A Trip Abroad

A Trip Abroad

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Author: Don Carlos Janes
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A TRIP ABROAD
An Account of a Journey to the Earthly Canaan and the Land of the
Ancient Pharaohs
To Which Are Appended
A Brief Consideration of the Geography and History of Palestine, and a
Chapter on
Churches of Christ in Great Britain
BY
DON CARLOS JANES
1905

[Illustration: "Striving for the Faith of the Gospel." Don Carlos Janes.]

_"Go, little booke, God send thee good passage, And specially let this
be thy prayere: Unto them all that will thee read or hear, Where thou art
wrong, after their help to call, Thee to correct in any part or all."_
CHAUCER.

PREFACE.
In this volume the author has made an effort to describe his journey to
Palestine and Egypt. It is his desire that the book may be interesting
and instructive to its readers. The chapter on the geography of Palestine,
if studied with a good map, will probably be helpful to many. The
historic sketch of the land may serve as an outline of the important
events in the history of that interesting country. It is desired that the last
chapter may give American readers a better understanding of the work
of churches of Christ in Great Britain.
This book is not a classic, but the author has tried to give a truthful
account of a trip, which, to him, was full of interest and not without
profit. No doubt some errors will be found, but even the critical reader
may make some allowance when it is known that the writing, with the
exception of a small part, was done in a period of eighty days. During
this time, the writer was also engaged in evangelistic work, speaking
every day without a single exception, and as often as four times on
some of the days. That the careful reading of the following pages may
be profitable, is the desire of THE AUTHOR.
BOWLING GREEN, KY., October 21, 1905.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Several books have been consulted in preparing this one. "Lands of the
Bible," by J.W. McGarvey, has been very helpful. The same is true of
Edmund Sherman Wallace's "Jerusalem the Holy." Much information
has been obtained from the "Historical Geography of Bible Lands," by
John B. Calkin. Other works consulted were: "Recent Discoveries on
the Temple Hill," by James King; the "Bible Atlas," by Jesse L.
Hurlbut; "Galilee in the Time of Christ," by Selah Merrill; "City of the
Great King," by J.T. Barclay; "Palestine," by C.R. Conder; Smith's
"Bible Dictionary"; "Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia";

"Columbian Encyclopaedia," and "Encyclopaedia Britannica."
The chapter on Churches of Christ in Great Britain and Ireland was
read before publication by Bro. Ivie Campbell, Jr., of Kirkcaldy,
Scotland, who made some suggestions for its improvement. Bro. J.W.
McGarvey, of Lexington, Ky., kindly read the chapters on the
Geography and History of Palestine, and made some corrections. Selah
Merrill, United States Consul at Jerusalem, has given some information
embodied in the Historic Sketch of Palestine. Acknowledgement of the
helpful services of my wife, and of Miss Delia Boyd, of Atpontley,
Tenn., is hereby made.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND

CHAPTER II.
CROSSING EUROPE

CHAPTER III.
ASIA MINOR AND SYRIA

CHAPTER IV.
A FEW DAYS IN GALILEE

CHAPTER V.
SIGHT-SEEING IN JERUSALEM

CHAPTER VI.
SIDE TRIPS FROM JERUSALEM

CHAPTER VII.
EGYPT, THE LAND OF TOMBS AND TEMPLES

CHAPTER VIII.
GEOGRAPHY OF PALESTINE

CHAPTER IX.
HISTORIC SKETCH OF PALESTINE

CHAPTER X.
CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN GREAT BRITAIN

CHAPTER I.
SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND.
When I was a "boy on a farm," one of my school teachers had a small
machine, which was sometimes used to print the names of students in
their books. Somehow I came to want a "printing press," and after a
while I purchased an outfit for fifteen cents, but it was a poor thing and
failed to satisfy me. Accordingly, I disposed of it and spent a larger
sum for a typewriter, which was little more than a toy. This, too, was
unsatisfactory, and I sold it. At a later date, I bought a second-hand
typewriter, which was turned in as part payment for the machine I am