The great pyramid passages and chambers

summit of the Mount of Olives we had a magnificent view of Jerusalem (Plate CVIII), and were able to appreciate to some small degree the deep emotion of Jesus when he wept over the city and pronounced these words: ‘‘O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee: how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is felt unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, ‘ Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord’’’—Luke 13: 34, 35; 19:41. We thank the Lord for the knowledge that the time is near at hand, when Jerusalem shall no longer be “ trodden down of the Gentiles ’’—Luke 21 : 24,—Par. 155.

453 When we reached the village of Bethany, we were shown the tomb of Lazarus, and the ruins of the house of Simon the leper, and those also of the church which had been built on the traditional site of the house of Mary and Martha. Although these sites are only traditional, it was pleasant to remember that we were near the ancient home of those whom Jesus so dearly loved, and the scene of his greatest miracle. The tender recollection not only recalled the past, but brought vividly before our minds the glad time in the near future when all that are in their graves shall hear the voice of him who said ‘I am the resurrection and the life,’ and shall come forth; and when the nations will say *‘ Lo, this is our God: we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation” —Isa. 25:9.

454 On our drive to and from Bethany, we had lovely views of Jerusalem from Mount Scopus, a hill which lies to the north of the Mount of Olives—Plate CIX. It is said that Titus, in the year 70 A.D., had his first view of Jerusalem from Mount Scopus, and that when he saw the magnificent walled city, rising high above the Valley of Jehoshaphat, he was so impressed that he exclaimed: ‘Her beauty might avail to move the majesty of Rome to mercy!" It is a pity that the railway does not approach Jerusalem from the east, the view is so grand, whereas it is somewhat disappointing when seen from the present railway station to the west—LXXXV. Our hearts were full as we gazed upon this wonderful city, the oldest in the world, and thought of its history and its many associations.

455 In the evening we had our second meeting—a Chart talk on the Divine Plan of the Ages—Plate VI. Some of those present evinced considerable interest, and we were sorry we had not a larger stock of first volumes of Scripture Studies, as we could have disposed of a large number.

456 On Saturday, 10th, we journeyed by the morning train from Jerusalem to Jaffa, and were accompanied by Mr. David Hall. The Mountains of Judea, along the valleys of which the railway-line winds in and out, are for the most part very bleak, and are littered with numberless limestone boulders. There is very little covering of soil on them. Mr. Hall explained to us that in the rainy season the earth gets washed down. Near the first station after Jerusalem, we saw several of the hills reclaimed in an ingenious, yet simple manner. Doubtless all the other mountain sides will soon be reclaimed after a similar fashion. The limestone blocks have been collected and built up to form a series of low dry dykes or walls, and the bare ground above each has been

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