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* Letters From Abroad BY A. M. STACK. (Copyrighted, lWfl, by R- F. Beaslt NO. 18. Religious Conditions in Holy Land. ? ? They have all sorts of tir the Holy Land. They also nearly all Borts of religion. method of reckoning time pends upon one's religion. Catholics and Protestants f< the Greporian calendar, Greeks and Armenians ft the Julian, and the Copt Egpytian. The Copts have teen months in a year, tv months of thirty da\s eath one month of five days. Moslems and Jews have a ] calendar, but have indepen new years. The Moslem yea twelve months of tweutv and thirty days alternately, the season in which a rr falls varies every year. De ber sometimes falls in the mer and July in the dea winter. The Jewish year twelve monthp, but five tim every seventeen years it has teen months. Every year in estine there are four Christ es and eight new years. The testants and Catholics obi the same days; thirteen later the Greeks have t! while the Armenians have year first and then Christ Every week there are l Sabbaths : the Moslems ob ing Friday, the Jews Satui and the Christians Sunday. 1 are many other festal days something religious is goir pretty much all the time. i religious situation in this coi is unique. No other land o globe can furnish a parallel. I have often wondered wl was necessary to send mis aries to the land which first out missionaries to Christij the world. I have heard o express surprise that the t place ot Christianity, wlier great Founder preached worked miracles, should become a field for mfssir work. The reason may not obvious to people in far j America, but observation a 1:??1 ? : *: ? .*? ? . v _ juiic invoHii^ttiiun on i no will make it all clear. Since Christ preached a gion of love in the land div appointed for his chosen pe many wonderful changes taken place?changes in government of the countn its conditions, its population its religion. Christianity supplanted by Mohammedai which was planted in the Land by force and arms. T it is the predominant religio the country. Three fourths c population, including the ri classes, are Mohammedans. I OBSTACLES TO REPLANTING C] TIANITY. It is well known that tli suits of missionary labors i Holy Land, particularly ir old provinces of Galileo, Sar and Judea, have not altogi met expectations. There been some degree of success nothing like that in other < tries. But it is no fault c laborers. The explanatic found in the parable of the er. The seed have fallen ii L i / ' . " THJ L already grown up in weeds. r t a aaopt an expression usea in on iness matters, there is not * good opening" lor any more i ligion. Everybody alrendv h religion. There is more religi< The to the square acre in th coun'ry than in any other lai in the world. The quality ne in rat^er infeiior but the quanti have is eQ,,rmous. In our country The very 'arge Por cent of the peop . make no pretensions to any i Tj,e ligion whatever, but over he nllow everyhody is a professor of son tlle kind. The first work of the mi >jlow 8ionarv? therefore, is to convin s r^e the other fellow that he is wroi thir- 11,1(1 should make a change Nin velve tenths of the people are very i . I nnrnnt. and slinorstil.ions an ana ~ "f ? The consequently, lull of prejudic lunar PreJudice is hall so slubbo] ident 88 reliKi?U8 prejudice. Argume r has on'y Intensifies it. Fatiaticis -niue an(* ^gotry know no bound a|J(j The Moslems believe that th< mnth a'one have a cinch on tho cem- man8*oas in the skies. Their r fum- 'tgton itself was the product ^ fi? hatred of Judaism and Christia has Fr?ni their very inlani es in they are trtUfcht lo despise Chrj thir- ^an8- I*1? K?ran inculcates tl p^j same thing, and the Koran is ' " text book in the public school mas- When we were in Hebron we pag Pro- ed a school room on the side of tl serve street. Some of the party peepi days in at a window to see au An leirs, school in session. A small gi new ran to the window and spat mas. the faces of two of the party, three smile of extreme sstiefacth serv played over her face, for sui :day, treatment of Chiistians isconsi 'here ered praiseworthy. The teach and did not even reprimand her. ig on Some time since our Consul The Jerusalem, in company with i mtry ex-Governor of an Amtiici n the State, visited the same cit Some Moslem boys began to ro iy it, them, and our Consul raised! sion umbrella for protection. The I sent tie fanatical rascals filled tj lnjze umbrella lull of holes. So dei thers i? this feeling that if a Mosle drill- cutH 10086 and embraces anotli e its religion, he is ostracised by M< all(i haramedaiiH and even his