Letter from Henry to his Mother, April 12, 1876

Letter from Henry to his Mother, April 12, 1876

Moriah, Mount (Jerusalem); Mount of Olives (Jerusalem); Mosques; Steamboats; Presbyterian Church; Tourism; Obelisks; Egypt--Antiquities, Roman

Henry writes this letter on a paper that contains pictures of buildings and places from Jerusalem, where he started writing to his mother. He describes La Mosquée d'Omar, Mount Moriah, and Mount of Olives. He wrote the rest of the letter aboard a steamboat that left Alexandria, Egypt yesterday. They toured the city and Henry describes some of the attractions they saw, such as Pompey's Pillar and Cleopatra's Needle.

Noyes, Henry Varnum

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3

Unpublished

1876-04-12

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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[Note: letterhead features four printed images of the Holy Land]
La Mosquée d'Omar. Mosque of Omar.
Église du St. Sépulcre. Entrée. M. W. Shapira
Église du St. Sépulcre. Intérieur. Edit. Jerusalem
La Montagne des Oliviers. Mount of Olives. Photol. von Ph. Frey & Co.
Jerusalem April 12th 1876
My dear Mother,
I am going to write this
letter to you on this pretty paper
which we found here in Jerusalem
and which seems very appropriate
for letters sent from here. The picture
at the top is the Mosque of Omar

It stands on Mount Moriah just
where the old temple stood. The whole
inclosure is about one eighth of the
present city. In the inside of the
building with the dome is a rock
which, I believe they say, is some
forty feet high and it is claimed
that this is the very spot where
Abraham was on the point of
offering up his son Isaac. It was
at any rate on this hill somewhere.
It seems almost too low to be

called a mountain. The lower
picture is a very good view of the
Mount of Olives and the side pic-
tures are buildings in Jerusalem.
I began this letter in Jerusalem
but am finishing it on board the
French steamer "Labourdonnais." We
left Alexandria in Egypt yesterday.
The sea was beautifully smooth all
day yesterday but last night and
this morning there is more breeze
enough to make Bella and some
of the other passengers somewhat
sea sick so that our table this morning
was not more than half filled. The
steamer has all the passengers it will
accommodate. We were at Alexandria
all day Sunday & Monday. Sunday
we went ashore and heard a very
good sermon from a Scotch Monister
Dr Yule. Monday we went ashore
again after breakfast to the house
of Rev S C Ewing a missionary of
the United Presbyterian Board to whom
Mr Nevin of Canton had given us a letter

of introduction. Miss Campbell of
the same mission went with us to
call on Dr Yule, where we staid until
nearly 3-o-clock having accepted
a very cordial invitation to stay un-
til after dinner. We found them very
pleasant people and enjoyed our visit.
After dinner we got a carriage and
drove to see some places of interest
in the city, saw where the apostle
Mark was buried, the church where
Athanasius preached. Cleopatra's
needle and Pompey's pillar. It was
a general holiday in the city and
the streets were crowded so that we
had a good chance to see the people.
We came back to Mr Ewings at
dark where we took tea and
spent the evening, going on board
the steamer at 9-o-clock, feeling
that we had enjoyed a very pleas-
ant day.
Now I must close what
I presume is the last letter I shall
write to you before reaching home myself
With very much love,
Your aff Son
Henry.



[注：信头上有四个印刷的圣地图像]
拉清真寺 d'Omar。奥马尔清真寺。
Église du St. Sépulcre。主菜。 M·W·夏皮拉
Église du St. Sépulcre。室内设计师。编辑。耶路撒冷
La Montagne des Oliviers。橄榄山。光子。 von Ph. Frey & Co.
耶路撒冷 1876 年 4 月 12 日
我亲爱的妈妈，
我要写这个
在这张漂亮的纸上写给你的信
我们在耶路撒冷发现的
这似乎很合适
从这里寄来的信件。图片
顶部是奥马尔清真寺

它矗立在摩利亚山上
旧庙所在的地方。整体
外壳大约是八分之一
现在的城市。在里面
圆顶建筑是一块岩石
我相信他们会说，这是一些
四十英尺高，据称
这就是那个地方
亚伯拉罕正处于
献上他的儿子以撒。它是
无论如何，在这座山上的某个地方。
它似乎太低了

称为山。较低的
图片是一个很好的看法
橄榄山和侧面图-
土耳是耶路撒冷的建筑物。
我在耶路撒冷开始写这封信
但我正在船上完成它
法国蒸笼“Labourdonnais”。我们
昨天离开埃及的亚历山大。
大海非常光滑
昨天的一天，但昨晚和
今天早上有更多的微风
足以让贝拉和一些
其他乘客有点
晕船让我们今天早上的餐桌
不超过一半。这
轮船拥有所有乘客
容纳。我们在亚历山大
周日和周一全天。星期日
我们上了岸，听到了一个非常
苏格兰人的好布道
于乐博士。星期一我们上岸了
早餐后再次回家
牧师 S C Ewing 的传教士
长老会联合委员会
广州的内文先生给了我们一封信

的介绍。坎贝尔小姐
同样的使命与我们一起去
拜访 Yule 博士，我们一直待在那里
将近3点已经接受了
一个非常诚挚的邀请，直到晚饭后才入住。我们发现他们很
愉快的人，享受我们的访问。
晚饭后，我们坐了一辆马车，
开车去看一些名胜古迹
在城里，看见使徒在哪里
马可被埋葬的教堂
亚他那修讲道。克娄巴特拉的
针和庞培的支柱。它是
城市的一般假期和
街道很拥挤，所以我们
有一个很好的机会见到人们。
我们回到尤因斯先生的身边
我们喝茶的地方很黑
度过了一个晚上，上船
9点的蒸笼，感觉
我们度过了非常愉快的一天。
现在我必须关闭什么
我想是我要写的最后一封信
在自己回家之前给你写信
怀着无比的爱，
你的儿子
亨利。

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