The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . d Gamala was vastly more difficult to at-tack. The absence of fortifications on the top of Jefat caneasily be explained. The original works were ephemeral,extemporized for the emergency, and built of the soft cre-taceous rock of the place, and being demolished and desert-ed, they would crumble into just such rubbish as now cov-ers the extreme edges of the rock. There are a few cavesand old cisterns about it, quite sufficient for the story re-duced^ as this, above all
The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . d Gamala was vastly more difficult to at-tack. The absence of fortifications on the top of Jefat caneasily be explained. The original works were ephemeral,extemporized for the emergency, and built of the soft cre-taceous rock of the place, and being demolished and desert-ed, they would crumble into just such rubbish as now cov-ers the extreme edges of the rock. There are a few cavesand old cisterns about it, quite sufficient for the story re-duced^ as this, above all others in Josephus, ought to be. Hemanifestly intended to rest his fame as a warrior upon thedefense of Jotapata, and with this idea to stimulate his pen, 126 THE LAND AND THE BOOK. there is scarcely any conceivable length of exaggeration towhich he would not go.^ But there lies Nazareth in its pretty vale, and I leave youto walk or lide down these shppery paths as you prefer, andto enjoy in silence your own reflections, which must be farmore impressive than any words of mine. See Wars, iii. 7 and 8. I ?liiiifl, lii-h i. CHARMING VIEW. 129 XXIX. NAZARETH. March 29th. Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth ? Comeand see, as Philip said to Nathaniel. Why not ? It appeared really charming last night as wecame down the mountain from the northeast with the grate-fid shadows of evening felling softly around it. The valeis small certainly, but then the different swellings of the sur-rounding hills give the idea of repose and protection; and,for my part, I would infinitely prefer to have the home ofMary and her divine Son in such a quiet seclusion, than tobe obliged to force my way to it through the dust, and con-fusion, and hard worldliness of any crowded city. I most emphatically accord with that opinion, or ratherfeeling; and there is a sort of latent beauty and appropri-ateneSvS in the arrangement by which He who made all thingsout of nothing should himself come forth to the
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