106 THE CHRISTIAN NATURALIST. 



greatness of Israel's God in the descent of the holy 

 fire. Upon the sacred mount of Horeb was the same 

 prophet privileged to stand, while the Lord passed by, 

 and manifested his glory in the " earthquake, the fire, 

 and the still small voice." On a mountain did Solo- 

 mon build that magnificent temple, which was to per_ 

 petuate the worship of Jehovah to the times of the 

 Messiah, and to be honoured by the presence of the 

 Msssiah himself, as the Lord of the Temple, and the 

 Messenger of the New Covenant. And on a mountain 

 within sight of this, was that Cross erected, which was 

 to open the gates of the heavenly Temple to all true 

 believers. The Saviour himself discovered no small 

 attachment to those places, which were consecrated by 

 so many afi'ecting and awful associations. His favorite 

 haunt for solitary prayer and holy meditation was a 

 mountain. All the chief scenes of his life, as far as 

 they are recorded, happened in mountainous places. 

 From his infancy he breathed the air of the mountain 

 hills; for Bethlehem, where he was born, and Naza- 

 reth, where he was brought up, were both situated in 

 some of the most elevated districts of the Holy Land. 

 The rock of Rimraon, (Judges xxii. 45. 47,) or mount 

 Quarantania, is believed to have been the scene of our 



