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richo , ttbefe he is the guest of Selumiel , the brother of Iddo : here , for the first time , he sees , and here he marries , Selurniers daughter , Suiamith . The bride and the bridegroom repair to Jerusalem , at the feast of Pentecost : then they return to
Jericho , and Myron ' s indiscretion gives birth to a fatal accident , pinnies the whole family in the deepest distress * compels Elisama to flee , fer safety , to a city of refuge , and , in its effects , so agitates his feeble frame as to deprive him very quickly of life . Myron seeks a reconciliation with his afflicted friend
he obtains it through Sulaimth ' s intercession ; but , " ignorant of oriental manners , and of the fury of oriental jealousy / ' he commits another act of inadvertency , as the cotisequence of which Helon accuses Sulamith of
being unfaithful to her marriage-vow ; and she undergoes , with the heroism and perfect triumph of innocence , the ordeal of the water of jealousy These events , keenly painful as they are to the voung priest ' s feelings ,
exercise , nevertheless , a salutary power on his mind and character , on his religious views and habits . He regain 9 his cheerfulness : he finds himself happier than ever in his domestic union , and in all his prospects . In this state of soul , he celebrates the feast of
Tabernacles . When he again reaches Jericho , he hears that the plague has broken out there . The whole party , joined by Myron , who has become a proselyte of the gate , determine on going to Alexandria , and visiting He-Ion ' s mother , of whose death ,
however , they receive information before they can embark from Joppa . Still , they resolve upon the voyage , which for several days is prosperous : suddenly , a storm arises ; the vessel
strikes upon a rock—and all on board perish . We have retraced the outlines of the story , in order that our remarks on its developement and catastrophe may be better understood . Only the leading incidents have now foeeti
recapitulated ; many of less importance , btit ia general probable and ^ pertin en t , occur ; and there is further iut ^ roven with the narrative a most atftpte and lively account of nearly ev ^ tfy thing iVhich bears upon the personal , the domestic , the civil and ecclesiastical
rasagea Of the Jews , at the sera of this pilgrimage — upon the associations
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Review . —~ Heh > ti& Pilgrimage to Jvrusulm . 227
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" The plati aotir traced , while it ofltet ^ cd an opportunity of delineating an interesting change in the sentiments of Helon himself , seemed also to present the means of combining with this a living picture of the customs ^ opinions and laws of the Jewish people . No period of their
history seemed so well adapted to the desigo of this work , as that of John Hyrcauus . It is about this time that the boaks of the Maccabees close ; it is the last era of the freedom and independence of the people , whose character and institutions at the same time were so nearly
developed and fixed , that very little change took place between this and the time of our Saviour . It was possible , therefore , to give a picture which , as far as relates to usages and manners , should
he applicable to the times of the New Testament . By selecting this period , it was more easy to avoid the inconvenience of placing fictitious characters in contact With the real personages of history , than if the time of our Saviour had been
chosen . —Vol . I . xi . We shall consider the general plaa of Hefon ' s Pilgrimage — the devolopement and catastrophe of the story —the leading characters—the dialogue —the style of narrative and description—the accuracy of the information conveyed , and—the purpose and effect of the whole .
A young and pious Jew of Alexandria , " impatient to keep the sacred festivals at Jerusalem , and to visit the land which had been the scene of the past glories of his nation / ' sets out on his pilgrimage thither . He is accompanied by his uncle Elisama , a
venerable man , full of zeal for the law and its literal interpretation , by a young Greek of the name of Myron , and by Sallu , a faithful slave of He-Ion ' s family . The journey to the holy city , is described with considerable minuteness , in respect of the
geography , manners and incidents , lddo , an old friend of Elisama , entertains this band of pilgrims on their arrival : but they are soon called to engage in the solemnities of the Passover , every circumstance of which is impressively placed before the reader . Helon , who ,
previously to his departure , had ceased to be a hetienizing and had become au Aramvan , Jew , now feels an irre-^ iafeibie tteeire to enter into the order o * pnests : hte request is granted j aad , atfter due probation * he begins to perfenn his official duties in the temple . At a short interval , he visits Je-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1826, page 227, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2547/page/39/
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