Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land: ImpressioChristianity is an out-of-doors religion. From the birth in the grotto at Bethlehem (where Joseph and Mary took refuge because there was no room for them at the inn) to the crowning death on the hill of Calvary outside the city wall, all of its important events too place out--of-doors. Except the discourse in the upper chamber at Jerusalem, all of its great words, from the sermon on the mount to the last commission of the disciples, were spoken in the open air. How shall we understand it unless we carry it under the free sky and interpret it in the companionship of nature?-from the PrefaceA popular pastor, poet, and educator at the turn of the 20th century, Henry Van Dyke journeyed to Palestine and returned with a renewed vision of and devotion to Christianity. An appreciator of nature from earliest childhood, he brings a unique perspective to this storied land, offering "impressions of travel in body and spirit" that continue to inspire pilgrims and secular tourists alike. From the imposing immensity of the solitary, regal plateau of Judea to the close intimacy of the narrow, steep, slippery streets of Jerusalem, this 1908 book is like no other you'll find about the Holy Land, one that finds new faith and fresh wisdom in old land and ancient sky.Also available from Cosimo Classics: Van Dyke's The Spirit of America and The Spirit of ChristmasOF INTEREST TO: students of Christianity, armchair travelers |
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... grove or garden , on some vacant thresh- ing - floor , beneath the Syrian stars . I will not join myself to any company of labelled tourists hurrying with much discussion on their appointed itinerary , but take into fellowship three ...
... grove or garden , on some vacant thresh- ing - floor , beneath the Syrian stars . I will not join myself to any company of labelled tourists hurrying with much discussion on their appointed itinerary , but take into fellowship three ...
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... grove of large trees . At the summit of the pass we rest for half an hour , to give our horses a breathing- space , and to refresh our eyes with the glorious view westward over the tumbled country of the Shephelah , the opalescent Plain ...
... grove of large trees . At the summit of the pass we rest for half an hour , to give our horses a breathing- space , and to refresh our eyes with the glorious view westward over the tumbled country of the Shephelah , the opalescent Plain ...
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... grove , outside the Da- mascus Gate . Here our white tents are pitched among the trees , with the dear flag of our home flying over them . Here we shall find leisure and peace to unite our hearts , and bring our thoughts into tranquil ...
... grove , outside the Da- mascus Gate . Here our white tents are pitched among the trees , with the dear flag of our home flying over them . Here we shall find leisure and peace to unite our hearts , and bring our thoughts into tranquil ...
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... who are all strangers and sojourners upon the earth , and whose richest houses and strongest cities are , after all , but a little longer - lasting tents and camps . II THE CAMP IN THE OLIVE - GROVE THE place 52 THE GATES OF ZION.
... who are all strangers and sojourners upon the earth , and whose richest houses and strongest cities are , after all , but a little longer - lasting tents and camps . II THE CAMP IN THE OLIVE - GROVE THE place 52 THE GATES OF ZION.
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Impressio Henry Van Dyke. II THE CAMP IN THE OLIVE - GROVE THE place of our encampment is peaceful and friendly , without being remote or secluded . The grove is large and free from all undergrowth : the trunks of the ancient olive ...
Impressio Henry Van Dyke. II THE CAMP IN THE OLIVE - GROVE THE place of our encampment is peaceful and friendly , without being remote or secluded . The grove is large and free from all undergrowth : the trunks of the ancient olive ...
Contents
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Mizpah and the Mount of Olives | 67 |
An Excursion to Bethlehem and Hebron | 83 |
The Temple and the Sepulchre | 105 |
Jericho and Jordan | 125 |
A Journey to Jerash | 151 |
The Mountains of Samaria | 191 |
Galilee and the Lake | 217 |
The Springs of Jordan | 259 |
The Road to Damascus | 291 |
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Page 175 - And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
Page 174 - And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
Page 172 - Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle. And when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle...
Page 113 - Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.
Page 4 - Whose arms were moulded in their mothers' womb To chase these pagans in those holy fields Over whose acres walk'd those blessed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail'd For our advantage on the bitter cross.
Page 194 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, — Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.
Page 36 - For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.
Page 175 - And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.