Rambles in Bible lands . Haven at the foot of Mount The Valley of Jezreel under Carmel . 236 Mount Gilboa . l9S *The Samaritan Passover on An Eastern Shepherd and Mount Gerizim 239 Sheep ..... 197 Gideons Fountain, Ain Jalud . 245 A Tributary of the Jordan 198 Nazareth 249 Roman Road in Gilead . 199 The Hill Country . 253 Natural Bridge in Gilead. 201 The Coast of Palestine . 255 An Ancient Tomb . 203 Temple of Sun, Baalbek . 257 A Palestine Vineyard 207 Largest worked Stone in the Ruins of Shiloh 209 World in the Quarry at Baal- A Palestine Shepherd 213 bek, etc. . ?.f 259 Bedaween Tents 217
Rambles in Bible lands . Haven at the foot of Mount The Valley of Jezreel under Carmel . 236 Mount Gilboa . l9S *The Samaritan Passover on An Eastern Shepherd and Mount Gerizim 239 Sheep ..... 197 Gideons Fountain, Ain Jalud . 245 A Tributary of the Jordan 198 Nazareth 249 Roman Road in Gilead . 199 The Hill Country . 253 Natural Bridge in Gilead. 201 The Coast of Palestine . 255 An Ancient Tomb . 203 Temple of Sun, Baalbek . 257 A Palestine Vineyard 207 Largest worked Stone in the Ruins of Shiloh 209 World in the Quarry at Baal- A Palestine Shepherd 213 bek, etc. . ?.f 259 Bedaween Tents 217 Ruins of Temple of the Sun at ^Ploughing .... 219 Baalbek, showing an Enor- ^Threshing Wheat on the mous Stone .... 262 Open-air Threshing-floor . 221 Bscherreh, Nearest Town to Interior of Palestine Village the Cedars of Lebanon 265 House 225 Cedars of Lebanon . 270 The Illustrations marked (*) are from Village Life in Palestine, bythe Rev. Geo. Robinson Lees, , , published by & GRINDING AT THE MILL RAMBLES IN BIBLE LANDS CHAPTER I THE CHANGELESS LIFE OF THE HOLY LAND The most interesting journey on earth, to those wholove the Bible, is that which is taken through Biblelands. In this, it is true, as in all else, the words ofthe Master especially apply : Whosoever hath, to himshall be given, and he shall have abundance. If theletter of Holy Scripture is familiar, and, still more, if,in addition to this, those works have been masteredwhich deal with its countless Oriental allusions, so 9 RAMBLES IN BIBLE LANDS that the traveller knows where to look and what to lookfor, no language can exaggerate the intense interest ofsuch a tour. For, though few seem to realize it fully, the Bibleon its human side—the written Word, like Christ, thePersonal Word—is at one and the same time perfectlydivine and perfectly human ; and as to the letter ofit—that letter through which alone the Spirit speaks—iswholly an Oriental gem, with nothing North-Westernabo
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