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. c ' , t' .;.::;3 faliaw tI-3 Jj-C-;.s the Ey; tlan. The .i 13 months in a year, 12 .:;:,) days each and ona r , . days. The Moslems an J a lunar canendar, but have t new years. The Moslem 12 months of 29 and 30 days and the season In which , f:"s varies every year. De r sometimes falls In the summir y in the dead of winter. The ys-ir has 12 month9, but Ave in every 17 years It has H . Every year Jn Palestine therS ur Chrlstmases and eight new ! The Protestante and Catholics ? the same days;. 13 days later a have , theirs,: while the iKs have new year first and ; irjstmas. Every weelc there aw Thnths: the Moslems observ- ' idly, the Jews Saturday, and irlstians Sunday. There are I other festal days and some i religious Is going on pretty all the time. The religious eltu iin this country Is unique. land on the globe can furnish .a ,4.-;. ' .a;;: ''.:,-' ,ve often wondered why It was kry to send missionaries to the iich first sent out missionaries listlariize the world.! have heard Express surprise that the birth )t Christianity, where Its great "j preached f and worked mlr dhoijrtd Itself become a field for Sary work. The reason may not IbWlous to people In far away W, but observation and a little 'gatlon on the spot will make 'e .Christ preached religion of lJthe land divinely : appointed ji chosen people many wonderful 4s have. taken place changes' In vnment of the country, In Its j Its population, and Its re- Christianity was supplanted by imedanlsm, . which ' was planted Holy Land by force and arms. r it is the predominant religion I '; country. Three-fourths of the Mon, including the ruling class Mohammedans. , CLES OF REPLANTING CHRISTIANITY. rjktl' known that the results of nary labors In the Holy Land, jilarly In the , old provinces t of Samaria, and Judea, have-not he "met expectations. " There of. 'J... some degree of ? siic ut ;. nothing like that ,": in other lies. But it is no fault of the la- 1. The explanation - Is found In rable: of the sower. The seed alien in" soil already grown up ds. To adopt an expression "used 'iness matters, 'there Is not "a penlng" ; for airy' moro religion, o?y already has-rellgion. There 3 'religion to the square acre in tinryj than In any othr land vi w (". . rj '. ! r U a j r:f. . "-r cf s i.::". i. The'f.iftver:t cf the : m!-icr iry, thereTore, U to convince the ether fellow that he is xvror.j and should make a change. Nine-tenths of . the people ere very ignorant and supersti tious and, consequently, full of pre judice. No prejudice Is half so stub born as religious prejudice. Argument only intensifies it Fanaticism and big otry know no bounds. The Moslem! believe that they alone have a cinch on those mansions In the skies. Their religion itself was the product of hatred of Judaism and Christianity. From their a'ery Infancy they are taught to despise Christians. The Koran inculcates the same thing, and the Koran Is a text book in the public schools. When we were in Hebron we passed a, school room on the side of the street. Some of our party peeped In at a window to see an Arab school In session. A email girl ran to the window and spat in the faces of two of the -party.- A smile of extreme sat isfaction played over, her face, for such treatment of Christians is con sidered praiseworthy. The teacher did not even reprimand her. ' ; Some time since our consul a. Je rusalem, in company with an ex-Governor of an American State,' visited the same city. Some Moslem boys be gan to rock them, and our consul rais ed his umbrella for protection.. The lit tle fanatical rascals filled the umbrel la full of holes. So deep ia this feeling that if a Moslem cuts loose and em braces another religion, he is ostracis ed by Mohammedans and even his klnpeople will have nothing more to do with him. This pressure holds him in line, no matter how much he might prefer Christianity.