The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 24, 1907, Page 6, Image 6
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Letters From Abroad
BY A. M. STACK.
(Copyrighted, lWfl, by R- F. Beaslt
NO. 18.
Religious Conditions in
Holy Land.
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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.
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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
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! 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**!
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>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
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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
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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.
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