Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-10-18
The Sea of aaaIIIee

The ascent Of Mount Tabor was stee d and
difficult. The summit reached, we had that
sweeping view than which none in all the
world is more beautiful, certainly none more
sublime. In the portheast was the glory of
Hermop, snowcapped, and towering in the
sky; on the north the Lebanon range stretch
ing away to the sea on the northwest the
hill that SURROUND Nazareth and father away
the peaks that overlook Tyre and Sarepta aud
Sidon. On the west was the plaiu leading off
to- the Mediterranean, and here and there the
I silver CLEAN OF, the kishon-'tBat ancient
river, the river Kishon.".. On the south side
Of the plain, and in the middle OF it, were al
most ihnumerable points of interest Carmel
bounded the horizon toward the sea shore
Between rs and that hill lay Taanach, Megid.
do, and all the points which, in the long. bat
tie history of Esdraeldon made it to be looked
on as a very plain of strife for armies, so
that John in the Apocalypse spoke of the hill
OF Megiddo az the last gathering place OF
nations for combat. South of Tabor lay
Shnnem, and beyond it the peaks of Gilbon,
locking down on Jezreel Close by Shunem
was Main, 0nd not far from that Eidor and
LheUde the eye swept eastward and downward,
for the plain descended rapidly oil the moun.
tnihs seemed to fall swiftly TO the Jordan
Valley, and therct deep down IN the slopes,
lying lin basin OF emerald, was the sea Of
Gnlllee.i f.ai ~ a'' tg ~ ~
| lies in n deep basin- The eastern shore
r5es abruptly ip high rocky mountains, and
the land to the eastward Of these is barren and
desolate, stretching AWAY to the ruins 0l
Galnra, the chief city of the .ancient Car
dtnes. The lake is; not large Here the
lrayeller lnny be, disappointed. The word
sea has led him to think Of Goneaarat as q
vast body of water. He is scarcely prepared
Iqr the little lake over which his eye sweeps
With single glance. But no lake on earth
has shores telFo~ded NsilR 'hdy associations,
| and, therefore, there is 90 other lake or ocean
| vhereE aEFbSe tfastl1s nsAI IHr
into such infinite distances of thought and
memory, Joy and sorrow. The lake is oval
in form lying north aud south, The Jordan
enters il at the northern aud flows out of the
soul uthsrn :e.SasInty. . -AseshdT,lhel,perth5 5rn
and northwestern shores cluster the points
of deepest interest There were Chorazin
and BelhsaJe sand 6asernauit OH1ttseast
was the land Of the Gardarenes But the
steepness 81 Abe ,HRptins aSRSSa tteIlestr
ton Of any citieslthete, except near the
northern and southern extremiLias of the lake.
The western shore must have been lined with
cities and villages. The ruins which are
found along The banks, and especially the
vacant tombs in the rocky .hjlLsHla. an est tIss
forper wealth and populodshess of this coast.
Triburias is not a cily,ol tha, ,tins al Christ,
although " cAf, hardly Be doubted thht il oc.
cupiea the site of some welbknown place of
that day. 1t is the only place of any import
ance now oRIbe shore OF the ses,v On the
southeastern side IS small village OF mud
hu,S but nowhere else on its wholeIcireuit 10
there any COLLECTION Of human inhebita1jonss
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