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JERUSALEM

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THE HOLY LAND.

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LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR HENRY COLBURN,

BY RICHARD BENTLEY; BELL AND BRADFUTE, EDINBURGH;

AND JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN.

1835.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRADY
APR 26 1941

Peabody fund

LONDON

Printed by J. L. Cox and SONS, 75, Great Queen Street,

Lincoln's-Inn-Fields.

CONTENTS.

PART THE FOURTH.

CHAPTER I.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre-Description of it by Des-

hayes-Composed of Three Churches-Its Architecture

-Its Origin and History-Visit to the Chamber of the

Holy Sepulchre-Effect produced on the mind by the

Sacred Edifice-The Via Dolorosa-Pilate's' House-The

Crown of Thorns Sentence pronounced by Pilate-

Church of our Lady of Grief-Houses of the Rich Man

and of Lazarus-Veronica-Calvary-Other places of

Devotion in Jerusalem

CHAPTER II.

Exterior of Jerusalem-Pool of Beersheba-Mount Sion-

David's Palace and Tomb-Fountain of Siloe-Valley of

Jehoshaphat-The brook Cedron-Tombs of Zachariah,

Jehoshaphat, and Absalom-Garden of Olivet-Gethse-

mane-Sepulchre of the Virgin Mary-Grotto where our

Saviour sweated blood-Rock where he foretold the

Destruction of Jerusalem - Burning of the Temple —

Tombs of the Prophets-Subterraneous meeting-place of

the Apostles-Olive-tree where Christ foretold the Last

Judgment-Spot of his Ascension to Heaven-Bossuet's

History of Christ's Passion and Death......

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