Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-01-26

them While The people were collected tot
he census ms handy probable ma hey
would repair to an underground cave bu,
IN ihis cave mass was gong on his nor
nlng and 'rlklrg was the Effect after coin
ing toNn from the sunshine, OF the crow
Do cavern. viii Us yellow hS ht and ,htir
smoke, and he echoes Of the enchanting 49,
We rciutncI when The service was over.
and inN the star 10 the marble floor which
mat.s as the iuaN believe. the precise spot
where Jesus was born, and tic marble slab
Which - laid 10 place o. the mnngcr 49,
Wien saw, throughout HE country how
the Atabs now use the caves Of The hill TO
bed their goats and cattle, this bcllet OF the
lrsts appeared less absurd than 1t would
with " but sill, ms 50 improbable thai,
,nc precise spot u these Transactions (Whosr
importance Was no, known ull aljctvord,l
should have been marked aud remembered,
that ltl. ulc lnleres, in them m comparl.
son with the landscape OUTSIDE. about whose
lending Ico,uros there could be no ms
take.
From the bottom Of the cntdcn. we o..
vcrlookod the great valley which expanded
10 the northeast and one enclosure there
a rrccn spot now occupied by olive tree. --
was pointed out as a field where the shcp
herds were abiding on the night when
Christ was born Behind y, to the east Law
range behind range Of hills, stretching or
to the north mud among these, We knew.
Law the lead Sea and the Jordan, where It
pouts IT'S waters INTO that lllelcss and mclau
choly lake As we left the convent and
village, AMI descended the rocky road, with
ictrac,d vineyards and alive groves on e..
lhcf hand, Nc knew that Joseph aud Mary
must have come by tins way from Jctusa
lem, when summoned to the census aud
this was more to US than all The sights the
ff1ts had shown rs IN their zeal and kln1
ness We looked IN n, the tomb OF Rachel
and a; the convent Of Euns but our eyes
and thoughts were ben, towards jerusalem
remember however, that first saw the
waters oflhc Dad S.a lying blue IN a 1T
tie gap between the hills.
As soon as mounted my ass before the
Convent OF EIias, saw from onr ri sc some
buildings on the rlsin2 ground which now
showed itself before rs. was no, immc.
datcly certain what they were but the
news soon spread among US That rising
ground was ZION, and those buildings be-
longcd to Jerusalem, though they stood
OUTSIDE the wall Immediately after the
walled city itself came into view lying a.
long the hills Most Of the party were dis
appointed. was not partly bccnus" |
knew that we were approaching IL from the
least favorable SIDE, and partly because my
expectations had much undcrrated the SIZE
and grandeur OF the city. What we now
saw was line ofwhi,c walls Qua TIL SIDE
with some square buIIdngs and small white
domcs rising within
walked the res, OF ,hc way Ca our
right were hills the summit Of ono of which
was Acaldam1, bought by the pr tests with
the money which the wrclchcd Judas re-
turned to them, when he found 100 late what
he had done IN his attempts TO force his
Lord to assert his claim TO n lcmpornl SOW.
,rcignty On or LEFT was the plain q
Rcphoim when Wc arrived nj the brow
of the hIsh ground we We're on, we were
aiken by surprise By the grandeur Of the
scene. I'on now mn AIRED worthy Of her
name, aud Of her place 10 the hymus Of
David and IN history We were now o,
overlooking the valley OF G,hon, more com
monty known hy the name Of Illmnom -
From ITS depth, aud It's prccipnous rocks on
our SIDE, | should cali i, ravluc. This
deep dcll contains the Lower Pool, now
dry and the nqneduct from solomon
Pools is seen crossing II obIGncIY. is
opposite SIDE is X'on rising very slccply
s,llI tcrraccd l1r uiagc m some parts and
crowned by the city wal To the rlGht
r sweeping away from the ravlue Of tith0n
IS the deep and grand valley Of Jehosha
pha'. clustered with rocks, relieved by trees
AMI calinG the eye round to the slope 0
O,iy,'. which, however, 4, best seen from
the other side Of the city The black DOM
Of the tomb Of David was the next obJec
and after that, the most conspicuous roof II
the cly-thc great dome OF the Moeqn
Of Omar, which occupies the ste OF S't
mons Temple.
By jhls umc. lhcre was silence anon
. rs | walked behrnl our cavarale as
10 slowly a.c,ul-l the Uelupl rocky way
glad O.. the s,'e0c" permitted ty each to nI
. '1r o. was not possible "a. the momenl-u-
.' N.i,ucycr be p1ss.oIe-'7 speak Of ,he N
q PRECISION Of that hour W. entered by I'll
ID ladl rt,r aud every echo OF orr hors"
feet m lhonlrrow s,oucr picturesque sire,
told upon our helus as we sand u oprs"lv
ha, we were taking up our res. N Jerus
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