The encyclopedia of Sunday schools and religious education (Volume 2); giving a world-wide view of the history and progress of the Sunday school and the development of religious . eHastings Dictionary of theBible, II on Jordan.) Fourtimes in its course it swellsinto bodies of water each onelarger than the last, the marshof Huleh, the waters of Merom,the Lake of Galilee (or Gen-neseret) and the Dead. Sea or Salt Sea. In its major course the valley is lower than the sea level; at Galilee 682 feet and at the Dead Sea 1292 feet below the Mediterranean. Now since Jerusalem, which is 26
The encyclopedia of Sunday schools and religious education (Volume 2); giving a world-wide view of the history and progress of the Sunday school and the development of religious . eHastings Dictionary of theBible, II on Jordan.) Fourtimes in its course it swellsinto bodies of water each onelarger than the last, the marshof Huleh, the waters of Merom,the Lake of Galilee (or Gen-neseret) and the Dead. Sea or Salt Sea. In its major course the valley is lower than the sea level; at Galilee 682 feet and at the Dead Sea 1292 feet below the Mediterranean. Now since Jerusalem, which is 2600 feet above sea level, is only about fifteen miles from the Dead Sea, the difference in levels in so short a distance is remarkable for habitable re-gions. This diversification characterizes the country and its products. Oranges, date palms, olives, almonds, figs, walnuts, wheat, barley, grow within a few hours walk of each other. There are in Palestine three distinct kinds in the population of the present „„..„. .™™ ..., day which are suggestive of the ancient historical period when the people have not . •> tos ,. ,i c i —,^—a y<~,t™a ona voio Thp third. sand years Canaan has been the repositoryof elements from about every race thatcould reach it, so that there has been no types. The foundation stock of thecountry is the Arabian which in its mostprimitive strain is a patriarchal, nomadicfolk dwelling in tents of black hair-cloth. The peasantry lives in villages been mixed beyond analysis. The thirdand least permanent portion of the pop-ulation is that in the cities where manydifferent races, religions, and tongues in-habit. Geography 442 Geography The south of Palestine is arid and in-hospitable, perhaps much more so nowthan formerly. Next north of it is thecountry of Judaea which is mountainousbut with many pockets of garden land be-tween its hills. Samaria, in middle Pal-estine, is similar in its southern half toJudsea but has the beautiful, f
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