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Show A LECTOKi?. , osfcnpp wnuv TAyton'ataCrvasa: ii in olct, lovcty talc, surrounded liy , twelve or fonrfeen conical hills, stand . JJaxarsth, HcohtahiiatptcsenAaropW latioii of nboqt ,900, nod Is one of tl)0 most thrifty, Tillages in all Syria; the crowd of holy assocUtlbna which- crowd upon, ilio.raiiid,. while standin'g :thero can ndf.be wclHcscrlbedi " Uut if A;mlton ttry who wcnt tO Nazareth, ahtlbegaB to' sptjak, and could not do so.wiLh brilliancy arid, power I, should say-hfl entered thej chpreh by mistake, If hd did hot becomo Inspired white speaking open, the fpot where th,o otA Jcsus, dwelt ftif ahoo.t : thirty years, The yery house In whieb be lived,!? t)H sjiowjv And In tbfl."Wrgfh Tirc-placq tbcro' is- fixed la the wall; of tho chimney an old. crane at least that is, whatwocalt it In Scotland. JthTery Ub Vfeetbct; Uie Virgla. ofor toed thU crane. or, not,, certain It ls-r- judging from its appearance it anst, at leaai, bo fifteen fif-teen or sixteen hnndrcd years old. In the honso is also shown a small table, the IhwiripUoff d 'which' $iy:"Tho tradK tion u contiaaous and Has never' been )h-tcrruptcd, )h-tcrruptcd, that at thift table Jcaai cat with hlidfsdpler, both beforef and after tho cttK:!xlon.UcreH tho lcclorcf gdvci' dwJripWen Hlmlratlng: It wllli action--of the iihod of eating practiscby thcr peopte'.'-there" tllf this day, 'by sit'ttng around a fi10( dish, and dipping their, , hands into it, to convey the food to their L moatbs; Another illaetrntion 'of the words , of the SaviOnri-'IIc that dippctti fits , heed with me into the dish, the bmS shall betfay wo." And he who came to earth, , and died to save onr falieh" rice; ' eat fa , thW prtoittve mahner. ,.But It was sufll-cieat sufll-cieat for me to kuow that this' was Jthe , scene of the' Saviour's boyhood., Over these WHs the young feet have wandered; andopaaddowa these streets he has often oft-en passed. v' .And 'how often asho.wan-dercd asho.wan-dercd among. these hills bsi ho been watch-; watch-; cd by tbe hosts oriieaven. - Frdra th'b i'dp of the hilt, at the bact' or' azafcibtbo view 1$ delightful..? jQveir at a-little dia-tance dia-tance stands .the tillage o Cana, of qa-lilde,"he qa-lilde,"he scene of jtbe Savoar' first irv cleV'Bot no". moro.'BrrtafrM enn take place hero, .Tbo;vljlago of Cana of .flall-fec .flall-fec tontatus; bttt a "fewdeserted' houses. Stli' IlabyIdnlfJicvcb;oll,the great cities ofvantlq'ttlty may.ccasotb beTcmcmbcrcd, hot tho;v'lllago of 'Cann .of Galilee can never bo forgotten. As we descended thc,liill, wo Came to n, tree whfqh bore, as frUit, tfio "htwki" which the prodigal son did (fat, Naturalists havo no doubt of this.facfj for In tho Jslatud of Cyprus they feed tiwliid on these husl. till this. day. And when ther are rioo thev nrn' rnt ni ill diagreeoie - to the, tasle, further doS'wo'saw "tw-oworacn" .grinding at a?;roflefpi the women there stilt do thU workj-lbe men" consider ICJneatlittcnw lloV dilTercnl; froin.oiif own ideas!' Still Ijfwauld rccoinincnd-io' 'thdso ; ladici;who complain of' that common', tli'scasc cow'-aA dayi nervous cdmplamtljast to take on early taorhlng touramowgtheso'hills-of Syria,- and inbale'lhoj-'invlgorhtlng' breeze of this hallowid grotind Tbdvoincb aro' Cuming tt'ie mill, yjjth tbelirdiaods, exactly as i lhey.,didjffhen ' tfib.Skv (our,expresscd the0rds7jtw6:,women 'shall, lie grind-.Ing.lttratnill,. grind-.Ing.lttratnill,. 'lio'-.drte ?shall"be .taken mi(Hheotlicr Mi' v.'I?ubcforo iwolcavq Nal reth tj-o' .raust'tOp at the olddunlaln tojlriuk. rJrts, ttio"only;o(jd.lit,tho place, Afthls -fohntalnary ortcn, filled her pitchsr, and Jesus, ns he pa&eililBti)ppca to cool-bis lips. There Was a little cup hero,' ,tKUivjt1(rn. 