Identifier: wanderingsinbibl00mill (find matches)
Title: Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Miller, D(aniel) L(ong), 1841- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Mount Morris, Ill., The Brethren's publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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rse thandeath. No doubt among that band of prisoners whomarched through Rome that day were some who hadheard of the prophecy of Christ and had seen him cruci-fied. Now, too late, they realized what they had done.Following the captive Jews came the spoils of war. Andhere was to be seen the furniture of Solomons Temple—the golden candlestick, the table of showbread and the Arkof the Covenant—all carried on the shoulders of captiveJews. It must have been an imposing spectacle. After this the Senate decreed that a triumphal archshould be erected to commemorate the destruction of Jeru-salem and the victory of Titus. This was built in A. D. 81,and in this structure we have a silent witness to the truthof the Bible. To-day the arch is standing across the tri-umphal way. It is finely embellished with statuary in re-lief. One figure represents Titus crowned by victory. Butthe most interesting part of the work is a representation ofthe triumphal procession with the captive Jews, the victors
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WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. 71 carrying the golden candlestick with seven branches andthe table with the showbread. The work was finelywrought in marble, and the carved candlestick agreesexactly with the description given in the Bible. It showsthat the artist had the candlestick before him when he didthe work. The features of the men are also of the well-known Jewish type. Here is indisputable evidence thatTitus destroyed Jerusalem, that he carried the Jews intocaptivity and that he brought the holy vessels and thefurniture of the temple to Rome. We made a careful and critical examination of thisrelic of the past, and to us it seems a wonderful witness clthe truth of Gods Book. As we stood beneath the loftyarch, we thought of Hawthornes words, Standing be-neath the Arch of Titus, and amid so much dust, it is diffi-cult to forbear the commonplaces of enthusiasm, on whichhundreds of tourists have already insisted. Over the half-worn pavement, and beneath this arch, the Roman armieshad tr

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