Chapter XXV: From Beyrout to the Cedars of Lebanon

Landing at Beyrout—Escape from Death—Thankful Hearts—Seed
Planted—Desire Springs up—Bud of Hope—Golden Fruit—“By
God’s Help”—Preparations—New Traveling Companions—Employing
a Dragoman—A Many-Sided Man Required to Make a Successful
Traveler—“Equestrian Pilgrims”—A Great Caravan—Ships of the
Desert—Preparations for War—A Dangerous Mishap—National
Hymn—Journey Begun—Mulberry Trees—Fig-Leaf Dresses—An Inspiring
Conversation—The Language of Balaam—City of Tents—General
Rejoicing—Tidings of Sadness—Welcome News—First Night in
Tents—Sabbath Day’s Rest—Johnson and his Grandmother—A Wedding
Procession—Johnson Delighted—Brides Bought and Sold—Increase
in Price—Inferiority of Woman—Multiplicity of Wives—Folding of
Tents—Camel Pasture—Leave Damascus Road—Noah’s Tomb, Eighty-Five
Feet Long—Perilous Ascent—Brave Woman—“If I Die, Carry Me on to
the Top”—The Cedars at Last—Emotions Stirred—“The Righteous Grow
like the Cedars of Lebanon”—Amnon. Page, 250

CHAPTER XXVI.

FROM THE CEDARS OF LEBANON TO BAALBEK.

Returning to Tents—Mountain Spurs and Passes—A Modern
Thermopylae—Two Caravans Meet—A Fight to the Death—How Johnson
Looks—Victory at Last—Into the Valley where the King Lost his
Eyes—Playing at Agriculture—Squalid Poverty—Baalbek—Its Mighty
Temples—Men, Mice and Monkeys—A Poem Writ in Marble. Page, 269

CHAPTER XXVII.

DAMASCUS.

A Beautiful Valley—Flowing Rivers—Mohammed at
Damascus—Garden of God—Paul at Damascus—Mohammedan
at Prayer—Valley More Beautiful—Damascus Exclusively
Oriental—Quaint Architecture—“Often in Wooden Houses
Golden Rooms we Find”—Narrow Streets—Industrious
People—Shoe Bazaars—Manufacturing Silk by hand—Fanatical
Merchants—“Christian Dogs”—Cabinet-Making—Furniture Inlaid
with Pearl—Camel Markets—A Progenitor of the Mule—Machinery
Unknown—Ignorance Stalks Abroad—Fanatical Arabs—A Massacre—The
Governor Gives the Signal—Christians Killed—French Army—Abraham
Our Guide—Brained before Reaching the Post-Office—Warned not
to Look at the Women—Johnson’s Regret—Vailed Women—Johnson’s
Explanation. Page, 276

CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE NAAMAN HOSPITAL FOR THE LEPROSY.

Naaman, the Leper—His Visit to Elisha—The Prophet’s
Command—Naaman Cured—House Turned into a Leper Hospital—Off to
the Lepers’ Den—Origin, History and Nature of Leprosy—Arrival at
the Gloomy Prison—Abraham, “I Didn’t Promise to Go into the Tomb
with You”—“Screw your Courage to the Sticking Point”—Johnson’s
Reply—Suspicious of the Arab Gate-Keepers—A Charge to
Abraham—Life in Johnson’s Hands—Mamie and the Currant-Bush—Among
the Lepers—Judgment Come—Graves Open—Living Corpses—Walking
Skeletons—Strewing out Coins—An Indescribable Scene—An Indelible
Picture—Horrible Dreams. Page, 292

CHAPTER XXIX.

FROM DAMASCUS TO THE SEA OF GALILEE.

Sick, nigh unto Death—“Night Bringeth out the Stars”—Mount
Hermon and the Transfiguration—Beautiful Camp-Ground—Amnon,
the Reliable—“Thou Art Peter”—Fountain of the Jordan—Slaughter
of the Buffaloes—Crossing into Galilee—Dan—Abraham’s Visit—A
Fertile Valley—Wooden Plows—A Bedouin Village—Costumes of Eden—A
Gory Field—Sea of Galilee—Sacred Memories—The Evening Hour—A
Soliloquy—Bathing—Sailing—Fishing. Page, 303

CHAPTER XXX.

FROM THE SEA OF GALILEE TO NAZARETH.

A Seven Hour’s Journey—A Rough Road and a Hot
Sun—Gazelles—Nimrods of To-day—Historic Corn-Field—Cana
of Galilee—First Miracle—Cana at Present—Greek and
Roman Convents—Conflicting Stories of Greek and Latin
Priests—Explanation—An Important Fact—Marriage Divinely
Instituted—Woman Degraded—Woman Honored—Description
of Nazareth—Childhood Home of Jesus—Jesus and the
Flower-Garden—Studying Nature—He Goes to the Mountain
Top—Without Bounds or Limits—A Fit Play-Ground and Suitable
School-Room for the Royal Child—Rock Bluff where the People
Tried to “Cast him down Headlong”—The Carpenter Shop—The
Virgin’s Fountain—Nazareth at Present—Protestant Missions—A
Short Sermon and a Sweet Song. Page, 319

CHAPTER XXXI.

