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name, but I wanted to see what he would say, and he at 

 once gave me the original name of the mountain. We have 

 the name in the Bible, but it has been altered. You have 

 accompHshed engineers going about that meet the shepherd 

 of a goat-herd, or a cow-herd, and they ask him, " What is 

 the name of this valley?" Then they hear something and 

 they take it down as giving a clue to the sacred site. 



One of our most successful exploration surveyors when 

 walking about a jungle of weeds that grew near the shore of 

 the Lake of Tiberias said to a man who was digging about 

 for roots, " Is there any name to this place where we are ? " 

 He said, " There is no particLilar name — we say Keraza." 

 The survej^or said, " Is there nothing to mark the place ? " 

 " Well," the man said, " I do not know, but under these 

 weeds and things and this mass of herbage you will find 

 some stones of all sorts." The surveyor did not say much 

 more, but he looked at the stones and a clue was given 

 which has led to the interesting discovery of the city of 

 Chorazin of Avhich our Lord spoke when He said, " Woe unto 

 thee, Chorazin, woe unto thee, Bethsaida, for if the mighty 

 Avorks had been done in Sodom and Gomorrah which have 

 been done in you, they had repented, sitting in sackcloth 

 and ashes, but it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and 

 Gomorrah in the judgment than for you." 



Now it is remarkable the extent to Avhicli these ancient 

 places keep their names. Let me run over a few of the 

 particular ones — Hebron, Jericho, Bethel, Jerusalem and 

 Bethlehem and Jacob's Well, the well from Avhich the woman 

 came to draw Avater. So also Dothan where Joseph Avas 

 .sold into slavery, and so with Jezreel and Nain and Magdala 

 of ]\Iary ]\Iagdalene. Now I need not, in speaking to a 

 highly intellectual audience, more or less expert, say Avhat 

 a mighty confirmation this gives to Holy Writ. I ask 

 antiquaries, " Can you point to any other Avritings that Avill 

 stand such a test as that ? " 



Next let me take a few locaHties to show you Iioav thi;« 

 accuracy is confirmed, and I am referring to a period of not 

 less than 3,500 years ago at least — possibly more. First, 

 let me refer to the ridge. You are aAvare that there runs 

 through the Holy Lancl, Avhat geologists call a dorsal ridge, 

 a regular backbone to the country. Some 3,500 years ago 

 or more Abraham, the patriarch, with Lot his relative, Avere 

 Avalking along this ridge and Abraham said, " Let us diAade 

 the land betAveen us ; if you like to take the left hand you 



