Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-06-18

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This lake 10 also kDowa d eAeNVpWWa
sea Of TiberiaA and 0snaeesisk ~ ~ -
Old Testament as the seo q CAanaB1A -
Is about thirteen miles ia lsagl q
breadth and is formed By thS 1ssi 49,
tTaversos Il from north 70 soeth, o14 -
flows on to the Dead -, dEey @iloS osueh.
No other sheet Of !at:r b he Wps 4a.
deared 70 the ChVistian BY . many pleis1AE
associations Some ten milea 70 tSe Ntiit lsI.
Nazareth, the home 0f Christ duziaR he eAf&-
hood and youth. On its wsstsEE lkog6 lAy
Capernaum, ChOraSin, and BeshsaSaa AZ Cal.
flee, where "most Of his mighty WcsS .wsrO
done;' while the other BsthslidA ~ Hlnl
few miles north Of its noFtheasteFn GhogG.-
Around this lake large part Of TIE saEiouR's
public life was spent. More than one bind
man there experienced his miraculous powH,
and opened his eyes to behold 0Fst Of IN hii
benetactor's face, and then the blue waters Of
this charming lake. Hero the majority II hla
disciples lived; and by its side, while sitting
At the receipt Of custom, 0F mSoding thsir
nets" they were called TO become Rshess Of
men," 1t was on these watsrA siding In ST.
multitude on shore. Upon one Of the neigh.
boring bills he taught many thousands ct
once, healed their diseases, and I'd them ell
with five loaves and two fishes. Here, too
on two occasions-at the commencement Of
his ministry and after his rssuFTection-his
4 command Riled the nets Of the apostles with
unprecedented drAughts Offshes. GOmeWhorO
on the southeast Hid0 Of the sAun0 Se6 d The
"stcep place" down which the lfightenod
Gadarenes saw their whole herd q swine
plunge, and perish In The watsFss The So.
viOur Often crossed this lake In his laboEs Of
love; and twice be had occasion % allAy The
fears Of his disciples By calming the Storm
tossed waves: onco waking Aum hIs edlee
sleep In the hinder part q De hoaG y cAidG'
them for their lack Of faith and onee coming.
out to them BY walking on the Ssa, b skS
fourth watch Of the night, as they were "Ooil-
ing 10 rowing"
Thus the whole region isrendered sacVedb
incidents In the life Of our Lord The travel.
Ter irreSistibly feels that His Iootsteps and
smile have for ever hall0wed theso hlllR thAt
his voice yet echoes from these shores, and
his Peace, be still, /" yet rests On thess pure
and peaceful waters. 10 many respects, low.
ever, great change has here taken place sinOo
the time Of Christ. Then the shores were a.
led by teeming population; towns and vlIla.
ges crowded the banks, end boats swnshoaon
the waters. Now thA- -only ssmaininR town b
Tiberias, city in ruins containing about a..
QUO inhabitant1, and wretchcd and Glthy 70
the last degree. II 10 common saying, that
the king Of the Aeas holds his court at II.
berias" Instead Of large Aese ef AahIne--
boats, only one can now be found on IL waAosA
The round hills that come boldly down 10 th0
sea are now bare Of trees; and though coven.
ed with adelightful verdure after he Wintsy
rains, become pATched and dssolAtS unaa6f tha
summer sun. Yet this ssA ana Ahasa hillaovu
the same that our Saviour himself bshs1a: -
main features Of the scsne ere unehn
The lake lies emb0sOme0 In q &neS haram.
more than three hundred feet be1ow th6 DoWea
Of the McditsrTaneAn, end eue1osA On m u,asa
except near the inlet and outlse oftho JorAan..
by bills that rise steeply hundreds q 1T q
height; while In the background On tho est
side are mountains ove- thousand Aot hlRh.
The range Of heights stFetcAinR aSOuna d
sea itselfis broken by occasional nhAAy raviaso
and water-c0urses; aud here end there d oep.
arated from the sea BY . level and excoodink.
ly fertile plain. In one Of these plains CapeS.
naum used to stand, but now ie han RAslly
disappeared. Far away In the north MsuHg
hermon litts its snOw.capped crown % tn
Ky, with the majesty Of . summit that haE
looked Down on the coming and going Of .
hundred generations
The region Of this sea bears marks a vol-,
canic action, and hot springs still exisa o. tho.
shore south Of Tiberias. The waters sim
swarm with fishes, as in the days Of the apos-
tOlic fishermen. The whole scene d marked
by grand but serene beauty, end The Chgls.i
tian visitor reluctantly tears himself Mwaw
from it A recent American travelleF, whiie
out upon the sea. encountered tempest lIko
those described in the gospels; sudden, swia..
and violent, It swept dowa On ihOa AIow -
upper hills, and threw e int eonsnotHsn IS
in moment He vas unable b mako huaA
against It, and was driven ovsf b "tho oine4
0fthe GadArenes" The uams travSllsr i,koA
several times in ils clear and swoot wnlaSs,
and was remindedOCthe wsrds ofaa OlA eeok'
friend Of his boyhOOd, who said 10 hims-,
when ye graw up to be . mon, mAyhaR
yell 60 wanderin' up and doom the hiIIs x -
world. But dom ye forget that ein y6n9
thursty, there's thesee o'Galilss; end II ydT0
hungry, there's the loaves that fed fasse Iea.o.
and there by tho sea aud when y0 gof NFo1
and tired out, and want to lay your head dooa
on any stoun and rest it-but the HtOuns 80
a hard-thCre's Heem that sayed o. tAoGnD6
sea, Cume unto me, all 70 that lahor aia -
hccvy-lAden, and will geOve ye resA"