. 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. s and forms be swept away by the river of thewaters of life which shall rise in volume and power with thecenturies, until it shall sweep away evil from the creeds, as wellas from the hearts of men. Then the world shall be a holyPantheon, from which shall be torn down the idols that defileand debase what is noble in the soul. Byron thus speaks ofthe Roman Pantheon :— Shrine of al
. 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. s and forms be swept away by the river of thewaters of life which shall rise in volume and power with thecenturies, until it shall sweep away evil from the creeds, as wellas from the hearts of men. Then the world shall be a holyPantheon, from which shall be torn down the idols that defileand debase what is noble in the soul. Byron thus speaks ofthe Roman Pantheon :— Shrine of all saints and temple of all gods, From Jove to Jesus—spared and blessed by time ; Looking tranquillity, while falls or nods Arch, Empire, each thing round thee, and man plods His way through thorns to ashes—glorious dome ! Shalt thou not last I Times scythe and tyrants rods Shiver upon thee—sanctuary and home Of art and piety—Pantheon !—pride of Rome. Crossing the bridge of St. Angelo, with its figures as ifguardian angels of the yellow Tiber, flowing sluggishly below,and passing along the Borgo Nuovo, the Piazza of St. Peter isreached. On the right and left are the immense colonnades, go 1-3 HW oq O. 32 IN AND ABOUT ROME. sixty-one feet wide, sixty-four feet high, and composed oftwo hundred and eighty-four Doric columns. In the centreof this enclosed area, which forms a splendid approach to thecostliest and largest church in the world, stands a graniteobelisk from Heliopolis in Egypt. The weight is thirty-sixtons; it was originally dedicated to Augustus and Tiberiusby Caligula, as the Latin inscription, still legible, testifies. Onone side of this heathen monument is a Bible truth which thewise men of Heliopolis never knew, and is the foundation ofthe worlds hope : The Lion of the tribe of Judah has Leo de tribu Iuda. Beyond stretches the great facade,and above and beyond is the magnificent dome. By a broadflight of stairs I reached the vestibule, fo
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