Forbidden paths in the land of Og; . uiet city. Far acrossto the northeast the crater cones stood out in theabundant moonlight, and the travellers coulddiscern how their path had led them amongstthose hermit mounts. There rose noble Hermonto the north, standing out in lofty solitude, in-deed the sheikh of the mountains. The south-ern horizon was closed by the mountains ofGilead, dimly revealed in the distant prospect. As one stood upon the overhanging bluff, histhoughts might wander back to distant centuries,and his memories harmonize with the dim, ro-mantic sheen cast over all the scene far a
Forbidden paths in the land of Og; . uiet city. Far acrossto the northeast the crater cones stood out in theabundant moonlight, and the travellers coulddiscern how their path had led them amongstthose hermit mounts. There rose noble Hermonto the north, standing out in lofty solitude, in-deed the sheikh of the mountains. The south-ern horizon was closed by the mountains ofGilead, dimly revealed in the distant prospect. As one stood upon the overhanging bluff, histhoughts might wander back to distant centuries,and his memories harmonize with the dim, ro-mantic sheen cast over all the scene far and nearby the full-orbed moon and the myriad stars ofheaven. He might look down, and, almost athis feet, in imagination view the marble palaceof a Herod, in the newly-built city dedicated toTiberias Caesar, with streets laid out in ancientsplendor, its baths and seaside villas the resort ofthe rich and titled aristocracy of the Roman the southern end of the lake might be seen another town, Hippos, whose name reveals its114. A Sabbath Beside Galilee Greek origin,—one of the Decapolis. Far upon the eastern ridge gleam the columns ofGadaras boulevard. Gamala and Tarichese in-cluded in imaginations picture. Yet these Greek and Roman cities find smallplace in the devout memory, which seeks otherplaces touched by the divine life of the Son ofAlan. It is not recorded that our Lord ever en-tered Tiberias, or climbed the steeps to doubt He visited those centres of nothing is said of such visits. The eyedwells but momentarily on the wonders of Ro-man greatness, and rests upon the scenes to thenorth. It seeks out the little village of Magdala,—not far away, just over the cliff, at the bordersof the plain of Gennesaret. Thence came Marythe Magdalene, upon whom the Divine Physicianwrought a marvellous cure,1 and she in gratefulrecognition of His mercy became an humble fol-lower and helper in His needs. That wide-spreading, fertile plain of Gennes-aret!
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