. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . stood there, but that had been prostrated. ThenHerod built a temple because he was fond of great architecture, and he wantedthe preceding temples to seem insignificant. Put eight or ten modern cathedralstogether and they would not equal that structure. It covered nineteen were marble pillars supporting roofs, and cedar and silver tables on whichstood golden cups, and there were carvings exquisite, and inscriptions resplendent,glittering balustrades, and ornamental gateways. The building of this templekept ten thousand
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . stood there, but that had been prostrated. ThenHerod built a temple because he was fond of great architecture, and he wantedthe preceding temples to seem insignificant. Put eight or ten modern cathedralstogether and they would not equal that structure. It covered nineteen were marble pillars supporting roofs, and cedar and silver tables on whichstood golden cups, and there were carvings exquisite, and inscriptions resplendent,glittering balustrades, and ornamental gateways. The building of this templekept ten thousand workmen busy forty-six years. Stupendous pile of pompand magnificence! But the material and architectural grandeur of the buildingwere very tame compared with the spiritual meaning of its altars, its Holy ofHolies, and. the Overwhelming significance of its ceremonies. Now we are 011 the road from [erusalem to Jericho. We started out earlyand crossed the Jehosaphat valley, which, it ii had not been memorable in history i42 T. DE WITT TALMAGE-HIS LIFE AND WORK. IN THE HOLY LAND 143 and were only now discovered, would excite the admiration of all who look uponit, so deep, so wide, so long, so tunneled with graves, so overlooked by Jerusalemwalls. With enough books in my saddle-bags, on a horse sure-footed for themountain passes, and in good company, and within sight of Mount Olivet, andclose by the Garden of Gethsemane, and with the heavens and the earth full ofsunshine, we start on the famous road to Jericho. We pass through ravines andgorges, and by dark caves which might be an entrenchment for robbers like thosewhich the man fell among on his way to Jericho along this very road. We haveto-day met several groups of Bedouins, who, judging from their countenances,
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