. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . CHRISTIAN GIRL, OF BFYROUT, SYRIA IN THE HOLY LAND 151 overhang it. In one place the roof is broken through. Large stones embankthe well on all sides. Our dragoman took pebbles and dropped them in, andfrom the time they left his hand to the instant they clicked on the bottom youcould hear it was very deep. It is a rich region of land, the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph, and I do not wonder the old patriarch boughtit, for it is a farm field of great luxuriance, and however much he paid for it heo-ot it cheap. W
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . CHRISTIAN GIRL, OF BFYROUT, SYRIA IN THE HOLY LAND 151 overhang it. In one place the roof is broken through. Large stones embankthe well on all sides. Our dragoman took pebbles and dropped them in, andfrom the time they left his hand to the instant they clicked on the bottom youcould hear it was very deep. It is a rich region of land, the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph, and I do not wonder the old patriarch boughtit, for it is a farm field of great luxuriance, and however much he paid for it heo-ot it cheap. Within sight as we stood at the well were Mount Gerizim and. QUARANTANIA MOUNTAIN Mount Ebal, each eight hundred feet high, the mountains of cursing andblessing. The woman of Samaria, who met Christ at this well, told the truth, asmy own eyesight testifies, when she said, The well is deep, and no wonder shecried out, Thou hast nothing to draw with. She knew not that Christ wasspeaking of spiritual supply. For that well God gives everyone a pail if he willonly let it down into the floods. Within fifteen minutes of Jacobs Well is thevillage called Svchar, to which the disciples had gone when the woman of Samariacame to the well, as he in the heat of twelve oclock at noon asked to have his 152 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS UEE AND WORK thirst slaked. The topography of the surroundings of this well and of otherlocalities visited this week, led me to say then what I feel now: Any man whogoes through Palestine and remains an infidel, is either a bad man or an imbecile. AT THE WELL OF DOTHAN Six oclock in the morning. Last night I heard a hyena. Its voice
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