A CHARACTERISTIC SCENE IN THE ORIENT.

Shepherd Tents—Many Flocks in One Sheep-Cote for the Night—Many
Merchants from Different Countries—Ships Anchored—Arabs at
Meal—Arabs Smoking—Shepherds with their Reed-Pipes—Merchants’
Response—Music and Dancing at Night—Bustle and Confusion in
the Morning—Fight Like Madmen—Over-Burdened Camels—Camp Broken
up—Dothan and Joseph’s Pit—Money-Loving Mohammedans—Crafty
Jews—Return to Tents—The Shepherds Awaken—Crook, Sling and
Reed-Pipe—David and Goliath—Shepherds under the Star-Lit
Sky—”Glory to God in the Highest.” Page, 337

CHAPTER XXXII.

FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO.

A Man “Fell among Thieves”—The Way still Lined with
Thieves—Guards Necessary—Across the Mount of Olives—Bethany
and its Memories—David’s Flight from Jerusalem—”Halt!
Halt!”—Seized with Terror—Splendid Horsemanship—”A Hard Road to
Trabble”—Inn where the Good Samaritan Left the Jew—Brigands on
the Way-side—Robbers and Guards in Collusion—Topography of the
Country—Dangers and Difficulties—Perilous Places Passed—Plain
of Jericho—Writhing in Agony—The City of Palms—Trumps of
Joshua—Jericho in the Time of Herod—Iron-Fingered Fate—Jericho
at Present—A Divine Region—Pool of Moses—Antony and Cleopatra.
Page, 346

CHAPTER XXXIII.

BEYOND THE JORDAN.

Plain of Moab—Children of Israel—Moses’s Request—Moab a Rich
Country—Lawless Clans—A Traveler Brutally Murdered—A Typical
Son of Ishmael—Dens and Strongholds—Captured by a Clan of
Arabs—Shut up in Mountain Caves—Heavy Ransom Exacted—The
Moabite Stone—Confirmation of Scripture—Machaerus—John the
Baptist—Prison Chambers—Character of John—How to Gauge a
Life—Hot-Springs—Herod’s Visit—”Smell of Blood still”—Mount
Nebo—Fine View—Life of Moses—From Egypt to Nebo—An Arab
Legend—Death of Moses. Page, 362

CHAPTER XXXIV.

THE JORDAN.

Two Thoughts—From Nebo to the River—Thrilling Emotions—Historic
Ground—A Sacred Scene—An Earnest Preacher—Christ
Baptized—Awe-Stricken People—A Sacred River—Bathing of
Pilgrims—Robes Become Shrouds—The Ghor of the Jordan—The Valley
an Inclined Plane—The Three Sources of the River—The Jordan
Proper—Banks—Tributaries—Bridges—River Channel—Velocity of the
Water—Its Temperature—Its Width and Depth—Vegetation along the
Stream—Wild Beasts—Birds. Page, 380

CHAPTER XXXV.

THE DEAD SEA.

A Wonderful Body of Water—Receives 20,000,000 Cubic Feet of
Water per Day—Has no Outlet—Never Fills Up—In the Sea—Johnson’s
Suggestion as to my Identity—Why One Cannot Sink—”Salt
Sea”—Caught in a Storm—Danger of Death—Dreary Waste—Sea of
Fire—Johnson’s Argument—New-Born Babe—Child Dies—Lot’s Wife—Her
Past History and Present Condition—The Frenchman’s Book—Why the
Sea is so Salt—Why it Never Fills Up—Sown with Diamonds—Origin
of the Dead Sea—God’s Wrath—The Sodom Apple—The Sea an Emblem of
Death. Page, 397

CHAPTER XXXVI.

TWO RUSSIAN PILGRIMS, OR A PICTURE OF LIFE.

A Steep Mountain—Rough Base—Beautiful Summit—Russian
Pilgrims—Journey up Mountain—Life’s Hill—Courage in
Heart—Marriage Altar—Long Pilgrimage—Star of Hope. Page, 409

CHAPTER XXXVII.

FROM JERUSALEM, VIA BETHLEHEM AND POOLS OF SOLOMON, TO HEBRON.

Rachel’s Tomb—Bethlehem—Ruth and Boas—David the Shepherd
Lad—Cave of the Nativity—Pools of Solomon—Royal Gardens—The Home
of Abraham—Abraham’s Oak—Abraham’s Mummy. Page, 414

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA.

Palestine—Its Situation—Its Dimensions—Its Names—Its
Topography—Its Climate—Its Seasons—Its Agriculture—Its
People—The Pleasure of Traveling through Palestine. Page, 426

CHAPTER XXXIX.

JERUSALEM.

