The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-02-16
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERu,
SAl,EM. .g.B Fl.

liyered lecture in Lincoln, which city lie
has fcEi years representediiuP Parliament.
on the early history Of Eastern nations.
lie gave I'M oatinu OF the history ~ Tie
BabyloRlan, Assyrian, Persian, Egyptian,
Greek and Jewish nations, and closed With
tite following powerful and dramatic tes.
1eEiPtion Of Tile destruction 81 Jerusalem
Iby Titus: 4 80. 4 II. I'D X ,43 ,sl38, ,#,3f ~:
10 SIX years after the birth OF our; Lord.
Jadoa and Samafia became h Roman lDro.
vince, under snhofdinatei governors. Tie
nlost fainorisi9t wlso'n was Pmptias PiEate.
These governors became SO opppessiye that
The Jews broke out into, rebellion; i, and
seventy years after Christ, Iernsalem Was
hnal ~ heslsged by Titus, afleFSafds En-
perorSof Rome, No tragedy on he stage
has the same scenes Of appalling terror
as are to be feuna in tile history Of this
siege. The city itself was rent by fac.
tiens atithc feadliest war with each other
rail the elements Of civil hatred Ind
broke lopserrrtlle gtTRal9 were sIhsptgy
With the blood Of eitiaeusr ALrother slew
brother the graparses. were set on fire.
famine wasted those whom tllesWdfri did
mot slaym In tie hlidst of these, evil
tmassaeres,d the Roman armies, appeared
before tho walls of Jerusalem. Then fer d
short time the rival factions united against
tue common focs they were again the
gallant countrymep OF David and Joshua
they sallitd forth and scattered tic
ieaglcss Of Rome. But this triumph vas
4 hriaf fha faE,,nit - ~ a. .llE0.a.j -.
soon again, wasted itself oll$eaeli other
| And Tltns marched un--eneamped his
armies close BIZ Che walls---and from the
E,leights The. Roman general gazed with
awe on the strength and spleador Of tile
l.eity OF Jehovah. H 4 ssls ..,s. =
| Let as here pause -+aRd take, ourselves,
q mourntul glance at. Jerusalem, us it then
was The city was fortified by a triple
wplb safeson Que side, where ii was pro-
ttected by deep and impossible rapines
| These walls Of the most solid masonry
were guarded by stroug tewers; opposite
70, the loftiest Of these towers Titus lad
eucaunped.s From thel height Of that tow.
ber the aRntiacll might have seen stretched
below the whole Of that fair territory Of
'Judea, about to pass From the country.
men Of David, Within these walls vas
t the palace of:tae kihgs--its roof of cedar,
lis doors of lie rareSt maEbhs, its cham
bcrs FLIED With the eostliest tapestries; and
tyessdls Of gold aud silver. Groves and
spg =. lsssll' Win lepli sasns adorned
mi' a'tt@ yes o. bronze ttitaed the courts
y sue l'alasce ltseh' I PM higl ABOVE All,
,ot, l'rectl,tous re gC, rose ING tesgis'
!oftlisu anu eool3eQ hf eoio'aon, ms
tellll ls mts ~ htFehS Htthont as q citfdel
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~ ehtsf'.les, You eeAelat poFtleos O nuEi-
o y. eoiinlns q Rorhayryt marble and
a Y. 7. gates neo1rhed Win geld and
si'Nert among Which was the wonderful
gaze ;eaitea tue 81 I5saptiinl d
NftBer ol's through = vast arch. wat
inc sacred. portal which. Admitted into tho
interior o. tIie TEMPLE RSeli--alt slceted
oSertMlth gold! itnd - oy!etrhaHg W Vine
tree ol geid, tne nfa ms, o. when were
aS large as man, ine ROOT o. the tenn
pc, even on the eatsiuer was set over with
gotden spikes, 70 prevent the BIRDS set ting
there and dseilliIs lhs hg'y dome. At q
instance, the Whele temple looked IKE q
n ~ ny Q, SNOW, irslted WIN goiqen
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