. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . irdingthe well the mouths of beastsare thrust thirstily. There isRachel watering the are young men andmaidens looking at each other, roughly bewitching. There are herdsmen angrywith each other and ready to strike, and looking daggers because some othercamel, or cow, or calf, or donkey than their own has won precedence at thetrough. Next we arrive at Gideons Fountain, where the men lapped the water asthey crossed. Out of an archway of rock the water bubbles. Yonder is MountGilboa, where Saul and his two sons died. Thi


. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . irdingthe well the mouths of beastsare thrust thirstily. There isRachel watering the are young men andmaidens looking at each other, roughly bewitching. There are herdsmen angrywith each other and ready to strike, and looking daggers because some othercamel, or cow, or calf, or donkey than their own has won precedence at thetrough. Next we arrive at Gideons Fountain, where the men lapped the water asthey crossed. Out of an archway of rock the water bubbles. Yonder is MountGilboa, where Saul and his two sons died. This is the valley of Jezreel, throughwhich Jehu drove furiously. To-day we are in sight of Mount Carmel. It lookslike rain, after a drought; clouds larger than a mans hand drifting across the topof Carmel. From a great height the mountain, first precipitately, then gradually,declines into the Mediterranean Sea. As our caravan moved on at seven oclock in the morning, through a village,we saw about fifty women, dressed mostly in black, on their way out of a grave-. E)N ROUTS TO THE-JORDAN IN THE HOLY LAND 153


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