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Land of Promise (TO AND FROM.) Ily Rev. C. O N. Maktindale ARTICLE XXVIII. TURKEY [Continued] (13). PALESTINE: By Horse to Kurun Huttin (“ihe Horns ot Hattin”) by Lubieh to Kelr Kenna (Ancient Cana of Gali* lee), by Mashhad (Site of Gath- Hcpherjand Er Reineh, to En Naxnah (Nazareth).,, up Boon after landing from the boats iM*r our camp just below Tiberias a unrulier of us in mid ; afternooii of Satur day (April 9) had a delightful bath iu the waters of the He* of Galilee, iu tho balmiest of atmospheres aud softening sunshine, aud on a beach thickly strewn with hard, tiny black and white shells aud pretty variegated rocks, a uumber of which wo packed up and brought home. The rooks of this region, espe cially tlioso oast up by tho sea, are of a volcanic character, nark basalt being plentiful. Then, ere darkness settled down o'er tho laud, several of us walked about a mile further south along ilm seashore to the llauumnn, or •‘Hot Spring Baths,’ of Tiberias, lour in number, one ol winch rises in the old building, the oth ers only a low paces away south, lien- you liavo volcanic action niauiiest m water boiling out of the mountain side within about Uoo yards of the cold sou. and being extremely sally and bitter to the taste, strongly sulphurous in odour, ooutaiuing sulpnur and chloride id magnesium, and registering 143 degrees Fahrenheit in temperature; long cele brated as effeotual in eases of rheuma tism and debility and skill diseases, and frequented not only by natives but by people from quite a distance, Dr. M. lirounok in regard to those springs takes me positiou, "They occupy the site of tinmmulli (Jos. 19:35); and urn men tioned ny Pliny (first. Nat. x. Hi) and Josephus (Ant. xvilt. a, 11) under the name ot ttmwuus. Vefpamnn pitched his camp Imre (Jos. Wars iv. 1,8). This is probably identical with Henrtu, in the list ot Tiiothmos III (1(400 B. U.), and witli Hamath,mentioned in the 'Travels of a Afohar' (1360 B. U.). The present building over the uortii spring was built by lhruhiiu Pasira iu 1834 A. D." Be sides a large central bathroom open to the pnbiio, there are private bathrooms, eauli having a rook tauk iu the flooring about (i feet deep by 6 wide and 7 loug, which may be rented at definite hours, ohurgos varying from one aud a half to fonr 1 runes. After a flue day, we made all ueedful projrunitioii for the hubbuth aud went to hud in our tents. Next morning, it be ing tho Lord's Bay, there was no harry about rising until the alarm sounded ut 7 o’clock, heeling much refreshed with the good aud undisturbed repose of the* night, we weut to breakfast at 8 o'clock. The day was lovely, and first part being clear aud hot, the latter j>art somewhat huzy and breeay aud cool. A t D: JiO, a. m., on a little kuoll ou the mountain side o’urlookmg the (ialileuu Sea we hud a Bible Ut-adiug ou "Jesus iu Guliloo” by Editor Ulius. G. Truur bull of “the Burrduy School Times" (Philadelphia I—a very instructive ser vice, iu whioli our )>arty (tiie Damascus Overland) was joined by the Samaria and Galilee jiarly and the Kuglish purty to edification aud eujoyuu-ut of all. On return to camp after a brief rusting aud reading, we hud lunch at I p. in., which was very nice indeed, our dining-tent ojaming ou the Scu, from which came a light and pleasant breeze. Through tiie opening we also hud u good view of the read leading from Tiberius to the Hot Springs, and every now and then on it would ixtss the natives (Jews aud Bed ouins aud blaokiiiou), trains of donkeys and camels, oucot the latter loaded with a family iu a box led by a black. At luuolieou we iiad real fish, called Mouclit from the sea, winch we truly enjoyed, and nobody could discount. As to the Ashing ou the lake, we would say, while tiie uumber of fisher men ou its shores is not largo, the fish abound, often are found swimming iu shoals so large os to make the fish to seem more than the water about them. They are not "game;” one does not bottler with hook aud. line here; they are an "easy catch” in nets. Several years ago M. Lortet iu an official report vouched for the truth of the statement that two tastings of the net would till a boat. That fishing was once a great in dustry on these shores is indicated by the uinues 'Bethsaida’Y‘house of nets." and "Tarichaea.” ‘ Ash factory." From- this sea were taken the two miraculous draughts of fishes, the fishes that figured twice iu the feedings of tho thousands, and the fish out of whose mouth Peter at our Lord’s word took the stater to meet the half-shekel tax for Jesus and himself. At 8:45 p. m we went up through the town of Tiberias to tiie Mission of the Scotcti Presbyterian Church, and with a goodly oompauy hoard Rev. Mr. Saut ter preach a most excellent sermon on 2 Cor. 8:9, "For ye know the grace of our Ixird Jes ts Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through Hla poverty might become rich.” Some of the party this afternoon went in a boat down the ooast to the southern outlet of the lake; oth ers went by boat to the northern inlet; tbs author and mauy others spent the afternoon,more beoomiugly we thought, at the service just mentioned, or iu reading the Scriptures connected with this Galilean region in camp or on the seaside. After tea at 0 p. m.. before the dark- ness oame, quite a goodly party went to the beach of the Sea of Galilee, and wore led in a devotional service by Rev DeWitt M. Beuham (Maryland),assisted by seueral others in prayer after