THE GARDEN OF EDEN.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 310, 29 September 1915, Page 8

THE GARDEN OF EDEN.

WHERE THI-J BRITISH ARE FIGHT- | INO THE TURKS. ! i The battleground in Egypt where the British forces are opposing the Turks .is the site which archaeologists claim Ito be the spot where the Garden of I Eden existed countless centuries ago. 'The exact position lies between Annan and Hitty on the Upper Euphrates, which is now the centre of the TurkoBritish struggle. The former home of Adam and Eve resounds to the roar of 'howitzers and the tramp of armed men. Many sacred scenes of Bible history are involved in the British campaign against the Turks in Palestine. One of the most sacred lakes in the world, the Sea of Gcnnesaret, or the "Luke of Galilee, is in the. war zone. It lies not far from Nazareth, and it was from it that ; St. Peter and the fishermen of the country gathered their livelihood. Here was also the town of Capernaum, famous for its miracle records. The hills round Nazareth are now fortified by the Turks, and the sacred ruins of Capernaum are threatened by mines and air bombs The site where Moses received the Ten Commanadments and all the stirring events of the Israelite wanderings in the wilderness occurred, have seen the horrors of war. The Turks are conducting their campaign with utter indifference to the claims of sacred buildings and territory to be "spared from destruction. The village of Gaza, where Samson carried away the Temple pillars, and the town of Hebron, where Abraham was buried, lie in the path of the retreating Turkish army, and it is doubtful whether the soldiers will refrain from destroying these ancient sites, which are reverred by Christians all over the world.