Recent discoveries at Jericho were of no little importance. Joshna's Jericho had been unearthed by an_ Austrian excavator. Around the city' were discovered sun-dried bricks. There was one house which had evidently been built into the wall still standing on the wall itself. That was evidently the house which they were told was not overthrown when the walls came down.
In conclusion, Capt. Holmes said that such discoveries would be sure to give an impetus to the remarkable spiritual awakening now taking place among the educated class ses at Home. As Secretary of the Officers' Christian Union, a body affiliated to a number of other organizations conducting a cam-reign of practical Christianity among the middle classes, he said that nowadays in garrison towns he had seen young officers sacrifice their leave to tell others of the comfort they had found in being religious. In many cases he knew of. officers who had never cared about religion going long distances to spend quiet week ends for the purpose of discovering in some old-fashioned families the joy and comfort of religion.
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