. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . ly enough, the bowels — that Orientalsymbol of the affections—were moved. Solomon wellknew the perturbations and delightful agitations of love;and a much more trivial thing than the hand of the be-loved, and a much less significant action than the one herementioned, will start the heart leaping and fluttering in ir-repressible ecstasy. But it is time to return, lest Acres in-exorable gate be locked against us, and there is neither holein it through which we can thru
. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . ly enough, the bowels — that Orientalsymbol of the affections—were moved. Solomon wellknew the perturbations and delightful agitations of love;and a much more trivial thing than the hand of the be-loved, and a much less significant action than the one herementioned, will start the heart leaping and fluttering in ir-repressible ecstasy. But it is time to return, lest Acres in-exorable gate be locked against us, and there is neither holein it through which we can thrust our hand, nor wakefulheart on the other side to be moved by it if we could. March llth. Our ride to Shefa Amer to-day will com-plete the survey of this vast plain of Acre to the bordersof Zebulon. As there is nothing special to claim attention in this partof the plain, let me ask an explanation of several passagesof the Bible which I have marked in my Bible readingsat Acre. But first tell me what tree is this on our right,dressed out in whit«^ blossoms so earlv in the season? ALMOND-TREE—TYPICAL SIGNIFICATION. 495. ALHONS-TBEE. That is the almond. It often blossoms in February, andthis early activity is repeatedly alluded to in the opens his heavy visions thus: The word of theLord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou ? andI said, I see the rod of an almond-tree. Then said the Lord,Thou hast well seen, for I will hasten my word to performit—-just as this tree hastens to bud and blossom long beforeany other has begun to wake out of the repose of winter,and before it has put forth its own leaves. The same thing is implied, according to the general econ-omy of miracles, in the selection of rods from this tree byMoses to be laid up in the tabernacle, in order to settle thecontroversy in regard to the family that should be clothedwith the priestl}^ office: And it came to pass that on themorrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and be-hol
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