. I percorsi e rispettare i luoghi di nostro Signore;. fogliame nascose le mura di Gerusalemme e da me,e la sua grande tronco mi schermato dalla osservazione di alcuni pastori, whowere tendente pecora nera sul ciglio del monte degli Ulivi. Non ho avuto nulla in vista ma la profonda e la forra selvaggia di Kedron, eil cime di altri alberi di ulivo, che da questo posto, coprire la misura di theYalley di Giosafat. Nessun rumore si alzò dal letto asciutto del torrente; noleaf tremò sull'albero; ho chiuso gli occhi per un attimo e annullata inthought a quella notte, la vigilia della redenzione del genere umano, quando theDi

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. The pathways and abiding places of our Lord;. foliage hid the walls of Jerusalem from me, and its large trunk screened me from the observation of some shepherds, whowere tending black sheep on the brow of the Mount of Olives. I had nothing within sight but the deep and rugged ravine of Kedron, andthe tops of other olive trees, which, from this spot, cover the extent of theYalley of Jehoshaphat. No noise arose from the dry bed of the torrent; noleaf trembled on the tree; I closed my eyes for a moment, and reverted inthought to that night, the eve of the redemption of the human race, when theDivine Messenger drank to the dregs the chalice of agony, before meeting Hisdeath at the hands of man as the reward of His celestial message. I inquiredof my heart what part I had in the salvation He came to purchase for the worldat so heavy a price; I represented to myself the extremity of anguish whichmust have rent the bosom of the Son of Man when he contemplated at asingle glance all the misery, the darkness, the bitterness, the vanity, the. THE AGONY IN GETHSEMANE. 69 iniquities of the lot of man; when it was His will, alone, to lift the burdenof the crimes and misfortunes under which human nature, bowed down andgroaning, passes through this valley of tears ; when He perceived that even anew consolation, and truth itself, could not be brought to man but at the priceof His life; when drawing back in terror before the shadow of death, whichHe already felt upon Him, He said to His Father, Let this cup pass from me!and I, feeble, ignorant, miserable man, I also may cry at the foot of the sametree, Lord, may my cup of bitterness pass from me, may it be poured by Theeinto the chalice already drunk for us! He had strength to drink it to thedregs ; He knew Thee ; He had seen Thee ; He knew wherefore He was aboutto drink it; He knew the immortal life which awaited Him beyond His tombof three days; but I, Lord, what do I know, except the sufferings which rendmy heart, and the hopes wh

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