. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . leltruxf ij%„y Saulnaja J^ai/ah I %. THE LAND AND THE BOOK, I. BEIRUT. January 24th, 1857. Our first walk in the Land of Promise! To me a landof promises more numerous and not less interesting thanthose given to the Father of the Faithful, when the Lordsaid, Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and inthe breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.^ It is givento me also, and I mean to make it mine from Dan to Beer-sheba before I leave it. Doubtless; and
. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . leltruxf ij%„y Saulnaja J^ai/ah I %. THE LAND AND THE BOOK, I. BEIRUT. January 24th, 1857. Our first walk in the Land of Promise! To me a landof promises more numerous and not less interesting thanthose given to the Father of the Faithful, when the Lordsaid, Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and inthe breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.^ It is givento me also, and I mean to make it mine from Dan to Beer-sheba before I leave it. Doubtless; and so every young enthusiast in trademeans to make his fortune. But do you expect to gainsuch an inheritance as this in a few months? Abrahamhimself never set foot on one tenth of this territory, andMoses only got a birds-eye view of it—not a bad one,though, if the day was as intensely clear as ours is. Oneseems to look quite to the bottom of heavens profoundestazure, where the everlasting stars abide; and how sharp-ly defined is every rock and ravine, and tree and house onlofty Lebanon, That virgin snow on its summit is thirtymiles off, and yet you could almo
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