Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-05
The Jews in Jerusalem.
| From Brooks Letters.


most interesting place in Jerusalem. My
iragoman, an East Indian Jew OF Moorish
skin, who by tie way, is an English subject
and speaks English well, conducted N"
thither. We threaded our way through the
usual narrow and dirty lanes, misnamed
streets. of Eastern cities. aud came To an
area i'll the form # quadrangle, near the
bridge where the dwellers in Zion were once
wont to pass over 10 worship God III the
Temple Oh His holy mount Moriah. In the
ancient foundation wall Of the Temple are
several courses Of large leveIlei stones. upon
which the Jews lavish their kisses and EN-
braces, and through the crcvices OF which
they pour up their PRAYERS 10 God tor the
restoration Of lii Temple, and their early
coming triumph III Jerusalem. Here ih',
Turks have permitted the Jews I" come anu
wall for years, and years, and years, ana Tor
years they have rome-th' scattered tribes
from all parts "f the world. to cry out IN the
words If the PSImist. 60: |. 1, - 20, God,
the Heather have come into Thine lnherl-
lance; Thy holy temple have they dchI"d:
they have laid Jerusalem i'll heaps. We are
become Il reproach t" our neiShi"rS a
>corn and deri>ion To- them that ar" round
about ~. How long. Lord. will Thou b"
angry for ever: shall Thy jealous, burn like
fire." Their mournful cry. is in Fia'ntIvr
tones they read their Hebrew Bible. th"Ir
drvout. suffering humble look OF c"ntriIi"n.
their very admiration Of the rocks OF the
Temple, are all painfully suggestive aud
touching. The proud M">Irm r">cls IN trI-
umph over them. The Muczzn cries out
In, hour houroi prayer Just over them. Inc
lofty Christian. fresh from the gold. and glIt-
ter and incense. and Light of the Holy sep
ulchrc, looks down too often with contempt
upon the dirt. and dust. and misery that
there surround and envelope the Hebrew
Now. when one thinks of the days ot David.
and Of solomon, and knows these are Cod ;
chosen people. and that prophecy tell- US
some day Or other Jerusalem -hail be their =
again, the whole scene becomes :" touching
that one can scarcely refrain. himself. from
waling | must confess, have never been
more affected by any spectacle. II has DIS
armed me Of a thousand preludic"S against
the Jews, and ain sure ! TOW feel for II
jew as for a man and brother ! respect
him the more as ! see him strictly oh,"r' t
his Sabbath, though it is not mln". see
his seli.sacri6ce and real. un,eltsh devotion,
too. look up t. him II, man upon whom
God has set His mark for some high coming
destiny above all other peorle.-aud | feel
here more than ever, what IN incypresslbIc,
amazing, and yet magnificent destiny 1t IS,
or is % be. The Nu>lem crescent must tum'
BILE down from that Mt Moriah, and the n"w
humble Jew, creeping about It's base, must
go in triumph up L. his ancient temple. The
Christian and he will at last traterni,e and
Jerusalem will he the home Of the Jew aud
the Gentle too. In the dirty alley, and III
thy lanes, where am almost waIlowing, a
/ climb from yard to yard to see the 'ounda,
tons Of Temple,--a mosque now, where
even ]. Christian. am not allowed 70 enter,
kings and queens and the great mrn ui
the earth will, in after wears. be marching as
they have been before, III solemn worship
and procession 10 the ancient Tabernacle OF
the living God.
But this Holy city, the City of the Great
King, is full Of men, from all nations and all
parts Of the earth, of like de> otion. Probably
more earnest, more fanatic men assemble
here than in any other city OF like popula,
ion,-tor Jerusalem is not only holy u the
Christian, but to the Jew. and the MussnI-
man. All nations, all religions look up 10
Abraham. Isaac and Jacob, and respect the
Prophets and their outgivings The Caliph
Omar consecrated his Mosque ou Mount
Moriah, as he Emperor Constantine did his
Church upon the supposed Mount Calvary
When in my voyage hither, I saw Pilgrims
even from distant Russia a. well az from all
part Of Greece, and Turkey. coming hither
often in blankets, with only rag coverings
necessary for decency, submitting 10 every
thing and suffering everything, exposed iii
rain, and to the cold air of Ight upon the
decks Of Austrian. French and Russian
steamers, felt they must be all earnest, I'M
passioned men and women. could not have
endured Tor u single night what saw them
suffer for week III the roadstea! Of Beirut.
where We could not effect a landing. Thou.
sands upon thousands are now On their
way swarming in like manner 10 have their
Easter in jerusalem The spirit VI the Cru
Saders then, see. i not extinct, II - only
changed, and the world j. just as full ot
earnest men as ever The [ niiad States, TOO,
distant a. we are, have ,heiT earnest men
here also The missionary ground that the
Episcopalians and presbytcrian- have de-
scribed as hopeless, the Seventh Day Baptist
and Complexities If America have taken up.
Then there is Mss LiyermUre, Watching, and
waiting with the Jews, :" she say.
for the last time, and EoH ~ jie IN the
spot 50 holy | met iii my wanderngs III
the streets strang. clever, sharp reason
ing American here, Wardwell Cre-,an the
brother of the late President Of the Colonial
- u L.. ~ Ia.