- ' Art English bishop once undertook t gather statistics in regard to the re sults of missionary labors-among the Moslems In Palestine. His investiga tions covered a period of 50 years. The cost of the work among all classes was found to be $55,000 per year, or 2,,25O,00O for the 50 years.' The net result accomplished among Moslems was the conversion of one Moham medan, and he was an imbecile. It is casting pearls before swine to work among the Mohammedans.. ' THE JEWS.',-' ' ' - But llttlew better . headway can be made among the Jews. Amid all the changes in ; government, -population and religionsthe Jew has remained true to his ancient faith. A Jew in Pal estine is' on his own soil and is espe cially strong in the faith.; Religious teal has kept him here or has brought him back. Tie is Impervious to precept or example. He Is a ,stlcker ;"from away back." He will continue to stick so long as he is persecuted as he is now. Even certain Christians mistreat him' selmply because he ;' is a Jew. Over in Bethlehem, which is strictly a Christian city, ji Jew is not allowed to . reside or even spend the night He' it:;, v a v r. ; r v : 'n r.d yet they rJ cf 11 era dcir rs of r bu: 1 vera - t - S3 ca- dor the vrctsctir.s folds of the Ameri can f!a?. The pcheme is worked thus: There is a man over in America who follows the business of making Amer In Turkey. To him Is sent a de scription of the applicant for Ameri can citizenship, and the American agent ficfo a Jew over there filling the description of the Jew over here. The American broker has him to visit the State Department at Washington and get a passport to travel in Turkey, giv ing Uhe name of the applicant over here. The passport is Issued and then mailed to the gentleman on -this side. Armed with his credentials of an American citlaen, he appeals to the American consul whenever his rights of person or property are invaded. Our cqnsul has only to remind the wrong doer of Mr, Roosevelt's "big stick" and that Jew is no further fcnolested. r Of course, these fictitious Ameri cana love America, but American mis sionaries cannot persuade them to love Christ The Jews, like the Moslems, are also held to their faith by fear of ostracism hy their own people. If one embraces the Christian religion, no Jew will have anything to do with him, will not associate withihim nor glye him any work. With only such material to work on, our people should not expect too much , of mis sionaries in the Holy Land. But bad material-Is not the only hindrance to the spread of Christianity in the land of its origin. The lives and conduct of many - so-called Christians are potent factors. . 1 . CRANKS. . The pure article of Christianity is greatly handicapped by ' religious cranks and fanatics. This la especially true in and around Jerusalem.. The holy city Is the metropolis of cranks and the storm , centre of fanaticism. No place on earth has such a variety of cranks. To begin with, there are men in Jerusalem claiming to be the Christ One is an Austrian, one a Ger man, and the other an Englishman. One styles himself the Prince Eman uel. I have seen one of these self-styled saviors ana he is "a daisy" , red headed daisy at that. Like most of the religious cranks, he wears his hair very long. Evidently they believe that there is some connection between hair and holiness. . . . There Is another erratic brother who claims to be John the Baptist, Jle is a Russian ana takes himself quite se rlously. - - - , . , But the men are not permitted to monopolize all that Is rare in religion Over on, the" Mount, of Olives Are lT Carmelite sisters who are both dead and alive. After going, through the ceremony of marriage, they were put Into their coffins, the burial ceremony conducted over .them,, and then they were "passed through the veil." They were married to the church and- are dead ' to ' the world.- They will , nevei . l c ' rt ' j 3 cr. . . C .-. la few C-iya fhice c. ; I ct: ' -s f-'-ral. The sen!: ; wtrj t 1 ty her survlvir.j . - tcr , ; ' "I ether rare perform ances t : vi me conirregation kic 1 t .3 c;c:a?ed. To say the least of it, t: it v ;3 very unsanitary. On the c.'