sentences:  Soon after the trial, Cresson returned to Jerusalem and actively supported efforts then being made for the agricultural regeneration of Palestine.In the fall of 1852, when Sir Moses Montefiore and Judah Touro were working along the same lines, he announced his intention of establishing an agricultural colony in the valley of Rephaïm.In March 1853, he published a column in "The Occident" and sent a circular from Jerusalem soliciting assistance for his projects.