SCENIC PALESTINE

Evening Star, Issue 22354, 2 June 1936, Page 3

SCENIC PALESTINE

ILLUSTRATED LECTURE The scenic beauties of Palestine formed the basis of a lecture given last evening in Purus Hall by Dr C. .1. Rolls, home director for Australia and New Zealand of the Sudan Interior Mission. Dr Rolls confined himself to a great extent to a- description of the very excellent slides which were shown on the screen. Made almost without exception from photographs taken by Dr Rolls himself, the slides comprised a particularly fine collection of scenic pictures in colour. Speeal mention is due to a series of four or five pictures, so constructed that it was possible for them to be made to “fade” one into another. of the gradual sinking of the sun over the Sea of Galileo. These were extremely effective, .and brought forth prolonged applause from the audience. Another section of the collection dealt with the work of the Palestine shepherds, and in this connection Dr Rolls found opportunity to enlarge upon the beauties and truths of the Twenty-third Psalm. _ While showing a number of slides depicting the many varieties of wild flojvers to be found in Palestine, the speaker mentioned that in that small country, scarcely 50 miles wide and not more than 120 miles long, there were to be found snow-capped mountains, hot valleys, luxuriant pastures, and bare deserts. A picture which gained the admiration of the audience was a reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘ Last Supper,’ which was shown in connection with a series depicting the parts of the country associated with the life of the Lord.

The architecture of the Holy Land also received a share of attention, and Dr Rolls found frequent opportunities of enlivening his talk with amusing anecdotes and stores about the scones and places depicted.