Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-06-11

>sr Mi, which none bat MahomeIrns
arc ;iuWed 70 enter. The Jews have
purchased lhe privilege Gt repairing on
Friday airtn1UlS TO the exterior of a very
ancicn, portion OF Ihis wall there to be-
wail the fate Of their Temple. | was pre-
sent uu one of the occasions, and & more
Impressive scene have seldom Witnessed.
I found collected a large number ofboIh
sexes, and al ages and conditions. Most
Of them were seated on the pavement in
the shadow of the wall, and were enga-
ged either in recillng from the Book OF
HE Law, Or in repeating TO themselves
pray crs and CALCULATIONS. The sorrow of
desoiale hearts was depicted in every
countcnance. Soon they all Joined in a
Girge oil UNDERSTANDABLE mourntuiueSs, after
which they rose, and, leaning against the
wall with their faces inwards, they read
from the Law, repeated another dolorous
Chant. and then moIionless and silent, all
remained absorbed in their own prayers
and meditatIons The matron and the
maid, the boy and the gray headed man,
tie rich in sumpuouS robes, and the poor
in filthy RAGS, all alike seemed oppressed
v;,h . sense or dpsertion and ba,dencd
with misery. | tanned from the spot and
left thcm all alone with their sorrow, struck
NJ h.J ne,.,. L,cr s,rn.l, hefnra bv tbo
history and fate Of Tie chosen people of
God.
Tha lEoun, Of Olives. simoted inst east
,f ,hc cit, has hern nav r,yori,e resort
No, onl,. an occorr, of is intensely inter.
as,;n, G;.,nr;n.J assnc;a,;,ns hr, os com.
' ,c T Ia.,.aIom,
, w., ,o 90 y, halr BE- ,an,,, sInn;nrtn
~ Ivy ''No ai ~ ",I -. ,5,; ;,a,nln ,ro
u d. 10 Wv "'a ,.Io o., ~, ' 0n ,La aas, s;Jo
of ,ha ',,, ,,,. nn.r.9, w. you s the N1osonp Of
Nrar ~, ~, oroJ ond r,oad ,hro,aLnnt with
hIno norcrlain and standing on = board
-, orari nsnI,n.Io IN tho miIs, nC an i'm.
,nense arca sh,ded viii, 1rcr~ and orua-
men,cd with n,avmo cbapels Thouoh
rho cyo nercc,veS lirlle elevation. this is
WonH, N,roh and ,he Nosone stands on
,bo rnr,, snof once orcuoiod bv the Holy
of Uol;se How different is me dull dus-
kv f,na of the false nronhet from the
,I;o,,.Io of rho l;yi,r Cod that rsrd ~
ai,,,.r ,hsra Ike shrine or hcatep cold
III. ,I.o so,,L .ilo ,f tho ciiv mart.
T.. within and nor,Iv wihout the walls. is
ii, son. Bu, in those vile novels where
Jsr. hide their wretchedness. and lepers
,Lc;r Lesn,ir or in those terrarcd and
lowed sInnos where the moor Arab des-
ner,telv struqoIcs with the scantv mould
for few Grains. who can discover the
seat of that rovaI city, which was once
beautiful in situation, and the icy of The
whole earth ?' Away to the Western
extremity Of the city, is the spot they call
Noun, Calvary, and still leading to it, Is
The long way up which the Man Of Sor-
r,ws" bor. his cross.
Ai,bc foot of Oliyet. directly between
vou and the city IS the Garden Of Ge,hse-
name, enclosed BIZ a wall 20 feet III height
# contains eight olive tress of the greatest
anricui '. tie very scicns. it is said, Of
1he trees which shaded that fearful mysle.
riou, passion of the Messiah. The valley
or Iehosapha, stretches its dismal length,
,hove and below the Garden. entombng
IN ,,s darl; cliffs untold generations of lhe
sons of Abraham. ..SGioa's brook that
lowed first by the oracle of God is dry
and silent now. bat lhc pool of Siloam,
crcoscI with ,in,e. worn stones and dra.
ra,;ad win vines and flowers. still yields
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