not met with very warm the
come by the natives and that hi
hua and his priests, in obedience for
1od's command, marched around owe,
walls and blew the trumpets bea,
broke their pitchers and the nea,
Is fell down so that the children into
srael entered into the land which live
had promised to them for a SINH
session. The house of Rahab Tnrl
pointed out upon the wall, but salt
had already learned that one the 8
t not be too credulous in Pales mile
in til
cry near to this excayated city pilla
e famous pool or spring which very
prophet Elisha healed with one /
| full of salt. And one can obey
ze at a glance what a great she
ing it must have been to all the from
present inhabitants of that Conn
y. TIL
Jericho the Iaet dave of tbo Jerus
net were snent and from there light
ent forth with Elijah, to cross oacK
waters of the Jordan and to prom
SIS that strange revelation of a man
OF Of fire. which parted them treat
er on this earth 1t was to began
ericho, that Naaman journey noun
Damascus that he might be We
/ of his leprosy by the prophet precir
/, who told him to go and gorge
IN the river Jordan. And we brook
hat Naaman did not want to was fe
He much preferred to re- cburcl
n Damascus and hatba in his o,.l