Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-01-20

you ulPf Uilu lilhuV SUIT, anu lHe leNl
day ahorod at Por Leon. the nearest
port tcilhons. While here, we oll went
to yIsthot ancient city; the distance isl
ntArlsix miles, which we travelled in a.
we visited tho Temple of
Theses; this is the most perfect Of the
ancielbuildings now standing, We next
wentto the Acropolis; on our way wA
pass over Mars Hill, where ST. Paul
stoodand preached TO the Athenons in !
tbes words: 'lc men of Athens, ! per-
ere that on all things ye orc - ~"r~"
sous.' (lcts 18th CHI. 22d verse;
" commenced our way up the Acropo'
Ii after a quarter Of an hour we reach |
ethe summit, and our eyes first tell up-I
orthe Pantheon; this building did mott
ser as much during the last war asI
di some other temples, Thirty nlneI
comns are still standing, m st OF them
ina perfect state; but you cannot PIC
tut to yourself the ruins, statues, col
uns, every thing lay scattered about
alhe work of the Turks. In one cell
with we visited we saw no less than
twtor three thousand skulls and bones
Of ,e Greeks who fell in their last strug-
gleor freedom A few rods from the
Pahenon is the Erectheum, this TEN.
pleas suffered much from the hands OF
tharurks; the order is Ionic, and IS SAID
to B the most beautiful specimen extent,
thogh Of much smaller proportions than
the5arthenon. There are several tenn,
pleand chapeIs, but they are in a very
ruibus condition. We descended the
AcbpoIis, and visited the remains of the
Telpie Of Jupiter Olympus, the tombs OF
Sooates and Themistocles and then re-
,ured on board ship, much delighted
viii our excursion.
from Athens we went TO Smyrna
whre we remained five days. During
our rambles here we purchased few
bottles o(the otto of roses) these we IN
ten for the ladies, (Heayen preserve
then!) when we return home. From
Snrrna we dropped down TO Vourh Bay
togater and wait the return otsome o
on officers who were On q visit TO Con
s{antlnopte, On the 18th Of August We
arrived at Jaffa, when party was i'm
mediately made up for vesting the inle
rior and mounted on jackasses, horses
muss, &c, we commenced our pilgri
mage 10 Jerusalem; the distance is a
bou, 40 miles, Is Of which is over
beautiful road, but the remainder i
me ely rocky path, through mountain
infested with gangs of robbers, VIII
prov about in numbers OF from 10 to 100
We we're well armed with pair {
) h ps' pistols, swords, sc, and had
guard Of soldiers kindly furnished us b
the Pacha, Alter riding "A hours "
arrived onthe 18th within the walls {
Jerusalem, ard stopped at the house {
our missionaries. Messrs. Lenneauan
Whiting. In Jerusalem there were
many objects 10 attract our attention TIT
Won must be content with passing n
lice. and the names ofthe different pl
Ices as we visited them. First then i
! Ho7Q Sepulchre; there we saw as MI
hold as piece oil the pillar to who
Christ was dashed when scourged--il
spot where He worshipped-where Smt
assisted to carry the cross-'5t. Peter
IPrison-the Iron Gate which opened
self to'St. Peter where Judas kissed u
Redeemer-where St. Stephen was ston,
where Judas hanged himsell--where I
Prophet Isaiah was sawn asunder--t
place where the Last Supper was take
the Judgment Seat Of Dayid--the Mou
Of Olives, where was shown US the PR
Of our Saviours foot in a stone-Tom
LOT all the Prophets--Tomb Of AbsaIom
Site Of Solomon's Temple House Of Ii
arus and Oouse Of Plate. The seco
day we went TO Bethlehem, distant abe
nine miles, here they measure distance
hours. In Bethlehem we were pom
10 the birth place Of our Saviour
spot where he was hid when Herod s
ders were Staying the young chl,dr'
and the Tombs Of Rachel and Jacob
! AT Jerusalem we were also shown
places where the soldiers cast lois
Christ's raiment--w where the cock CT
and Peter denied his master. Al
Sepulchre we we're all furnished "
certificates Of having made pllgrlm'
to Jerusalem and all our beads, swol
,fI bibles, prayer books, dirks, watcE
Z rings, &c, we're consecrated upon
Tomb Of our Saviour. was plea
here TO learn that L. Sewall, jr.
u Washington, had visited this place
,rllelt for the United States.
ID Our missionaries were very kind
TO lbs during our stay which was four da
~ We sent them several barrels Of b
he PORK, beans groceries 10 help them al
he in their praiseworthy undertaking; y
e. means must be small as, indeed is
~ of ali other ministers We brough
re Way deranged American, who 9
be himself a prophet; his name IS Iha'