..t-3 of the north wall of the city U a vonvent In which 33 French ladies live, known, as "Sisters cf r.eparatioa." They are all very wealthy. In fact rib one dan Join un less she has a certain amount of prop erty. They go dressed as brides, wear ing light blue dresses with long blue ribbons. They, too, are praying for the salvation of the world. By turns they engage In praysr and one is at the al tar all the tirpe. These sisters are not dead' and buried but come out on the streets and , allow sinners to ga2e at their pretty bridal raimenl. Down at Latrone, tne home of the penitent thief oh the Cross, are eome oeople known as Trappists. They biever speak to outsiders, and do not cohvey the cheerful information, "Re member you must die." There is one member o fthe society dressed unlike the others, who is the medium through which communications and transactions are conducted , with- the outside world. Talking to each other is considered a worldly amusement and forhtdden. They are tillers 6t the soil, make rood crops, run a dairy, make fine cheese and are making money (it pays sometimes not to talk too much). In the Plain of Kepnaim, near Je rusalem. is the "German colony or the Temrjle." a sect founded upon the "orlnciule that the mission of Const ianlty is to embody tne Kingdom or God on earth, believing1 that a really Christian social life Ib impossible, on the basis of the current ideas of the Trinity, the Divinity of Christ etc. Their religious and social conduct is deprived from the ' Old Testament prophecies. Their original purpose was to build up in the Land of Promise an ideal Christian community, and from it to begin the regeneration " of the church and the social life of Eu rone. There are branches of the "Tern pie" at Haifa and Jaffa, and they are making money right along. If repute . m 4i. . J is wortny or creau, ineir religious seai has not kept up with their love of money. . ; Down at Marsaha, near the Dead Sea, are some 60 laiy monks known as Anchorites. They occupy the convent of Marsaba and, amid the gloom of the wilderness, live on vegetables and a clear conscience. No woman Is al lowed to enter the convent They are supported by donations and spend their time in feeding the wild birds of the country. The, Monastery of Mar saba Is also used as a religious penl tentlary for refractory priests of the Greek Church. In the same neighbor hood are many- monks who ' live in caves in the hillsides, far . removed from the temptations of the ' world. They live on roots, herbs and solitude. There are hundreds of these religious cranks who greatly discredit the'je- i t . the gr-;.i 1 cLtacle t thd f;rc:i cf Prot:. : ' ..t Christianity ia Fs.l5.t:sa la the f; tic ism and -bis-d$ry cf-cer:Ia Ch:. tta sects. o dSerent kirf3 of ecctc; have produced rivalries, JocJourlcs, hitred3, disputes, acrimony and often . violence. The, Scribes and Pharisees have left a num erous progeny. Certain it is that there is nothing In their lives an4-behavlor calculated to popularize, their Christ ianity. The rival sects have degenerat ed into mere factions and their partl uaraeal produces frequent Clashes. The Church of the Nativity at Bethle hem belongs to the Latins, Greeks and Armenians. Disputes over the ex act une of division between them sometimes arise; when the different sects worship at the same time one may happen to cross the line on the others territory, or some little tres pasa may occur. If so. it is like a match to a keg of powder. A big fight ensues ana an hands take part . In comparison with one of these religious ngnts, an Arrp-American cake walk or church festival is a tame affair. These belllgerant brethren don't hesitate to fight right over the spot where the Prince of Peace was born. - Only a few-weeks back a man was killed in one of thesef battles in tho very cave where Christ was born. The week before I visited Bethlehem the Greeks and Catholics had a fight in the same place. After the smoke of battle cleared away, it was found that two were seriously hurt and seven ready for the hospital. ; , The Church of the Holy Sepulchre In Jerusalem .belongs to the Greeks, Latins, Armenians and Copts. It has various chapels in which the various fleets worship. t Almost every year It U the scene of a pitched battler About three months ago a Turkish soldier on duty had an eye put out in one of these ' ecclesiastical collisions. Thli fight started because the Catholic t swept some trash oft their steps on ttn floor : of the Greeks and then began. sweeping the floor. The Greeks con strued this as setting up a claim to their floor. The animosity of the parti sans is already. at fever heat and the most' trivial circumstance will preelp tate a row. The brethren are at all times ready to back their faith ' "Ana prove tneir aoctrine ortnoaox, By apostolic blows and knocks." Turkey keeps soldiers always on hand to prevent these Christians from muTt'rlng or mutilating each otY. 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