Approaching Jerusalem—Coming Events—Dreams—Light Breaks
In—Serenade—Zion, the City of God—Prayers Answered—Gratitude—A
Vision of Peace—Blighted Fig-Tree—Still a Holy City—Prominence
of Jerusalem—Its Influence among the Nations—A Melted
Heart—Tents Pitched—Walk About Zion—Situation of the City—Its
Walls—Its Gates—Afraid of Christ—Crossing the Kedron—Tomb of
Virgin Mary—Gethsemane—What it Means, What it Is, and How it
Looks—Superstitious Monks—Jerusalem Viewed from the Mount of
Olives—Architecture of the City—Prominent Objects—Entering the
City—Its Streets—Its Population—Jewish Theologues—Remaining
Portion of Solomon’s Temple—”Wailing Place” of the Jews—Kissing
the Wall—Weeping Aloud—Fulfillment of Prophecy—Only One
Conclusion. Page, 445

CHAPTER XL.

JERUSALEM CONTINUED—MOSQUE OF OMAR.

Haram Area—Its Past and Present—Wall—Gates—Stopped at the Point
of Daggers—Legal Papers and Special Escort—Mosque of Omar—Its
Exterior and Interior—A Great Rock Within—History and Legends
Connected with the Rock—Mohammed’s Ascent to Heaven—Place of
Departed Spirits—Their Rescue—Ark of the Covenant—Golden Key.
Page, 467

CHAPTER XLI.

IN AND AROUND JERUSALEM.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre—Peculiar Architecture—Strange
Partnership—The Centre of the Earth—The Grave of
Adam—Unaccountable Superstitions—An Underground World—Pool of
Siloam—Kedron Valley—The Final Judgment—Tomb of the Kings—Valley
of Hinnom—Lower Pool of Gihon—Moloch—Gehenna—Upper Pool of
Gihon—Calvary—The Savior’s Tomb. Page, 479

CHAPTER XLII.

EGYPT.

Jaffa—Its History and its Orange Orchard—On the
Mediterranean—Port Said—Suez Canal—The Red Sea—Pharaoh and his
Host Swallowed Up—From Suez to Cairo—Arabian Nights—Egyptian
Museum—Royal Mummies—A Look at Pharaoh—A Mummy 5,700 Years
Old—A Talk with the King—Christmas-Day and a Generous
Rivalry—Donkey-Boys of Cairo—Wolves around a Helpless
Lamb—Johnson on his Knees—Yankee Doodle—The Nile—The Prince of
Wales—Pyramid in the Distance—Face to Face with the Pyramid
of Cheops—Ascending the Pyramid—Going in it—Johnson Cries for
Help—The Sphinx, and what it is Thinking about. Page, 495

CHAPTER XLIII.

A BURIED CITY—POMPEII.

Long Shut Out of Civilization—Four Days in Gehenna—Paul’s
Experience Co-Incides with Ours—Dead—Buried—A Stone Against
the Door—Raised from the Grave—Under an Italian Sky—”See
Naples and Die”—Off for the City of the Dead—Knocking for
Entrance—Earthquake—Re-Built—Location of the City—Boasted
Perfection—City Destroyed by a Volcano—Vivid Description
by an Eye-Witness—Rich Field for Excavation—What Has been
Found—Returns to Get Gold—Poetical Inspiration—Pompeii at
Present—Mistaken Dedication. Page, 515

CHAPTER XLIV.

VESUVIUS IN ACTION.

As it Looks by Day and by Night—Leaving Naples—First Sight
of Vesuvius—Description—The Number of Volcanoes—Off to See
the Burning Mountain—A Nameless Horse—Respect for Age—Refuse
Portantina—Mountain of Shot—A Dweller in a Cave—A Slimy
Serpent for a Companion—Jets of Steam—Vulcan’s Forge—Exposed
to a Horrible Death—Upheavals of Lava—Showers of Fire—Fiery
Fiends—Winged Devils—Tongue of Fire—A Voice of Thunder. Page, 526

CHAPTER XLV.

ROME—ANCIENT AND MODERN.

The Mother of Empires—Weeps and Will not be Comforted—Nero’s
Golden Palace—Ruined Greatness—Time, the Tomb-Builder—Papal
Rome—The Last Siege—Self-Congratulations—Better Out-Look—The
Seven-Hilled City—Vanity of Vanities—The Pantheon—Nature Slew
Him—The Shrine of All Saints. Page, 535

CHAPTER XLVI.

ROME—ITS ART AND ARCHITECTURE.

A Question Asked—Answer Given—Nature as Teacher—Italians
as Pupils—Great Artists—The Inferno—The Cardinal in
Hell—The Pope’s Reply—A Thing of Beauty—The Beloved—The
Transfiguration—Architecture—Marble Men Struggle to
Speak—Resplendent Gems. Page, 544

CHAPTER XLVII.

BAPTIST MISSION WORK IN ITALY.

Why Italy is a Mission-Field—Beginning of the
Work—Difficulties—Increase of Forces—Growth of Work—Sanguine
Expectations. Page, 553