THE NEW PALESTINE
MISS L. 0. MITCHELL’S ADDRESS An instructive review of the conditions of the Holy Land since the British. mandate was granted for that territory was given by Miss L. O. MitchdU the distinguished visiting missionary, last evening in the Holy Sepuicnrs Hail. Palestine was described by Mitchell with a text from Deuteronomy, as “the which the Lord thy Goa loveth. The eyes of the Lord are upon it from the beginning of the yc&r to the end thereof.” There was Pf® 13 ' ably no place in the world to wnlcfl "o many eyes were turned today, au the Jews, in no matter what country they were, loved to think of as the country which was once their own. . An outline of the changes in session and control of that smai country since early Biblical days was given by the speaker, who went on to describe General Allcnby’s capture Jerusalem. Great improvements naa been mad© since the British niJJJJJ* had been granted, but great bitterness existed between Jews and Arao£ Mbs Mitchell spoke of the wont being accomplished by the Chnsuan Missionary Society in establishing schools and hospitals. ' v hicb M” proved an especial boon to giria women of all religious beliefs.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1043, 6 August 1930, Page 8
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204THE NEW PALESTINE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1043, 6 August 1930, Page 8
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