Our journey around the world; an illustrated record of a year's travel of forty thousand . h can swim in its briny waves, but few birdsflit along its barren shores, and the traveler who takes a WHERE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS. 477 morning bath in its heavy waters finds that he cannot sink,and that when he comes out he is covered by a saline in-crustation, which makes him think that he may possibly be arelative of Lots unfortunate wife. Off to the northwe can catch aglimpse of Bethle-hem and the plainswhere the shep-herds kept theirflocks by night, andwhere they heardout of the blu
Our journey around the world; an illustrated record of a year's travel of forty thousand . h can swim in its briny waves, but few birdsflit along its barren shores, and the traveler who takes a WHERE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS. 477 morning bath in its heavy waters finds that he cannot sink,and that when he comes out he is covered by a saline in-crustation, which makes him think that he may possibly be arelative of Lots unfortunate wife. Off to the northwe can catch aglimpse of Bethle-hem and the plainswhere the shep-herds kept theirflocks by night, andwhere they heardout of the blueheavens the gloriain excelsis. Just at the footof the hill, but outof sight because itis so near, is thelittle town of Beth-any, which we re-member as theplace that of allothers Christ lovedthe best. On the otherside of the hilltoward Jerusalem,also hidden by itsvery nearness, is the Olive Garden of Gethsemane whichwe have just visited, and the reputed tomb of Absalom, atwhich every devout Jew throws a stone as an indication ofhis detestation of filial impiety. It is said that this tomb is 29. ABSALOM S TOMB. 478 THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT. the same one spoken of in Second Samuel: Now Absalomin his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillarwhich is in the kings dale, for he said, I have no son to keepmy name in remembrance, and he called the pillar after hisown name, and it is called unto this day Absaloms place. If this is indeed the tomb which Absalom built it hasserved its purpose better than he perhaps intended, for whileit has preserved his name it has at the same time preservedit as the name of an ungrateful, heartless, reprobate son, thescorn and derision of every one who passes by, and none canexpress their contempt in any way more striking than byflinging a derisive stone at the pillar which its builder fondlythought would keep his name in grateful remembrance. Here near by, also, is the tomb of Jehoshaphat and , and all the monuments and memories wh
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