read ing Matt. 8:23-84. How much more we thought of Jesus as we sang, "All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!" "Jesus, Saviofir, Pilot Me Over Life’s Tempes tuous 8eu!" "Blue Galilee!” “O Safo to the hock that is Higher tliau I!" and "Blest be the Tie that Binds our Hearts iu Christian Ixivi Tiberias, through which we walked, is quite u good-sized but ill-smelling and iiarrow-ulteyed place, its people prin cipally Jews, mostly poor, some rich; a gaunt, thin, and scant-looking folk,that impress a stranger with tlu-ir poverty mid uiicleaiiiicss. The Medical Mission of the Scotch Church is doing a splendid work in ministering to the physical ills of the populace, and tiro evangelistic work is aggressive. No infectious cusos are taken In the well-equipped hospital There is a neat little ohapel too. Dr Torrance and his associates are doing noble work for God among men here "The children are taught, the gospel is preached to the jioor, and the sick are miuistered unto by the disciples of Jesus The spirit of the Lord is still directing this labor of love ou the shore of the lake where, iu the flesh, Hu Himself once taught and healed, aud where He set a little child in the midst of tho dis ciples, and said, 'Of suoh is tho kingdom of heaven.’ ” On our wav baok from the servioe at the Scotch Church we rau almost into an Oriental marriage procession man, the groom, mouuted ou horse bock with a footman ou either side and each holding a ourvod sword pointing outward—iu baud resting on the hind part of the saddle; preceded by two lines of men of abont his own age ar ranged iu semi-oircular form, under the leadership of an elderly man with a rose over each ear walking in front olapping their hands and swaying their bodies baok and forth as they sang to gether to the musio of a Ante aud two tambourines. We were not as luoky as some others iu seeing the bride,and they did pw)jr by paying bakhBheesh. They were admitted to the bridels apartment aud s«w her in bridal attire, describing her fis quite pretty, but with faoe be daubed aud powdered, her garments riohly colored, aud wearing a neoklaoo of ooins! Ordinarily the Muhammadans never allow the bride's face to be seen even by the prospective husband before hand, some one else acting as a go-be tweou (Borne times a missionary, more often a relative) arranging the match uh, how mnoli oue sees in this land that floods the Scriptures with light, as here! On the meeting of the bridegroom with the bride, if he is satisfied lie tells the fuot to the guests iu waiting, their cry of rejoicing in torn notifying the "match-mfiker” of the good part he has played in the transaction. Thus it was that Johu tho Baptlzer having paved the way for the Coming of the Great Bride groom, the Lord Jesus, to the Great Bride, the Church of the Living God, took delight iu the evident accomplish ment of his mission when people about him rejoiced over the happy consum mation. Closing asweopeu each day with prayer to God aud the reading of His Word, we ogam lay ourselves down to rest by the waters of Galilee, whose "waves bring back His voice to me like golden chimes ou silver seal” .. Wfi left Tiberias about 6 a. m. on M ondav moraiug, beholding; as we left, the prettiest of eaiubows coming out of the struggle of God’s sunlight-with the world’s rsin-cloudr just o’er a Muham madan cemetery, promise to earth’s creatures of the Diviue oovenant of for bearance. On the outgoing two of oar party, a lady aud gentleman, are thrown off by kicking horses, but uot seriously hurt, by rare good luck. We piss over a ridge and the sea is out of sight again, and, ere very long, by a gradual yet steep asoent our pathway leads us close to Kurnn-Hattin, "the Horns of Hattiu," the trrditioual and most gen erally accepted site of "the Sermon on the Mount" (Matt. V-VII). Most of the company pushed on to the next stop ping-place, but several of us, accom panied by our faithful dragoman, Shuk- rey Hishmeh, and some of his aide-de camps, were uot content nntil we had ridden as far np the mount* in sides as we could go ahorse, and walked up the balance of the way to the top, though it was done in a pouring raiu. The weath er to ns long ago had become a second ary matter, however, and the rains at this time of the year there do uot last a great while at beat. When we came outou the top of Tell-Hattin, we were surprised at the extent of the surface and its strategic Importance. Here we read with a mw spirit, though under umbrellae, the grandest sermon ever uttered ou earth by Jesus, here felt anew the mightiness of His authority aud the greutuess of His work! Here on this broken plateau, in the view of a transcending scene of fertility and agriculture,how far-reachiug the vision! Aud here, alas, was tiie last grand stand of the Crusading armies under Richard Goeur de Lion which met its complete overthrow at the hands of the great Saracen commander Saladlu and his Moslem hosts (July 5, 1187 A. D.). By the time we descended and took up onr journey tho raiu hud slackened, though it was more or less showery dur ing the morning. After several hours riding, we oame to Kefr Kennn, nenrly opposite Suffurleh (ancient Sepptioris, the Rom.m capital of Galilei 1 ), on our way thither pushing Lubieh and cross ing the Plain of Tuiail. About 180 English gentlemen and ladies, forming parties to Tiberias and Damascus, un der Tlios. Cook & Son’s guidance,passed us in groups or single file. Ketr Kenna. with its lig-treos, pomegranates, wild- olives, aud