The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-25
1Ht. ROX OF MYSTERY.
H.. International Sunday School les
-, fpr May 80 is David Brings the
srL 80 Jcrusalcm.-u Sam. g.:
10: Psalm "a.

n tpFs cxclteHlent was caused In |
h., region Of romance, the near |
r. With its succession of treasure
kr,.s, buried cities. forgotten races. |
H. tnsuages. hidden gold and pre-
Ici.a, stones. by the recent British
e..litipa that was digging in and
"a .,4t jerusalem than by anything
e,. IN the city's archaeological his
tttty. This strange expedition, about
|vbich all sorts Of rumors were rife,
|aal l,ttle exact information was
ko,~n was said to be digging for the
t,.t-ur..S Of David.
According to the story. cryptic
L s-,u 10 ~ old manuscript copy of
a., works OF JOSephus, gave these
/ aI.aaturerS their clue. / saw their
vpt,rtru husily excavating. carefully
gttfi,d the while. When l attempt
.i - approach their workings, a
getri warned me off. The expedi-
ti,n cpti1pSed when it was discovered
tiat h ,heikh of the Mosque of
ot,t. and other Turkish officials. had
been bcibed to permit digging i'll the
t-p,ptA area. Since that time the
stAlkN and his subordinates have been
iwH-,-"0rd, and the British adveh,
tpr.t> have He'd the country
These neu were seeking. in the
r.t ,t.rt,ts and unexpiOred labyrinths
htnv1tb the sacred precincts of the
tt.tsurps Of David, including the
A., pt me Covenant. They were said
t. ,eli.ve that the Ark could be
tuUad
Whether there be a shred of truth in
thtt OF not. the possibility staggers
tn ,u,sination. What a sensation
wr9jt b. created in the world, and
what a fundamental revision of re-
iIlpu, scholarship. if there could be
anne. the ancient sacred symbol Of
tht presence of Jehovar with Israel.
4 Nations Palladium.
school children are familiar with
th- p,iladium of Roman liberties
walch is now said to be concealed un
der the ancient column that is callet
TIE Burnt Pillar" in ConstaninOple
Nor precious by far than Rome
Ititiium was the Ark of the Cove
ntnt. a box four feet long and tw
faat vide and two feet high. covere
w,tltir and without with gold. an
CIrefuily built of ocasia wood. accord
ing to the directions Of Moses
Above its golden lid were wrOugf
two golden cherubim. and over thes
flames the Shekinah. the symbol {
the presence of the Most High. Ir
siie the Ark were the Tables Of tn
law given to Moses on the Mount.
pit Of mamma. and AarOn'S rod ths
hudded. The top of the Ark was cal
ed the mercy seat" and its symbO
ism Of the awful and invisible pre-:
enc. Of the Supreme Being has bee
inwrought into religious literature an
| hymnody
Thts was the Ark that went befol
the israelites in their Journeys. ar
tecaue the center Of their wOrSh
when they stool still. 1t held BAG
tn waters of the Jordan while IL
people crossed into Canaan. 1t w:
Ctrrted about the crumbling walls
Jrrlcho II was the symbol that te
r,hei and conquered the Israelite
eneuies When tabernacle was su
planted by temple. the Ark founds
I'i'ce ira the Holy of Holes
AIt trace OF the Ark seems to ha
been lost since the time Of Nebucha
nez1lr. It was not in the tempt
ct Ierubbabei and Herod There
IL evidence that Nebuchadnezzar ca
rcd Il off. and quite certainly it W
not among the spoil that Titus carri
fr'" Jerusalem to Rome. Had tt
"lj'ct of supreme veneration a
value been among the loot Of any
d'TuSalems conquerors. it sure
would have been noted.
here are many who believe tf
Nth Was n1uucn securely ny l
pC'St- at the time of the captivi
"H' hat il awaits-a day of discove
ptr own time. which has seen
u'lpherlng OF the cuneiform a
~ h'eroslyphicS. when has red
'n1"red the Hittites and many burr
'd"-A. which has witnessed amazi
''nhrtnation of the truth of the
Hp'F'd hiStory. may also be favored
ttudtns of this overwhelming e
V'"'r IT the veracity of the anci'
5, tptures
The UntOuChabic Treasure.
''N Ark which is the theme
'''N International Sunday Sch
'N''h had at the time of David Il
'l "a private house. 1t had f
"'r" cared for in the tabernacle
''|il ana Shiloh; but after the
Us sons Of Samuel had carried
"'" 90 battle against the Phi
- u had had a varied eXperieT