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Land of Promise
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By Kj . C. O’N. MakTindai t
ARTICLE XXXII
TURK E V [Continued
! 20 ft. long, JO ft. broad, and 6 ft. high: nacb- mood. end is Cartel by a large
awl on the north weift wide of the vault oak tw There is ail outer stairway to
I is th< < ntraiice to a second vault, now J the loof, but, the interior of the building
! waih d up These vnnlts an compare- ■ calls for little remark. It Inn? been sug-
tively modern, and are probably Crnsnd : gested by Conder that the name of this
J ing. A -liurch was built over the well I ruin seems to preserv
about the middLe of the fourth century.
: It wits cruciform, with the well in the
centre To ‘Ins church probably be
A LUSTIN' L: To K
Yusuf 1 tuseph’s romb) and Lit
Y’akub (Jacob's Well) nigh
haiged the pavement and the ]iillars
' w Inch we see to the northeast nnd south
east of the well. ♦ * On tin summit of
(17. PALESTINE: To Kabr [ o,.,iz,iiu. close to the white-domed wely.
are the ruins of the great Samaritan
temple to which the woman doubtless
to I pointed wlem she said, <>nr fathers
worshipped in tiiis mountain’(vs. 20).
Askar (Sychar), across 1 Tho whole soene ol the interview can be
and i vividly [lictured to tlie mind." It is
I now owned by the Greek church. en
closed by 11 stone wall with a door, and
the vault over the well by the energy ot
the Greek fathers at, Nahlous lias been
cleared of all the rubbish formerly en
cumbering it, the mouth being visible
to anyone, and there being evidences of
come to the shelving point of a rocky
ridge between two valleys coming to
gether beneath it and extending to the
south into Wady Shweinit. On this
point stands Beitin, the ancient Bethel,
to preserve a tradition as to j a place of great ruins, and forlorn huts,
the jjosition of tin Tabernacle . (Tent ( and a fine rock-rimmed spring or well.
Work, p. 46)." with rocks innumerable about its steep
In the early morning near Sychar wo I places on the side toward Jerusalem
Imd been greeted with the unique sight I especially.
of two plowmen going along, each liav- , The rums consist largely ot a big tower
mg one hand upon the plow handle, towards the north and a Crusader
while with t ,.e other hand holding aloft, church wall to the south. It appeal’s
astraddle ot a shoulder a baby ; for iu j the tower was that of a monastery con-
tins land iln plow has but oin handle, | verted into a fortress. Along the Wall
and- no man, having pat his hand to j of the rums are chambers, and un area
the plow, and looking back, is fit I about 100 ft. wide by ICO ft. long i$ tpk-
tor tlie kingdom of God” (Lk. 9:62). eu up with the ruins. The supply of
identify it with the Plain of Morcli
(Get). 12 6 Dent 11:30). To tlie south
of Jacob’s well our eut.ire party un
mounted were taken in a group-picture
by u photographer who hod come from j others witli cloths wrapped around head;
Jerusalem to meet us. almost all blond and long-haired and
We passed dowo the Plain of Mukh- wearing high hoots or hardy shoes; of
null on by the good-sired villages of various ages, mostly close upon or jiast
middle nge; on that long tramp back to
their far-off homes in cold Russia,
whence they had come to pay homage
to the Christ of God in the Church of
the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, in the
Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem,
and at other sacred places, esjiciallv by
(Jud 21: ID), when we turned off some- | 0 f ^xiless for Siberia.bat for their con-
wliut to the southeast by Kunyat (an- i tented and unfettered and devout mien,
cient Kerioth)as far as Seiluu. the an-1 In an hour and a quarter we were
cieut Shiloh Lebonah is still inhabited, climbing the hill-side up to Siujil on a
having rather venerable houses and | mountain plateau close to a squalid
and gives ns name to au adjacent plain i Arabic contraction of St. Gilles or St.
; and wady. As to Keriotli (see Jer. 48:- ! (jilee; so called by the Crusuders from
24,41; Amos 2 2. and Josh. 15:25). it ! the fourth Count of Toulouse. Raymond
I'lains of Salim (Shalom)
E! Mukhnah, by Eubban [Eeb-
onah | to Seilun | Shiloh ] and it*
Vale toSinjil |St. Giles], by
Jiljilia | Gilgal | and Jifna [Goph-
na| to Beitin [Bethel], by Bireh
|Beeroth] and Mai (AiJ to Ram-
Allah, Between Attara [Attar-
oth | and Mukhmas (Michmash]
1'11-Jib (Gibcon] and Kubeibeb
lEmmaus] over against Er Ram
| Ramah of Benjamin|, between
Nebi Samwil (Mizpeh) anti
Tuleii el Ful (Gibeah of Saul)
and by Anata (Anathotb| and
Siiafat 1 Nob I over Mount Scopus
to El-Kuds [JERUSALEM,
"The Holy”).
