The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals . ted, for it is said the top of Carmelshall wither. Abana and Pharpar still water andfertilize the plain of Damascus, as in the days of theproud and haughty Syrian; and the Jordan still rollsits stream through the plains of Esdraelon. Thebrook still wanders through the valley of Elah, wherethe hosts of the Philistines, as grasshoppers formultitude, were once encamped, and drawn up inbattle array; that brook remains, whence the shepherdboy took the pebble that proved so fatal to their
The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals . ted, for it is said the top of Carmelshall wither. Abana and Pharpar still water andfertilize the plain of Damascus, as in the days of theproud and haughty Syrian; and the Jordan still rollsits stream through the plains of Esdraelon. Thebrook still wanders through the valley of Elah, wherethe hosts of the Philistines, as grasshoppers formultitude, were once encamped, and drawn up inbattle array; that brook remains, whence the shepherdboy took the pebble that proved so fatal to their giantleader. So true is it, that, as Dr. E. D. Clarke hasobserved, in reference to this and the other scenes of 51 Palestine, the Bible is the best itinerary of theHoly Land/—an admission made by every travellerwho has visited these scenes.—consecrated by eventsthe most stupendous, and phenomena the most solemnand sublime. The stork knows his appointed time/and still alights by the streams of Jabbok at periodicintervals, as it did aforetime; and when Jacobforded its waters on his return from The Stork hy the river Jabhok, with the hills of Bashan, amongthe mountains of GHead. Entrenched among the rocky fastnesses of Bashan,dwelt the formidable foe of Israel, and its alpine rangeformed the boundary line between the children ofAmmon and the Amorites. Bashan was not onlyrenowned for its oaks, but its cattle, and the giantstrength of its inhabitants. The paper reed, by thebrooks is still found there, as in prophetic times ;the fig tree still springs up by the way side. Sharonis still celebrated for its roses; and though Heshbon D 2 52 languishes/ its wheat is rich in the ear, and luxuriantin the stem. Egypt is still as celebrated for itscucumbers, and melons, and onions, as before theExode, and the lilies of the field still decorate theplains of Palestine, as they did when the •? Prince ofLife pointed to them, as pledges of his willow still weeps b
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