Our Journey Around the World An Illustrated Record of a Years Travel of Forty
Our Journey Around the World An Illustrated Record of a Years Travel of Forty
Clark, Francis E. (Francis Edward), 1851-1927
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After all is said there is something dignified and impres- sive about many of the people whom we meet in the streets, for the Syrian, though indolent and deceitful, is polite and gen- tlemanly at the same time. "When he meets you and desires a word, he will lay his right hand on his forehead, lips, and head, for a moment, which means, in the expressive symbolism in the country, "in thought, word, and deed, I am your servant. 1 ' If he wishes to show special respect, he will stoop down and then ...raise his right hand over his head, A WATER CARRIER. SACRED ASSOCIATIONS. 459 which means that he is casting dust and ashes over himself as a mark of humility. But he does all this with such a gracious and dignified air that, servile as are its symbols, he seems to be doing himself an honor quite as much as the one to whom he speaks. Now let us view the people of Jerusalem at their worship, for in the churches we find the chief characteristics of the Holy City underscored and accentuated. The first church to which almost every traveler wends his way, is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and here are crowded together more traditions, relics, and sacred associa- tions than in any place of similar size in the world.
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