The chapter on Churches of Christ in Great Britain and Ireland was read before publication by Bro. Ivie Campbell, Jr., of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, who made some suggestions for its improvement. Bro. J.W. McGarvey, of Lexington, Ky., kindly read the chapters on the Geography and History of Palestine, and made some corrections. Selah Merrill, United States Consul at Jerusalem, has given some information embodied in the Historic Sketch of Palestine. Acknowledgement of the helpful services of my wife, and of Miss Delia Boyd, of Atpontley, Tenn., is hereby made. TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND CHAPTER II. CROSSING EUROPE CHAPTER III. ASIA MINOR AND SYRIA CHAPTER IV. A FEW DAYS IN GALILEE CHAPTER V. SIGHT-SEEING IN JERUSALEM CHAPTER VI. SIDE TRIPS FROM JERUSALEM CHAPTER VII. EGYPT, THE LAND OF TOMBS AND TEMPLES CHAPTER VIII. GEOGRAPHY OF PALESTINE CHAPTER IX. HISTORIC SKETCH OF PALESTINE CHAPTER X. CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN GREAT BRITAIN CHAPTER I. SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND. When I was a "boy on a farm," one of my school teachers had a small machine, which was sometimes used to print the names of students in their books. Somehow I came to want a "printing press," and after a while I purchased an outfit for fifteen cents, but it was a poor thing and failed to satisfy me. Accordingly, I disposed of it and spent a larger sum for a typewriter, which was little more than a toy. This, too, was unsatisfactory, and I sold it. At a later date, I bought a second-hand typewriter, which was turned in as part payment for the machine I am now using to write this book, and now, after all these successive steps, I find myself possessed of a real typewriter. I will also mention my youthful desire for a watch. I wanted a timepiece and thought I would like for it to be of small size. I thought of it when awake, and, sometimes, when asleep, dreamed that I actually had the little watch in my possession. Since those days of dreams and disappointments, I have had three watches, and they have all been of small size.