A Trip Abroad

Don Carlos Janes

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Title: A Trip Abroad
Author: Don Carlos Janes
Release Date: June 22, 2004 [eBook #12679]
Language: English
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A TRIP ABROADAn 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 HistoricSketch 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