The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-02-14

| privilege, which have stood Tor ages,
aud in which oil coming generations shall
rejoice,
In the cross Of ohHst glory
! Towering oer tho wrecks Of time
Al the light Of sacred story
! uatbre. round ts bead sublime"
Returning from this depression we now
give Lsmarinc's sketch Of the Garden OF
Gethsemane, copying the same from
| Rev. Lyman Coleman's Historical Geo
| graphy Of tho Bible,
AT the gate Of st. stephen ION tie
east side Of the eityl the path is turned
out of its line by the terraces, on which
formerly stood the temple of Solomon,
aud where now stands the Mosque OF
Omar; and broad steep bank desccnds
suddenly to the left towards the bridge
which crosses the Codron and leads TO
Gethsemsno and the Garden Of Olives
A low wall ofstones without cement,
surrounds this field, and eight olive trees
standing at about twenty or thirty PAGES
distance from each other, nearly cover Il
with their shade. These OLIVE trees are
among the largest Of their species have
ever seen; tradition makes their age
mount to the era Of the incarnate God,
who is said to have chosen them 10 con.
ceal his divine agonies. Their appear
ance might, Unnecessary, confirm the ira
dition which vencratcs them; their I'm.
mense roots, as the growth Of ages, have
lifted up the earth and stones which
covered them, and, rising many feet above
the surface of the soil, offer to the pilgrim
natural benches upon which be NAV kneel
or Sit down to collect the holy thought,
which descend from their silent head.
A trunk, knotted, ,channelIed, followed n.
with the deep wrinkles Of age, rises ike
large pillar over these groups of roots.
and, as if overwhelmed and bound down
by the weight of its days, il inclines 10
the right or left, leaving in pendant
position its large, interlaced, but once
horizontal branches, which the axe has =
hundred times shortened 10 restore their
youth.
81 admired the divine predestination OF
this spot for the most mournful scene of
the Saylours passion. II was deep and
narrow valley enclosed on the north by
dark and barren heights, which contained
the 'epulchres Of kings; shaded on the
west by the heavy aud gigantic walls Of
q city Of iniquities covered at the east by
the summit OF the Mount Of Olives. and
crossed by torrent which rolled is BIZ.
ter and yellow waves over the b.. Ken
rocks Of the valley Of Jehoshaphat Al
some PAGES distance black and bare
rock delaches Itself Ike prononto,,
from the base Of the mountain. and ,os.
pended over Cedron and the valley. bear.
several old tombs Of kings aud patriarch.
formed in gigantic aud singular archItec.
ture, aud strides Ike the bridge Of death
over the valley Of lamentations.
At that period, no doubt, the slupipg
sides Of the Mount of Olives, now neau,
bare, were watcred By brooks from the
pools, and by the sill running stream Of
Cedr0n. Gardens Of pomegIanates. or.
angcs and olives, covered with a thicker
shade the valley Of Gethsemane. which
deEes Ike a sanctuary Of grief Into the
oauowest and darkest depths Of tie yal.
Icy Of Jehoshaphat The man desplscd
and rejected, the mau Of sorrows. might
here hide himself Ike a criminal. among
the roots Of the tree. aud The rocks Of he
torrent, under the triple shadow Of The
city, tbe mountain, aud the night be
might hear from hence the secret step. or
biz mother and Iis disciple. 81 they passed
by, seeking her son and their master. the
confused noise. the stupid acclsmatl0ns
Of the city rising around him 10 rejoice Ia
having vauqnlsbed truth, aud expelled
justice and the mosns " Cedron rolling
it, waters under Bis feet soon destined 10
behold iis eity oyerthrOwn, aud Ii. sour.
oes broken nP Ia The ruin ola blind aud
guilty nation. Could Christ have chosen
il more suitable .pot for his tesrsf Could
lie water With tie sweat of his blood
soil more funowed by miserles, more
saturated by griefs more lmpreguatsd
with lanientsti8ns/
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