Forbidden paths in the land of Og; . intercepted the progress of thedelighted tourists. Sometimes the path tookthem up steep hillsides, sometimes along beauti-ful, green valleys. Partridges abounded, but thedense woods were their protectors. Then, too,clouds had formed in the skies, and the burningheat of the morning had given way to acceptablycool shadows. What a grand place for a picnic in these east-ern woods! Not alone would the scenery please,but also many Biblical characters might in im-agination join the group. For the land of Gileadis the scene of much Bible history. Nineteenthcentury
Forbidden paths in the land of Og; . intercepted the progress of thedelighted tourists. Sometimes the path tookthem up steep hillsides, sometimes along beauti-ful, green valleys. Partridges abounded, but thedense woods were their protectors. Then, too,clouds had formed in the skies, and the burningheat of the morning had given way to acceptablycool shadows. What a grand place for a picnic in these east-ern woods! Not alone would the scenery please,but also many Biblical characters might in im-agination join the group. For the land of Gileadis the scene of much Bible history. Nineteenthcentury Sunday-school scholars might open theirBibles under the trees, and call up many a hero,whose reality had been dimmed by would the teachers object to a view of theBiblical panorama. First come the Midianite cameleers, whobought Joseph from his brethren, sold him to ahigh officer in Egypt, then returned to Gilead toload their camels once more with spieery andbalm and myrrh. 1 What questions would not 1 Gen. xxxvii. 25,146. The Oaks of Bashan Yankee curiosity contrive to ask them regardingthe particulars of the lying deceit, wherebyJoseph was taken down to Egypt! The panorama moves on to the time of theJudges. Behold a maiden wandering upon themountain-tops amongst these wooded hills, cladin mourning robes, in evident grief and sorrowfor some impending event. It is the daughter ofJephthah, the He had driven theAmmonites from the land, and had vowed tosacrifice as a burnt-offering that which shouldfirst come forth from the door of his house uponhis safe return. When his daughter, his onlychild, met him with timbrel and dance, his joywas turned to grief, as he saw the terrible out-come of his rash Alas, my daughter!thou hast brought me very low. Jephthahrealized his misfortune in all its severity. Notonly must he sacrifice his only child, but hethereby brought ignominious disgrace upon him-self for dying without posterity. To this day theperpetuity of
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