The Jordan and the Rhine, or, The East and the West being the result of five years' residence in Syria, and five years' residence in Germany / [William Graham].
- William Graham
- Date:
- 1854
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The Jordan and the Rhine, or, The East and the West being the result of five years' residence in Syria, and five years' residence in Germany / [William Graham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TV. 1st. We observe that districts as well as countries, vil- lages as well as nations, do often retain through ages, a distinc- tive character in defiance of all political and religious changes. Lebanon is still the refuge and asylum for political offenders, as it was in the days of Joshua. Jericho is still the wickedest place in the land, and no other region abounds with so many thieves (Luke x. 30). Dr. Macgowan and his son were attacked at the Sea of Galilee, by a maniac very like those whom the Lord met and healed by the same waters ; and Baalbek is no exception to the rule. The Septuagint translates the prophets of Baal by the words, 7rpo(j)r]Tai rrjg ai(jyyvr]Q (1 Kings xviii. 19, 25) the prophets of shame; see Kev. hi. 18, comp, with xvi. 15 ; Jerubaal is called (comp. Jud. » vi. 32 with 2 Sam. xi. 21) Tervi-hesheth, J1^2—pu- denda, Shame; so that the expression, in the common accep- tation of the people, Baal and Shame, priests of Baal and priests of Shame, were one and the same thing; and Eusebius testifies that the inhabitants were not only addicted to the worship of the sun, from which the city took its name (Heliopolis), but also to Yenus, “ ob fanum A^a- KiTL^og, Yeneris Aphacitidis in qua viri peregrinis quibusque uxores filiasque impune prostituebantand we can testify, that in all our journeyings through the Holy Land, or Syria in general, we have lighted upon no spot which sustains more fully its ancient character than Baalbek. 2nd. We learn the partiality of history from these ruins. Who laid these foundations ? What Angelo or Wren or Paxton conceived the splendid design of these temples ? What princes, merchants, and wealthy citizens headed the subscription lists for such noble and magnificent works ? We know not. History is silent. The names of conquerors, murderers, traitors, misanthropes, &c., are carefully preserved by history, but the date, the designers, and even the purpose](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29352733_0091.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
