A Baptist Abroad: Travels and Adventures of Europe and all Bible LandsWhittle, Walter Andrew
Religion
A Baptist Abroad: Travels and Adventures of Europe and all Bible Lands
Whittle, Walter Andrew
Europe -- Description and travel; Middle East -- Description and travel
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA.
Palestine—Its Situation—Its Dimensions—Its Names—Its
Topography—Its Climate—Its Seasons—Its Agriculture—Its
People—The Pleasure of Traveling through Palestine. Page, 426
CHAPTER XXXIX.
JERUSALEM.
Approaching Jerusalem—Coming Events—Dreams—Light Breaks
In—Serenade—Zion, the City of God—Prayers Answered—Gratitude—A
Vision of Peace—Blighted Fig-Tree—Still a Holy City—Prominence
of Jerusalem—Its Influence among the Nations—A Melted
Heart—Tents Pitched—Walk About Zion—Situation of the City—Its
Walls—Its Gates—Afraid of Christ—Crossing the Kedron—Tomb of
Virgin Mary—Gethsemane—What it Means, What it Is, and How it
Looks—Superstitious Monks—Jerusalem Viewed from the Mount of
Olives—Architecture of the City—Prominent Objects—Entering the
City—Its Streets—Its Population—Jewish Theologues—Remaining
Portion of Solomon’s Temple—”Wailing Place” of the Jews—Kissing
the Wall—Weeping Aloud—Fulfillment of Prophecy—Only One
Conclusion. Page, 445
CHAPTER XL.
JERUSALEM CONTINUED—MOSQUE OF OMAR.
Haram Area—Its Past and Present—Wall—Gates—Stopped at the Point
of Daggers—Legal Papers and Special Escort—Mosque of Omar—Its
Exterior and Interior—A Great Rock Within—History and Legends
Connected with the Rock—Mohammed’s Ascent to Heaven—Place of
Departed Spirits—Their Rescue—Ark of the Covenant—Golden Key.
Page, 467
CHAPTER XLI.
IN AND AROUND JERUSALEM.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre—Peculiar Architecture—Strange
Partnership—The Centre of the Earth—The Grave of
Adam—Unaccountable Superstitions—An Underground World—Pool of
Siloam—Kedron Valley—The Final Judgment—Tomb of the Kings—Valley
of Hinnom—Lower Pool of Gihon—Moloch—Gehenna—Upper Pool of
Gihon—Calvary—The Savior’s Tomb. Page, 479
CHAPTER XLII.
EGYPT.
Jaffa—Its History and its Orange Orchard—On the
Mediterranean—Port Said—Suez Canal—The Red Sea—Pharaoh and his
Host Swallowed Up—From Suez to Cairo—Arabian Nights—Egyptian
Museum—Royal Mummies—A Look at Pharaoh—A Mummy 5,700 Years
Old—A Talk with the King—Christmas-Day and a Generous
Rivalry—Donkey-Boys of Cairo—Wolves around a Helpless
Lamb—Johnson on his Knees—Yankee Doodle—The Nile—The Prince of
Wales—Pyramid in the Distance—Face to Face with the Pyramid
of Cheops—Ascending the Pyramid—Going in it—Johnson Cries for
Help—The Sphinx, and what it is Thinking about. Page, 495
CHAPTER XLIII.
A BURIED CITY—POMPEII.
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