. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . k, or seeit hurrying hitherand thither, as if itcould not rest, with-out thinking ofNoah and the arkon Ararat. He sentforth this uneasybird, which went toand fro until thewaters were driedup, and never againsought safety or re-pose by returningto the ark. Sademblem of thosew^ho fly from the^^^^^ true ark, and only refuge against that other deluge which shall drown the un-godly in everlasting destruction! And now w^e are entering the vast olive-orchards ofShwoifat. S
. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . k, or seeit hurrying hitherand thither, as if itcould not rest, with-out thinking ofNoah and the arkon Ararat. He sentforth this uneasybird, which went toand fro until thewaters were driedup, and never againsought safety or re-pose by returningto the ark. Sademblem of thosew^ho fly from the^^^^^ true ark, and only refuge against that other deluge which shall drown the un-godly in everlasting destruction! And now w^e are entering the vast olive-orchards ofShwoifat. See! our noisy approach has frightened a timiddove from tlie midst of that fine old tree. The dove and the olive! an-other association to remind us ofthe ark, and the second father ofmankind. Who can see the dovesitting in this tree without think-ing of that evening when she re-turned to the ark, and lo! in hermouth was an olive-leaf pluckedoff?^ Mute messenger fiom theworld below, by which Noahknew that the waters were abatedfrom off the earth. The olive-tree, its fruit, and oilmust have been known before the Gen. viii. DOVE—DELUGE. 69 deluge, but wlietlier the dove and tlie branch were emblemsof peace and good-will by previous custom, or whether thehint was taken from this transaction, I shall not attempt todetermine. The tradition among the Greeks that the firstolive-branch that reached their country was carried by adove from Phoenicia to the temple of Jupiter in Epirus, iscertainly very remarkable. The connection of the dovewith the olive, however, is quite natural. These groves aretheir favorite resort. In them they build their nests andrear their young, and there may be heard all day long theirlow, soft cooing, in sweet unison with the breeze which whis-pers peace to the troubled and repose to the weary. It seems a fair deduction from the narrative in Genesis,that the flood must have risen in such a quiet way as not todestroy the trees, and must also have remained b
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