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boy t * f tea ? year ^ old ^ / Ffeairs streamed frdm &is larg ^ df ^ k le ^ res ^ and the , open features of hi& noble countenance had aft expression of f «? of 6 and grief . His rao-t ther was endeavouring to comfort him , a ® d ta lead him back into the court , assuming him that his father would take Mm the next time . But the boy listened
nettfiiei ? to her consolations nor her promises * ai * d continued to exclaim * * O father , father * let me go to the temple I I know all the psalais by heart , ' He stretched out his arms to the passers-by itt earnest entreaty and happening to see among ;* hem a man of the neighbourhood
wfeota he knew-, h $ Hew t-o him , ao-d clinging to bis girdle and upper garment ^ besought him , with tears , to take hi » a withhhn , till the maQ , moved by his earnestness , asked his mother to allow him to go , proiais&ag . to take eare of bin till he should find out his father .
c And this / £ aid JEiclon , < is the object of children ' s longing in Israel ; so qaL'ly does the djesire of keeping :, the festival display ilselfi' Brought up in Palestine , he felt it would have been with hint exactly as with the child . *' we
The {^ ragrafxhs that now proceed to traoscrit > e , . regard another and a very , different subject , bui are favourable speciaaeas of the autlior / s style of aarrative : iC Although our travellers were not admitted ih to the refectory of the Essenes
they were riot alone . They found a multitude of sick persons assembled , who had come iii hope of relief frptii the , secret wisdom of the Essenes . They performed their cures [ this sect performed ^ &c 4 by mq&ns of mysterious formularies ^ aad recipes carefully preserved in their ancieut books . These books Bad- come of
to them iu time ^ venerable uVruity from remote regions of tHeeast , and' we ' re carefally studied by them * especially on the sabbatti a which they held even more sacred than the other Jews , Their cures were wrought chiefly by enforcing
temperance , self-cQumiand ) and the dominion of the . soul over the body ; and with sfaese means" they performed wonders . Hus simplicity of their lives preserved their health to extreme old age , and not a few boasted that the spirit of prophecy had been wakened in them /'
u When Setumtel and Eiisatna had laid themselces dowo after the frugal repast , to rest beneath , tbe paims , ^ Heloia went abmitj to examine the whole a *~ i ^ ugeiiient and economy of this eatablish ^ "lent ; He would gladly h ^ ve entered mt 0 conversation with 3 ome of the Ea-«^ ^ bu t fio « ne addressed fete , amd the e ** rmtneil- tacitunu ^ of their looktsu
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and the profound $$ Uaess which f ?^ ^ around theise co tf ^ ges , ^' et ^ fred ^ in ^ from raakii ^ g thlp attempt . Ha mlet&ly' £ 0 % lowed an aged man , wlu > ^ vnttx his > tatf was making his round through tfee fields ^ when about noon every oue was already again at his labour , and who seemed to be superintending their operations . The
bending of the men , the prostration of the youths , as he approached them , sbew > ed to Helou that reverence for age . was > here inculcated and practised as a part , of the ditties of reftgiau . Every thtog here was done by command : ;» no - mmi followed a will of his own : indeed the
will itself appeared to be social * t \ ot iadividual ; oi * e thing only was excepted : —» beneficence . If those who were in need were not his own kindred , every one might assist and relieve them without asking permission or waiting for a command . The fields were covered witk
luxuriant crops , but the cultivators them ^ selves were spare . pale /' iC Selumiel and Elisama bad rested themselves , the heat of the mid-day was past , arid there was no more to be dis ^ covered in a day than in an hour respecting the Essenes . The simple exterior of
their habits and customs was easiLy seeno To learn ' any part of the ?? secJretk ; it was necessary t 6 litterf In' si ! enjfe f 6 i ; y ^ afs together . Our travellers / th ^ refb ry br ^ e tip imniedia ^ ely ' titi&t * the tnid ^ y , and cbntlhued theft teidilous Way tWbi ^ ii ~ tne desert to JeVicfib / b 'Sfelumtel' ft&d i : & tojbfe
quested hfe'fVifeadt ^ Ess ^ n fe tlieir guided as the To&d ; was" ititHcat ^ even to those vVho had freqtteiftiy : travelled if . f ' he Esseti 6 , y > i home aniicfet'iiie ^ e sb& rndes , re £ dify complieti , aiid led ' ' them through ra \ ines amJds ^^ reci ^ icfes ^ thrciufeh sandy plaiais' dtestitutfe of vegetation ^ and over naked hillsV Alwavs dlert ^ tid ' rea-1
dy to assist , he iventbiefer ^ them , gaVe ' them his hand in differe ' tiff pam of the way sup |) or . tecl the elder ineri lit tlie ? steeper ascents , arid answered every question that was addressed to him , but so briefly that he seemed to weigh every word , and to be in perpetual apprehension of allowing one that was superHuotis to escape his lips /*
cc In answer to the question of Eli ' saiiia , whemce the name of Essehe was derived , he informed them that it wate Persian , and denoted the resemblance 0 $ their life to that of ttees / 9 —frriansL IP , 141 , &c ] Bo iil . Ch . v .
These * vblumes exhibit some uncommonly vivid and flowing , yet , in general , correct descriptions of scenes of aatu >< 5 and of j % rt "; ^ trapss , iuilee ( l a has peculiar fti < fti&M tliis 3 tjr | e of writings • .- A , , , ' . ; Vr . ;' ' . :
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Revwm ^ Ji eim ' s Pilgrimage W Jerusalem * 2 f 8
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1826, page 293, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2548/page/41/
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