'rujlrf 'chain, for thdWssIng traveler toMrluk; ' I dfppcdiit tlio iihle tin cup afiil-dtatife; 8ml..Jf cjnndt, rdovcf io you'the, impressions. jvhiph at tliat moment filled my breast. 1 Jcbs, ilm son. of-(Sod, : had .often drank here When thd. Arabs thWmeati t& ' convey the. idek that Vou i o'retjoi of tliraitrfutnot;"ft.Malioqrine-dau'r-they wnrcal.l.ydu-tt'dog'idffnn fcll-del;.bot fcll-del;.bot when.thejj want''tor Intimate .that yonre, Christian, - they wiircall'yoU'a Nazarenc, and Vrd arc'prdnd of tho.tiatqe. 1 have gazed njppirthc'Tast.clty of Lon-doni.bccn Lon-doni.bccn at.' gt,, 'Paulfy.buYthe Yiew'bf the i grandest cities evir beheld could not awaken jn'tpo the same-emotion I be? heldwhite ga'ung upon the little tbVri oj? Nnznrcth'. The .plafif boldtv, whwc, oc cording tonronhwiy, thegteat last battlels to be fought, is nbput" eighteen miles' in length Uy abdnt twclvc'in breadth-nnd If well cultivated would p'rgsent' substandfc saOIclcnt for the .whole present population of Syria, The land Is cursed, by its government, gov-ernment, but the land, is nsr rich as ever:. The reason why that land fa cursed is. be; cause of .its inhabitants. Tho last spark oflndnstry t crushed out by the rapacity, of tho, Turkish "Government. I could kneel & thjs, moment., and. pray, for the Sultan ,aadnl his minister but J. cannot help reeling waW when I think of that glorlo.as pdrnincdbytheircnricd gov,-ernment.. gov,-ernment.. Among tho mountains ofLcba non lfes burledbe body of ,ldy Hester Stanhope, .the celebrated, niece ot Yfilliom ?itt. (,Sho who shone In be talom tit thai grcat.tnan retired In disjgnst to this lovely spot, and created around her. a paradise of floral beauty, in which every rarity and luxury .was, to bo. round. Sha bad! thirty-seven thirty-seven servants, ardqnhr,wjio"iittended and watched, her every' motion,. ready to start at the glanep if her eaglfT.eyevf Bgt death camo to her thnsvsnjrounded, and alt these serrantsjoaded' themselves whatever, plunder they could lay' .their hamls on, nndrdisappearcd. When the British Consul Jicard jof her doatb. nnd visited, her obode,.not a soul yra there to attend the,dca4 bcan'ty, and (everything wns plundered; hut the rings ou her lingere were noVJouched, as if even in death they stood so much In awe of bet that they would not venture to touch hcrM She was. burled in a .lonely . grave; Sirjuhn Moore..was,Uer first and only love, aiid I there was somewhat of . nMmllerity in tlx Ir two burials. You havo only tn m. collect tbe words: 'Npt ft drnni was bean, nor a unctal nuro. As bit eomo to tha rainparte wo bunledv" At Sfonnt Carmel there is a pot which is still called by the Arabs by a name mean-Ing mean-Ing "the place of sacriGco or "tho bnrn-lug.? bnrn-lug.? Here it wai that Ahab, nt tho request re-quest of Elijah; assembled the four hun-,drcd hun-,drcd and fifty TirophcUofllaal, to offer their sacrifice, and bring rain from heaven J when there wnsJ'a sore famine in Samv rlaAjiditho whole day these, prophets I1 itood crying to thek god till the tlme if tho "evening sacrifice,"' without answer 1 rhen KliJh called find tho Lord nod f IIm. Rra' of the laird descended front hieavea d coesowed Ids sacrifice, and sll the people fell npon tbtlr facc And if tcrwnrds a little cloud rose ont of the iv "like a wan fcahdf the iMW black with clouds and wliid.f.aml there wb , great Wtii.' And tho okl protiet. . hlslcng: White bilr drenched: with the, rain,. girded op hi loins ahd fin . before' tho ottrhvgd of AhaU to the entrance-of Jazrccl to show tho king a lesson of; hM millty. Tho TUttafrsi iiro thris cmployedi In