Brit n little way and slightly to tlx*
northeast after leaving Nahlous, not far
from n place called Assur (ancient
Hyoliar), we came to Ruhr Yusuf, the
"’Bomb ot Joseph" t,Josh. 24:32), which
in nothing more than a Moslem ceno
taph, 11 largi plaster mound overlaid
with a green drapery, in a little white
mosque, all quit< luoderu ; hut the site
itself is most jirohably genuine, being
venerated nhike by all nntivi religious
bodies In tlie hollows ot the two little
colnmtis ol tin tomb small votive litter
ings are burned by the Jew-.
About six hundred yards to tie south
west of this tomb We came over till
Plain ot Salim (Slmli iii) to Bit Y akub.
"Jacob's \V*II .the identity it which
iH recognized by Christians. Jews. Sa
maritime, and Moslems without ques
tion This is tin plaee made ever luein-
orniile m the ith chapter of the Gospel
uncording to John: •■Jesus left Judaea,
ami departed ngu n into Galilee. And
ho must in eds pns- through Samaria
So lb (inn th to a city ot Samaria, cull-
ed Sybhar. mar to the parcel ol ground
that Jacob gavi to hi- son Jo-< ;ih : and
Jacobs Well i(ik spring) was there
Jesus t beret on- being vm are.| with His
jourllev sat thus by the well <Gk.
spring 1 It was about tlie sixth hour
(noontime, tin hottest part of the day 1.
Thuie coun th a woman ot ,Samaria to
draw water : Jesus saith unto her. Give
nui to drink. For His disciples were
gout away into the city to buy food.
The Samantan woman therefore s.ntli
mile linn. How is it that thou, being a
Jew, askest drink of me. who am a
Samaritan woman: ( For Jews have no
dealings with Samaritans.) Jesus an
Hwomd and suul unto her, It thou knew-
eat the gift of God. and Who it is that
wutti to thee. Give Me to drink: thou
wouidest iiavi asked of Him, and lie
would hav* given thee living water. The
woman saith unto Him. Sir. thou hast
nothing to draw with, and the well is
deep: whence then hast thou that living
water? Art thou greater than our fa- , , , ...
. i small plain,which is now scattered witli
ther Jacob, who gave us tlie well, and 1 1
. j shajieless rums, and has a deep valley
1 behind it. Above these rums is a ter-
| race with rocky sides and other terraces
1 below it. It is 432 feet long by 77 feet
■ wide, uud on tins terrace we may locate
water here is line, coming from a dou
ble and perennial spring with a reser-
We were struck with this truth as for
cibly as with the peculiar yet sensible
perching of the hubies. These fathers I voir 2)7 ft. wide by 314 ft. long about
evidently believed in doubly helping ; it (the south and east walls of which
their wives cure lor the children. And I are still standing to the height of 30 ft.),
indeed husbands would have more sym- j a splendid camping or lunching place
jmtliy with their wives’ responsibilities j for a party. Yet the village of about
did they like these men really share | 360 inhabitants is so squalid in its tenan
ts use as u shrine of worship. The well | their burdens in the home as well as j try and desolate-lookmg, one soon sees
is right at the entrance to the Vale of I outside of it. Areal Christian does it, it all and wearier
Sheohem and upon the northern end of ] too, if not in one way. then iu another. Many of our party lmd carneia map
tlie Plain of M nklmah, wliioh means a In the early afternoon on the way from shots taken of them sitting on or stuud-
earnp, probably derived from the en-1 Shiloh (2830 ft ) to Sinjil (2600 ft.) our mg near the well. Beyond its many
cauipnieut of the Israelites on their as- eyes wtie treated to tlie unusual vision
sembling at Bheehem after the oonquest of a big procession of Russian pilgrims,
of the land See Josh. 7 :30-35. Some some ahorse, most afoot; some with and
some without headgear and spectacles,
long stall and small buudle. reading
Bible ami -mgiug hymns; some witli
round high hats, others with turbans,
liawarn and Awe.rta, the one to the
right, the other to the left of us on tlie
hill-slopes. At tlie latter are two tombs
called el-’Avoir and el-Azeirat, reputed
to be the graves of Eleaznr and Rhine-
l llu ._ Aaron s sou and grandson several
ly. and that on good authority, it would
seem. We kept on dow n the plain until
we got to Lnblian, the ancient Lebonah j 5* though he were looking bpon a band I of the earth, and thou slialt spread
historic associations which lack of space
prevents recounting here we were
graphically reminded that it was here
Jacob, on his way from Beerslieba to
Harun, "lighted ‘upon a certain place,
and tarried there ull night, because the
sun was set; nud he took ode of the
stones of the place. uud put it uuder his
