There is no land in all the earth which possesses an interest so wide and so deep as that which gathers around the little land of Palestine. To the Christian nations—whether Protestant, Roman Catholic, or Greek, it is the home of their religion, and to every Jew it is the land of his fathers. Here Abraham pitched his tent, and Jacob saw the ladder leading heavenward, and Joshua led his conquering host, and David tuned his harp, and Solomon sat in his glory, and Elijah built
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