The Holy Land and the Bible; . ough to realize hoAV the hill once got its name from being oncecovered with their white-green foliage, refreshing tlie eye, and soften-ing the pale yellow of the soil. Awoman and a child, ascending the-hill to the village at its top, or going round to Bethany, were leadingalong a single sheep—perhaps all their wealth, for there are still, as in thetime of Nathan and David, rich men who own, exceeding many flocksand herds, and many a poor man Avho has only one little ewe lamb,which grows up together with him and his children, and eats of hisown morsel, and drinks
The Holy Land and the Bible; . ough to realize hoAV the hill once got its name from being oncecovered with their white-green foliage, refreshing tlie eye, and soften-ing the pale yellow of the soil. Awoman and a child, ascending the-hill to the village at its top, or going round to Bethany, were leadingalong a single sheep—perhaps all their wealth, for there are still, as in thetime of Nathan and David, rich men who own, exceeding many flocksand herds, and many a poor man Avho has only one little ewe lamb,which grows up together with him and his children, and eats of hisown morsel, and drinks of his own cup, and lies at night in his bosom,and is unto him as a daughter.^ In the mud hovels of the peasantrysuch creatures walk freely about the little mud-walled court, and in andout of the doorless hut, on the floor of which the family lie down atnight to sleep. The whole slope of Olivet is seamed with loose stone walls, dividingthe property of different owners, and is partly ploughed and sown, but 1 2 Sam. xii. 2, Gardeu of Gethsemane. (Sec page 353.) .^^^i_? J ;:?/,-? -? ? ??}? XXV.] GETHSEMANE AND CALVARY. 355 there is a path leading unobstractedly from behind Gethsemane to tlietop of the hill. Many of the enclosures are carefully banked into ter-races from which the stones have been laboriously gathered into heaps,or used to heighten and strengthen the walls; and when I visited theplace there were some orchards in which olive, pomegranate, fig,almond, and other trees showed their fresh spring leaves, or svvel-lino- buds. Nor is any part of the slope without its flowers: anem-ones and other blossoms were springing even in the clefts of the rocks. There may be said to be three summits: the centre one slightlyhigher than the others, like a low head between two shoulders. Thismiddle height is covered on the top with buildings, among which isthe Church of the Ascension, though it is certain that Christ did notascend from the summit of Olivet, for it is expressly sai
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