vines is regarded by many as the site of ancient Oana of Galileo, whore the beginning of the signs of His Lordship was wrought by the Lord Jesus iu changiug the water of the spring into wiue for the marriage feast. At any rate, here ou either side of the roadway leading into the villoge as we enter, is u stone church, that to the left being a Latin Churoli and Frauciaoan monastery which stand where once stood an ancient church said to oooupy the spot where the water waa made wine by Christ’s radically changing its nature. Ovor the churoli doorway ia tho inscription: "Nupt’ae Faotae Sunt In Cana Galileaeae Et Erat Mater Jesu ibi A. D. MDOOOLXXX.” Until a few years ago tho priest here showed the traveller one of the very waterpota of stone employed in the miracle perform ed by Jesus so long ago; bnt a party of Cook ’8 Tourists by acoident tumbled it over aud broke it, and only the broken pottery is now exhibited to those who would see it, whether they believe the tale as to its identity or not. It may be, but we liave no reason to believe suoh a story. Really we tkink it a good deed to break it, for, like the wine mentioned in the Gospel narrative, nnadalterated and intended only for the good of those at tiie marriage feast aud not to make gay one present the-less of a true man or womau. it has been too mnohuxed to draw attention to material things than •to the Christ whom they were meant to point men to. The monks here, how ever, sell the wine of the vine numixed witli anything else to tourists, it being a delicate red and uot too strong even for a child. There’s no alooholism about it as iu other lauds. Here in one of tiie rooms of the monastery our party lunched. After resting a white, wh went ont side of the wall across to the Greek Church ou the right of the road, into which a Greek priest showed ns. It is a comparatively new-looking, yellow- stone buildiug with all the paraphernalia of that sect, aud has in two corners at tho front and back side of the building two deep aud heavy stone bowl-staud- like receptacles, which they claim are two of the "marriage-feast water-pots” used in Jesus’ miracle. But any student of archaeology would not hesitate to affirm that tliev are simply Crusader baptismal touts, each one having a hole with stopper at side of bottom, made of what looks to be solid marble aud heavy enough to require several men to lift from the ground/-’It makes- one dis gusted tc hear- suoh unworthy tales wi der authority of any ohuroh, and sur prised that so many oi the travelling public should be thus easily gulled by such incredible representations. Christ would have os consider the purport of his miraoulous sign and not pot or place. While we stood waiting outside the Greek Church for our party to get to gether for departure, we bad some liv ing lessons in the use of the sling such as David used in slaying Goliath of Gath. The boys grow quite expert in throwing stones thereby, os they them selves showed us. The Syrian slingshot is strong woven work, round like a small but light rope, about a yard long when stretched ont, witli one end hav ing a loop made in it that fits over the j small finger of the hand used in throw- j ing, the other end coming to a plain | point and being gathered in the Bame | hand with the looped end wheu in the! act of throwing. The middle of this! doublet is woven about three times wid er than the corded part of the sling, and iuto this wide center-piece is fitted a small or large rock as one may desire. Then the part containing the rock is whirled about the head a time or two, the eud without loop is let go,[and the rock flies straight on its mission nnder the influence Of a strong and quick yet direct jerk. Great skill and precision in its U66 is a common acquirement. It wonld be an easy matter to kill a per son with a well-directed shot from one of these slings; all needed is a stone, a sling, au objeet, and a slinger, and it becomes a dangerous and deadly weapon. Kefr Kenna is a town of the Syrian hut type chiefly, containing abont 800 peopte, half Muhammadans, the balance mostly Greek Christians with a|few Latins (i. e. Romanists)and ProtestantB. Beyond the town by the roadside we pass a good-sized spring from which the native women and ohildren of the vil lage draw their water in earthen jars with double liandle, aud, if this really be the site of Cana, the very place doubtless whence the water was drawn out unto the master of the feast by the servants at Jesus' word. We olimbed a mountainous bend in the road, and after a time rode by a place called El Mashhad on a rooky mount to the west, said to be the site of ancient Gath-hepher or Gittali-hepher (2 Kgs, 14:25, ct'. Josh. 19:13), where was bom tiie prophet Jonah ; "nud, if an old tradition, received alike by Christiaus, Jews, and Moslems, is to be believed, lie was also buried iiere; tiie domed weli, conspicuous beside the villa, having been built over bis tomb." We next come to Er Reineli.a Chris tian village nigh to whioh is a spring sailed’Ain Kana, suggested not with out reason as the site of old C.ma pos sibly. (Col. Oouder iu “Tout Work it) Palestine.’’) But from the earliest cen turies Christian tradition has located Cana at Kefr Kenna. Other than this fact, ’Aiu Kana is jnst as probable, as the environment shows. Khorbet Kana a rained site 8 miles north of Nazareth is the only other and that a shadowy unsatisfactory contestant for this hon our. 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