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A Beautiful Valley--Flowing Rivers--Mohammed at Damascus--Garden of God--Paul at Damascus--Mohammedan at Prayer--Valley More Beautiful--Damascus Exclusively Oriental--Quaint Architecture--"Often in Wooden Houses Golden Rooms we Find"--Narrow Streets--Industrious People--Shoe Bazaars--Manufacturing Silk by hand--Fanatical Merchants--"Christian Dogs"--Cabinet-Making--Furniture Inlaid with Pearl--Camel Markets--A Progenitor of the Mule--Machinery Unknown--Ignorance Stalks Abroad--Fanatical Arabs--A Massacre--The Governor Gives the Signal--Christians Killed--French Army--Abraham Our Guide--Brained before Reaching the Post-Office--Warned not to Look at the Women--Johnson's Regret--Vailed Women--Johnson's Explanation. Page, 276

THE NAAMAN HOSPITAL FOR THE LEPROSY.

Naaman, the Leper--His Visit to Elisha--The Prophet's Command--Naaman Cured--House Turned into a Leper Hospital--Off to the Lepers' Den--Origin, History and Nature of Leprosy--Arrival at the Gloomy Prison--Abraham, "I Didn't Promise to Go into the Tomb with You"--"Screw your Courage to the Sticking Point"--Johnson's Reply--Suspicious of the Arab Gate-Keepers--A Charge to Abraham--Life in Johnson's Hands--Mamie and the Currant-Bush--Among the Lepers--Judgment Come--Graves Open--Living Corpses--Walking Skeletons--Strewing out Coins--An Indescribable Scene--An Indelible Picture--Horrible Dreams. Page, 292

FROM DAMASCUS TO THE SEA OF GALILEE.

Sick, nigh unto Death--"Night Bringeth out the Stars"--Mount Hermon and the Transfiguration--Beautiful Camp-Ground--Amnon, the Reliable--"Thou Art Peter"--Fountain of the Jordan--Slaughter of the Buffaloes--Crossing into Galilee--Dan--Abraham's Visit--A Fertile Valley--Wooden Plows--A Bedouin Village--Costumes of Eden--A Gory Field--Sea of Galilee--Sacred Memories--The Evening Hour--A Soliloquy--Bathing--Sailing--Fishing. Page, 303

FROM THE SEA OF GALILEE TO NAZARETH.

A Seven Hour's Journey--A Rough Road and a Hot Sun--Gazelles--Nimrods of To-day--Historic Corn-Field--Cana of Galilee--First Miracle--Cana at Present--Greek and Roman Convents--Conflicting Stories of Greek and Latin Priests--Explanation--An Important Fact--Marriage Divinely Instituted--Woman Degraded--Woman Honored--Description of Nazareth--Childhood Home of Jesus--Jesus and the Flower-Garden--Studying Nature--He Goes to the Mountain Top--Without Bounds or Limits--A Fit Play-Ground and Suitable School-Room for the Royal Child--Rock Bluff where the People Tried to "Cast him down Headlong"--The Carpenter Shop--The Virgin's Fountain--Nazareth at Present--Protestant Missions--A Short Sermon and a Sweet Song. Page, 319

A CHARACTERISTIC SCENE IN THE ORIENT.

Shepherd Tents--Many Flocks in One Sheep-Cote for the Night--Many Merchants from Different Countries--Ships Anchored--Arabs at Meal--Arabs Smoking--Shepherds with their Reed-Pipes--Merchants' Response--Music and Dancing at Night--Bustle and Confusion in the Morning--Fight Like Madmen--Over-Burdened Camels--Camp Broken up--Dothan and Joseph's Pit--Money-Loving Mohammedans--Crafty Jews--Return to Tents--The Shepherds Awaken--Crook, Sling and Reed-Pipe--David and Goliath--Shepherds under the Star-Lit Sky--"Glory to God in the Highest." Page, 337

FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO.

A Man "Fell among Thieves"--The Way still Lined with Thieves--Guards Necessary--Across the Mount of Olives--Bethany and its Memories--David's Flight from Jerusalem--"Halt! Halt!"--Seized with Terror--Splendid Horsemanship--"A Hard Road to Trabble"--Inn where the Good Samaritan Left the Jew--Brigands on the Way-side--Robbers and Guards in Collusion--Topography of the Country--Dangers and Difficulties--Perilous Places Passed--Plain of Jericho--Writhing in Agony--The City of Palms--Trumps of Joshua--Jericho in the Time of Herod--Iron-Fingered Fate--Jericho at Present--A Divine Region--Pool of Moses--Antony and Cleopatra. Page, 346

BEYOND THE JORDAN.

