. Christian herald. WINDOW FROMLOWERED foaming, as it goes, makes its banks rejoice in poplars,willows, terebinths and palms! I did not wonder thatNaaman turned from the prophet in disgust when told thathe must dip seven times in Jordan. Hear him say: Are notthe waters of the Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus,better than these? There are nearly enough mosques and shrines here to makeit possible for you to have a different one for every day inthe year. But there are but two or three that you will careto spend any time on. You pass through the street calledStraight and find yourself at the o
. Christian herald. WINDOW FROMLOWERED foaming, as it goes, makes its banks rejoice in poplars,willows, terebinths and palms! I did not wonder thatNaaman turned from the prophet in disgust when told thathe must dip seven times in Jordan. Hear him say: Are notthe waters of the Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus,better than these? There are nearly enough mosques and shrines here to makeit possible for you to have a different one for every day inthe year. But there are but two or three that you will careto spend any time on. You pass through the street calledStraight and find yourself at the outer gate of the mosque Jai a el Amwy,which ranks next in sanctity only to those at Mecca, Medina and has a history: First, a heathen temple dedicated to the god Rimmon, thena Christian church, and now a Mohammedan mosque. Evidences of its Chris-tian history still are there: the original gateway remains,as the chalice and patten on the bronze doors testify, andthen a portion of an arch with a Greek in
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