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Yours in him
E.E. Byrum.
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Travels and Experiences
In Other Lands.
BYE. E. BYRUM.
Author of "The Secret of Salvation; How to Get It and Howto Keep It," "Divine Healing of Soul and Body," "The
Great Physician and His Power to Heal,"
"Behind the Prison Bars," "Boy's Companion,"
"Ordinances of the Bible," etc., etc.
ILLUSTRATED
ANDERSON, INDIANA, U. S. A.
GOSPEL TRUMPET COMPANY.
1905.
COPYRIGHT, 1903,
By E. E. BYIRUM.
Preface.
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PEOPLE travel and afterwards write and tell what they have seen and heard. The tour in "other lands" was not made for the purpose of writing a book; and as but a few days were spent at any place while traveling about forty thousand miles, the reader will not expect to find in this volume a complete history of the countries. Furthermore, it was written in the midst of the most pressing editorial and office work.
While it gives an account of a tour around the world, it is not a history of the world. This tour was not made merely because of a desire to travel, but by the direction of the Lord, of which the reader will learn by reading the accounts given.
Most people who read this may never have the privilege of visiting the countries mentioned; therefore an effort has been made to present to their minds some facts, and experiences encountered along the way, that will at least give a faint idea of these lands and peoples, with their manners and customs, religions, and some of the general conditions, and peculiarities that are to be seen as they exist to-day. The illustrations are nearly all from original photographs.
Where extended accounts are given of past events and places, it is generally for some special purpose. For instance, the insertion of Pliny's letters to Tacitus and the other accounts concerning the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of the cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii, A. D. 79, are to acquaint the reader with these places and occurrences, that other truths may be more page: vi[View Page vi] vividly portrayed to the mind. As these cities remained buried for many centuries, and in recent years have been excavated, there have been found among those ruins of apostolic days not only signs of gross wickedness, but strong evidences of Christianity. Also, old manuscripts have been unearthed written in uncial, or the same style of writing as are the oldest manuscripts of the Bible that have been discovered elsewhere.
Frequent and liberal quotations have been made from other writers and authors, among whom the author desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to Brother A. D. Khan and Sister N. Evalyn Nichols for quotations from some articles previously published. Also, to Kitto, Schaff, Hastings, and others, regarding the history and fall of Jerusalem and other subjects. In most places no quotation-marks are used, or credit given, as the quotations are frequently intermingled with the language of the author.
This volume is by no means given as a production worthy of literary commendation; yet it is hoped that the reader will be able to glean some helpful thoughts on travel, history, and religious experience, that may prove beneficial in after-life. With a prayer that the rich blessings of the Lord may be bestowed upon the reader, I remain,
Yours in Him,
February 11, 1905. E. E. Byrum.
page: vii[View Page vii]Contents.
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- Home Experiences 19
- Entering the Publishing Work 23
- Gospel Work and Divine Healing 26
- A Trip to the Pacific Coast 34
- Proposed Trip to Honolulu 40
- A Call to Foreign Fields 50
- A Farewell Letter 56
- Time-table of Travels 60
- Leaving Home 61
- Sailing on the Atlantic Ocean 64
- From England to Africa 70
- A Trip into the Interior of Africa 81
- The Head-choppers of North Africa 87
- Devil-dancers in West Africa 88
- The Work of the Kidnappers 89
- The Bull-pens of Spain 91
- Christianity in England 94
- Examining Manuscripts of the Bible 101
- How We Got Our Bible 109
- From England to Italy 138
- Among the Alps-- A Poem 144
- Venice-- A City with Streets of Water 146
- The City of Rome 148
- The Catacombs 154
- The Vatican-- The Home of the Pope 156
- Performing Their Religious Rites 159
- Kissing St. Peter's Toe 162
