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Show que tion, \Vhy? The an wer is now and e\'er will be, that omething extraordinary has happened hereabout and the souls of men are saying-, Show us th eM aster and we will br satisfied. Aside from the scenery, the most interest ino· place passed on this drive is Cherith , the pl ace to which God commanded Elijah to flee and where he was to hide him elf and be fed by the ra \·ens. This spot i. now marked by a Greek ~I onastery. A few miles further and we reach ed the plain on which the ancient city of Jericho wa built; and we will clo well to remember that ancient Jericho wa. a wonderful and most beautiful city. It was once called the "City of Palms'' because of its stately Palm Trees. and its abundance of flowers which made it a much desired place during ancient times. Tts hi tory cannot be given here, but let u not. forget. that Marcus Antony once gave this city to Cleopatra. he soon sold it to I 1 er d, who built here a most costly palace which wa usee! ::15 a winter residence. \Ve shall not soon forget Jericho. Here we ~,aw "Elisha's Spring,'' and just ncar it the locality of ''Rahab's IIouse" and . omc f the ancient wall - that were there ( ?) when Jo ·hua took the city. nut the modern city i unlike either the city that Jo. hua captured or the one that Antony gaye to leopatra. fndeed, there i only a small village there now, and the inhabitants are far rcmo,·cd from indu try and cleanliness. The l\fount of rl emptation in the \Vilderncss over near ) ericho is readily seen. That afternoon, our clri\·e wa continued to the Jordan RiYer, the Dead Sea and the return to Jericho. where we spent the night. The next morning·, at 5:00 o'clock, we were on onr way Page Sixty-nine |
