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PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE. 307
I saw Jerusalem's sun had sot—
Her hills around look sear !
Messiah wept on Olivet,
Her coming-woes—her fall; and yet,
She scoff'd at Mercy's tear!
Those woes have come—her charms have fled.
Save hills, and vales, and name;
Her Kedron no more laves its bed,
Bethesda's healing power is dead,
And Zion droops in shame.
But Palestine, to hope allied,
Again to life shall spring—
Shall burst her bands and fetters wide,
When Pie, who once she crucified,
Shall reign, her rightful King.
Having now spent about ten days in Jerusalem and
its vicinity, and having examined every thing in and
around the Holy City, deemed of much interest, we
were ready to leave and pursue our journey onward.
A letter was given us by the governor of Jerusalem,
to secure a kind reception wherever we might call for
entertainment. This governor, by the way, is a very
pleasant, accommodating sort of a Turk. He also
instructed us to take a certificate from the health of-
ficer of the city, to secure us from any molestation by
quarantine laws. This, too, on application, was rea-
dily furnished. A muleteer was engaged to convey
us to Nazareth, and as much farther as v;e might de-
sire. As there are no wheel carriages, nor roads for
them, in the land of Palestine, conveyance on horses
or mules is the best the traveller can expect.
The evening before leaving, we held a very pleas-
ant interview with the good-natured old Superior of
I saw Jerusalem's sun had sot—
Her hills around look sear !
Messiah wept on Olivet,
Her coming-woes—her fall; and yet,
She scoff'd at Mercy's tear!
Those woes have come—her charms have fled.
Save hills, and vales, and name;
Her Kedron no more laves its bed,
Bethesda's healing power is dead,
And Zion droops in shame.
But Palestine, to hope allied,
Again to life shall spring—
Shall burst her bands and fetters wide,
When Pie, who once she crucified,
Shall reign, her rightful King.
Having now spent about ten days in Jerusalem and
its vicinity, and having examined every thing in and
around the Holy City, deemed of much interest, we
were ready to leave and pursue our journey onward.
A letter was given us by the governor of Jerusalem,
to secure a kind reception wherever we might call for
entertainment. This governor, by the way, is a very
pleasant, accommodating sort of a Turk. He also
instructed us to take a certificate from the health of-
ficer of the city, to secure us from any molestation by
quarantine laws. This, too, on application, was rea-
dily furnished. A muleteer was engaged to convey
us to Nazareth, and as much farther as v;e might de-
sire. As there are no wheel carriages, nor roads for
them, in the land of Palestine, conveyance on horses
or mules is the best the traveller can expect.
The evening before leaving, we held a very pleas-
ant interview with the good-natured old Superior of