Wanderings in Bible lands- notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine (1894) (14784431305)

Identifier: wanderingsinbibl00mill (find matches)
Title: Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Miller, D(aniel) L(ong), 1841- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Mount Morris, Ill., The Brethren's publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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ians. The faithful-ness of the picture is shown through Publius Lentulus, atthat time governor of Judea, in whose writings to thesenate and the Roman people a passage is found of whichthe following is a translation: There has appeared in these days a very virtuousman, Jesus Christ by name, who is still living among us andis looked upon as a prophet by the heathens, but by hisown disciples he is called Son of God. He raises peoplefrom the dead and heals all kinds of disease. A man ofsomewhat tall and imposing stature and of very venerableappearance, so that those who see him are led both to fearand to love him. His hair has the color of a fully ripenedhazelnut, almost smooth down to the ears; from there onit is somewhat curled, flowing over his shoulders, and ofmore nearly oriental color; after the manner of the Naza-renes it is parted in the middle. His forehead is free andsmooth, his face without spots or wrinkles, beautiful, of apleasing red. Nose and mouth have a form with which no
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Portrait of our Savior. WANDERIN3S IN BIBLE LANDS. 79 fault can be found. The beard is full, its color matchingwell with that of the hair, not very long. His eyes aregray, clear and full of life; his body is well formed andfirmly built, his hands and arms in good proportion. Incensure he is terrible, in admonition kind and fascinating,in his speech temperate, wise and modest, joined withdignity. No one can recall that he has seen him laugh, butmany have seen him weep. A man surpassing the children of men in his singularbeauty. The traveler in Europe will find, in many of the shopswhere pictures are sold, numerous so-called portraits of ourSavior. In price they range from a few pennies for thecheaper lithographs to large sums of money for the beau-tiful copies, in oil colors, of the masterpieces of Guido,Michael Angelo and Raphael. It is said that Raphaelshead of Christ in the great transfiguration scene has neverbeen equaled. The face has a glorified beauty about it thatis marvelous.