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Title: Through Bible lands : notes of travel in Egypt, the desert, and Palestine
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893
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Publisher: New York : American Tract Society
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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er, and do sostill to some extent, although the aqueducts, like every-thing else in Palestine, are in a deplorable state of dilapi-dation. I was informed that a rich and benevolent Eng-lish lady offered a large sum for their repair, but the offerwas refused by the stupid Turkish government. Besidethe upper pool is a castle and khan of Saracenic origin,now occupied by the guardian. The lowest and finestpool (582 feet long, 207 broad, 50 deep, according to Por-ter) is partly hewn in the rock and partly lined with ma-sonry. A stony staircase leads down to the water, inwhich we took a refreshing bath. The name is derivedfrom the book of Ecclesiastes (2:5, 6), where Solomon,among the vanities of pleasure, mentions gardens andorchards which he planted, and pools of water whichhe made to water therewith the wood that bringethforth trees. An hours ride brings us to Bethlehem ; next we passRachels Tomb ; then the Convent of Mar Elias. Herewe get the first glimpse of Jerusalem, and the expecta-
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RACHELS TOMB. HEBRON, 219 tion rises higher and higher as we approach the holiestcity on earth. But we must stop a few hours in Beth-lehem, the first place in Judea where the reminiscencesof the Old and New Testaments are blended. Our Sav-iour, so far as we know, never was south of Bethlehem,the city of his birth, except in the Flight to Egyptduring his infancy. 220 BIBLE LANDS. CHAPTER XXII. BETBLEHEM. Bethlehem Ephratah — RaehePs Tomb —Ruth andBoaz—David the Shepherd King—Mieahs Proph-ecy—The Incarnation—The Shepherds of Bethle-lem and the Wise Men from the East—The Gloriain Excelsis—The First Martyrs—Modern Bethle-hem—The Latin Convent — The Church of theNativity —The Holy Crypt—The Chapel of theManger—The Chapel of the Innocents—The Studyof Jerome—The Latin Bible—The Grotto of theShepherds—Protestant Schools—Bethlehem andGolgotha. Bethlehem ! of noblest cities, None can once with thee compare;Thou alone the Lord from heaven Didst for us incarn

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