ki itself people will have nothing mo nary ,0 do with him. The presau be bo holds him in line, no matter he away much he might prefer Christia ind a ity. spot A" English bishop once und< took to gather statistics in rega reli- to the results of missionary 1 inely b?i*9 among the Moslems in F ople, lostine. His investigations covt have & period of filty years. T the C08t ?' work among all clai r, in es wa8 found to be $55,000 p , and year, or $2,750,000 for the fit was yea**9. The net result accomplig hsm, et* among Moslems was the co Holy version of one Mohammeda odav and he was an imlecile. It n of casting pearls before swine >f the work among the Mohammedan* nling THE JEWS. Hut little better headway ci mtis 8 IOO Reward, ft loo. The readme of tHia paper will l?o plea* 10 re- to learn that thero is at. least oue drear] disease thwt science has been able to ci 11 t lie in all its stages, and tliHt is Catarrh. Ha i tli#? J'atarTh Core is the only positive cure n Known to me medical iraiernuy fatal naria being ? conHlitntional disease, requires constitutional treatment Hall's Oatai 0lh?r Cnro in taken internally, acting direc . upon the blood and mucous surfaces of t I1H9 system, thereby destroying the foundati of the diiense, and giving the path ' strength by building np the constitati joun- and assietiog natnre in ding its work 1 fit proprietors have ho much faith in its cn it tne tive powers that they offer One Hnodi >11 i? Do'ln** any that it fails to ci Send for list ot testimonials SOW- Address F J CHENEY A CO, Toledo, .. Sold by all Drnggists, 75c 1 8011 Take Hall's Family Pills for oonstipati ! LANCASTER NEWS, APRIL 24. 1207 ro be made among the Jews. Amid is- all the changes in government, ' a population and religions, the e- Jew has remained true to his as ancient faith. A Jew in Pales- V j ?n tine is on his own soil aud is I I '*8 especially strong in the faith.? III *" ?. iigious zeal has kept him here p|| 11 or has brought him back. He is ly impervious to precept or exam* a pie. He is a slicker "from away " e back J" He will continue to stick e" so long as he is persecuted as he 0 r? . ? r . , . appe; rw is now. Eveu certain Christians 36 mistreat him simply because he TT is a Jew. Over in Bethlehem, V i c>i which is strictly a Christian city, nQr r llK a Jew is not allowed to reside or Jt;em ,e~ even spend the night. He may until S~ work in it during the day but is ^ not permitted to sleep there.? coats >e* Such treatment is not calculated Me ra to cause Jews to fall over each 54other in embracing Christianity W1 ra In Jerusalem he is denied the ^ 8- rights and privileges accorded to gQj 9*v others, and often without any re- Qn Pe dress. But the Jews are pretty Me e~ shifty fellows and some of those ?' in Jerusalem have discovered a n" novel and effectual plan for se <?g cy curing protection in their rights. La, IS* They haye Americanized them- 20( selves and now enjoy the protec- 20( * tion of our government. There are men in Jerusalem who cantle not speak a word of English aud ^ee ?d were never within 5,000 miles of ib America, and yet they are doing _ irl business under the protecting in lolds of the American flag. The A scheme is worked thus : There , >n is a mau over in America who ch follows the business of making d- Americans in Turkey. To him is er sent a description of the appli- ^ cant for American citizenship, jfo at and the American agent finds a & an Jew over there filling the descrip- * an tion of the Jew over here. The y. American broker has him to visit ck the Stale Department at Wash lis ington and get a passport to 1 it- travel in Turkey, giving the name ?4 le ol the applicant over here. The ? ep passport is issued and then mail im ed to the gentleman on this side, er Armed with his credentials of an ; 0- American citizen, he appeals to n- the American Consul whenever S ire his rights of person or property ffl re are invaded. Our Consul has Lh >w only to remind the wrong doerof ,n- Mr. Roosevelt's "big stick" and 0f cri that Jew is no further molest- are sr- ed. clain rd Of course, these fictitious is ftn a Americans love America, but and t 'a- American missionaries cannot One >r- persuade them to love Christ.? ual. he The Jews, like the Moslems, are self-! also held to their faith by fear of daisy ?er ostracism by their own people, that, ty If one embraces the Christian cranl ih- religion, no Jew will have any- long, n- thing to do with him, will not that in, associate with him nor give him tweei is any work. With only such ma- Th to terial to work on, our people who i. should not expect too much of tiet. missionaries in the Holy Land, hims But bad material is not the only Bu ? I hindrance to the spread of Chris to in' tiamty in 'he land of its origin, religi le?i The lives and conduct of many Olivr iYm so-called Christians are potent sistei "r7, factors.