The Washington herald., 1914-02-22
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the water dog fashion with their
tongues, and overwhelmed the .Midian-
! ties and Amalekites. although they came
/ as srasshoppers. for multitude. I passed
1 by the huts of Zerin, the once royal
| city Of Jezreel. where from the window
of her ivory palace, Queen Jezebel. that
byword among women, looked out with
| hard. covetous eyes upon Naboth's vine
yard over there where Mount Gilboa
still shows the wine presses cut in its
rocky side. Again she looked with ter
ror to see the vengefuI Jehu in his
chariot furiously rushing down from
the mountains of Gilead to deliver her
| to the deyOuring dogs.
Here in the plain lies the first battle
field of David. Over there, close by
THE Path of Napoleon the sun is
baking the wretched novels where tire
witch of Endor told Saurs tragic for
tune, while toward the south rise the
hills where Jonathan was laid low by
the Philistines and Saul fell on his
sword, moving David to exclaim, How
are the mighty fallen!"
From the summit OF Mount Tabor,
above the spot where kleber was beset
with his back to the mountain wall,
Deborah saw the stars in their courses
lighting against Sisera and his 800 iron
chariots and sang her song OF cruel VIC
tory. 1t was there ON that plain, in that
coliseum of gIadiatoriaI combats. that sta
dunn where through uncounted genera
tons humanity has been the football,
that the last pitched battle of the
Crusades was fought. There, too. the
last battle of all, the finish fight be-
tween the hosts Of good and evil, Is to
be fought. for part Of the plain Is the
place which is called IN the Jewish
tongue Armageddon, that 10 the Valley
Of the Megiddo."
As / was quoting Esdraelon saw the
village of Main, squatting in the very
Path of Napoleon" near the foot OF
Mt. Tabor, a welcome oasis for the soul
in the midst of all that waste of war.
At the sight Of that poor. little hamlet,
the mind turned gladly from scenes that
speak of 200 generations of slaughter.
The memory was recalled from hate to
love, from the taking of life to the Civ
ing of life. for there in the gates of Main
Jesus restored the widows son and dried
the widows tears
How that kindly deed shines out in
the dark cruelty of that ageless field OF
Gideon, David. Deborah and Barak, !
Saladin and Napoleon on the Plain of Es- |
draelon beside this victory over sorrow |
and death, and what the bloody trophies
of battle beside the smile Of gratitude |
and gladness of the widow of Main, |
When entered the valley Of Nazareth |
the message of peace which the little
town sent out into a warning world held
a new and clearer meaning.
Nazareth After 1900 Years.
Nazareth lies in a pretty mountain ra-
vine, with schools and orphanages and
hospitals, the gifts of the Christian world
to the boyhood village Of Jesus, looking
fondly down upon 1t from the surround
ing heights. While the sites of the horne.
the carpenter shop and the synagogue
Of Jesus are cherished traditions among
the several sects, the wars have not |,
left standing a wall that stood in his |,
lifetime. But all about are the eternal
hills on which the eyes Of the boy looked
when the dream that fills the world came
% Him and up and down their sides wind
he unchanging paths tread by Him.
And Nazareth today is a lowly village
Of simple peasants, as 1t was 1000 years
ago, with never a great man in II. The
villagers are mostly Christians of the
racial type made familiar to us by the ,
syrian immigrants. and form the most
attractive community / saw in all the
Holy Land. They have trees and flowers
and dooryards; yes, and American sew
ng machines. although the housewives
-un them by hand seated on the floor,
Oriental fashion.
The pretty faces of the women are un- Il
Teiled and not painted and tattoed, as [
n >5enin and other Mahometan places. |
4 the VIRGIN FOUNTAIN. the only water
ime, the beauty OF the girls and young 1
Mothers, who came to fill their water Z
ugs even as Mary must have come, is {
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