head, and lay down in that place to
sleep. And he dreamed and, behold, a
ladder set up on the earth, und the top
of it reached to heaven: and. behold,tin
angels of God asoeuding and descending
on it. And. behold, Jehovah stood
above it, and said. 1 am Jehovah, the
God of Abraham thy lather, and the
God of Isaac; tlie land whereon thou
liest, to thee will 1 give it, and to thy
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baptism at tlie Jordan. One almost lelt • seed; and tliy seed shall be as the dust
abroad to the west, and to the east, and
to the Dortb, and to the south; and in
thee and iu thy seed shall all the fam
ilies of the earth be blessed. And, be
hold, 1 am w’ith thee, and will keep thee
sepulchral oaves dotting tlie clifls about, j Syrian hut village of that name, nn I whithersoever thou goest, and will bring
may be suul Judas the betrayer of 1'hrist
was called "Iscariot.' winch analyzed
is -’Ish nud Keriotli. meaning "man
of Keriotli" (Mutt -’«• 21 1. This is quite
a fertile region, and its wheat and bar
ley fields wern prolific and waving when
we crossed it. especially the Plain ot
Seiluu 1 Shiloh ). It a as at
wt had our noon luncheon
dr St. Giles or St. Gilles. who on his
way to Jerusalem stationed his cninji
Ix-re. There is nothing notable here save,
the fine view from the summit: the
foundations of two ancient buildings
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thee again into this land; for 1 will not
leave thee, until 1 have done that which
1 have spoken to thee of. And Jacob
awaked out of his sleep, and he said,
Surely Jehovah is in this place; and 1
knew it not. And he was afraid, and
said. How dreadful is this place! This
is none other than the house of God,and
called by tlie peopl* el-Kasr, • ’the fort." 1 this is the gate of heaven. And Jacob
and el-Keniseli, "the church," on the : rose up early in the morning, and took
Shiloh that ] top of the lull; while on the lower sides i the stout' that he had put under his head
and rested may he seen a number of rock-cut i and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil
: uuder the shadow (1 some trees by an ] tombs. At this point we are near the . upon the top of it. And he called the
1 oid building in an enclosing wall, and ’ Mount Ephraim region, so often alluded name of that place Bethel :but the name
to in the Old Testament. of the city was Luz at the first. And
The ci v of "bakhshish” seems never Jacob vowed a vow. saying, If God be
to end in this country; day in and day with me. and will keep me in this way
out, it is sounded in our ears by old and that 1 go, and will give me bread to oat,
young; m fan and in sincerity, with lit- and raiment to put on, so that I come
tb- or no return to the crier, and great again to my father’s house in peace, and
annoyance of the tourist. Yet we could Jehovah will be my God,then this stone,
stand a great deal today, since long- which 1 have set up for a pillar, shall be
anothci picture ol some of the party
: mounted was taken by the official pho-
: togrupher ere we left this high place.
Shiloh is noted us the place of assem
bly of the Israelites 011 the assignment
ot the division ol the land to the seven
tribes this side ol Jordan, the- place
I where the tabernacle and ark of God re-
| mauled lot over 3(H) years: where the
i feast of Jehovah from year to year was
held where Samuel was ;givtu to God
and had Ins great vision; where Eli the
, high priest lived and died and was buri-
| oil; where Alnjnh the prophet abode aud
was sought by tlie wife of Jeroboam;
] near which plenty of spring water was
! available. The capture ol the urk mark-
led the departure of the glory from
i Shiloh. (Bee Josh. 18-22: Jud. 21:111-24:
1 Sam. 1:3-28; 2:18-21; 3:21; 4:12-18; 1
Kgs. 14:2-10. aud Jer. 7:12-14; 26:6.)
The Biblical description relieves ol any
difficulty as to situation of the taber-
uuele and urk. as Dr. M. Brodnck indi
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the tabernacle stood was, doubtless, on
' the rounded tell at the north end of the
looked-for letters from loved ones 111
America had boon forwarded hither
from Jerusalem, and as we read them
we almost felt ourselves in their midst
once again. After all. there’s no place
on earth so dear to the human heart as
"Home, Bweet Home.” The smiles and
the tears commingled with the reading,
aud we could not but lift up our hearts
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welfare, for our Father iu heaven is as
trulv with thorn as with us and all oth-
God's house: and of all that Thou shall
give me 1 will surely give the tenth un
to Thee." (Gen. 28:10-22).
