Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-08-24
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From Emerson's Magazine.
The City Of the Great King
CCoatinaed FROM last .ceek.l


twenty-one feet high. and from the top of
whic2 spiing the arches which support
the four Gomes Of the ceiling. This pas
sage IS divided through the entire length
by either piers, pillars, or a wall. Sew
eral short walls also run across to its east
ern side, either from piers Or the iongitu-
dinal wall. Tho eastern half of the pas
sage is, either really or thus apparently,
made shorter than the other. Two low
seginental vaults overspan this double pas
sage its entire length. This pas sage Is
-not situated nledially beycath ef-Aksa, but
somewhat east of It's central line. The
entire workmanship of the vaulted pass
ages is Enthusiastically Jewish, with the
( exception of some trlliug Turkish addi-
tions and alterations. But the lowest room
/ or vestibuIe to the passage has been con
sidera bly, Romanized and the enabla-
ture on the exterior must also be referred
to Roman architects. The lGea IS enter
tanned by some that much Of the furniture
and treasures Of the ancient Temple lie
concealed on one side or the other of the
passage, and a closed door on the eastern
side of the vestibule seems to indicate that
here Is vacant space between this pas
+ sage and the Triple Gateway. The AIosh
( OF cl-A6sa owes II structure to the En-
per0r Justnian, who would 6ud 10 diff
Guilty in rearing an edihce upon the an
cient vaults Of people who We'd with the
! Egyptians IN the solidity Of their archi-
lecture, while at the same time. they I'M
parted to il an oriental liIhtness of design
and magnfcence Of adornment. The Sar-
aCeus converted it into a mosk and meta
morphosed it as much as possible lis por-
tico is said. Ly Arabian historians, to have
been as completely covered with gold, by
one Of their bhalitis, as ever any portion
Of the Temple Of solomon was; bat at
this time, has neither gold nor anything
else valuable about It. The Crusaders
on becoming possessed of it, greatly en-
Iargcd il by additions On the east-a dor
mitorv, refeCtorv. iufrmarv, etc, as we'll
as a church '.The poor fellou soldiers
of Jesus Chris, as they quantity enough
styled themselves, lad quarters assigned
10 them here by Baldwin H., A. j. 1lI9;
and thence the name Temp!ars, hv which
they became known. According to IIo-
veudon, the murders of Thomas a Beckett
lie Inferred ia front Of TINS building.
The Mosh of Omar IS built upon the
site of the ancient Temple of solomon
Immediately beneath the centre Of the
dome IS the venerated rock about which
50 much has been written. Il the osti-
nation OF the Jew, ths IS by far the most
ial,oWed spot on earth: for, according TO
the RabLins lhis is The Identical rock up
on which Jacob p.llowed his head land
set il up for pillow and poured oil upon
the top ol it,; and he called the name Of
that pace Belhr."-House of God. (jsen.
xxyiIi. IL, 22.) L is The general belief
also that il IS lhe thrgshing- floor Of Ara
uua. the JesulIte, -t the spot where the
faith Of Abraham was - sOrcly tried in
his determined obedience to God TO offer
up Isaac and The site of the Holy of Ho-
lies Of tbe Temp.e-Whch CioWed beneath
the Divine manifestation Of Deity In the
Sheklna. The Mohammcdan afiirms
with assured confidence, that il was from
this very rock also. that their ubiquitous
}ime and space auHI.uatu- prophet went
upuard through seven heavens aud iu
atesta,on Of the faet-to tLe confusion Of
all cainsayjng bIaslhemers and opposers
they show the imprint Of his foot in the
solid rock. the impress OF the angels fin
gers In Withholding the racl hat il might
no, accompany the prophet In his ceies-
nal flight, Gas it actually commenced do
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