. Zigzag journeys in the Levant, with a Talmudist story-teller : a spring trip of the Zigzag club through Egypt and the Holy Land . THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND SOLOMON. The heart of Solomon turned away from the faith of his fathers,and the simplicity of the days of the Judges. Egypt glowed in hismind, and one of the most beautiful of all his works was built for hisEgyptian queen. With pride came humiliation; with self-seeking,loss. His works of stone and marble and gold have vanished, but the 236 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS JN THE LEVANT. truth that he taught and wrote remains; for truth is eternal, whereverit
. Zigzag journeys in the Levant, with a Talmudist story-teller : a spring trip of the Zigzag club through Egypt and the Holy Land . THE QUEEN OF SHEBA AND SOLOMON. The heart of Solomon turned away from the faith of his fathers,and the simplicity of the days of the Judges. Egypt glowed in hismind, and one of the most beautiful of all his works was built for hisEgyptian queen. With pride came humiliation; with self-seeking,loss. His works of stone and marble and gold have vanished, but the 236 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS JN THE LEVANT. truth that he taught and wrote remains; for truth is eternal, whereverit is found. The spiritual life taught in the Scriptures is the treasure of theworld, and will always be so; for men will always seek their highesthappiness in spiritual things. The invisible kingdom that theIVophcts heralded, lives and will increase while the world shall , standing in Jerusalem, superstition clouds the glory of the THE POOLS OF SOLOMON. One here seems to hear the voice of Him who redeemed mankind, stillsaying: Neither shall ye say, Lo here! or Lo there! for the kingdomof God is within you. High above monuments and ruins is en-throned forever the truth that the Messiah spoke to the Samaritanwoman at the well. The visit to the Garden of Gethsemane was made on a Sabbathafternoon, the day following Easter week. A few gnarled olive-trees THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH. 237 and a plain enclosure was all; and yet here the travellers felt a stranoeand tender awe, for here they were brought face to face with a fact thathad changed the spiritual history of the world. Two thousand years ago there came to this spot, or near it, aBeing who had come from God. He was deserted. Here he bowedbeneath the sorrows of the world, prayed, and went forth to die. He had preached the gospel of a spiritual life. That fact lives;it multiplies; it is eternal. Egypt is dead; her palaces are dust; hermonuments crumble in the blaz
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