Christian herald and signs of our times . d it in this flat country ofBabylon, and so, to please her,Nebuchadnezzar had a mountain,four hundred feet high, built inthe midst of the city. This mountain wassurrounded by terraces, for the suppqrt ofwhich greatarches werelifted. On thetop of thesearches flatstones were laid;then a layer ofreeds and bitu-men ; then two ^rows of bricks,closely cement-i<?ed ; then thicksheets of lead,upon which thesoil was earth heredeposited was sodeep that thelargest trees had the passage of the red to anchor their roots. All the glory of thef
Christian herald and signs of our times . d it in this flat country ofBabylon, and so, to please her,Nebuchadnezzar had a mountain,four hundred feet high, built inthe midst of the city. This mountain wassurrounded by terraces, for the suppqrt ofwhich greatarches werelifted. On thetop of thesearches flatstones were laid;then a layer ofreeds and bitu-men ; then two ^rows of bricks,closely cement-i<?ed ; then thicksheets of lead,upon which thesoil was earth heredeposited was sodeep that thelargest trees had the passage of the red to anchor their roots. All the glory of theflowery tropics was spread out at that tremend-ous height, until it must have seemed to one be-low as though the clouds were all in blossom, and the very sky leaned on the shoulder of thecedar. At the top an engine was constructedwhich drew the water from the Euphrates, farbelow, and made it spout up amid this gardenof the skies. All this to please his wife ! Ithink she must have been pleased. In the midst of this city stood also the tem-. The Handwriting on the Wall.
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