[1.] [Jerusalem, from the traditional spot on the Mount of Olives where Christ wept over the City] [Frontispiece ] FACING PAGE [2.] [The Mount of Temptation, from Jericho] [9] [3.] [Cana of Galilee] [16] [4.] [On the Road from Jerusalem to Bethany] [25] [5.] [The Hills round Nazareth, from the Plain of Esdraelon] [32] [6.] [Mount Hermon, from the Slopes of Tabor] [41] [7.] [Jerusalem—The Pool of Hezekiah] [48] [8.] [The Golden Gate, from the Garden of Gethsemane] [57] [9.] [The Lake of Galilee, looking North from Tiberias] [64] [10.] [The Fountain of the Virgin at Nazareth] [73] [11.] [Joppa, from the Sea] [80] [12.] [The Lake of Galilee, looking South from Tiberias] [89] [13.] [Site of the ancient City of Samaria] [96] [14.] [The Forecourt of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre] [105] [15.] [The Rotunda and Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre] [112] [16.] [The Dome of the Rock (Mosque of Omar), as seen from the Porch on the North Side of the Mosque of El Aksa] [121] [17.] [The Dome of the Rock (Mosque of Omar), from the Barracks near the Site of the Tower of Antonia] [128] [18.] [Interior of the Mosque of El Aksa, from the S.E.] [137] [19.] [The Temple Area and the Mount of Olives, from Mount Zion] [144] [20.] [The West Side of the Temple Area, from the Barracks near the Site of the Tower of Antonia] [153] [21.] [Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre] [160] [22.] [Interior of the Dome of the Chain, looking North] [169] [23.] [Interior of the Dome of the Rock (Mosque of Omar), from the S.E.] [176] [24.] [The Mount of Olives, from a House-top on Mount Zion] [185] [25.] [The Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem, from a Garden on the opposite Hill] [192] [26.] [Jerusalem—Exterior of the Golden, or Beautiful, Gate] [201] [27.] [The Tomb of Rachel, on the Road from Jerusalem to Hebron] [208] [28.] [The Judean Desert and the Dead Sea, from the highest point of the Mount of Olives] [217] [29.] [Valley of Hinnom, with Hill of Offence] [224] [30.] [The Rock-cut Tombs of the Valley of Jehoshaphat] [233] [31.] [The N.E. End of Jerusalem and Mizpah, from the Mount of Olives] [240] [32.] [The Plain of Jericho, looking towards the Mountains of Moab] [244] [Sketch-map on page viii ]
SKETCH-MAP OF PALESTINE.
A journey through the Holy Land may reasonably be expected to be in some sort a sacramental event in a man’s life. Spiritual things are always near us, and we feel that we have a heritage in them; yet they constantly elude us, and need help from the senses to make them real and commanding. Such sacramental help must surely be given by anything that brings vividly to our realisation those scenes and that life in the midst of which the Word was made flesh. The more clearly we can gain the impression of places and events in Syria, the more reasonable and convincing will Christian faith become.
