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November 5, 1927 WINNETKA TALK 23 REV. F. C. STIFLER SEES THOUSANDS ENTER GATE (Continued from Page 22) 33% sale on at isaac Cohen's store. There was the Post Office, and the American Express and Cooks' and the Allenby hotel and the British drug store and many English signs. I have said nothing of the sacred was a fontrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. sights of Old Jerusalem. 1 had rather not and 1 had better not. Rather, because there is so much of disappoint- ment about them. They are so en- crusted with slender probability. And better because Religion is my business and I know I would grow technical and I am sure I would hurt the sectar- ian sensibilities of some good reader. Come and talk with me and I will tell of . Holies in to the Holy Temple area. Steps all IT Mt. the Tower of Jews Wailing saw about Zion, the vou David, Place, the Pools of Bethesda and Si- loam, the Temple Area, the Stations of the Cross, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and a hundred more such places. There is very little Christiani- ty exhibited in them. They are show places now existing for profit. Soldiers are required about some of them to keep peace between the warring sects who claim them. The stories that are told are plainly fables for the most part anyhow. Story of Christian Americans Come rather with me to a spot a mile beyond the north wall of the city. Here you will feel at home for it is called the American Colony. In my opinion it has more of the Spirit of Jesus in it than any other institution in Jerusalem, ancient or modern. It is not a church. It is not a mission sta- tion. It is a settlement of Christian Americans in Jerusalem who live their lives in commerce, the professions, philanthropy, education, but live them on the high plan of Christian faith and Christian practice. They run a large store for tourists within the walled city. They have the agency for Dodge au- tomobiles. They do what practically amounts to a hotel business on a limited scale with an added touch of home and its comforts. When I visit Jerusalem again I want to be their guest. The American Colony is best understood when you know its history. Let me give it briefly. Horatio G. Spafford was a Chicago lawyer living in what was then the suburban village of Lake View. He had a wife and four daughters. They had a beautiful home life. Then came a terrible bereavement. In 1873 Mrs. Spafford and her four daughters sailed on the "Ville De Havre" intending to spend the winter in Europe. In mid- ocean the ship was struck by another vessel and in fifteen minutes it sank with all on board. oo" There was no wireless telegraphy then to summon friendly ships to res- cue. The loss of life was appalling. Mrs. Spafford was one of the twenty- two rescued, but her children were lost. When the splash of an oar brought her to consciousness, she realized that she must face life without her children. In the midst of physical suffering Mrs. Spafford fought a great battle and won. She wired from Cardiff in Wales where the survivors were landed in sailors' clothes, "saved alone." In Lake View, Mr. Spafford won his battle against the waves of affliction that this brief message swept over him and out of that night 'of darkness 'came two things : one a hymn that has comforted many i-- "When Peace like a river attendeth my way, Sra When sorrows like sea-billows rol, Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, 'It is well, it is well with my soul." and the other is the American Colony. Spirit of the Godly When Mr. and Mrs. Spafford were reunited they dedicated their lives to Christian work. In 1881 they went to Jerusalem with two daughters born after the tragedy and founded the American Colony. 1 met the two daughters, Mrs. Vester. and Mrs. Whiting. I never sat in the presence of more radiant Christian character than these two women possessed. They told us about their work especially for voung girls. They took* us to the "Anna Baby Home" where we saw the most fortunate little Arabs in all Pal- estine. Their mothers had died when they arrived. It is the most unique charity I have ever seen and so effi- ciently run, : One is sometimes ashamed of Amer- ica when he is abroad. But not in Jerusalem. The word "American" is here attached to the noblest and most Christlike institution in the Holy City. 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