The Chief Of The Jerusalem Convent Was A Noble Creature; His
Worldly And Spiritual Authority Seemed To Have Surrounded Him, As
It Were, With A Kind Of "Court," And The Manly Gracefulness Of His
Bearing Did Honour To The Throne Which He Filled.
There were no
lords of the bedchamber, and no gold sticks and stones in waiting,
yet everybody who approached
Him looked as though he were being
"presented"; every interview which he granted wore the air of an
"audience"; the brethren as often as they came near bowed low and
kissed his hand; and if he went out, the Catholics of the place
that hovered about the convent would crowd around him with devout
affection, and almost scramble for the blessing which his touch
could give. He bore his honours all serenely, as though calmly
conscious of his power to "bind and to loose."
CHAPTER XI - GALILEE
Neither old "sacred" {25} himself, nor any of his helpers, knew the
road which I meant to take from Nazareth to the Sea of Galilee and
from thence to Jerusalem, so I was forced to add another to my
party by hiring a guide. The associations of Nazareth, as well as
my kind feeling towards the hospitable monks, whose guest I had
been, inclined me to set at naught the advice which I had received
against employing Christians. I accordingly engaged a lithe,
active young Nazarene, who was recommended to me by the monks, and
who affected to be familiar with the line of country through which
I intended to pass.
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