Plain of Moab--Children of Israel--Moses's Request--Moab a Rich Country--Lawless Clans--A Traveler Brutally Murdered--A Typical Son of Ishmael--Dens and Strongholds--Captured by a Clan of Arabs--Shut up in Mountain Caves--Heavy Ransom Exacted--The Moabite Stone--Confirmation of Scripture--Machaerus--John the Baptist--Prison Chambers--Character of John--How to Gauge a Life--Hot-Springs--Herod's Visit--"Smell of Blood still"--Mount Nebo--Fine View--Life of Moses--From Egypt to Nebo--An Arab Legend--Death of Moses. Page, 362

THE JORDAN.

Two Thoughts--From Nebo to the River--Thrilling Emotions--Historic Ground--A Sacred Scene--An Earnest Preacher--Christ Baptized--Awe-Stricken People--A Sacred River--Bathing of Pilgrims--Robes Become Shrouds--The Ghor of the Jordan--The Valley an Inclined Plane--The Three Sources of the River--The Jordan Proper--Banks--Tributaries--Bridges--River Channel--Velocity of the Water--Its Temperature--Its Width and Depth--Vegetation along the Stream--Wild Beasts--Birds. Page, 380

THE DEAD SEA.

A Wonderful Body of Water--Receives 20,000,000 Cubic Feet of Water per Day--Has no Outlet--Never Fills Up--In the Sea--Johnson's Suggestion as to my Identity--Why One Cannot Sink--"Salt Sea"--Caught in a Storm--Danger of Death--Dreary Waste--Sea of Fire--Johnson's Argument--New-Born Babe--Child Dies--Lot's Wife--Her Past History and Present Condition--The Frenchman's Book--Why the Sea is so Salt--Why it Never Fills Up--Sown with Diamonds--Origin of the Dead Sea--God's Wrath--The Sodom Apple--The Sea an Emblem of Death. Page, 397

TWO RUSSIAN PILGRIMS, OR A PICTURE OF LIFE.

A Steep Mountain--Rough Base--Beautiful Summit--Russian Pilgrims--Journey up Mountain--Life's Hill--Courage in Heart--Marriage Altar--Long Pilgrimage--Star of Hope. Page, 409

FROM JERUSALEM, VIA BETHLEHEM AND POOLS OF SOLOMON, TO HEBRON.

Rachel's Tomb--Bethlehem--Ruth and Boas--David the Shepherd Lad--Cave of the Nativity--Pools of Solomon--Royal Gardens--The Home of Abraham--Abraham's Oak--Abraham's Mummy. Page, 414

FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA.

Palestine--Its Situation--Its Dimensions--Its Names--Its Topography--Its Climate--Its Seasons--Its Agriculture--Its People--The Pleasure of Traveling through Palestine. Page, 426

JERUSALEM.

Approaching Jerusalem--Coming Events--Dreams--Light Breaks In--Serenade--Zion, the City of God--Prayers Answered--Gratitude--A Vision of Peace--Blighted Fig-Tree--Still a Holy City--Prominence of Jerusalem--Its Influence among the Nations--A Melted Heart--Tents Pitched--Walk About Zion--Situation of the City--Its Walls--Its Gates--Afraid of Christ--Crossing the Kedron--Tomb of Virgin Mary--Gethsemane--What it Means, What it Is, and How it Looks--Superstitious Monks--Jerusalem Viewed from the Mount of Olives--Architecture of the City--Prominent Objects--Entering the City--Its Streets--Its Population--Jewish Theologues--Remaining Portion of Solomon's Temple--"Wailing Place" of the Jews--Kissing the Wall--Weeping Aloud--Fulfillment of Prophecy--Only One Conclusion. Page, 445

JERUSALEM CONTINUED--MOSQUE OF OMAR.

Haram Area--Its Past and Present--Wall--Gates--Stopped at the Point of Daggers--Legal Papers and Special Escort--Mosque of Omar--Its Exterior and Interior--A Great Rock Within--History and Legends Connected with the Rock--Mohammed's Ascent to Heaven--Place of Departed Spirits--Their Rescue--Ark of the Covenant--Golden Key. Page, 467

IN AND AROUND JERUSALEM.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre--Peculiar Architecture--Strange Partnership--The Centre of the Earth--The Grave of Adam--Unaccountable Superstitions--An Underground World--Pool of Siloam--Kedron Valley--The Final Judgment--Tomb of the Kings--Valley of Hinnom--Lower Pool of Gihon--Moloch--Gehenna--Upper Pool of Gihon--Calvary--The Savior's Tomb. Page, 479

EGYPT.

