Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-01-17

l. - tIvion TTnpeopled plains have been
srortod into hives of industry and hives of in
as,y have reverted back to unpeopled plains.
New lands have been discovered and peopleo anu
new seas have been navigated and charted. Every
rbo,p nrogress has changed the physical condition
Of the people Everywhere progress has changed
h historical and geographical importance of ma
dms and countries Here, alone, in the Mount
Sinai Valley where the nation that gave US the
Savior first sprang into prominence, progress mas
stood STILL Surrounded by the peaks OF the Forty
Martyrs" all is hushed and still on the plain where
once the hum OF thousands of voices was heard, anu
where the valley rang with the resoundlng marcn
Of The hosts Of Israel
On the peak of Ras-es-Safsafeh the cross, the
symbol of Christianity has been planted the very
spot upon which Moses the great law g1ver ano
leader of the Jews stood and gave to his people
The ten commandments the basis of all renglous
beliefs and the foundation of all law moral and
civil Now unpeopled and deserted, the very
MesOmeness of the place is aWelnsplrlng, anu
the silence of the tomb" is not more impressive
than the veil of silence" that envelops Ras-es-
@SateA and It's surroundings.
The mount on which God is said to have re-
Faed himself to Moses is situated in the south
aA half of the so-called peninsula of Sinai, pro-
Ntng into the northern extremity of the Red
Yea between the Gulf of Suez on the west ana
NE Gulf of Akabah on the east This park OF the
FHnsua consists of a mass of granite ana
NpayIy mountains which may be divided INTO
Ie' groups, northwestern, reaching IN JeDei
@Oa height of 6,712 feet; central, 1nclud
ng Jebel Musa Mount of Moses), 1858 feet,
'l Jebe Katern, S.537 feet; and an eastern
au southern whose highest peak is Jebel Umm
sumner S449 feet. Whether the Biblical SINAI
vs. lebe Umm Shomer of Jebel Musa was long
@Pu'ed By leading authorities The former was
%Oaed by Eusebius, Jerome. Cosmas lndico-
T'uStS and in more modern times by Lepslus
'lo hOers Jebel Musa however, is preferred by
l authorities and is favored by tradition
~cA dates however, only from Christian
4FS' indicated by the name Mountain OF
NS and the erection of a monastery upon
i I'u goes back to the days of Justlnlan Inc
Ss 1e'A peak of Jebel Musa. known as Ras-es-
sa,eh t654O feetl, meets the conditions re-
s So since there is open space at It's base
9Ht 10 accommodate a large encampmenl
~SNuhs on the lofty summit of Mount SINAI,
m thoughts and visions conjured up as
municipalities that there on the vast plain OF
Ss 40lase that stretches before the eye nun
ss VI Ieet below, fifty centuries ago. the com
~ ~SiShts We're delivered to the assembled chill
Isa II Israel
sh puhg for the Mount Sinai monastery
~ from these heights looks like little toy
sst SuN' OF blocks the region is still and
sh ana almost deserted. The massive walls
POoOO
- 'Ns monks under Justinian in 527 A ID.
protection against the marauding bands
n TSOuihs that infested that part of the coun-
b M .he wealth of an empire was possessed
>ue 'utiders and occupants of the monastery
sx ~ The same condition as when built 1.5Oo
hens sso Today. however the Christian world
IN 49,. ~atchful eye over this mountain monas-
liz 10 Us contents. and the Bedouins. knowing
tHro. .e Inc fact, keep on friendly as well as
s terms with the monks
seks monastery are stored the priceless
i tcn rating the history of Christianity in
L brotS OF every Christian nation. Slowly
/ ON mood of Mount Sinai monks are dy-
tbs mere being but twenty or twenty-five
eaeb '.eSeht time The life and the pay-not
sensrt buy tobacco-are not sufficient In
et yaar ,oF Young recruits TO join the forces
Slse ~ y year are growing smaller In the
sasstsrn few years the treasurer of the
Q Of ". VIII remain but memory to remind
lOOkn0 greatness of its founder, Justinian
northwest from Jebel Musa to Wadi el