. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... ce of the cliff aGreek inscription records the sacred history of the cave. TheRomans succeeding the Greeks, Herod the Great erected asplendid temple of white marble to Augustus near the placecalled Paniuin? Destroyed by some unknown jDower, the ru-ins of this temple are entombed in the cave, excepting a frag-ment clinging to the rocks above, and now dedicated to a Mos-lem saint. Near t
. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... ce of the cliff aGreek inscription records the sacred history of the cave. TheRomans succeeding the Greeks, Herod the Great erected asplendid temple of white marble to Augustus near the placecalled Paniuin? Destroyed by some unknown jDower, the ru-ins of this temple are entombed in the cave, excepting a frag-ment clinging to the rocks above, and now dedicated to a Mos-lem saint. Near this spot is the great fountain of Banias,which is one of the principal sources of the Jordan. Burstingforth from beneath heaps of rubbish, the water flows in a rap-id, foaming torrent over a rocky bed, and, plunging over aprecipice, falls into a dark ravine, through which it runs south-ward and joins the Hasbany. As the northern limit of our Saviors wanderings, Cffisarea Philippi was the scene of one of the most interesting incidents in our Lords life. Having restored a blind man at Bethsaida Julias, he and his disciples passed np this same route, and, Robiuson. - Josephus, Aiitiq., b. xv., cb. x., s. FROM DxVN TO BEERSHEBA. 413 coming into the to\v-ns of Ca3savea Philippi, he asked his dis-ciples, Whom do men say that I am ? Receiving their re-ply, he tested their faith by the more personal question, Butwhom say ye that I am ? Ever ready with an answer, andacting as the mouth-piece of his brethren, St. Peter utteredthat extraordinary confession, Thou art the Christ, the sonof the living God. Satisfied with an answer no less satisfac-tory than true, he returned southward, and after six dayshe was transfigured on the summit of Tabor, commanding aview of his native hills.^ Passing on the east the castle of Subeibeh, the road to Has-beiya is through a region as wild as it is picturesque. Eight-een miles from Coesarea Philippi is the fountain of Hasbany,the principal source of
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