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- Indulgences 165
- Deceptions and Superstitions 166
- Beheading of St. Paul 167
- Ruins of Pompeii 169
- A Volcanic Eruption 172
- Pliny's Letters to Tacitus 173
- Finding of Pompeii 180
- Other Eruptions 185
- A Visit to Mount Vesuvius 186
- From Italy to Egypt 190
- The Sphinx 199
- The Pharaohs of Egypt 199
- Manners and Customs in Egypt 205
- From Egypt to the Holy Land 216
- Entering the Holy Land 225
- The Plain of Esdraelon 231
- From Nazareth to the Sea of Galilee 233
- The Sea of Galilee 248
- From Nazareth to Jerusalem 263
- Leaving the City of Shechem 278
- Jerusalem 292
- History of Jerusalem 296
- The Fall of Jerusalem 311
- The City of To-day 332
- The Jews' Wailing-place 339
- The Temple Grounds 344
- The Church of the Holy Sepulcher 350
- The Pool of Bethesda 254
- The Tombs of the Kings 356
- Solomon's Quarries 358
- Mount of Olives 359
- The Garden of Gethsemane 361
- The Brook Kedron 365
- Calvary 367
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- The Garden Tomb 369
- Bethany-- The Home of Mary and Martha 370
- Aceldama-- The Potter's Field 372
- The Pool of Siloam 374
- Siloam-- The Leper Town 376
- The Ash-heap 379
- Bethlehem 381
- Solomon's Pools 383
- The Dead Sea 387
- The River Jordan 391
- The American Colony 395
- Religious Conditions of Palestine 400
- Some Customs among the Mohammedans 407
- Jaffa-- Joppa 410
- A Sand-storm on the Desert 415
- The Red Sea 415
- Arrival at Bombay, India 419
- Camp-meeting in Calcutta 437
- The Man who had Never Heard of Jesu 441
- Opposition of Missionary Societies 444
- A Visit to Assam 447
- Among the Devil-worshipers 451
- Casting out Devils 460
- Shillong 468
- Darjeeling, North India 478
- The Tibetan Prayer 481
- The Prayer-wheels 484
- Bogra 488
- Visit to Lahore 493
- The Land of Famine 500
- An Address in Behalf of the Sufferers 503
- Home for India's Widows 511
- Hindu Idol-worship 516
- Seclusion of Women 520
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- The Great Banyan-Tree 525
- The Farewell Meeting 525
- Homeward Bound 527
- Hong-Kong, China 534
- Religious Services on the Ship 542
- Meeting a Higher Critic of the Bible 548
- A Typhoon 557
- Japan 557
- A Long Day 565
- Hawaiian Islands 566
- America-- San Francisco 569
- From California Home 570
- Oppositions to the Truth 573
- An Arrest for Manslaughter 574
- Answers to Prayer 591
- Ancient Mound at Moundsville, W. Va., U. S. A. 596
- Conclusive remarks 599
Illustrations.
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- Author's Portrait Frontispiece.
- E. E. Byrum and Daundhter Birdie Ruth in Oriental Dress 41
- Missionaries Stopping Near the Pyramids 51
- A. D. Khan 59
- Steamship Lucania on the Atlantic Ocean 65
- Gibraltar-- The Great English Fort 73
- A Soudanese Boy-Africa 77
- A Camel and Her Young-- Morocco, North Africa 86
- Library Room of the Vatican-- Rome 107
- Samaritan Pentateuch 113
- A Page of Sinaitic Manuscript 119
- Facsimile-- Codex Sinaiticus 125
- The Bridge of Time from A. D. 100 to 340 129
- A Street Scene in Venice 143
- The Rialto-- Venice 145
- The Last Prayer-- Colosseum-- Rome 147
- The Colosseum of To-day-- Rome 149
- The Catacombs-- Rome 151
- The Catacombs-- Rome 153
- The Catacombs-- Rome 155
- Palace of the Vatican-- Rome 157
- Skulls of the Capuceian Convent-- Rome-- Seventeenth Century 161
- Statue of St. Peter-- Rome 163
- Panorama of the Pompeii Excavations 182
- The Herculaneum Gate as It is To-day 184
- The Temple of Fortune-- Pompeii 184
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- An Egyptian God 189
- Egyptian Mummies 192
- Egyptian Bedouin, Native, and Camels 194
- Crocodile Hunters on the River Nile 196
- Looking up the N. E. Corner of the Great Pyramid where
Tourists Ascend-- Egypt 198 - The Sphinx-Near Cairo, Egypt 200
- Rameses II.-- The Pharaoh who Oppressed the Children of
Israel 202 - Mohammedan Women 206
- Water-carriers 208
- Egyptian Women and Girls Carrying Water 210
- Scene of River Nile-Near Cairo, Egypt 214
- Egyptian Women Grinding Corn 217
- The City of Sidon 220
- The City of Tyre on the Mediterranean Coast 222
- Haifa and Mount Carmel 224
- American Gang-plow-- Turns Ten Feet of Soil at One Time 226
- Place of Sacrifice-- Mount Carmel 228
- Harvesting in the Holy Land 230
- The City of Nazareth 232
- Cana of Galilee 234
- Tiberias-- Sea of Galilee 236
- Ruins of Capernaum-- Shore of Galilee 239
- Site of Bethsaida 241
