title: Stones of Jerusalem: A Novel of the Struggle for Jerusalem (The Zion Legacy)
author:  Bodie Thoene 
description: <b>Bodie</b> and <b>Brock Thoene</b>, with degrees in creative writing and history, respectively, are the authors of <b>Jerusalem Vigil</b> and <b>Thunder from Jerusalem</b>, the first two volumes of the <b>Zion Legacy</b> series. Their other thirty-three novels include the best-selling series the <b>Zion Chronicles</b> and the <b>Zion Covenant</b>. Together they have won eight Evangelical Christian Publishers Gold Medallion awards. The Thoenes live in Nevada and London, England.<br><b>Bodie</b> and <b>Brock Thoene</b>, with degrees in creative writing and history, respectively, are the authors of <b>Jerusalem Vigil</b> and <b>Thunder from Jerusalem</b>, the first two volumes of the <b>Zion Legacy</b> series. Their other thirty-three novels include the best-selling series the <b>Zion Chronicles</b> and the <b>Zion Covenant</b>. Together they have won eight Evangelical Christian Publishers Gold Medallion awards. The Thoenes live in Nevada and London, England.
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  # The New Jerusalem
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### G. K. Chesterton
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
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  PREFACE.
  
  
  CHAPTER I. THE WAY OF THE CITIES
  
  
  CHAPTER II. THE WAY OF THE DESERT
  
  
  CHAPTER III. THE GATES OF THE CITY
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. THE PHILOSOPHY OF SIGHT-SEEING
  
  
  CHAPTER V. THE STREETS OF THE CITY
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. THE GROUPS OF THE CITY
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. THE SHADOW OF THE PROBLEM
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DESERT
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE WITH THE DRAGON
  
  
  CHAPTER X. THE ENDLESS EMPIRE
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. THE MEANING OF THE CRUSADE
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. THE FALL OF CHIVALRY
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. THE PROBLEM OF ZIONISM
  
  
  
  
  
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  E-text prepared by Joe Moretti
  
  
  THE NEW JERUSALEM
  
  
  by
  
  
  G. K. CHESTERTON
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### PREFACE.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  This book is only an uncomfortably large note-book; and it has the
  
  
  disadvantages, whether or no it has the advantages, of notes that were
  
  
  taken on the spot. Owing to the unexpect