- alive h cranks. Cereri rb My The pure article of Christianity put is greatly handicapped by religi- ceren nt ous cranks and lanatics. This is ?? A ; on What i 'be especially true in and around unpar Jerusalem. The holy city is the 11-6 metropolis of cranks and the o storm center of fanaticism. No action on place on earth has such a variety tain**! v ,/ . I fi YOU1 nppn nil va ?i $$ >ffer below for your considerati to all who want to save mone; /e Are No unniner a CRUSH SALE, but w< quoted here not now in stock. \ withdrawn: 00 Overcoats at 2.98 ; 7.50 Ove at 7.50. m's Suits from 3.98 to the best i inch Broadcloth, sold at 1.00 an< de Taffeta Silk, black and colon inch Ladies' Cloth, 42 1-2 cents pieces A. F. C. Ginghams and I lid case Cotton Blankets at 63c, ly six of our 6.00 Wool Blanket* m's Odd Pants from 75 cents to 5.00 Forbnsh She 50 Krippendof Shoes at 2.98. dies' Fine Shoes at 75 cents pair H) yards heaviest weight Sheetii )0 yards 6c Plaids at 5 cents yar d lot Men's Fine 2.00 and 2.50 F 1 lot Laces, Insertings and Embi t our prices before you make yo ) save you money.# Yours fi runderburk HERE'S AN EXJ of what plant foods c farmers. The pictni . tK riffht cKaotc nlant /1m and potato yield (55, a small patch, treate( UPOTA On the left, a patch same size (yield 21 lb planted at same time, same soil, but untreat IThese pictures are tal 1 ^ from an experiment s * tion bulletin, compilec Our Free Book, "Profl which gives authentic and authoritative actual results of practical and scientific the farmer who is anxious to improve 1 ing for a wider margin of profits. Sen GERMAN KALI New York, 93 Nassau St., or Atlf inkf. To begin with, there and three men 111 Jerufa'em thn ling to be the C ?riat One mar \ . - r\ 1 ? ituiuimi, "iir a UPIIU?ll, Ut)?' the other an Englishman.? nev st.\les himself Prince Eman- mat I have 6een one of three The styled Saviors and he is "a thei "?a red-headed daisy at The Like most of the religious nev cs, he wears his hair very wor Evidently they believe thei there is some connection be- wor n hair and holiness. neri ere is another erraf ic brother thai claims to be John the Hap- coin He is a Russian and takes 0 elf quite seriously. anoi it the men are not permitted vote uiopolize all that is rere in reli| on. Over on the Mount of died ^s are seventeen Carmelite - - " 1/V tl V *8 who are holh dead and wer After going through the 9j8t< oony of marriage, they were perl into their coffins, the burial gre>i aony conducted oyer them, To ih it that testo* ?h pleaaant as tunp!e r-^ and quickly lelievon coughs nod () Mothers who have used it will . y answer: "Kennedy's Laxative O' *' Hyrnp." The pleaaant oold remedy *u;? ;pels the oold through iu laxative on the bowels. Conforms strictly kno Pure Food and Drugs Law. ('-onto opiates. Hold by Crawford Bros. tlOQ V . .-I ??????^ * ? *" I RTHHITY ion some prices that should y on their purchases. t- Crushed 5 will forfeit $100.00 for any Ve make the following prices rcoats at 4.98 ; 10.00 Overn stock at 9.00. d 1.25 yard, now 85c yd. yr 3, at 87 cents yard, yard. * ' :f' ..men-finish Chambrays, 10c. 89c and 1.23. s left to close at 4.25 pair. 3.48 pair. ips ai "X dft and up. ng at 6 cents yard. ur Hats at 1.48. roideries at old prices, ur purchases. We guaranor business, Company itable Farming" accounts of experiments and ? farming. It is invaluable to I his products and who is work- H id for it to-day. WORKS 1 inta, Ga.t 1224 Candler BIdg. I, .:j then they were 4< passed i >ugh 'he veil " They were ried to the church and are J to the world. They will er again 9ee the face of a hui being except themselves.? I i one who conveys to them tr food cannot see them.? sir closest kin people will er see thera again in this Id. Theee good sisters spend ir time in praying for the Id. There are lots of old sin* who are ignorant of the fact t these unselfish spirits are irantly praying for them, n another part of Olivet is ther bunch ot sisters who de> their time'to some sort of irions antics. One of tnese I a lew days since and I atled the funeral. Th? Forvic?? . e conducted by her surviving irn, and among other rare ormances the bulk of the con:ation kissed the deceased.? say the least of it, that was r unsanitary. . ^ n the outside of the north wall " le city is a convent in which ty-eight French ladies live, wn as ''Sisters of ReparaThey are all very wealthy. '-t 1