E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Marius Borror, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 29314-h.htm or 29314-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/29314/pg29314-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29314/29314-h.zip) Transcriber's note: Text enclosed between plus signs was in bold face in the original (example: +bold+). A few typographical errors have been corrected; they are listed at the end of the text. OUT-OF-DOORS IN THE HOLY LAND * * * * * BOOKS BY HENRY VAN DYKE PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS +THE RULING PASSION.+ Illustrated in color. $1.50 +THE BLUE FLOWER.+ Illustrated in color. $1.50 * * * * * +OUTDOORS IN THE HOLY LAND.+ Illustrated in color _net_ $1.50 +DAYS OFF.+ Illustrated in color. $1.50 +LITTLE RIVERS.+ Illustrated in color. $1.50 +FISHERMAN'S LUCK.+ Illustrated in color. $1.50 * * * * * +THE BUILDERS, AND OTHER POEMS.+ $1.00 +MUSIC, AND OTHER POEMS.+ _net_ $1.00 +THE TOILING OF FELIX, AND OTHER POEMS.+ $1.00 * * * * * [Illustration: The Gate of David, Jerusalem.] OUT-OF-DOORS IN THE HOLY LAND Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit by HENRY VAN DYKE Illustrated New York Charles Scribner's Sons MDCCCCVIII Copyright, 1908, by Charles Scribner's Sons Published November, 1908 To HOWARD CROSBY BUTLER MASTER OF MERWICK PROFESSOR OF ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY WHO WAS A FRIEND TO THIS JOURNEY THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY HIS FRIEND THE AUTHOR PREFACE For a long time, in the hopefulness and confidence of youth, I dreamed of going to Palestine. But that dream was denied, for want of money and leisure. Then, for a long time, in the hardening strain of early manhood, I was afraid to go to Palestine, lest the journey should prove a disenchantment, and some of my religious beliefs be rudely shaken, perhaps destroyed. But that fear was removed by a little voyage to the gates of death, where it was made clear to me that no belief is worth keeping unless it can bear the touch of reality.