. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . shoe, between which I look and seethe fields where Ruth gleaned and Boaz was fascinated with her charms, andabout which is garlanded the immortal pastoral which, in the Bible, lies peace-fully between the war lyrics of Judges and Samuel. Near one end of the semi-circle of rocks on which Bethlehem stands is Davids Well, now a wide, deepbasin of stone, almost dry, but at certain seasons almost full. No wonder thatwhen David was hounded of persecution and thirsty, he wanted a cool draughtout of it, crying, Oh, that one would give me
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . shoe, between which I look and seethe fields where Ruth gleaned and Boaz was fascinated with her charms, andabout which is garlanded the immortal pastoral which, in the Bible, lies peace-fully between the war lyrics of Judges and Samuel. Near one end of the semi-circle of rocks on which Bethlehem stands is Davids Well, now a wide, deepbasin of stone, almost dry, but at certain seasons almost full. No wonder thatwhen David was hounded of persecution and thirsty, he wanted a cool draughtout of it, crying, Oh, that one would give me to drink of the water of the well ofBethlehem which is by the gate. The mouth of the well cut out of the eternalrock is about four feet across from edge to edge, and a wet goat-skin bottle waslying nearby. IN . THE HOLY LAND 149 Now we leave Jerusalem for the long journey north through Palestine. Alittle way out we got on a hill and took the last look at Jerusalem, and I felt andremarked it was the last look at that sacred city on earth and the next Jerusalem. THE SILVER STAR OF THE NATIVITY, BETHLEHEM i5o T. DE WITT TAUVIAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK we shall see will be the heavenly. We went on within sight of Mizpah andGibeon, where Joshua commanded the sun to stand still; on by Rama, connectedwith Samuels history; on by the traditional village where the parents of Christmissed their boy, about three and a half miles from Jerusalem. This is the road over which Jesus came andwent from Jerusalem to Naza-reth. To-night we encamp atBethel, where was once a schoolof the prophets, a theologicalseminary. Elijah and Elishawere here. Near this, Abra-ham and Tot divided the Jacob, pillowed on a stone,saw the ladder used by angelsfeet, and he set up a stone andconsecrated it. To-night theheavens were full of ladders,first a ladder of clouds, then aladder of stars, and all up anddown the heavens are theangels of beauty, angels of con-solation, angels of God ascencr-ing and descendi
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