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AUSTRALIA AND HOMEWARD. 



In the midst of wreck and ruin on every hand, 

 there is in good preservation a representation of the 

 triumphal procession bearing back from Jerusalem, 

 on the shoulders of the conquerors, the holy emblems 

 taken from the temple. The golden candlestick is 

 there, especially prominent. So poor, foolish Israel 

 was robbed of her light, because she esteemed it not, 



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ROMAN COLISEUM. 



groping even unto this day, but finding not the true 

 Light, of which this was the figure. No child of God 

 can stand within this arch and view these chiselled 

 records without sorrow. 



And here, too, are the Forum and the Coliseum, 

 which tell us of the pleasures of Rome in her palmy 

 days. What millions of gold have been lavished on 

 these places of amusement ! We were astonished at 

 the durability of the walls. One must admire the 



