Toward the sunrise, being sketches of travel in Europe and the East, to which is added a Memorial sketch of the RevWilliam Morley Punshon . ility and Sketches of Travel. 205 great productiveness, for Judah washed his garmentsin wine and his clothes in the blood of grapes! Ah !these hills have been stripped of their magnificentolive groves, the terraces have crumbled, and theserough gray stones, so weary to the eye and so painfulto the feet, give an aspect as sterile and forbidding ajscan possibly be conceived I But the outward fea-tures of the desolate landscape are forgotten, forwe have reach
Toward the sunrise, being sketches of travel in Europe and the East, to which is added a Memorial sketch of the RevWilliam Morley Punshon . ility and Sketches of Travel. 205 great productiveness, for Judah washed his garmentsin wine and his clothes in the blood of grapes! Ah !these hills have been stripped of their magnificentolive groves, the terraces have crumbled, and theserough gray stones, so weary to the eye and so painfulto the feet, give an aspect as sterile and forbidding ajscan possibly be conceived I But the outward fea-tures of the desolate landscape are forgotten, forwe have reached the summit of the last hill, andOlivet is in sight. There is a large monastery andother buildings that obstruct the view. We areimpatient to get a glimpse of the Sacred City. Alittle further on and a line of dim gray, battlementedwalls appears; then turrets, and minarets, and domesbreak upon the tear-filled eyes. It is Jerusalem !The dreams and longings of a life-time are fulfilled. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, 0 Jerusalem !Before us is the Jafia Gate, and we ride past thecitadel of David into the city of the Great
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