Transcribed from the 1876 H. Colbran edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org ROME, TURKEY, AND JERUSALEM. * * * * * BY THE REV. E. HOARE, VICAR OF TRINITY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, AND HONORARY CANON OF CANTERBURY. * * * * * _SECOND EDITION_. * * * * * LONDON: HATCHARDS, PICCADILLY. H. COLBRAN, CALVERLEY ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS. 1876. * * * * * LONDON: Printed by JOHN STRANGEWAYS, Castle St. Leicester Sq. CONTENTS. ROME:— PAGE THE OUTLINE 1 THE CONSUMPTION 18 TURKEY:— THE EUPHRATES 36 THE FROGS 54 THE ADVENT 69 JERUSALEM 87 ROME. I. THE OUTLINE. It is impossible to imagine anything more delightful than the prospect of the promised return of our most blessed Saviour. How do the father and the mother feel when they welcome their long-absent son from India? How will many an English wife feel when she welcomes her husband from the Arctic Expedition? And how must the Church of God feel when, after her long night of toil and difficulty, she stands face to face before Him whom her soul loveth, and enters into the full enjoyment of the promise, ‘So shall we ever be with the Lord?’ There will be no tears then, for there will be no sorrow; no death then, for there will be no more curse; no sin then, for we shall see Him as He is, and shall be like Him. Then will be the time of resurrection, when all the firstborn of God shall awake to a life without decay and without corruption; and then the time of reunion, when the whole company of God’s elect shall stand together before the Lord, never again to shed a tear over each other’s grave; and then will be the time when those who have loved and longed after Him, as they have journeyed on alone in their pilgrimage, will find themselves on the right hand of His throne, and hear His delightful words, ‘Come, ye blessed children of my Father: inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!’