The old world : Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor : travel, incident, description and history . trodden Jew. The curse of God still fol-lows him wherever he may be and whatever he may here, upon the soil once possessed by his ancestors;here, where King David ruled and Solomon uttered hiswords of wisdom ; here, almost within sight of the tem-ple, the glory of which filled the whole earth ; yes, evenhere, the Jew is treated as the veriest dog by his Mos-lem rulers! One would think that this fact alone—if no other—wouldso impress the Jewish mind that they would be forced toacknowledge the
The old world : Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor : travel, incident, description and history . trodden Jew. The curse of God still fol-lows him wherever he may be and whatever he may here, upon the soil once possessed by his ancestors;here, where King David ruled and Solomon uttered hiswords of wisdom ; here, almost within sight of the tem-ple, the glory of which filled the whole earth ; yes, evenhere, the Jew is treated as the veriest dog by his Mos-lem rulers! One would think that this fact alone—if no other—wouldso impress the Jewish mind that they would be forced toacknowledge the divinity of our Saviour—that they wouldsee in all this the just indignation of an offended God, andwould be led to seek forgiveness and mercy from Him whoalone can save them. How long, how long, O God, shall The Sea of Galilee. 219 this land, once thy chosen habitation, but now so accursed,continue under thy fierce displeasure ? How long, howlong, O God, shall this people, once thine own chosen,but now so down-trodden and oppressed, continue to wan-der into by and forbidden paths ?19. CHAPTER XI. DESOLATE PLACES. OUR six days near Tiberias, on the shores of the Seaof Galilee, with hot and cold baths every day, andthe cool and invigorating breezes from the snow-cappedsummit of Mount Hermon blowing down upon us, willever be remembered as among the most pleasant of all ourdays in Palestine; but, as all things earthly, howeverpleasant, must have an end some time, and as we havemany other places yet to visit, we must now strike ourtents and away. At half-past seven on Wednesday morning, April 17th,we leave our camping-ground by the seaside, and start onour tour northward. We again pass by Tiberias, by Mag-dala, by Gennesaret, and by the Fountain of the Fig, andsoon after reach an old khan, which is thought by someto mark the spot where Joseph was cast into the pit by hisbrethren before they sold him to the Ishmaelites. Stephens, in writing of this spot and of this event, says
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