THE REV A. REID’S LECTURE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6502, 29 December 1881, Page 5

THE REV A. REID’S LECTURE.

La*t trtning, ia th» Durbatn street Wft*lry%o Church, th« Bov A. B*fd continued hu Ucturo on the subject of hi* recent tnnli in the Holy land. T>us lesturer proceeded to describe bio iouroej between Jonwden and the Eiror Jordan. Tb® Mo®(ice of • Moses oo ’ the wcftrm tide of Jordan «ru eUCted. Vegetation toward* the Dead Sen wee. fowl* out* fa*' Pjored aa the mm ww neared. ' Tb* baajiaey of the water «m described. A b*ahy sh**d « the water, instead of the a*«d, raHfi ■*» the *Wg 0 f ibe jab W oataito. ■ -Iki w mountain*, including Mount ®ebo to the north, were then alluded it®/' Or referred to lII* probable loadion of the rsiite of Sodom endQoraorwiii at ,tho »«h md of the Dead Sea. Th« fertility of we wait on the plains of Jordan was noted, frf Riw Jordan, if ptopwlj awd for pW of *rrij»llwß,' woflifl, under good £«w»».'tjt, asnbo eoa . e of lb* inoatfiaSshia holdfe jp powlhltb sad

JOTIS® 8 * Wge population. The banks of SISrJT in , *“• p 1 n *y %*». Sl ltL 01 Xh t tint «ot mow •W. or forty yards. Thousands of mom worn Jerusalem annually visited the &**«•* «*»• riror whew St John was sup! t« haw baptised our Lord. Westward £®M g»® ««t pert of the wule dttcrtbed. The Russian Convent was visited, and hrtf® lodging* for visitors ware obtainable --Ihls {none of the most lawks* districts of iym. The road from Jericho to Jerusalem «* remarkable for its ragpdnees, the ascent Mo| vert strep. Tim wad from the base to the summit of the Mount of Clift* wag on© of the most stony in eiittonw. The eon* vent of the Credo, the Church of Iho Ateen* tim, the garden Gelbsmone, the brook Kedwm, tho pool of Bilrem, the villas of UUoaia, the fountain of Joab were all men* teed m acme of the numerous objects of interest visited. The lecturer then further ducted many notable fortune of the Holy Oily, and save a grephte deroripte of the Moegut of Omar. A vote ofthanks was most heartily passed to Mr laid. It was announced that a third krtwt will probably be given at an early dale. There was a very large attendance, and oil present greatly enjoyed Mr Reid’s most interesting wed graphic lecture.