"From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears - including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful (14784436275)

"Cedars of Lebanon"
Identifier: fromdantobeershe00newmuoft (find matches)
Title: "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land ...
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Newman, John Philip, Bp., 1826-1899
Subjects: Palestine -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : Harper
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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ge of Lebanon. The encircling summits arethe highest in Syria, and streaked Avith j^erpetual snow. Theyare white aud rounded, and their sides descend in naked, uni-form slopes in the form of a semicircle. Some of the trees arein the vigor of their growth, others are gnarled and venerable.In form they are perfect images of grace and majesty. Theyare tall and straight, with fanlike branches, contracting likea cone toward the top. The shag-bark is coarse and heavy;the leaves are small, narrow, rough, exceedingly green, of asombre hue, and arranged in tufts along the branches; theyshoot in spring, and fail in early winter; the cones resemblethose of the pine. From the full-grown trees a fluid tricklesnaturally and•ivdthout incision; it is clear, transparent, whit-ish, and, after a time, dries and hardens. In most cases thebranches shoot out horizontally from the parcat trunk, formingbeautiful pyrac^idal circles. On the summit of the knoll are Isa., xxxr./^, 2. ^^^^tiiiMiiiiV V;i kiu u^^
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V2 FROM DAN TO BEEESIIEBA. 407 several aged trees 40 feet in girth, and on the northern side isone the very image of strength and grandeur; its branches arelarger than the trunks of ordinary trees, and its majestic limLs,stretching out over a vast area, afford a grateful shade. Inthe centre of the group is the patriarch of the grove. Measur-ing 48 feet in circumference, the trunk is gnarled, the strongerbranches have fallen off, and its once majestic form bends to-Avard the earth under the weight of many years. Standingbeneath its patriarchal shade, I could but ask, How old artthou? for it seemed to have come down from the days of theancient seers. Pre-eminently the cedars are sacred trees. The inspirednarrator has linked them inseparably to many of the grandestevents of Bible history. These are the trees of the Lord,the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted ;i here is theremnant of that forest from which the timber was taken forGods Temple in Jerusalem ;2 these are the inspired sim