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EN the good ship Angkor steamed out of the Acre and left Palestine behind, we had to adjust ourselves to a new mode of living and begin to . think not so much in terms of Biblical lore as of classical antiquity. ~nd as for Qle, I had to get acquainted with new pe.ople for the other seven of my party treated themselves to first class passage for the eleven days of this voyage while I remained in second cla.ss. Bay ~f lecoad class on a French Mediterran- Oae reaDy does take a chance with kept me company throughout the ·tire journey did not fail me on the kor. Por cabin mates I found I .. three members of the Anglo-· Catholic Dihrrimage whose party made IP almoSt half the bookings for the · ,oyge. They had so many surplices, ftatinents and the like that the humble a p t i 1 t preacher with only sport lies and a lounging robe was glad find parking space on his cot and er it. They were most interesting folk, ese_pilgrims. There was the Bishop Tile P--..: a.. i8 ,........ Milwaukee in charge of the Ameri- a picbiN of S~ ····.. citr" of contingent and the Bishop of T~, ......_ ,....,_. ·····ere of s shepherdinr the Britishers. The JIZZ tlroYe aD Greeb _. Qn..._ er was far more companionable o.t e1 ~. Note die ._ my neighbor to the north. The . tioa. (tap)-TM a-It of Po,.lcup ish Bishop and I had several good {IMtlow)-Dr. Can ~ R.W, ts in which I learned that he had a 0.. e1 Ia........_. CoDep. s.,.. l;her in Chicago who was a Rear (llott..) tate broker. · But the member of the =====~=~=~ y with whom · I became best ac- ·· "nted was the Rev. S. C. Hughson. is a Monk whose home is in a ments. They we~e going back to their stery up the· Hudson near Peek- Kansas homes. The party was comHe travels extensively in mis- plete with two more experienced wo_.nary work. He dressed always in men workers, one · of whom had been until the trouble two years ago, located flat hat and tong black cassock. It was astonishing how much this with the Presbyterians in China. What a jolly party we made three . . .ra-nJII!n churchman belonging to that Episcopalianism that claims times each day at that table. I sprung J;ltJl(,licity·-hiOW much he had in com- jokes as old as twenty years and got a one who has had all his rise almost every time. Mean to thus auniin.r in the belief that there is no take advantage of missionaries wasn't as "the church," that there it? We had a clever little waiter who "cll1Ur(:bet5".;t and that there is came to know our tastes and fought t)\l~atlilority reposing anywhere but in hard for food enough to satisfy us. The second class dining room is clean mjealf!d truth. and the service is good, but the quantitable eompanions were not from ty of food hardly measures up to an nRio-CathoHe Pilgrimmage. They appetite stimulated by salt air and Christian workers of a very dif- regular and vigorous exercise. New lateseat C:..W .-..aat JOI't-little group of Methodist On the deck during those eleven returning on furlough There was Rev. S. J. days, I re-read the New Testament and ~~1111' of the United Church of Cana- found that it was very much more clear ~·-·-- -- wife and three beautiful chil- and real, and I may add that ·all my proftcl a veritable gold mine desk work since returning has been · ,:·IIIIO.uy information to me--also given a new interest because I have "th th d Then there were three teen WI ~.1 own ey~ e sure ~ who had been thiap of which the Seriotures speak. teftllll'" fi~frii' '"' IPI~'t- l ihO re-read a hOOk I hat made a part eao steamer, but my good fortune that .................... i· _. ·-=.... =·===;:;::=· Ill ........ ,.c........ . dressed. Of the seven, three are now in ruins, · and fo.JJr are still thriving communities. Smyrna is the largest of the survivors, in fact it is Turkey's second city and first seaport. Even yet in our world that moves so fast one cannot hear the name "Smyrna" without recaUing that frightful massacre of September 1922 which drove the last Greek and Christian resident out of that city. Right through the heart of the town, we could see from the slope of Mt. Pagus whither we were driven, a solid square mile as yet unbuilt which had been the best section of the city in former days. When one reads the 3500 years of Smyrna's · history, however, he comes to see that the tragedy of 1922 is just one of many. v .. T. .b of Pol,.cup As Bible students we were most interested in the tomb of Polycarp. It may easily be spotted even from the steamer's deck by its two conspicuous cypress trees half -way up the side of Mt. Pagus. Polycarp was the Bishop of Smyrna from 107.to 117 A. D. As a friend and pupil of the Apostle John he is the link between the Scriptures and the Early Fathers. He was martyred there at Smyrna in 156 and these were his words as he faced the flames and was given his chance to recant, "Eighty-six years have I served Him and He hath done me no ill; how then can I blaspheme my King who hath saved me." From Polycarp's tomb we drove on up the side of Mt Pagus and quite outside the city to the International college. It is one of the six remarkable m i s s ion a r y establishments of American Congregationalism in the Near East. It comprises a main campus of ·twenty acres and adjoining lands of about fifty acres. Besides the regular academic work there is instruction in athletics, farming and the sciof my preparation, William T. Ellis' ences. "Bible Lands of Today." Mrs. Ellis is America's outstanding · 0.. T~ ofT~ Christian journalist. I would recom- . ~choo_l was not an sessaon when "!e mend this book to anyone who may v1s1ted at but Dean. Cu.· Arthur ~ead have been stimulated by these little '!~s at home and m h·· comm~cbous paragraphs of mine to further reading liv1Rg r~ he gave as ·'! hour s. talk Qn the Bible Lands. Mr. Ellis and his on t~e h·s!ory of Turkey's 1ntemat1~l wife and party are the only Americans relataonsh·ps and the present prospects who have visited all the places men- ~f the s.chQOJ that was most liiU!Jlinattioned in the Scriptures, and Mr. EUis ·~g. H!s s~ory was absolutely ·mparwrites in a most fascinating style. taal whach IS an unusual attitude for Th fi an Occidental to take with regard to e rst stop on our cruise was at Turkey. Ahnost every American takes Sm)'!Da. This is orie of seven cities to which the Book of Revelation is adContinued on Pap