. The pathways and abiding places of our Lord;. s, Nestor and Hercules them-selves, are but moderns compared with the ancient men of Jerusalem. Herethe majestic temple of Solomon already raised its pinnacles; and David hadsung upon the hills and in the valleys of Jewry before the exploits of Aga-memnon and Achilles had been made immortal by the Eagle of than a thousand years before Kome, the Eternal City, was founded,we are presented with the sublime and affecting picture of Abraham thePatriarch blessing the priest and the prince, who was Melchizedek the king ofSalem, this city of pe
. The pathways and abiding places of our Lord;. s, Nestor and Hercules them-selves, are but moderns compared with the ancient men of Jerusalem. Herethe majestic temple of Solomon already raised its pinnacles; and David hadsung upon the hills and in the valleys of Jewry before the exploits of Aga-memnon and Achilles had been made immortal by the Eagle of than a thousand years before Kome, the Eternal City, was founded,we are presented with the sublime and affecting picture of Abraham thePatriarch blessing the priest and the prince, who was Melchizedek the king ofSalem, this city of peace. Above all, He of whom the king of Salem was buta type, had walked in her streets and preached to her multitudes. He hadmoistened the very earth with His tears and His blood. Prophets, apostles,martyrs had been here, and the pilgrims of all nations and ages had gone upto Jerusalem before us. The season too joined its influence to these and kindred thoughts to fill ourminds with solemnity and awe, as we drew near to the consecrated site. It. FIRST VIEW OF JERUSALEM. 63 had been our earnest desire to arrive in time to celebrate the whole of PassionWeek in the Holy City. We should have walked over the same ground, andvisited in succession all the places rendered memorable by that week—theweek above all others of sacred mysteries—beginning with Palm Sunday,when our Lord, accompanied by His disciples, crossed over the Mount ofOlives, seated upon 1 a colt, the foal of an ass, and entered the city in trust we may yet fulfil our purpose, so as to have a full association ofplaces with our Lords Passion, though we shall not be able to do it in strictanniversary. At length the road ascended the last, long rocky hill, and when we hadreached the summit, it seemed as if the very landscape around us had sufferedfrom the vengeance of heaven. Vegetation had almost ceased. A stony plain,a desert of rocks announced our approach. We press on over the rocky way,slightly descendin
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