The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals . breathed a pureratmosphere, and beat a holier pulse, than the circum- 61 stances of time, about which wc are ordinarily so busyas to cease to reflect on our better being, have great point of attraction, however, is the regionof the cedars, where the feast of cedars is annuallycelebrated; venerable patriarchs of a noble line ofancestry! they belong to what may be called the bloodroyal of vegetation. The number of these veteransis now reduced to seven, but scions of their
The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals . breathed a pureratmosphere, and beat a holier pulse, than the circum- 61 stances of time, about which wc are ordinarily so busyas to cease to reflect on our better being, have great point of attraction, however, is the regionof the cedars, where the feast of cedars is annuallycelebrated; venerable patriarchs of a noble line ofancestry! they belong to what may be called the bloodroyal of vegetation. The number of these veteransis now reduced to seven, but scions of their sires arespringing up in multitudes. The mutability of timehas visited these cedars with changes, and the gloryof Lebanon has fallen. A goodly array they must havebeen in the time of Hiram, king of Tyre— Illium fuit. These trees, says Lamartine, with great truth, arethe most celebrated national monuments on the globe;religion, poetry, and history, have equally consecratedthem; the holy scriptures celebrate them in severalplaces. They form one of the images which the pro-phets use with especial The mountain scenery of , from a Hebrew word signifying a flower,is situated among the mountains of Galilee of theGentiles, on the frontiers of the inheritance of Issachar 62 and Zebulon. Among the scenes of its hill country,were passed the early days of the eventful life of the Son of Man. The hills around Nazareth are of an in-considerable altitude; and form a circumvalation roundthe hallowed spot. Dr. Richardson says:— It seemsas if fifteen mountains united to form one enclosurefor this delightful spot; they rise around it like theedge of a shell, to guard it from intrusion. It is arich and beautiful field, in the midst of barren moun-tains; it abounds in fig trees, small gardens, andhedges of the prickly pear, and the dense grass formsan abundant pasture. Still the concentus aviumappears to be absent from these sacred scenes. Among the olive trees nea
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