Samuel Gobat, Bishop of Jerusalem, his life and work : a biographical sketch . n oclock next day all our property was safelybrought ashore. It was Christmas Eve when we landed, so that we wereglad and thankful to celebrate the Nativity of our BlessedEedeemer the first day after our arrival in His ownEmmanuel land. The following day being Saturday, weremained to spend Sunday quietly at Jaffa with the lateEev. J. Nicolayson, who had come the previous day fromJerusalem to welcome us. We started for Jerusalem on the 30th of December,and as we approached the Holy City, many members ofthe small Prot
Samuel Gobat, Bishop of Jerusalem, his life and work : a biographical sketch . n oclock next day all our property was safelybrought ashore. It was Christmas Eve when we landed, so that we wereglad and thankful to celebrate the Nativity of our BlessedEedeemer the first day after our arrival in His ownEmmanuel land. The following day being Saturday, weremained to spend Sunday quietly at Jaffa with the lateEev. J. Nicolayson, who had come the previous day fromJerusalem to welcome us. We started for Jerusalem on the 30th of December,and as we approached the Holy City, many members ofthe small Protestant community, proselytes and others,came out upon the road to meet and welcome us. Abouttwo miles from Jerusalem we were met by the Englishand Prussian Consuls in uniform, accompanied by ladiesand gentlemen on horseback. I was so deeply movedthat I could scarcely speak, but I prayed inwardly. Onreaching the city we went straight to the chapel, whereI read the Litany, and then addressed the small congre- 11 liiiliiilllllllllllllllli:!; iwimi litI h i siiiiiHiiiiiJi- Ilii. ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM. 115 gation; after which all retired to their homes, havingfirst expressed their good wishes to us. On the 1st of January 1847 I fell ill of fever, whichlasted three weeks, during which time I resolved to keepthe anniversary of the arrival of the first ProtestantBishop (Alexander) in Jerusalem as a day of prayer andthanksgiving, not only for our community on MountZion, but for all believers everywhere who take an interestin the welfare of Jerusalem, the conversion and restora-tion of Israel to the covenant of God with His people,and the blessing which will follow for all nations. A yearly circular letter has since been published, in-viting all Christian brethren abroad to unite with usbefore the throne of grace in prayer and praise on every21 st of January; and, blessed be God, that day and theopportunities it affords for self-examination and mutualexhortation has ever proved an occasio
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