. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. overed with bushes, shrubs, andtrees. The yellow apple of Sodom is found, the nubk tree orthe spina Christi, whose thorny branches enclosed the gardensof the people of modern Jericho, and the myrobalanum, the so-called balm of Gilead, grows in many places around the moderncity. It is named Zakkum by the Arabs, the bark of whichis of a greyish colour, and its fruit resembles gree
. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. overed with bushes, shrubs, andtrees. The yellow apple of Sodom is found, the nubk tree orthe spina Christi, whose thorny branches enclosed the gardensof the people of modern Jericho, and the myrobalanum, the so-called balm of Gilead, grows in many places around the moderncity. It is named Zakkum by the Arabs, the bark of whichis of a greyish colour, and its fruit resembles green plums,from which a fragrant oil is extracted. This rich plain lieswaste, because the Turkish Government exists only to crushthe people. Jews and Syrians see the evil, but cannot cure vast majority of the people regard Britain as the onlycountry that can and will help them. And the time mayspeedily come, when the flag of Britain will fly over Jerusalem,Nazareth and Beirut, a sign to the people that a paternal andChristian Government will rule them in equity ; then the plainof Jericho and the other fertile plains of Palestine will sup-port happy and industrious millions. * Paradise Regained iii. PART III. WOMEN GRINDING AT A MILL. NORTHERN PALESTINE AND SYRIA AND ASIA. Chapter XVI. FROM JERUSALEM TO SAMARIA AND JENNIN. Unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of i. 2.
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