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... say that the Protestants are not a numerous community in Jerusalem . A Mission of Inquiry was instituted in 1820 by the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews , and in 1824 Dr. Dalton , the first missionary , took up his resi ...
... say that the Protestants are not a numerous community in Jerusalem . A Mission of Inquiry was instituted in 1820 by the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews , and in 1824 Dr. Dalton , the first missionary , took up his resi ...
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... say , the spring or the autumn , but more especially the spring - a startling scene will be witnessed as soon as the Jaffa Gate is passed and the large open space beyond it reached . The scene resembles a fair , or carnival , at which ...
... say , the spring or the autumn , but more especially the spring - a startling scene will be witnessed as soon as the Jaffa Gate is passed and the large open space beyond it reached . The scene resembles a fair , or carnival , at which ...
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... says MacLeod , " on which we can feel certain that our Lord ever gazed , unless it be the old tower at the Jaffa Gate . " Close by is the English church on the site of Herod's palace , a substantial and pretty building , and the ...
... says MacLeod , " on which we can feel certain that our Lord ever gazed , unless it be the old tower at the Jaffa Gate . " Close by is the English church on the site of Herod's palace , a substantial and pretty building , and the ...
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... says Captain Wilson , " stands about four feet nine and a half inches above the marble pavement at its highest point , and one foot at its lowest ; it is one of the ' missæ ' strata , and has a dip of 12 ° in a direction of 85 ° east of ...
... says Captain Wilson , " stands about four feet nine and a half inches above the marble pavement at its highest point , and one foot at its lowest ; it is one of the ' missæ ' strata , and has a dip of 12 ° in a direction of 85 ° east of ...
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... say that when their Prophet ascended to heaven on tow him , and started for that purpose , but the angel bangs left the impress of his fingers , which may be seen .... that the rock is still suspended in the air , but has been walled up ...
... say that when their Prophet ascended to heaven on tow him , and started for that purpose , but the angel bangs left the impress of his fingers , which may be seen .... that the rock is still suspended in the air , but has been walled up ...
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