This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ...Many of our countrymen do indeed believe so," said Selumiel," because the prophet Joel says, ' The Lord will gather all nations in the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there.' But Jehoshaphat (i. e. the judgment of God) is undoubtedly symbolical, and the meaning of the whole passage is merely that God will judge all nations." As they passed up the valley, the view of The following extract from the journal of Messrs. Fisk and King in 1824, will help to illustrate that most sublime prophecy, Joel iii. 2--12. " With some olive branches from Olivet, and some flowers from the mansion-house of Lazarus in our hands, we returned by a winding way around the south of Mount Olivet, till we came to the brook Kidron, where it enters the valley of Jehoshaphat. This valley seems like a fright-. ful chasm in the earth, and when you stand in it, and see Mount Zion and Moriah towering above it, with steep hills and precipices on your right hand and left, you can the temple, with its lofty porticoes and pillars, glittering in the morning sun, whose rays were reflected back in all the hues of the rainbow, was most sublime. I remember a passage of Josephus, a Jewish historian, who describing the temple, says, " Its appearance had every thing that could strike the mind and astonish the sight; for it was on every side covered with solid plates of gold, so that when the sun shone upon it, it reflected such a strong and dazzling effulgence that the eye of the beholder was obliged to turn away from it, being no more able to sustain its radiance than the splendour of the sun." The third hour (nine o'clock, A. M.) had now arrived, which was the usual hour of morning prayer in the temple, which had been observed by the Christians. As they passed through the...