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Quaker City Excursion, Europe, 1867 
Image Source; Casey James Collection 1. Jerusalem. From Mount Olivet. Looking west across the Valley of Jehoshaphat, showing Mount Moriah, Mount Zion, and Mount Calvary. |
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Quaker City Excursion, Europe, 1867 
Image Source; Casey James Collection 9. Bethel. Looking east. Here Jacob saw the vision of a "ladder reaching from earth to heaven, with the angels of God ascending and desencding." Its site is marked only by ruins. See Amos v. 5. |
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Quaker City Excursion, Europe, 1867 
Image Source; Casey James Collection 18. Tiberias. Looking north-east. Sea of Galilee beyond. Built by Herod Antipas, and named in honor of the Emperor Tiberias. In the vicinity are celebrated hot springs. After the destruction of Jerusalem it became the seat of Jewish schools and learning. |
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Quaker City Excursion, Europe, 1867 
Image Source; Casey James Collection 20. Capernaum. Looking north-east. Showing the Fountain of the Figtree, and Sea of Galilee. |
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Quaker City Excursion, Europe, 1867 
Image Source; Casey James Collection 24. Nazareth. Looking south-west. A small city of lower Galilee built on east side of a "hill," along a small valley or basin entirely shut in by hills, except a narrow rocky gullet on the south, leading to the great plain of Esdruelon. Here our Saviour spent his childhood. In the foreground is seen a Church built over the Well where the angel Gabriel appeared to the virgin and foretold the birth of Christ. |
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Quaker City Excursion, Europe, 1867 
Image Source; Casey James Collection 25. Fountain of the Virgin at Nazareth. Showing some of the village women carrying water on their heads, in large earthen jars, as in olden times. |
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Quaker City Excursion, Europe, 1867 
Image Source; Casey James Collection 38. Beirut. Looking north from the top of Dr. Jessup's Seminary. Showing in the foreground the house where the New Testament is being printed in the Syric toungue. Mediterranean sea in the distance. |
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Quaker City Excursion, Europe, 1867 
Image Source; Casey James Collection 46. Yalta. A beautiful little village on the shore of the Black Sea, 20 miles east of Sevastopool. It is the summer residence of the Czar of Russia. |
