Go with me now, my little readers, to the Garden of Gethsemane, to which place it is said Jesus often went with his disciples. We found it at the foot of the Mount of Olives, surrounded by a low stone wall. A monk acted as guide and never left our side until the gate was closed against us on our departure. The garden is well kept. Flowers here and there with nice graveled walks make the place rather inviting to visitors who usually go there soon after reaching the city. There are several old olive trees in the garden, and it is thought they are the same trees under which the blessed Master wept and prayed. When we looked at them this saying of his came to our mind, “My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death; tarry ye here, and watch with me.” And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed. Oh, what a sorrowful prayer, for he said, “O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.” Truly he was acquainted with grief. It is useless to attempt to tell you all of the instances connected with the scene, so we leave the garden and ascend the Mount of Olives. Somewhere on the Mount of Olives, after his resurrection, Jesus was carried up to heaven. When David fled from Jerusalem he wept as he went up this same mount. Ezekiel tells us that “the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.” Thus you see both the Old and the New Testament refers to Olivet; and could the stones be made to speak many a tale of sadness would be told by them. [Illustration] CHAPTER VIII. _Bethany.—Bethlehem.—Rachel’s Tomb.—The Shepherd Boy.—Ruth and Naomi.—Garden of Gethsemane.—Departure from Jerusalem.—Yosef.—Jericho Road.—Ain-es-Sultan.—Morning Call.—Donkey Boy.—Dead Sea.—Along the Banks of the Jordan.—John the Baptist.—Bad Roads._ Bethany is perhaps two miles from Jerusalem. At one time it was the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus, a family whom Jesus dearly loved to visit when tired of the noise and confusion of the city. Sickness and death came to that family, and the brother was taken from them and placed in the tomb. When Jesus heard of their distress he said to his disciples, “I go that I may awake him out of sleep.” And when the home was reached and the burial place of Lazarus pointed out “Jesus wept;” and at his command the stone was taken from the cave and Lazarus was brought to life, even though he had been in the grave four days. The unbelieving crowd saw Jesus had power to make alive, and the result was many “believed on him.” There was not much to be seen in the little village,—a church, a few houses, and very many beggars,—and as the day was well spent we all decided not to tarry very long, but to return to the hotel in the city of Jerusalem and rest, for every one of us was tired. Our tramps were always long ones, and at the close of a day rest was sweet.