The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-06-18


j. reared their submits above the ocean
UNAFFECTED by the transitions TINT hav,
|. 10 completely changed the face OF tn,
, planet elsewhere.
/, only ut their bases do these noun
tulns show any traces OF alteration
where the waves and the winds OF the
hses have crushed and ground theii
fndeless elements Into the colored
snnds which filled the geological CULTS
ana bays OF the Jordan rift and made
possible the beauties Of Petra and all
that region. Rising majestleuly from
the enclrellng setting OF desert and
sea, the whole mass In cleft and shat.
tered Into fascinating tangle OF sub.
line valleys towering cliffs awful
preclplces, and magnificent peaks
which roll like pillows far up Into the
crystalline blue OF the heavens.
From sues 10 Sinai
The route from suez TO SINAI Ia a
nine days Journey on camels. Traw
elers usually make u short half day
10 the Wells Of Moses, the first oasis
four hours beyond suez. Then follows
n waterless tract OF three days Jour.
ney 10 f1lm, with It's wells OF water
and lie palm trees.
Two days beyond f1lIm are the IN.
nous turquoise mines Of Meghara
where The Egyptians mined as early
as the Fourth Dynasty $500 II. o..
more than 1900 years ago, and left
curious collection OF rock carvings and
tablets which have been OF priceless
value In their bearing upon Egyptian
chronology.
Two days beyond the mines lies the
onsIs Of FIran, rightly designated
The Pearl Of Sinai" the most fertlle
tract md one Of the most interesting
spots In the whole peninsula.
Past FIran the road crosses d winter.
shed nj $500 feet and makes slight
descent before the last climb over
Nagb elsifawa 10 the Plain Of or.
ftahah, which most scholars have re.
kardsd M the camping place Of the
fsraelItes while waiting for the giving
Of the law. Here IL the mountain
which, according 10 the Bible, was en-.
vel0ped IN clouds ana lightning re.
verberating with thunder, n mountain
that could be touched, while Moses
tarried on liz summit and the peopls
waited below.
Just 10 the left Of this peak, Jebel
sufsa, IA the valley Of the DER, In
which stands the monastery OF 81.
Cafbarlne. This picturesque monas.
terry standing IN sublime valley Of
the Sinai group occupies the site Of n
fort built by Emperor JUstiDlan IN
527 A. y. II IA horny Pile Of old
entirely enclosed by high
wall, on one side Of which toward the
mountain A few old rusty cann6n stu
10 sentinel duty. lower wall en-
doses The adjoining delightful gardens
which have been wrung by Incessanf
t0il from the rocky mountain side lie.
6w. The fortressm6nastery bns wit.
1essed mdby a thrilling event In his
orr, has wifbst60d mnDy an attack
md siege, and tears the marks Inside
md out Of ~ stormy history.
The great shrine IA JebeI Musa II
eIf the Mountain NJ The Law. which
'jses z,35D feet above 6Dd behind the
Monastery, The pilgrimage steps, snid
o be 1900 In number, are broken 81
many points, but SIN form an impress
I've ascent 10 the nofJe mountain top
here IA shrine 10 the VIRGIN Mars ,
M a chapel 70 the Prophet Elijah on |
he way %.
Beyond Sinai, the rorffs NJ the !
;xodus, within the peninsula, IA Fixed /,
eyond DersdveDfore by the conGgUra.
ION OF the valleys, the 0ns or Two ,
'eil-kBDwp locations and the wsfer
opply,
Turning ont Of Wady esb.S helkb
brougb q SIDE valley one reaches 4
vide beyond whlef the e0ppfr, 4
bssgts instantly, A vide pIafeaD n
,ows signs Of vegetation. where grsze !.
1nfreds NJ rshoe's ana thousands M a
weep, Ismbs sn6 me uses The !,
bo3e skyline tinker IN 4 soffer I.
mother Iork. sbd fbe sides and b0ses 4,
ne fooos9tn~ Iose the sbsrp, for .
ddlnz aspect n Sinai farther IN 10 "
- oasfs Of Ain Undfersb where !"
sroD and Miriam spoke sgslbsf
oses because he had married . 4,
sshlfe woman, -
Between Hsztyofh ard EzIon- gste5 :. =,
] me SIN oBsolve1 portions n ne "
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