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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. Finally after contiu nous climbing
over mountains we sighted En Nasirah
(Nazareth),. getting our first great view
of the region from the Jebel es-Sikh
(1600 feet) from the shattered roof of
the Weli Nebi Sa 'in.
[To be continued.]
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