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Modern Improvements in Palestine

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 16, 1866

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 27, No. 7.

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Modern Improvements in Palestine

THE Sublime Porte has lately issued an order to widen and pave the streets of Jerusalem; and this is accepted by the Jews as a sign of the coming of the Messiah, fulfilling the prophetic command to "make broad the ways, and gather out the stones." Modern improvements are making material changes in the face of Palestine. There is a telegraph at Jaffa, which connects Egypt with Beirut; and a branch line to Jerusalem is in contemplation. Preparations are being made to construct a carriage-road to Jaffa. There is soon to be a light-house on Mt. Carmel, and two or three on the Syrian coast. Two lines of English steamers touch at Jaffa monthly.