Three Weeks' Camping Tour thorugh Palestine and Syria
| 1st day | Jaffa. Leave by rail across the Plain of Sharon for Jerusalem (five hours). |
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Jerusalem. Although the site of the Holy City may have changed, the natural features of the surrounding country remain substantially $ the same as in the time of our Lord. The " mountains round about Jerusalem," which were of old her bulwarks, are still here. Kings, prophets and a greater than they, have looked upon these identical scenes and trodden the paths to Bethany, Bethlehem and Hebron. |
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Jericho, where the first night is spent "in camp." Excursion to the Fountain of Elisha, the Dead Sea and the River Jordan. |
| 9th day | Bethel, where Jacob dreamed his wondrous dream of the ladder between heaven and earth. |
| 10th day | Nabulus, the ancient Shechem, and center of Samaritan worship from the time of Abraham to the present day. |
| 11th day | Jenin, a Levitical city of Issachar. |
| 12th day | Nazareth, sacred to all Christians as the home of the Holy Family, is a large, straggling village, built against and on the side of one of the hills which enclose a rich, fertile valley. The people are noted for their kindness and courteousness, and the women of Nazareth are proverbial for their beauty. |
| 13th day | Tiberias, on the Sea of Galilee, is reached through Cana of Galilee and past the Mount of Beatitudes, the traditional scene of the Sermon on the Mount. |
| 14th day | Ain-Mellahah is reached by crossing the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, thence over the highlands to the Waters of Merom, in full view of Mount Hermon. |
| 15th day | Casarea Philippi, beautifully situated near the foot of the southern slope of Mount Hermon. This village, perhaps better known now as Baniyas, was visited by Jesus during his ministry ( Matthew xvi, 13). From a well near by issues the source of the River Jordan. |
| 16th day | Kafr Hawar Syria, the traditional burial-place of Nimrod, the mighty hunter. |
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Damascus, founded before Baalbec and Palmyra, has outlived them both. While Babylon has become a heap in the desert, and Tyre a ruin on the shore, Damascus remains what it was in the days of Isaiah — " the head of Syria." The suburbs of Damascus are very attractive. |
| 19th day | Baalbek, by train to Yahfufeh, thence by horseback. The origin of Baalbek, the Baal- gad of Joshua, is lost in remotest antiquity, but it was once, as its cyclopean ruins testify, the most magnificent of Syrian cities. |
| 20th day | Zahleh is the largest town in Lebanon, with a Christian population of 15,000. |
| 21st day | Beyrout is reached by crossing the Lebanon range at an altitude of 5,000 feet above sea- level. The view from the summit is magnificent. Beyrout is an ancient Phoenician city, beautifully and healthfully situated, and is the principal commercial town of Syria. |