tho cobntry atllb They run before the; great' main, crying g thcjrgo.Tho gtdali Effendl is comidgl sa tko case may ha iied to be. And i&la dhty wasbetfornJcd by the, old prophet the Iibrd, 'running .through the drdnchltlg rain, which hlsj ofn atipplicatlon had bronght'. front i lienvciil-hc wasBs-KJn after taken up to that hcafcnltt a whirlwind, la. n cltarfiot df fire'; with, horses of firdt ? ' ! , JfurUier on wereatlvftlielittto.fott'nof Eiiddr, where Saul In b'w fore, ..trouble went to confront the witch; The women there iatithc-prcscn day, I :wootd sayr that is, if ;wo bcllefe In wltchc ndwpi. took yery Mnch; ' like ' witches" till. Sanl bad to travel abont tx ' miles to, consult this wltchc. . What. could have been hla Uioajshfii s ..he "rc turned after hearing tho wontsi,'!ro morrow, thoH and thy eons skill be with inofthc'Lord els shall deliver .-tho h'dtts of Israel Into the hand -of1 tho Thills-tihest? Thills-tihest? The thickening" ngonies: of ties' pair which crowded on him, as ho'trbdo that lonely path," mdst have, been terrible.'. ter-rible.'. " . " .1. . V" Wdwe ndw In n'glorieBs' circle 6f lovely little villages, Here la ;tho ''City of Kota.. Td, are o. thei very..' road where: tho funeral party went ;oiit 'carry log the "wMtew'a nly son." Her- last stay wm gosWKer only son and slio a widow I And he who bad no where' to "tayhht. beetf, stopped tho party) and said, "young man, ariseFV Tho monarch of the grave restored the. stay, of tho widow to life and light. .. 1 ' ii We mhst plhowr tente. to-nlght-.at Ihohcad of the se of GaWee; aftcr'ltvd have "taken av gHmpso.at. Capcrriaum. And here, vre 'are at the ,mont tof Beati-tndcj, Beati-tndcj, . whero tho Savionr delivered 'the sermon on the Mount. Vf.ben I saw It I thought no better place conld be selected to' preaclt n scrmdni - I.calculated .that at that spot Spnrgcon could tnako twenty thptisanU people. hear hintl Gazing; upon lt't'X imagined 1 could.selccjt the very spot where, Jesus sat nad opened, his riiouth and spoko,- "Blessed are the'poor in spiritfof; they, shall see flod; ' . Ve.no;w gef a glimpse" of tho.sea yof Galileo! 'Ncr rcirlon uneflki' with such marvellous interest to the heart . the sea of Galilee.' , Tlio. shadea .of evening ate lioy.upon .us,. The seals iikc glass,'. .The young iiiopft l,riseijn"a if tphdwtw.'thc TopfprInts.pf the-lovely Jcsus'Theifafry .bostj9f hcflve fs, niirrdfed In- ihe. nnrip-pled nnrip-pled iw'atcrei'briiigrp.'toj'mlntl; thebcau-. tlful IincSj'frdndJiron'agraotf'.bnt nJis- "Thb Sheen of tbelriijicari werelttid' tat cm Xtf tllb Sca, t-.J.'l(t2r-.;S ', ,,s Tr,', i yiienttlia Uncreavo rollf darkly ojf deep 1 ' dailies.'" I" - ' ' ' .:rv K-r?i--?r-"rJ-X .'J'.-AV All around th Btiorc js ballt) wed.grojjnd;: Thqsp iVvovciT IheEo-rockSrttiespi rbclka have heard, oud,ech,oed,h"o. Yoico-pthe Gpd'mah, Where w'c crossed,' the' plain otGcnesaretb. .the shorn ls: . covered with thej, richcst;llow?rs polyandcrs befo grpw twenty fect. high; the place is onp sea of beauty. ,Iorcwd foaud, "the, firumblifig. rains of a houseiiTl(la solitary fuio is all ithat ja left, of the "city of CapprmVura. IIpw awfully, taye t words of ;Uie'SaviQnr been 've.rificd:--r'fAnd' thPu," .ijapernaumj Wtiicii'nrt exalted nnto heaven, shall be brpngtit'down to hell; for "if tlia, nijghty wprks-whfcli Jiave bc.en d"one;tn ,ihcc had, bcciiddneinHoJom,lt ,w;qv!4 have'rematned utitq .this dayl" - But Q have ".novr pitched .ptir ttcntS atjthe;head of thb ,iacrcd sea; and, liow. turpassingly beutiintaqtv; the.cvenina;, hour';, cdld.-mast, jhatbeart betliat ould' udt glowf, with "feryor.KOii snchj'nncVciirng, on,, the' il(dro,f of Tttat gtorious,,sacrcd.6iaj.'v .' . 7-j jH |