The Jordan valley and Petra . here, and the fragment of the blue skyabove,—it must have been enduring in its effect onthe human mind. We saw it in its desolation, athousand years after its owners had fled, after acycle of storm, tempest, flood, and earthquake haddone their worst, aided by the puny hand of thewandering Arab, to mar and disfigure it, and weconfess that its impression upon our hearts andmemories is deathless. Again and again we re-turned to the spot, each time to discover some-thing new, and to carry away some new reverencefor the hearts that thus communed with nature,and toiled
The Jordan valley and Petra . here, and the fragment of the blue skyabove,—it must have been enduring in its effect onthe human mind. We saw it in its desolation, athousand years after its owners had fled, after acycle of storm, tempest, flood, and earthquake haddone their worst, aided by the puny hand of thewandering Arab, to mar and disfigure it, and weconfess that its impression upon our hearts andmemories is deathless. Again and again we re-turned to the spot, each time to discover some-thing new, and to carry away some new reverencefor the hearts that thus communed with nature,and toiled to produce what would continue foreverto deeply delight and impress the human soul. The open space in front of the Treasury isnot more than one hundred feet wide, and hence itwas difficult to secure a front view that would takein the whole height. The photograph (No. i) con-sequently does not show the full height of the tem-ple. Floods at different times have carried therocks and soil up into its portico, so that the olean-. « y«
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