CONTENTS Chapter Page I. Outward Bound 17 II. On the Wave of the Deep 20 III. Collision at Sea 29 IV. Among the Germans 31 V. Through Austria-Hungary and the Balkan States 49 VI. Among the Turks 56 VII. The Moral and Religious Condition of Turkey 65 VIII. A Visit to Smyrna 77 IX. On Mars’ Hill 90 X. Over the Seas to Egypt 99 XI. In the Land of the Pharaohs 108 XII. Climbing the Great Pyramid 125 XIII. Among the Traders and Beggars of the East 135 XIV. In Sunny Italy 145 XV. The Catholicism of Rome 172 XVI. A Visit to the Pope 187 XVII. On the Shores of Canaan 194 XVIII. In Jerusalem 210 XIX. About the Walls of Zion 226 XX. On the Site of the Temple 239 XXI. In the Garden of Gethsemane 250 XXII. Bethlehem and Hebron 255 XXIII. Jericho, the Jordan and the Dead Sea 269 XXIV. Over the Hills to Nazareth 279 XXV. On Lake Galilee 296 XXVI. Damascus and the Lebaron Mountains 309 XXVII. Coming Home Through Clouds of War 322 ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Our Party at the Acropolis in Athens Frontispiece 2. Hole torn in our boat, the Pretoria, by collision with the New York 8 3. A snap shot of J. M. Rowland and L. T. Williams 16 4. Monument to Victor Emanuel 24 5. Roma-Circo Massimo 32 6. Some of our Party starting to the Pyramids 40 7. Climbing the Pyramid of Cheops 48 8. Front view of St. Peter’s in Rome 66 9. Our Guides through Palestine 64 10. Our Party mounted on donkeys, ready for a ride 72 11. The Jews’ Wailing Place in Jerusalem 80 12. Jerusalem, looking from the upper end of Olivet 88 13. Our Party at the Tomb of Christ 96 14. The Rock Moriah in the Mosque of Omar 104 16. Our Party in the Garden of Gethsemane 112 16. Threshing wheat at Bethany 120 17. Sunrise on Mt. Nebo as we saw it 128 18. The River Jordan 136 19. Bathing in the Dead Sea 144 20. Elisha’s Fountain in Jericho 152 21. On a boat in the Jordan 160 22. A group in the Ruins of Ahab’s Palace 168 23. In a street in Samaria 170 24. Four Syrian girls we met 184 25. Watching for father to come home 192 26. Ready to leave Europe 200 27. Home at last 208 Digitized by Google., Electronic reproduction, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized, Description based on print version record