. In His footsteps : a record of travel to and in the land of Christ : with an attempt to mark the Lord's journeyings in chronological order from His birth to His Ascension . HIGHWAY WITH CACTUSHEDGE. In His Footsteps city over which Christ wept. That has long since passedaway. It lies buried under tlie dust of centuries. The present city is inclose!by a wall some fortyfeet in height, sur-mounted by thirty-four towers. Thewalls are pierced byeight gates, one ofwhich is closed, theprincipal one being theJaffa Gate throughwhich we have justentered. Jerusalem isnot a pleasant ciiy,though not unhe
. In His footsteps : a record of travel to and in the land of Christ : with an attempt to mark the Lord's journeyings in chronological order from His birth to His Ascension . HIGHWAY WITH CACTUSHEDGE. In His Footsteps city over which Christ wept. That has long since passedaway. It lies buried under tlie dust of centuries. The present city is inclose!by a wall some fortyfeet in height, sur-mounted by thirty-four towers. Thewalls are pierced byeight gates, one ofwhich is closed, theprincipal one being theJaffa Gate throughwhich we have justentered. Jerusalem isnot a pleasant ciiy,though not unhealth-ful. Lawns, yards,andparks are a most of the streetsare not ten feet inwidth, and are irreg-ularly paved. Every-thing is covered withoriental dirt. The pop-ulation is not muchabove forty than half areJews. The remainderare about equally di-vided among Moham-medans and the latter four thou-sand are orthodox. AN OKIINTAL STREKT. estants. There is much to see in Jerusalem, but we shall reserve the chief objects of interest until subsequent visits, as we follow our Lords footsteps during his early life and later ministry. 28 Over Sea to Bethlehem
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