The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals . plain, Vespasian reviewed his hosts, andhere the great Armageddon is to be consummated. Inthis glorious prospect are included, towards the north,the mountains of Galilee, with the snow-cappedLebanon in the back ground; towards the north-eastis the mountain ridge of Antilil^anus with Hermon; to E 66 the east, the eye wanders over the country of theGadarenes, and reposes on the lake of Tiberias, orsea of Galilee; a few leagues to the east is littleHermon; the village of Nain nestles a
The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals . plain, Vespasian reviewed his hosts, andhere the great Armageddon is to be consummated. Inthis glorious prospect are included, towards the north,the mountains of Galilee, with the snow-cappedLebanon in the back ground; towards the north-eastis the mountain ridge of Antilil^anus with Hermon; to E 66 the east, the eye wanders over the country of theGadarenes, and reposes on the lake of Tiberias, orsea of Galilee; a few leagues to the east is littleHermon; the village of Nain nestles at its foot, andin the same direction is that of Endor; to the south-east, passing the valley of the Jordan, the eye isarrested by the high hills of Bashan, among the moun-tains of Gilead; on the south, beyond Hermon, arethe mountains of Gilboa, where Saul and his sonswere slain, while the high hills of Samaria close theprospect—trending to the west; towards the west isthe promontory of Carmel; and the Kishon, one of thetributary streams which water the fertile plains ofEsdraelon, flows in this The Jordan. The sacred stream of the Jordan takes its rise atthe foot of Dgebail Sherkh, a precipice formingpart of the chain of Antilibanus, and on the sides ofwhich are several niches with Greek threading the lake Hoole, and * the sea of Galilee, 67 and winding through the great plain of Esdraelon,receiving in its course several tributary streams,among others, the river Jabbok, it discharges itswaters into that mysterious lake, the Dead Sea. Itis of variable width and depth, and is a rapid river,yet Bruce found the paper reed (papyrus anti-quorum) buffeting its waters, and maintaining an erectposition in its stream. The part of the Jordan repre-sented in the wood-cut is that where, according totradition, our Saviour was baptised by John; thereis here an islet concealed by trees and reeds, which,impeding the current, and thus causing a reflux, pro-duces a
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