A TRIP TO PALESTINE
By k?v Howard p. PoweJi
S ?n afte we were assigned to
our rooms we w;:\- called to lunch.
There was Ii ' 1 1 ? - difference between
the ?'??od ?? ? and t ..at of Pales
tine. We still i i mutton as "the
main di-h." Af' ne has had sev
eral w ek- i" i' k -'i'H . Syria, and
llgypt he will ha.' \ :.d his share of
mutton f >r life. In Damascus, as in
?Jerusalem, we were fortunate in
having a >od supply of oranges.
The i- v.ere se*\ -: t each meal. In
the cen'i-r <1 iong tables were
larg lr:.* howls fiild with nuts and
rp&ins. wV.irh ? ????mbinat: >n we found
to he r all tv tables in Syria.
V." ? -ra? ? ? ? u r 'our of the city
soon after the lunch hour. We went
' i t t > ?' - i Straight, a
r eferen<' '? v.r.i ? u will find in
the A..t- *h- A:> -t'f-. chapter
nine. This street is today, after
r in.-'-. ; Y \ir. ? y.-.r-. the main
? > ! 1 V: m . U the only
. 1 1 : . in "he city. This fact
w i - to those of
?! wh > V.a\ ?? - 1 ; ? ? i : ? ? - i tin life of Saul
.? T;t ? : w ? Paul the Apo
tle. Near treet, we found the
J ili'i : ?! i .? of Ananias, which
wi' vi^tci. We were told that near
t h . - Street railed Straight
1 ? .1 ; ;a?. when- Paul
lodge i v. >; *.va - visited l?y Ana
ma There is a mo-\jue i?uilt upon
'lie ? * * ::t v. which was preceded
i?y a ?.?V.:roh.
We \ !-:'<"i '! ? era -< f;:< torie- and
?-ug f i 4 'if- Dan a-cus and found
them -o he v - interesting. The
Chief <1? -:_Tier in the bta-s factory
wa> a mar of h ml?le life. w;th very
1 1 ' * I e education. Nevertheless, he -at
without any picture ? r plan before
him and aw.- ! the most beau
tiful article- of :?ra>~s of any man in
lie h:sto?-y f bras- carving, or de
siirning. .lu.-t a lew day- before our
party visited Damascus. Mrs. Mc
Pheison. of I. os Xngeles. California,
was there an-i this man designed a
hra> trav for her priced at two hun
? Ired and fifty dollar-' which was one
?f the it> -: expensive. Labor is
^he:*p I>ama-"us. and the same
tray would -il for about .,ne thous
and dollar- in America. In the rug
factory we -aw little girls laboring
? il: ?? : and needles on
rugs that some times took three
w nths to complete. These little
eirl- worked long hours for ten and
tifteen cenv day. They did
this at a sacrifice of health, school,
and play. Many <>t them were as
young a> five ant} six years of age.
The ru,;s were beautiful, but the
price paid by the-1*' little children
robbed them ??:* much >?'" their beau
ty.
We visited the old city wall at the
ga*- where :* was R elieved that Paul
wits, lowered by the Christians to
:ave him from the fury of the Jews
i Acts ? : 2 ?""? > . This gale has been
...,i for -even hundred year-. "Ad
?? v.t. underneath some trees, is a
toir.b -aM to be rhat of St. Beorge. j
:t :i Aby.--inian convert who assisted,
Paul to l ---m; . and perished as a |
i-i.rsei-jxscnce."
As we returned from our tour of
the city we met a funeral proce>sion.
! Th * - was Iff! by the upper part of
casket, which i- more than the j
jlid of our caskets. Following the;
man with this part of the casket was
a? empty hearse, and then a group j
? f b?>y> and girls dressed in white.
Then came four ministers, or priest?,
and then the body carried by six
men. The body was on the lower
' half of the casket exposed to the
view . f the p ! ?><?< r -ion and the pa?
Hn.'j: tVrong--. Fb-wers were banked
( ab ut the ?ii iy, but the face was
.exposed to the hot sun of a May aft
ernoon. The deceased was dressed
| similar to the American manner of
preparation for burial, with the ex
I ception of 1 i- fez. which is the pop
I ular Syrian hat. This man must have
I been ne of some note, judging from
I the procession and the number of
I priest>.
At three o'cl-ck in the morning.
] we were awakened by the Moham
medan call to prayer. The tower
jfrom which he made his call stood
near the window of cur room, mak
ing it possible for us to pet the full
benefit of the call. While one may
not agree with :lie Mohammedans,
we. as Christian?, could well afford
to take our prayer life as seriously
as they do. Wo could not but imag
ine jti-r h' \v nany Christians would
' a"; ? ? i raver at 3 o'clock
in the morning as many of that faith,
are doing. 8
We left Damascus the following I
morning, following the road leadirgl
up the Abana River. Ah ng this road
we found some of the choicest flow
er-; an: shrub* of Syria, which added
no little to the inspiration of the
drive.
We are now er.rou'e 1 Baalbek
Syria.
(To be continued)
POSTF.LL
pv n m~ . ,
Mr. Grady Tones lad the mi- for- ;
tune of flitting his i- ?giery badly
with an axe la-*. \v? < Pr. \ounul
took seven stitches to close the place
Mr. 0. 1.. Stiles ha- ' ? in linger
ing health for m-re than a year anci
his condition is hei ing alarming. 1
as the doctor >ays hi rstical
I condition.
Mr. Theodou ? ha; ' .v.. of Suit.
|ian his car off < -f a :iil into the
1 -ranch near M. M. I ? i'\ird's store
la-t week and i minor inju
I ries. on<? on th.- head a: ! one on the
| knee.
i Mr,. Vaud. Brendle. of Akron. O..
was a welcome visitor at -r Sun
flay school last Sundav.
Mr. and Mr-. Sam K ? - y and
Mis. Lena Blaylock and little .wi ?
Wilmer of Duckt-wn. Tenn.. were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Allen
and Mr. and M -. S. V. Allen last
Sunday.
We wei'v bl> ?--< i with a nice show
er of rain last Saturday evening.
There was quite a number of peo
ple motored to Marble hist Sunday
from our section to the all day sintr
; ing and reported a nice time.
Mr. and Mrs. Lakes Quinn and
little Genet fvlcre Sunday evening
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Tea
gue.
There was a decc- .lion at the
homo cemetery kno a11 the Allen
?cemetery last Ssndav at 2 o'clock.
i Mr-. J. J. Tatrue is slowly improv
ing from a bv-ken hip bone.
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