Jaffa--Its History and its Orange Orchard--On the Mediterranean--Port Said--Suez Canal--The Red Sea--Pharaoh and his Host Swallowed Up--From Suez to Cairo--Arabian Nights--Egyptian Museum--Royal Mummies--A Look at Pharaoh--A Mummy 5,700 Years Old--A Talk with the King--Christmas-Day and a Generous Rivalry--Donkey-Boys of Cairo--Wolves around a Helpless Lamb--Johnson on his Knees--Yankee Doodle--The Nile--The Prince of Wales--Pyramid in the Distance--Face to Face with the Pyramid of Cheops--Ascending the Pyramid--Going in it--Johnson Cries for Help--The Sphinx, and what it is Thinking about. Page, 495

Long Shut Out of Civilization--Four Days in Gehenna--Paul's Experience Co-Incides with Ours--Dead--Buried--A Stone Against the Door--Raised from the Grave--Under an Italian Sky--"See Naples and Die"--Off for the City of the Dead--Knocking for Entrance--Earthquake--Re-Built--Location of the City--Boasted Perfection--City Destroyed by a Volcano--Vivid Description by an Eye-Witness--Rich Field for Excavation--What Has been Found--Returns to Get Gold--Poetical Inspiration--Pompeii at Present--Mistaken Dedication. Page, 515

VESUVIUS IN ACTION.

As it Looks by Day and by Night--Leaving Naples--First Sight of Vesuvius--Description--The Number of Volcanoes--Off to See the Burning Mountain--A Nameless Horse--Respect for Age--Refuse Portantina--Mountain of Shot--A Dweller in a Cave--A Slimy Serpent for a Companion--Jets of Steam--Vulcan's Forge--Exposed to a Horrible Death--Upheavals of Lava--Showers of Fire--Fiery Fiends--Winged Devils--Tongue of Fire--A Voice of Thunder. Page, 526

ROME--ANCIENT AND MODERN.

The Mother of Empires--Weeps and Will not be Comforted--Nero's Golden Palace--Ruined Greatness--Time, the Tomb-Builder--Papal Rome--The Last Siege--Self-Congratulations--Better Out-Look--The Seven-Hilled City--Vanity of Vanities--The Pantheon--Nature Slew Him--The Shrine of All Saints. Page, 535

ROME--ITS ART AND ARCHITECTURE.

A Question Asked--Answer Given--Nature as Teacher--Italians as Pupils--Great Artists--The Inferno--The Cardinal in Hell--The Pope's Reply--A Thing of Beauty--The Beloved--The Transfiguration--Architecture--Marble Men Struggle to Speak--Resplendent Gems. Page, 544

BAPTIST MISSION WORK IN ITALY.

Why Italy is a Mission-Field--Beginning of the Work--Difficulties--Increase of Forces--Growth of Work--Sanguine Expectations. Page, 553

FROM ROME, VIA FLORENCE TO VENICE.

Peasants--A Three-Fold Crop--Elba, the Exiled Home of Napoleon--Pisa--Leaning Tower--An Odd Burial-Ground--Florence--The Home of Savonarola, Dante, and Michael Angelo--Art Galleries--On to Venice--A Flood--Johnson Excited--Storm Raging--Lightening the Ship--Venice, a Water-Lily--No Streets but Water--No Carriages but Gondolas--Shylocks. Page, 563

COLORED PLATES. Page.

The River Jordan, where it is supposed Christ was baptised, 380 Vesuvius in Action, 526

MAP.

Palestine--Time of Christ, 250

WOOD ENGRAVINGS, PHOTO-ENGRAVINGS, ETC.

OFF FOR NEW YORK.

Preparations--A Prayer and a Benediction--An Impatient Horse and a Run for Eternity--Strange Sceptre and Despotic Sway--Beauty in White Robes--Approaching the Metropolis--Business Heart of the New World--A Bright Face and a Cordial Greeting--An Hour with the President--More for a Shilling and Less for a Pound--A Stranger Dies in the Author's Arms--Namesake--Prospects of Becoming a Great Man--A Confused College Student--The Hour of Departure--Native Land.

PREPARATIONS for the trip were completed when the week ended. Sunday, with its sweet privileges and solemn services, came and went. Mother and I knelt and prayed together. Rising to our feet, she looked up through her tears and smilingly said, "Son, the Lord has given me strength to bear the separation. 'Go, and 'God be with you till we meet again.'"

Monday morning, as the hands on the dial plate point to seven, Johnson and I seat ourselves in a carriage which is drawn by a horse whose path is steel, whose heart is fire, and whose speed is lightning. This impatient steed stands champing his bit, and when the word is given he starts on his long journey. At one bound he leaps the majestic river, and on, on he rushes as if he fears eternity will come before he reaches his journey's end. After traveling only a few hours, we run into a blinding snow-storm which reminds us that Winter still wields his icy sceptre, and rules with despotic sway. This storm continues for hours; in truth, it lasts until apparently the whole earth is wrapped in a mantle of white, and until the majestic mountains of Pennsylvania seem to rise up in their virgin purity to kiss the vaulted sky.

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