Philip in PalestineM. A. Edwards J.S. Claxton, 1865 - 298 sider |
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Side 14
... Syria . On the south- west is a broad belt of loose sand . Between the olive groves and the sand , are beautiful pine forests , which have been planted there , for the pine is not native to these plains . There are other trees in this ...
... Syria . On the south- west is a broad belt of loose sand . Between the olive groves and the sand , are beautiful pine forests , which have been planted there , for the pine is not native to these plains . There are other trees in this ...
Side 16
... Syria . All south of Hermon is Palestine , or Holy Land , and all north and east is Syria . ( So you see I am not in Palestine proper , though this part of the coun- try is often called Palestine . ) The country of the Phoenicians lay ...
... Syria . All south of Hermon is Palestine , or Holy Land , and all north and east is Syria . ( So you see I am not in Palestine proper , though this part of the coun- try is often called Palestine . ) The country of the Phoenicians lay ...
Side 23
... Syria . Is it not wonderful that people can get along without them ? But from what I have seen and heard of the various inhabi- tants of Syria I don't believe they like to get along , especially in anything that goes very fast . They ...
... Syria . Is it not wonderful that people can get along without them ? But from what I have seen and heard of the various inhabi- tants of Syria I don't believe they like to get along , especially in anything that goes very fast . They ...
Side 24
... Syria , which is the reason they cannot use wheels . Why don't they make good roads then ? They must have been good a long time ago , for , in the Bible , we read of wagons and chariots . One curious thing about this city is , that all ...
... Syria , which is the reason they cannot use wheels . Why don't they make good roads then ? They must have been good a long time ago , for , in the Bible , we read of wagons and chariots . One curious thing about this city is , that all ...
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... Syria , Cole - Syria , and Palestine . The whole of it has , for a great many years , been under the rule of the Moslems , and a very bad rule it seems to be . The entire population is to be found in the towns and villages , it being ...
... Syria , Cole - Syria , and Palestine . The whole of it has , for a great many years , been under the rule of the Moslems , and a very bad rule it seems to be . The entire population is to be found in the towns and villages , it being ...
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affectionate friend ancient Arabs Baalbek beautiful Bedouins Beirut believe Bible building built Cæsarea called camels cave cave of Machpelah chapel Christ Christian church covered crowd curious Damascus Dead Sea DEAR HARRY dervish dragon Father says feet gate Greek ground groves Hartley Hasbany Hebron Hermon Herod hill Huleh hundred Ibrahim inhabitants Jerusalem Jews Joshua journey king Lady lake Lake Huleh leaving Lebanon lived look Maronites miles Mohammedans monks Moslems mosque Mount Mount Gerizim Mount of Olives mountain never night olive Palestine palm PHILIP pilgrims plain pretty priest river rock rode Roman ruins sacred Samaria Samaritans Sarepta Saviour Sea of Galilee seemed seen sepulchre shore side Sidon spot stones strange streets Syrian tell temple tents things thought thousand Tiberias told tomb took tower trees tribes Tyre valley village visited walls wild wonderful
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Side 84 - Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
Side 68 - ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel, writing in a book of gold ; Exceedmg peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, ' ' What writest thou ? " The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Side 153 - Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you : for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
Side 62 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But...
Side 68 - BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,
Side 36 - But we must wander witheringly, In other lands to die; And where our fathers' ashes be, Our own may never lie: Our temple hath not left a stone, And Mockery sits on Salem's throne.
Side 85 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Side 185 - shall this foul beast offend our sight ?' ' Look at his torn hide,' said a third; ' one could not even cut a shoe out of it.' ' And his ears,' said a fourth,' all draggled and bleeding!' ' No doubt,' said a fifth, ' he hath been hanged for thieving!
Side 245 - Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.
Side 68 - The angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blest, And, lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.