Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . attered frao-ments. This historic ruin now echoesto the gossip of poor Arabs who watched its slowdecay ever since the last religious service was held init—almost the last held by the Crusaders in Palestine. At the time of Christ, Tyre contained a populationof about 150,000 souls, but since it has been underTurkish rule ( 1291),
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . attered frao-ments. This historic ruin now echoesto the gossip of poor Arabs who watched its slowdecay ever since the last religious service was held init—almost the last held by the Crusaders in Palestine. At the time of Christ, Tyre contained a populationof about 150,000 souls, but since it has been underTurkish rule ( 1291), it has rapidly declined untilit is now only a miserable Arab village of 3,000 in-habitants, many of the dwellings being constructedof stone, which had done service in the walls ofsplendid ancient public edifices and dwellings. The silence, desolation, and ruins of this once proudcity, all attest the complete fulfilment of the pro-phesies of its destruction. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, andbreak down her towers: I will also scrape her dustfrom her, and make her like the top of a rock. It sliall be Q,j)lace for the spreading of nets inthe midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith theLord God : and it shall become a spoil to the nations. WM. ^/iJJ*^-^*
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