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FROM ALEXANDRIA TO JOPPA AND JERUSALEM. 317
that sport in the Mediterranean waters, consider it no
heresy to doubt the whale-story of the Old Testament.
It was at Joppa that the Lebanon timber from Hiram,
king of Tyre, was landed for the building of both the
temples at Jerusalem. It was here that the Tabitha whose
name " by interpretation was Dorcas " lived, whom Peter,
by his mediumistic powers, " raised to life," and where this
apostle also had the remarkable vision recorded in the tenth
chapter of Acts. The " Aets of the Apostles " should have
been denominated the practices and spiritual experiences
of the apostles. Tradition points to the very house where
lived " Simon the tanner, by the seaside." Certainly we
visited this spot, as do all pilgrims. The " seaside " is
still there : further, " deponent saith not." Houses perish,
but the good, never.
Peter still, remembers his vision.
NEW-ENGLANDERS IN JOPPA.
Considerable interest attached to Joppa, a few years since,
from the attempted settlement there of some Maine and
New-Ham]Dsliire " Church of Messiah " religionists, under the
leadership of the Rev. G. H. Adams, well known in some
of the New-England States. This colonizing movement
proved, however, a complete failure. Adams — originally an
actor, a Mormon, a pretender— became dissipated ;
the colonists
lost their property; an officious consul (since dismissed)
took the fleece ; and the flock became scattered, only
a few of the original settlers remaining in the country. The
tract of land secured and taken up by these New-England
enthusiasts is now owned principally by Germans. Some of
these American settlers became so poor that they actually
begged bread of the Arabs. Contributions sent to them were
appropriated by Adams and his wife. Only twelve of the
original one hundred and fifty-six that went to Joppa
remain. Adams is in England ; and Mrs. Adams, the least
respected of the two, is in California. The whole story is a
sad one, the details of which will hereafter be given in full.