r on the Tiber, for he felt less
afraid of the heathens in Rome than of the Jews in Jerusalem. He had
no idea of what was before them.

"Not in Rome," said Jesus, "but rather in Jerusalem will we eat the
Paschal lamb."

Soon after they wandered forth and left the noisy seaport behind them.
As the roads became more and more unsafe, they climbed the rocks and
took the way across the mountains.

The gods came down from high Olympus, the Law came down from Sinai,
Light came down from Lebanon. For it was at Lebanon that the great
revelation came, which my shrinking soul is now to witness.

CHAPTER XXIV

The following incident took place during the journey among the
mountains of Lebanon. One day they were resting under an old
weather-beaten cedar. The rain trickled through the bristling bush of
needles from one branch to another on to the hats under the broad brims
of which the men cowered, their legs drawn up under them, their arms
crossed over their chests. Tired and somewhat out of humour, they
looked out into the damp mist against which the near summits and masses
of rock stood out. The hair and beards of the older men had turned
grey, and even the faces of the younger seemed to have aged. For their
hardships had been great. But the glow in their eyes was not quenched.
They had laid aside their long staffs; the sacks which some carried on
their backs were wrinkled and empty. A little way off was a
tree-trunk, so big that three men could hardly have encompassed it; the
bark was white and rough, so that it seemed as if spirits had carved
mysterious signs thereon in pure silver. Jesus, a little apart from
His disciples, was resting under this tree. He was, as usual, without
a hat, and His abundant nut-brown hair fell over His shoulders. His
indescribably beautiful face was paler than formerly. He leaned
against the trunk of the tree and closed His eyes.

The disciples thought He slept, and in order not to wake Him they
looked at one another and spoke in whispers. Their hearts were full of
the impressions of their late experiences. They thought of the
persecution in their native land, the attractiveness of the big world,
and their ignorance of the future. Many of them during this gloomy
rest-time thought of their former lives. Who is managing my boat? Who
tends my fruit-trees? Who works in my workshop? Who sits in the
profitable toll-house? Who is providing for my wife, my children?
There ha