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we live . Such tiatural productions as will thrive here might be exhibited in all the sfateliness and fair proportion which they can be cherished into ; and the koirtvte stems artd ihe painting nttsjht represent the ' rest , even to the extent of Soloihofi * s Botany " from thece ^ ar of Lebanoti tb the'bys ! $ 6 p that sp ringeth out of the wall . '" There the slothful in his studies might jed a lion i « the way" not tooccasion , but to reitfove any obstacle to his
pfbgress ; and the child might play with asp and cockatrice in their stbffed harittlesstiess ; and all the beasts of Judea * s fields * arid the fowls of her air , and every creeping thing , might " praise the Lord , " by illustrating the'records of his word . There might the idolatrous paintings of the " chambers of imagery" be restored , and the calves of Bethel and of Dan be remoulded , and the star of Remphan shine , and Dagon and other monstrous figures she"W to what strange inventions Ephrairii bowed the apostate knefr and celebrated
unholy rites . Books , seals , coins , garments , the implements of peaceful labour , and the weapons of warfare , all mig ht be exhibited , if not in real relics , yet by authentic modelling ; their houses rebuilt and furnished ; and our very children' made at home in the ancient abodes of the children of Israel . The verisimilitude of dioramic illusion might give the temple and
its service a reality and a richness in the imagination of thousands * whicil they have never yet been inspired with by the verbal record . And the institution itself would be a temple in which men would inquire , and , as they inquired , see more and more of the beauty of the divine word , and become better qualified to answer the question * Understandest thoii what thou readest ?"
Heasant would it be to minister there , in that asylum of peace and knowledge , where doctrinal controversy should never come , and the swords and spears of polemical warfare should be beaten into ploughshares and pruning hooks , wherewith to cultivate the rich soil of Biblical learning and gladden the land by its abundant harvests : and pleasant to go into its innermost
sanctuary , where should be stored the ponderous tomes of Rabbinical learning and theological antiquarianism ; the quartos of Eastern travellers ; arid , of lesser and lighter dimensions , but in an ever-lengthening line , the works of modern ingenuity which present in an elementary form the results of former learning atid research *
Productions of this last description must , however , for the present , be our substitute for the realization of the great desideratum which we have ventured to depict . May they be multiplied so as to come in the way of every body * s eyes , and within the corripass of every body * s pockets . May we have in a yet more cheap , , condensed , and popular form , all that Fleury , Harriier , and Burdef , have ascertained ' of Jewish and Oriental habitudes ; and that Michaelis and Jahn have unfolded of Jewish institution . May the illustrative
sciences have rnorei such introductions as Harris ' s Natural History and Carpenter ' s Geography . Let other Helons be created to make and tecorid their pilgrimages ; and let us have works whose object shall be , even yet more directlythan that , to throw light on the modes of thinking , feeling , and acti ng ^ Which prevailed among those who lived in times and p laces Which have acquired so much ' of deep and sacred interest to all ages . The accomplishment of the wish we have just expressed implies the stlrmornitittg of more difficulty , but with that the production of greater advantage , than any of the previous enumeration . It presupposes considefal ^ jej atfainrttetit and rare qualities of rriind . There should' be , together WjtfV £ n extensive acquaintance With the n ^ itoal , sofeial , jx > liticai , arid educational injfluewcei whteh operated upott the'minds of the nativeli of Palestine , ah ima-
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Traditions af Palestine . 523
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1830, page 523, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2587/page/19/
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