And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he
went out, and abode in the mount that is called _the mount_ of
Olives.--_St. Luke xxi: 37._
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_NOTE BY THE ARTIST_
_As we ascend towards sunset the slopes of Olivet, and pause to gaze
on the scenes beneath, the panorama of the city presented to view is
in its leading features essentially similar to that upon which the
eyes of Jesus rested, when "at night he went out, and abode in the
mount that is called the Mount of Olives" Yonder stands a temple
within that sacred enclosure which, for well-nigh three thousand
years, save for the period during which, "the abomination of
desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet stood in the Holy place,"
has been dedicated to the worship of Jehovah. The citadel of
Jerusalem breaks the skyline where stood the tower of Hippicus, and
to the left, against the setting sun, the cypresses in a monastery
garden mark the spot once covered by the gardens of the palace of
Herod. Siloam stands as of old on the hither side, overlooking the
valleys of Hinnom and Kidron; while to-day, as in former times, the
olive yards beneath and the trees around, might well give the name
which it bears to the hill on which we stand._