The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27

timbrel, and somewhere in one Of the
neighboring mountains Miriam was
buried.
Prof Cobern's explorations were
interrupted by the approach OF nos
tile Arabs, which caused the party TO
mount their horses and gallOp across
the desert.
According to the explorer the Is
raelites upon their departure from
Egypt. could have reached Palestine
in twelve days by taking the northern
route but they found this barred by
fortificatiOnS, the remains Of which
have been found by excavators. Eene-
mics barred the progress OF the Is
realities at Sinai and near Suez, which
compelled Moses to take the southern
course at the Dead Sea.
The miracle of the Israelites cross
ing this sea is explained by Prof. Co.
bern, who says that once in century
a peculiar phenomenon occurs by
which the wind, blowing fro ma GER
tain direction, leaves portion of the
sea bed almost bare.
Prof. CObern derived much light
upon Biblical interpretations from
conversation with the Arabs, who are
in the same stage Of civilization to-
day as they were when Moses led the
Israelites across the desert. For in
stance, the remarkable utterance of
Jesus that to be His faithful disciple
one must hate his father and his
mother" becomes ineligible when the
| blood brotherhood among the Arabs
is explained. The meaning is that
the newborn loyalty is SO strong that
| if parents are OppOed to it they must
| be regarded as enemies.
| In like manner the Arabs made it
clear to Prof. Cobern that the Mosaic
law, IAN eye for an eye and a tooth
| for a TOOTH" was a great advance to-
ward enlightenment in the age when
Moses gave it to the world. Up to
that time the Arab law, life for an
eye and life for a TOOTH" prevailed.
1T will be seen that the law OF
age because of it's cruel idea Of retri-
button, contained a sense Of equity
and justice which was wholly unap-
preciated until Moses gave it to man.
kind" added Prof. Cobern.
They knew how to make hair grow
in the days of Moses. Yes, verify
they made it grow on bald heads
, which accounts, perhaps, for the lux
uriant whiskers and long boards wor1
) by the elders of Israel.
Prof. Cobern has seen a papyru
prescription preserved since the day
of Moses, for making the hair grow
: A marginal note contained this EN-
phatic Endorsement of the unknown
writer:
And it does the work, too"
Christian Science? OF a truth, the
knew all about it.
One physician, writing to col
league gives the following advice t
s the younger members of his profes
l sion:
, IF you have a nervous patient S
y runs the letter in the ancient He
e brew as Prof. Cobern read it, "wh
says she has a pain in a certain pa1
0 or her body place your hand upon tn
part and tell her she has no pain
Whereupon she will have no pain
Forty years ago the doubling Thorn
asses in literature questioned whethe
, such man as Moses ever existed br
:. says f'rif. Cobern, that scepticisl
= has been long buried From tn
y depths OF the earth numerous inscrir
tons have come to light verifying tt
e Biblical story of Moses. Not only tina
:; but the inscription antedate Moses b
II LOO and 1000 years.
= Il recently heard minister saw
e public that the Bible was the olde
Of books says Prof. Cobern '"Ths
> is foolish statement l have e,
L amined hundreds of manuscripts tn;
are older than the Bible. 1t is tt
Is best Of books, but not the Oldest"
y concerning the laws OF Moses
ln elucidated by Prof Cobern's explor;
ie tions in southern Palestine we leal
,h that for strict justice we have notl
3 ing at the present time to approae
e them For instance, a fee was name
= for the surgeon who performed
e successful operation, but at the sa n
~ 81 time the law specified that il the su
Is geon blundered in the operation ]
should have his right arm cut off.
There was no malpractice in Il
s days of Moses.
"a Then as to contractors. They al
ia came under the law, and the buildi,
- inspection was most rigid. The Ia
IL stated that if a building was impro
erly constructed and fell, killing al
gs people. the contractor paid the pens
All All ty of his negligence or his cupid
OF with his life.
ne They had we'll constructed bull
It's ings in those DAYS.
~ MoreVer, burgiaries were reduc
II te minimum. Why? Because t
ne law held that if a BURGLARY occ11rr