The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-01-01
THE HOLY LAND.
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Bethany, aud Plain Of Jericho.


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b rthany, aud Plain Of Jericho.
800. aI, 90 .Hrs.,.u from Jerusalem {,
II f.. .sr a..' f... Ilnd SEQ. guug hy WI,
OF f..If.F ...F J.fIrHu.rus r,.uuug iN he
rt -si... There b a. Jhl- day "a
uf. f. aHG.r go lu.IHr among thciyrs 80 go
boil. aH IHm jerusalem ,o Jericho, lhC
Dol r ..H T...rs when they can, and
t .r .- IIaTis HlU corps ufauucd men.
IHI5 oI t1ur I0Iurd tle tea win
lad rr1t Iici u Jhr irserinud four
iururf boz geHilCWun- requested
...sfaH OBJ Ii,ig yTI uS Thus we were
.H...H. auI .Ht lrauumcu, cooks, horse
i..I.l- . .rI urIs drivers, who took charge
."- IsHIs lui IIEEHEC, Hud ten armed
...-aa rwe.sj Hf- humber 20 that olu cara
Hr ta.rH uI nuIi .rs were likely 10 attack
.,Eg., wg sr-rrrl saw ans body the whole
.HH. IhH .lUrr. u1 p.U Ui the .uad ap-
.H.r Deserted aid iilo plain Of Jericho
..". ..ut |U. vra owns, aud filled with fer
H. Jog before ls almost 1s hiCles- as the
.a-.. .is .e prai sra.
N Hr Is.u.alr.. If 81 stephens gate
F .-ug .I.HHs. rl--u, Hua oar servants
.# ...-.- r--.ul .Ur rHe u.-t ui tine tfaN-
.r I#.E .. Hs .u.-y Boo thr valley oi Ju.
.. #Hsi lf Hn u. We prorrrdad hy the
N.. lHH 90. HaI N.I..N W IlNhN N|l AllH
.. OF bHrr- .uL crosses Its ridge % III.
ra.. Az snuu aa vo had passed the ridge.
h1s asuT rsH.. ,u .,Hu5 NtuE on the eastern
... I'D rI. Mount olives and, az we oil
..HH "UHeru .Ir.1 - distance from Jcru
s1lr.H o. lH row a village inhabited by
a..st -gruIg nuIli. - very poor place; but
.ss.fiuz Ie-s aIuBiId Than might be expected.
.T.a as bonuses leIUg built, MS everywhere ia
.nHI country. ui stuuo, square, substantial,
rla large. caup-ret wigL cottages Ia Eng
tFHi its uu~iusn "a thc side Of the hill b.
f, tus, srcu .Ium below.
b tore ir#rrrdiu- toe iiil, however, yrc
rHtrd from oar hu SEES, 60 visit an old ton D.,
orch ls rJ JHo tomb OF Lazarus No
enlightened traveller believes tbs 10 be re-
% p HHe place where Lazarus was burisd,
laif lu -rc auy ruc..Ht TOMB N that spot
..as an opportunity % 90 bC missed; and Uc
.aiF Hrur iuaH thr dark rock-hcwu 81 .ps
..s ht.l, chamber vs. here some corpse had
tass been aid. have often wished that the
|H p1Irtsus bad emo "a such opporiunn Ic. /,
..af i.ru we should l1sc bad representa-, ous
tf Lazarus coming %. 90 from chambers ga
.fF .Ucs. and not risI from such a grave u-
Oh. dog r European ci urrhy ards. The lime
zrr-sr rock ut Judea e. q tIll ofholes aud cav
srH-. uud ws Know from thc Scriptures how
a sHndsui.y tIss0 wen. used - tie old inhab-
s.arls Is dwellings TO- themselves aud lhcir
srig. ls O. shelter TO uc WayilTcr, a refuge
.s rr fgEHiye, iidiu.- place for rObbcr-, aud
place 81 drp1sifc fer The dead. Where
cavern vas found AIT holes or recesscs go its
s.d-s. a llJic larJr would mike il an extern
.re place OF burial BY squaring thu Gu
rHuUr. urd giving some regularity To the
sr-H uftHs root, handsome vestihule wgs OBJ
-Hsara. and fIIcu t.c r,re-scs were hewu into
tsrfu. fnT J1r reception rtbodies. Sometimes
j. l. mia t,ig fFr
f.0J wills. 20 that ca,.. recess would contain
several i-sftr-s ana Hourtimcs they were
sH.aH. 90 loci 60 contain only one each
sometimes tHe washable opened OFT iutO
Ie--sEr- which bad T'cc-rcs on cIch hand:
sl -I1I u Jorge company uithe dead might lie
Ihrr 300 tHr hrHrt pi the mountain. The
To- ..HIT v.f4 secured frufu Wild beasts and 9th
90 il. ru.iuus lbs o. SON" door hucd To tire en-
.....r. rr 90 large block rolled zap against it,
..tf4r Va '.B have -cru these E1sirrr tuuhs
rsu Brs,r again o., o. lZlcd. n ! was iu ny
-i.1tahUod, when reading OF "the chambers
8t ias grove" and 90 tie dead calling To one
sauti,sr boo 90. hJusu OF death, aud ofihc stone
.virg rolled AWAY from the mouth OF the
aFurlrFr.. Many n Oh Ia wonders, a. ! did,
f...u ffsa way vss made clear for Lazarus to
ruulr faF-ls. u.cr,ly by the removal 81 s;nUe
l.It uucr having stool looking IA the door
lf "a sruuIrhIe, NOW yyjd hrcnmgs. HE pc
ftf#. af Jr-Is Standing there, aud Ealing in
t.ag4rrs with a loud oicr,' To come forth /!
STOW QUO hears That voice schoing through
l.,- chambers ct inl TOT %, aud see: the dead
mao iu his ccrcnleuts uy earring iroTl the steps
q. q the vault, or thu shadow of the r'cess.
o. rr.ub which we explored az Bethany,
80 r'- went down a considerable way
,i.', the rock One HI ght Of detp, narrow
sir,s led US into a snail vaulted chamber
su.f two or three mole steps, narrower still,
,lt1 rhe lowest tomb, hich had little more
Than room Tor oHe body The monks, when
taken rs guides, show in the village what
they cali the house Of Martha and Mary, and
dat Ct simon the Leper but We did not
inquire 10. these, haviL no wish 10 mix up
ANYTHING fabulous with our observation of n
place - interesting as Bethany.
We looked hack upon The willie y" again and
again. a. We descended iltb the 'saliry; and u
ysus painfiH to loose Sight Of the place where
Jesus was wont 10 ~ e. solace hIus''lf WITH
tn, friendship 90 InZl-tI- aud hlS -iater., aud
rest f.on the conflict Which beet bin in the
great CITY over rouder ridge. But ne were
now or the road from Jtrusulem 20 Jericho,
aud about to pass among the Businesses OF
the thieves whO seem - have Infested this
REGION In al times After rid ing along the
valley, sometimes on the one itll and some