Toward the sunrise, being sketches of travel in Europe and the East, to which is added a Memorial sketch of the RevWilliam Morley Punshon . oftwenty or thirty stone houses, and its only attractionsare its precious associations. They show you the tombof Lazarus,—an excavation in the rock,—and withlighted candle we crept down a steep winding stair-way, of twenty-five or thirty steps, and then reacheda square cavity which led down several steps furtherinto a small cave, the traditional tomb. We did nottake much stock in Lazarus tomb, or the house ofSimon the Leper, or the House of Mary and Martha
Toward the sunrise, being sketches of travel in Europe and the East, to which is added a Memorial sketch of the RevWilliam Morley Punshon . oftwenty or thirty stone houses, and its only attractionsare its precious associations. They show you the tombof Lazarus,—an excavation in the rock,—and withlighted candle we crept down a steep winding stair-way, of twenty-five or thirty steps, and then reacheda square cavity which led down several steps furtherinto a small cave, the traditional tomb. We did nottake much stock in Lazarus tomb, or the house ofSimon the Leper, or the House of Mary and Martha;but our hearts were filled with the memories of Jesus,and this home in Bethany. Across the cool, quietMount nf 01iv«»s Ho. had often come, weary and worn,and had turned aside to rest Him in that home. And z92 Toward the Sunrise; or. how gladly they welcomed him ! How gladly theyopened the door to Him and gave him the cup of coldwater. Their evening meal was sweeter, when Jesuswas with them, and at nightfall how they loved to sitat His feet, and hang upon his words ! How He lovedthat household ! When He was about to depart from. Mount of earth. He led his Disciples out as far as Bethany, sothat the last spot upon which His eyes rested as Heascended to his enthronement was the home in whichHe had been a loved and honored guest. We climbedthe south-eastern spur of the Mount of Olives, greenwith verdure, and bright with flowers, and stood withreverent awe upon that elevation, from which theLord of glory ascended up into heaven, We rod© Sketches of Travel. 293 along the summit through a wretched Arab village, towhat is called the Church of the Ascension—a smalloctagonal-shaped building, possessing no other interestapart from its name, except, perhaps, a stone, bearingthe impress of a foot, which, according to superstition,is the last spot on which the foot of the IncarnateSaviour rested. I cannot regaid this as the precisespot of the Ascension, as it is over again
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