Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . U ?r3K-4*o« WILDERNESS OF JUDEA. bye to the locality so dear to us because once the home of Him who did so much formankind. As we stood and cast one lingering look at the old city and its walls, surroundedby valleys and hills, with their many sacred associations, and reflected that we were leavingthis sacred place, the history of the ages past, when kings and prophets and apostles andthe Son of God walked the streets of this wonderful city, came crowding into my mind,
Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . U ?r3K-4*o« WILDERNESS OF JUDEA. bye to the locality so dear to us because once the home of Him who did so much formankind. As we stood and cast one lingering look at the old city and its walls, surroundedby valleys and hills, with their many sacred associations, and reflected that we were leavingthis sacred place, the history of the ages past, when kings and prophets and apostles andthe Son of God walked the streets of this wonderful city, came crowding into my mind, andI stood absorbed in deepest meditation. We arrived at Ramleh just in the evening, andfound the convent full of tourists. Resuming our journey at day-break, we reached Jop|)a in time to take passage for pleasant sail and we were at Alexandria on the 22d of March; and after going throughthe ordeal of the customs, and being besieged by boatmen, we reached the Hotel Europe,situated on a large and pleasant square, and found the city, contrary to our expectations, tobe very fine and s])acious. The next morning we
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