The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

Erigar arrd lrer tw-0 sons, tile brotlac-rs \-isitccl Egypt andPalcatine. For many wveeks they encamped in bents.ctosr:tn the Great Pyramid. Morton preceded the otkrs inorrler to makc necessary relimbrp anaqemwDi, andto complete prepentiom & taking exact measunmcntsof tlic internal passages. e k A very fali acamnt of thiroperations at the Pyramid 2 give0 in the first rolamc of" Great Pyramid The sccond &me of &biswork enters fully into I tk --in& -easurernents,of wlkh there are about fiftv ; and also explainstl~c wonderful time-padleks of the-S%iPbu&.lluring thcir stay in the East, we were kept wen advisedof thcir impdons and movements- The bretllmn in(;lasgow took an in- interest in their opxations, andc;rct?riy prused Iong..lettcrs sent homc Zrom time to time.\Ye tvcrc not without an-xiety on their account, fur manydangers ;rttcnded their enterprise. Tlwse win be readilyuerlcrstood when it is stated that, in additioa to measuringa:currrtcly the. cxcwdinglp stecp and slim -past-they cle1~ examined the IVcll-shaft, wlurh ~s almostt~*rpcndicular. and about ,W feet in dc th 1 Tbii workrts rendere$ more adly possi'b1e by performedd~tring the off" season, when thc ordinary tourists andc\rricmity-hunters had left the coune ; but, on the othert~anil, they were exposed to the excessive heat whichj~rc\-ails at that time. and is a frequent uusc of seriousi1lnt-s~ to tlim accustomed to a northern climate. Indced.u-ftile in Jcmsalcm, the doctor and bis punger boy,Stmlco, \rere \-en- ill with dpntet). ; and when wcr?.r.c.it.irl news of tficir sickness we n-ere M-aith sppn-hcnsions. We donbly rojoicd, tllcrciore.' and renderedto God our heart-felt thanks ahcn in due time theyrctirrncd safe and well.