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Drawn by A. H. Bumstead 



A MAP OF ASIA MINOR AND THE HOLY LAND 



Showing the home cities of the Seven Wise Men of ancient Greece (see the succeeding 

 article) and the land of the Samaritans. (Note, in the small inset map, the relative location 

 of Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal and the historic cities, ancient and modern, which 

 have clung to their slopes — see text, pages 1-21). 



ties, pouring it over his hands from 

 ewers, so that it also flows into the ditch- 

 altar, lest even this infinitesimal quan- 

 tity of the sacrifice should fail to be 

 destroyed by fire. "And ye shall let 

 nothing" of it remain until the morning; 

 and that which remaineth until the morn- 

 ing, ye shall burn with fire" (Ex. 12 : 10). 



Thus the sacrifice and ceremony com- 

 memorating the Exodus are ended. 



Each celebrant now goes to his tent 

 for a few hours' sleep. Early the next 

 morning the congregation again gathers 

 for prayers, the day being observed as a 

 Sabbath : the first day of the feast of un- 

 leavened bread. 



As the onlooker retires to his tent or 

 descends the path to Nablus in the hush 

 of early morning, the scene, brightly lit 

 by the moon, is one not to bs forgotten. 



From beyond the camp a great white 

 cloild of smoke curls skyward. Now 

 and then a red flame licks the sky or a 

 white, ghost-like figure adds some fuel. 

 It is a picture which cannot bs repro- 

 duced with the camera ; only to the mind's 

 eye can it be painted. The wood-cuts 

 and steel-engravings found in our old 

 family Bibles, where the Israelitish camps 

 are shown with the pillar of cloud and 

 fire, come nearest the present reality, but 

 are lacking in color and atmosphere. 



As we turn for one last glance at the 

 moon-lit camp and the redder glow of 

 the flame with the pillar of smoke, we 

 cannot but realize that here we have seen 

 the eating and burning of the last Hebrew 

 blood sacrifice, and there comes the 

 thought that it may never be seen again, 

 for the Samaritans are a dying people. 



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