As we stood on this ground thus hal
lowed how could we as a body keep from
singing with full hearts:
•'Though like a wanderer, the sun gone
down,
Darkness be over me. my rest a stone:
Yet m my dreams I’d be
Nearer my God to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
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drunk thereof himself, and his sons and
his cattle’: Jesus answered and said
unto her, Every one that drmketh of
this water shull thirst again; but who
soever drmketh of the water that 1 shall
give him shall never thirst: but the wa
ter that 1 shall give him shall become 111
him a well :Gk spring), of water spring
ing up unto eternal life.” This con
versation by the way led to her salva
tion as well as that of many other Sa-
lnantane. and who knows of how many
more iu all parts of the world. Christ
atone gives the Spirit of new life to
men. And many are they who seek
llun not whom He seeks to save. Ad
joining and partly overcovering Jacob’s
well are the ruins of an old church.
"The dimensions of the well are as fol
lows: Depth. 75 feet: breadth. 7 lcet and
6 inches The mouth is formed by one
massive stone with a circular opening in
it, the length of which is 3 ft. 0 in.:
breadth 2 ft. 7 iu.: and thickness. 1 It. 6
in it stands 13 inches above a pave
There let my way appear steps unto
heaven;
All that Thou sendest me in mercy given:
AugeD to beckon me
Nearer my God to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!”
ers who put their trust in Hun for guid
ance and blessing.
Only 7 hours from Jerusalem now aud
within sight of Bethel, just think ol it!
After a good night’s rest in camp on the I .
Siujil plateau, we arose at 4:30 aud flowing this standing with bowed
started at 6 o'clock next morning on the | “ “J. u P llft * d ‘earls one of our
suusluny-dispositioned brethren, Rev.
day’s journey that would bring us to
cauio outside of Jerusalem. It is said of
Abram that passing through the land of
Canaan unto the place of Sliecliem "he
removed from tlieuceuuto the mountain
on the east of Bethel, and pitched his
tent, having Bethel on the west and Ai
on the east; and there he builded an al-
reach | tar unto Jehovah, and called upon the [angelic accompaniment
to belong to three different ! name of Jehovah.” (Gen. 12:6 8.) 1m- ] On the way from Sm.pl we had passed
eutrance, which is 1 agiue ns walking iu the very way Abra- ] ’> ■ 1 * a - or 1 > t0 onr VNes
DeWitt Benliam, led us in a prayer to
that Divine Father, Son and Holy Spirit
who by righteous grace has indeed open
ed up to sinners a "Way into the High
est,” even Jesus Christ the New aud
Living Way.for whom the heavens were
opened on His descent and ascent with
lid
on the east. The
trategic position of Bethel is noted, be-
the tabernacle Before reaching the tell
we come to two buildings, both deserv
ing of notice. That which we
lirst appear
periods. Inside the ..... , — • - . . ,, ,
on the north, is a prostrate lintel stone 6 j ham went, and you'll about strike it ’ 1 “ a - or °P 111
ft. long. 2ft. high, and carved with two] right. The patriarch Jacob likewise]
wreaths, flanked by double-handed pit-j had been o'er the same pathway from U1 « constantly debatable g .
clieis. and witl a jar in the centre, the other direction.
This is evidently Jewish, aud marks the | U11 our way we passed into a ravine,
present place as the site ol an old syna- by Ain el Harnmyeh. or "the Robber s ,
gogue. luside are lour pillars of the ] Fountain,” across a winter torrent-bed om s isrup ion, an
Byzantine age. indicating the existence i near an opening where three glens meet,
Christ mu church; and built on to I along a lonely and wild yet well-culti- Kingdom ol Israel.
the Wadv el-i From hence we passed to Ramallah on
the right of our road. On the other side
of the road could be seen El-Bireh, or
Beerotl), and still farther east Hal, an-
times spoken of as belonging to Ben
jamin, at others to Ephraim, being posi
tively attached to the latter on the king-
becoming the
southern border-town of the Northern
of a
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or “the Robber's Valley,"
pauious ot the Prophet. Tims we have having on its southwest high bank the
Jewish, Ohrnuian, nud Mohammedan large aud imposing ruins of Baldwin. ,
r.iir.-.eut.il litre. Th, ,«■ | C.L. called o; .he Ar.be Borj «h|«~< *'•*«[ ‘ T" * k “
ond ruin lies further north, and is called Bardawil. We go through large fig. j Beeiot t ie p ace rom ^ ^ t ^
mem of lnnestoue7and the'diameor of t Jami'a el-Yeteim. or ’the Mosque of the orchards and oUve.groves
the aperture ie 17 and a hull niches. J
Abov( the well stands a reined vault. ^
aud other j Joseph returned to Jerusalem to
ervacts cl God. It is eituat, d just at cultivated and fertile tracts, then over a
, foot of tin led ou which the tabev- very rough and rocky viatli until we
look
for Jesus after liaving gone a day's jour-
(Continued on page 3).
W. L. SEXTON,
Newnan, Ga.