- Fishing on the Sea of Galilee 243
- Bedouin Encampment in the Valley of Achor 245
- Safed-- "A City Set on a Hill." 249
- Oriental Irrigation Wheel 251
- A Band of Bedouins-- Palestine 253
- Fisherman Mending Their Nets 257
- Bedouin Warriors 260
- Village of Emmaus 262
- The Virgin's Fountain-- Nazareth 264
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- Native Village-- Palestine 266
- Village Oven 268
- A View of Jenin 270
- Nablous and Mount Ebal 272
- Gilgal-- Place Where Manna Ceased 275
- Place of Sacrifice on Mount Gerizim 277
- Jacob's Well near Nablous-Ancient Shechem 279
- St. Paul's Wall-- Damascus 281
- Field of Boaz-- Near Bethlehem 285
- Grand Colonade of Samaria 287
- Bethel-- Place of Jacob's Dream 289
- Jacob's Well 291
- Panorama of Jerusalem 293
- Natives Eating Dinner 295
- Rachel's Tomb-- Near Bethlehem 299
- A Group of Beggars-- Jerusalem 301
- "The Grass of the Field" 305
- Two Women Grinding at the Mill 310
- Group of Lepers 315
- Shepherds and the Sheep 319
- Tomb of Lazarus 323
- Threshing-floor 327
- Jerusalem from Scopus 329
- Market Scene near the Jaffa Gate-- Jerusalem 331
- Gate of Christ's Triumphant Entry 333
- Wilderness of Judea 335
- David's Tower-- Jerusalem 337
- The Jews' Wailing place 340
- David's Street-- Jerusalem 342
- Mosque of Omar from the South 345
- Solomon's Stables-- Under Temple Grounds 347
- Arch of Ecce Homo 349
- Tombs of the Kings 355
- Damascus Gate-- Jerusalem 357
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- Mount of Olives 360
- The Garden of Gethsemane 362
- Gethsemane 364
- Old Olive-tree in Gethsemane 366
- The Garden Tomb-- Near Calvary 368
- The Garden Tomb-Interior-- Place of Resurrection 371
- Village of Bethany-- Home of Mary and Martha 373
- Pool of Siloam 375
- Village of Siloam 377
- Bethlehem 380
- Market-place in Bethlehem 382
- Christmas Day in Bethlehem 384
- General View of Pools of Solomon 386
- Good Samaritan's Inn-- On the Road to Jericho 388
- The Dead Sea 390
- The River Jordan 392
- Modern Jericho 394
- View of Ancient Jericho 396
- Cemetery-Damascus 399
- Franciscan Monks-- Latins 401
- Moslem Sheiks and Effendis 403
- Jews of Jerusalem 405
- Bethlehem Women at Home 409
- Through the Rocks-- Jaffa 411
- House of Simon the Tanner-- Joppa 412
- The Harbor of Jaffa-- Joppa 414
- Suez Canal-- Between Mediterranean and Red Seas 416
- Oriental Woman-- Head-dress 421
- Botanical Gardens-- Calcutta 423
- View of Calcutta 425
- A Cocoanut-tree 427
- Elephant at Work 431
- A Bengali Hymn 433
- Orang-Utan-- India 435
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- Bullock Cart and Driver in Siam 439
- Nomadic Tribe of Bengal 443
- Native Boats on the River-- India 448
- Coolies Breaking Stone 450
- Training a Bear 453
- A Trained Elephant 455
- A Hymn in the Khasi Language 459
- Witch of Ghoom 461
- A Tibetan Priest Casting out Evil 463
- A Dandy for Carrying People 465
- Nepaly Cooly Woman 467
- Manner of Carrying Stone-- Nepaly Workmen 469
- A Village Market in the Khasi Hills 471
- A Road-sweeper 473
- Paharia Mother 475
- Elephant-riding 477
- Above the Clouds in the Himalaya Mountains 480
- Sitting Position of Natives of Northern India 482
- A Lama of Tibet, with Prayer-wheel 485
- Tibetan Prayer-flags 487
- Beggar Musicians 489
- A Bhutia Lady 491
- Natives Making Clothes at Orphans' Home 497
- An Indian Blacksmith Shop-- Lahore, India 497
- Sawing Lumber in India 499
- Famine Sufferers in India 504
- Victims of the Famine Ready for Cremation 509
- A Reckla for Traveling in India 513
- An Indian Hermit 517
- A Hindu Deity 519
- A Hindu Girl with Ornaments 522
- The Great Banyan-tree-- Near Calcutta 524
- Under the Great Banyan-tree 526
- Buffalo Cart and Driver 529
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- A Group of Achenese Carrying Burdens 531
- A Rickshaw 533
- Tiger-hunting near the Straits of Malacca 535
- A Chinese Barber 537
- Chinese Children 539
- A Street Vender 541
- Siamese Countryman 547
- A Tea-field in Japan 551
- Bamboo-groves in Japan 553
- Japanese Nurses 558
- A Japanese Idol 560
- Plowing the Rice-field 562
- Planting the Rice-field in Japan 564
- Front View of Trumpet Horne-- Moundsville, W. Va. 573
- Side View of Trumpet Home-- Moundsville, W. Va. 575
- Auditorium Where Annual Camp-meeting Is Held-- Moundsville, W. Va. 577
- Ancient Mound at Moundsville, W. Va., U. S. A. 598
TRAVELS EXPERIENCES
IN OTHER LANDS.