American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-08-28
From the New York Observer
SACRED MOUNTAINS MOUNT CAL
VARY,
BY THE Rev. J. T. HEADLEY.

EY THE REV. }. 7. HEADLEY.
s. Mount Calvary comes last in the list of "Sa-
ed Mountains" and by its baptism of blood
I'd agony, its moral grandeur and the intense
Tory that beams from its summit, is worthy to
bmplete the immortal group. Its moral height
man can measure, for though its base is on
be earth, its top is lost in the heaven of hea-
pms. The angels hover round the dazzling
lmmit, struggling in vain to scale its highest
pint, which has never yet been famed by even
Immortal wing. The Divine eye alone
nbraces its length and breadth and depth and
Eighth.
4 What associations cluster around Mount
zalVary what mysteries hover there, and what
zevelatons it makes to the awe-struck behold
Nj Mount Calvary! at the mention of that
anne the universe thrills with new emotion,
! md heaven tIembles with a new anthem in
Ehich pity and emulation mingle in strange
4 ct sweet accord. Glory and brightness are
that hilltop, and shall be to the end Of
me, bat there was a morning when gloom and
srror crowned it, and heaven itself, all but
Tod the Father gazed on it in wonder, if not
b CONSERVATION.
| The strange and painful scene in the garden
had passed by, and the shameful examination
n the lighted chamber Of the high priest was
fbver. Insult and contempt had marked every
Itep of the villainous proceedings, till at length
Inne wretch more impious than the rest advanc-
led and struck Christ in the face. The cheek
|reddened TO the blow, bat not with anger oil
|shame; yet methinks as the sound of that but:
| et was borne on high, there was a rustling o.
myriad wings, as angels started from their lis
|tening attitude, waiting the thunderbolt thai
should follow.
This too passed by, and also the seconc
mockery of trial in Pilates hall; and the up
1risen,sun was flashing down on the towers anc
|domes of Jerusalem, and the vast population
twas again abroad, throngng every street. Blu
Ia few took any interest in the fate of Jesus o
Nazareth, yet those few were filled with the
|bitterest hate. The victim was now in thei
|poWer-given up to their will, and they com
menced the bloody scene they were to enact
by splitting in his face and striking his unresist
ling cheek with blow after blow. To give
|greater force to their insults, they put crows
lon his head made of thorns, and Knocked hin
with sarcastic words, and strove with fiendisl
skill to irrtate him into some sign of anger Of
complaint. After having exhausted their in
|genuity, and failing in every endeavor, they lee
him away TO be crucified.
Il was bright and beautiful day when &
train passed out of the gates of Jerusalem, ant
began to ascend the slope Of Mount Calvary
FThe people paused moment as the procession
|moVed bosterously along the streets, then max
ing some careless remark about the fate of ia
natios, passed on. The low and base of boil
sexes turned and joined the company, and witt
Jokes and laughter, hurried on to the scene o
excitement. Oh, how unsympathizing did ma
ture seem: the vine and fig tree shed their fra
GRANGE around-the breeze whispered nothin!
but love and tranquility, while the blue ant
bending arch above seemed delighted with tn,
beauty and verdure the spread-out earth pre-
sented. The birds were singing in the gardens
all reckless of the roar and jar of the great city
near, as Jesus passed by in the midst of thu
mob. His face was coorless as marble, saw
where the blood trckle6 down his cheeks from
the thorns that pierced his temples; his knee
trembled beneath him, though not with fear
and he staggered on under the heavy timbe
that weighed him down, till at last he tainted
Nature gave way, and he sunk to the earth
while the hue of death passed over his counte
nance. When the sudden rush around him
caused by his fall, had subsidized, the cross, OF
, rather cross piece, which he mad carried wa
given TO another, and the procession again tool
Up the line Of march. But suddenly over til,
confused noise OF the Thong and rude shouts o
the mob, there came wild lament. Friend
were following after, whose sick Christ ha,
healed, whose wounded hearts he had bount
up, and on whose pathway of darkness he ha,
shed the light Of heaven, and now they lifted u