ABSTRACT
Some of the most elegant scripture imagery is derived from this mountain, or rather, range of mountains, and its scenery. Its trees, its fruits, its fragrance, its cattle, its snows, and its cooling streams, have furnished the sacred writers with abundant material for the exhibition of whatever is august, dignified, or sublime. The strength, beauty, and prosperity of the church have been shadowed forth from these magnificent heights, not only over Syria, but throughout all lands. This range of mountains forms the northern boundary of the Holy Land, stretching from Sidon on the west, to the vicinity of Damascus on the east. There are two ridges running parallel, in a crescent form, and pursuing nearly the course of the Mediterranean—the one called Libanus; the other, Anti-Libanus.
