Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-04-25
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Jsffa after dinner and drove IN Ram,eb. vbers
we remained aver night. Nest morning early, |
we were In our seats and of Tor Jeruss,em
The wny far the mus, part waa nm hill. for
we cross the mountains of Judsa In going from
Ja fla TO Jerusalem. The country along this
road IA pie,uresoue but barren This 1. ope Of
the most interesting roads for Tho traveler IN
Palestine. for il was the scene of some of the
p,sl imnor,ant events In tho bis,oty Of The
Chiidten of Israel. Tbe marrow s,rip of land
along the Mediterranean. of which Jaaa (an-
cieat Joppa, was the chief CITY, remained IN
tile possession of the Pb,listines till the time Of
David. On this road took place the conflict
between Samson and;tbe Pbils,ip,s. on account
of his improper love for the beautiful De,ilah.
Between Jaffa and Ramleh we passed the
ruins Of the village in which the house OF
Sampson stood. Not far from here are the
ruins of the temple of Dagou. which Sampson
overthrow, as his greatest and last triumph
over his prosecutors. Nenr this place we cross.
ed the plain where ho tied fire brands Il
the tails of TIE foxes and turned them loose in
the corn fields of the Phils,nes. AT this point
the mountains Of Judea, with their blue ridge
bounding the horizon, and fading gradually
into an indsting uishabe haze, lay before us.
Before we reached their base, we passed The
plain of Ajalon, where Joshua comma nded the
sun and moon TO stand still, until he gained his
signal victory over the Amorites. His Lam
guage was as rhetorical as the scene was
pioluresque-"Sun, stand thou still upon Glib
con and thou, moon, in the valley of Ajalon.'
The ancient Gideon stood on the mountain, hut
the modern village stands on the plain at its
base.
After crossing the plain of Ajalon, we began
the ascent of the mountain by one of the safest
roads over which ever passed. After several
hours of weary toll, we reached Kirjatb jearm,
whence David brought the ark to Jerusalem
with music and dancing. The ark rested here
twenty five years in the house OF obededom.
This place WAS subsequently the headquarters
Of one Of the most desperate robber chiefs, who
for many years was terror to pilgrims and
travellers whom he robbed withou, mercy.
We also passed the birth place of ST. John, the
Baptist, and the wilderness of St. John, into
which 1t is said the devil led Christ, at the time
Of his temptation. This village is situated on
the mountain side, in one OF The many open
spaces along tue road, which present the aP-
pearance of grand amphitheatres made by ma
ture for the admiration OF man. The mountain
sides here have been terraced and planted with
olive trees and other fruits. This was the only
place between Jaffa and Jerusalem which gave
evidence OF fertility.
little beyond this we crossed the brook
whence David tsok the stone with which lie
killed Goliath. Further up the mountain side
| Is shown the place where he slew the lion and
| the bear. From here to Jerusalem, we passed
only one place OF note; this was the ancient
Mzpah. The poetry has all been taken out of
The approach to Jerusalem from this side. We
c)me to large number of modern horses and
churches, erected by the Russian, and other
colonies who have settled just outside The Jaffa
gate, which fact distracts the attention aud
destroys the reverentiai awe one would willing
| ly feel on entering the old city OF David.
The first day in Jerusalem we spent in visit
ing places of especial interest the first OF
which was the house Of David on the hill OF
| Zion. In this building is the tomb Of David
which, however, no christian is permitted to
see. In tue upper room of this house, Chris
and his disciples are said to have eaten tie
last supper. This is the most absurd Of all the
improbable things shown here. This house
after Davds death, was known as the residence
of the kings, and no more Improbable story
could be told than that King Herod would allow
Christ and his disciples TO use one of the bes
rooms in his residence for the celebration o
their rites. Near by this house stands thu
house of Caiaphas, the high priest, befor,
whom Jesus was taken after his arrest. Th
house stands without the wall OF the city. From
the grounds which surround ii. one obtains
,ood v;ow of ,hs Mo,r, os o,;vos ,,d uo h;,,
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oeyona the Vaiieys oil uehenna ana JehosaPhat
picked few flowers from what is known a
tho .pmm,. of Mount Zion IN nm, return I,
the church of st. James, which belongs 10 til
order. From here we went TO the tower o
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the batllements from which he saw tue oeau'i
full Bathsheba bathing. The view of the cit
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Olives and the otter mountains which surr7un
the city are in plain view from here. II re
o,;ras mn s,rs,ch of IN. ;ror;ro,;or n ,,dor
, STAND why th's was tue ch'et resort oil pav'd
He was a man of poetic Imagination, as well a
of sensual desires. and in tbose d,vs wbe
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+ was open to his vision from this tower. all til
, bea uties Of nature in the territorial wor,
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! the human 'orm divine.