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*I *WS6H| ' 1 *' * nHfl&jjjS* \ ^ - yft 0! ' f In fact, no one oan join unless Vahe has a certain amount of property. They go dressed as brides, to wearing light blue dresses with tii long blue ribbons. They, too, t.i< are praying for the salvation of CI the world. By turns they eugage er in prayer and one is at the altar ri all the time. These sisters are p< not dead and buried but come ie Anf An fUa of*AAt? J ? vvtv uu duooio ct 11 u miUff BlU- gg ners to gaze at their pretty bridal raiment. Q( Down at Latrone, the home of io the penitent thief on the cross, th are some people known a6 Trap ge piste. They never speak to out- fa eiders, and do not even speak to pi each other except to convey the C cheerful information, "Remem- |? ber you must die." There is one Q member of the society dressed ee unlike the others, who is the me- b< ^dium through which coramuni w catioi.s and transactions are conducted with the outside world.? t0 Talking to each other is consid- rl ered a worldly amusement and 111 s u: J mi - * - m luiumueu. i nev are liners 01 US the soil, make good crops, run a dairy, make fine cheese and are '* if / T. 01 making money. (It pays some- ^ times not to talk too much.) ' CI! In the Plain of Rephaim, near Jerusalem, is the "German Col ony of the Temple," a sect found ed upon the principle that the w mission of Christianity is to em body the kingdom of God on w earth, believing that really jc Christian social life is impossible, w on the basis of the current ideas y: of the Trinity, the Divinity of q Christ, etc. Their religious and p social conduct is derived from ,j the Old Tesiimeut prophecies. tj Their original purpose was to build up in the Land of Promise an ideal Christian community, p and from it to begin the regeuer- tj ation of the church and the so- a] cial life of Europe. There are branches of the "Temple" at 8] Haifa and Jaffa, and they are tl making money right along. If tl Tepute is worthy of credit, their T religious zeal lias not kept up e; with their love of money. cl Down at Marsaba, near the si Dead Sea, are some sixty lazy s monks known as Anchorites, o They occupy the convent of Mar- tl saba and, amid the gloom 01 the 1 wilderness, live on vegetables 81 and a clear conscience. No wo- T man is allowed to enter the con- a vent. They are supported by n donations and spend their time u in feeding the wild birds of the r country. The Monastery of Mar- b saba is also used as a religious penitentiary lor refractory priests of the Greek church. In the same neighborhood are many 0 monks who bye in caves in the 1 hillsides, far removed from the 1 temptations of the world. They { live on roots, herbs and solitude. ' There are hundreds of these reli- t gious cranks who greatly discre- ^ dit the religion which they pro- * X" _ ^ _ A 1 a Al i less, aduui tmriy-mne on meir j naked backs would probably | cause them to get out and let ( their lights sliii e before men. There is also a branch of the l Seventh Day Adventiets here, t who have a water cure establishment. They preach reform in t food, in dress and in the constant H fitting of the body for its final J Hesurrection. They live on char- ? oal, crackers and nut butter. ! Besides the cranks above enum- ] erated, there are others "too te- 1 dious to mention." ILL LA FANATICS ANDFIQHTK&6. Probably the greatest obstacle > the spread o( Protestant Ohris,_li_ 1 ? tl-l--?! . .. xuny ia jraiescine is tne lana3iBm and bigotry of certain hristian sects. So many differit kinds of sects have produced valries, jealousies, hatred, disites, acrimony and often yio- * nee. The Scribes and Phari es have left a numerous progef. Certain it is that there i9 jibing in their lives aud behav r calculated to popularize ieir Christianity. The rival icts have degenerated into mere ctioDs and their partisan zeal roducas frequent clashes. The hnrch of the Nativity at Beth hem belongs to the Latins, reeks and Americans. Disputi over the exact line of division itween them sometimes arise; hen the different sects w< rship the same time one may happen cross the line on the other's ter fory, or some little trespass ay occur. If so, it is like a atch to a keg of powder. A g fit:lit ensues and all hands ke part. In comparison with le of these religious fights, an fro-American cake walk or turch festival is a tame affair, hose belligerent brethern don't jsitate to fight right over the >ot where the Prince of Peace as born. Only a few years back a man as killed in one of these battles i the very cave where Chr'st as born. The week before I sited Bethlehem the Greeks and atholics had a fight iu the same lace After the smoke of bate cleared away, it was found lat two were seriously hurt and jven ready for the hospital. ine vjnurcnoi me Holy Seulchre in Jerusalem belongs to le Greeks, Latius, Armenians tid Copts. It has various chapels i which the various sects wortrp. Almost eve y year it is le scene of a pitched bat e. About three mouths ago a urkish soldier on duty had an ye put out in one ot these eclesiastical collisions. This fight barted because the Catholics wept some trash off their steps n the lloor of the Greeks and fien began sweeping the floor, 'he Greeks constructed this as etting up a claim to their floor, 'he animosity of the partisans is lready at fever heat and the lost trivial circumstance will recipita'e a row. The brethon are at all times ready to >ack their faith IJ "And prove their doctiine orthodox. By apostolic blows mid knocks." Turkey keeps soldiers always >n hand to prevent these Chris giv< ians from murdering or niutila- ?old ing each other. But the Sul 8i^e an, afra'd of a religious war, ?ra, vil 1 not allow the soldiers to use The heir arms iu quelling these rows, ly t riie priests know this and ask ciist he soldiers no odds. It is but 8tr<! ust to the Catholics to say that orc* ney are not the aggressors in ^?? hese difficulties. On the first *ow >f May every year the Greeks Sos ren test 1* the great restorer. We tire onr dev nn soles by exercise and then rent to restore hern; yet a great many of us do not stop o think how little rert wo give to onr Foj tomacbs As a usual thing no part of our shoa >odies t4 ho generally over* orkoil na oar Cnr< ligeativu organs. A tired and overworked labe toraach will give aigOH of dintrens to which man re pay uo heed until at lent Dyspepsia not i akfH hold. Indigestion in jnat a warning rhat >nd if wo heed the warning we can eanily rem< ivoid further oonneqnenoes. 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If, instead of re lining his soldiers, he would 1 er them to uae their arms, one 1 d result would bo sure to fol- l ?if they could not shoot the . pel into these war-like breth- , , they could at least shoot the ( il out of them. this reason mothers, and others, ' ild insist on haying I)r. Hhoop's Cough 1 i. No poison-marks on Dr. Hhoop's Is and none in the medicine, else it ( t by law be on the label. And it is | only safe, bnt it is said to be by those know it best, r trnly remarkableoongh edy. Take no chanoe, particularly with r onildren.Insist on having Dr Hhoop's gh Cure. Oompara carefully the Dr. )p package with others and see. No on marks there! You oan always bo be safe side by demanding Dr. Snoop'a gh Core. simply refuse to aeoept any T. Hold by J F Maekey A. 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