Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-11-08
The Closing Scene of Its Fall.
FROM SALArHIEL.

The fall Of our ilustrious and unhappy city
was supernatural. The destruction of the con.
uuered was against the frat principles Of the
Roman policy, and to the last hour of our ma.
tional EXISTENCE Rome held out offers of peace
and lamented our frantic determinations 10 be
undone But the decree gone forth from q
miphter throne During the latter days OF the
seigp. hostility. to which that OF man was as
the grain of sand 10 the tempest that drives it
on, ov.rpowed our strength aud senses. Fearful
shapes and voices In the air-vsions startling us
from our short and troubled seep-lunacy, in its
most hiddeous forms-sudden death, in the midst
of vigor-the fury of the elements let loose
upon our unsheltrrcd head-we had every terror
and evil that could heset human nature but pes
thence the most probable of all in the city
crowded with the furnishing. the diseased, the
wounded and dead. Yet, though the streets were
covered with the unbured-though every well
and trench was teemin g-though six hundred
thousand corpses lay flung over the ramparts,
and naked to the sun--prstilence came not IL
it had come the enemy would have been scared
away But the abominatioD of desolation,"
the pagan standard was fixed where it was to re.
main until the plough passed over the ruins of
Jerusalem.
On this night this fatal night, no man laid his
head upon the pillow. Heaven aud earth were
in conlict-met teors burned above us the ground
shook under our feet the volcano blazed the
wind burst forth in irresistible blast, AID swept
the living and dead in whirwinds. far into the
desert. We heard the believing of the Mediter-
ranean, az If its waters were at our sides, swell
ed by a new deluge. The lakes and rivers roared
and inundated the land. The fiery sword shot
tenfod fire. Showers of blood fell. Thunder
pealed from every quarter of the heavens.-
Lightnings. immense aud lurid sheets, of an in-
tensty of duration that turned the darkness into
MONDAY withered eye aud soul, burned from the
zenith to the ground, and marked its track by
fnra IA nd ha hat ito
of the hills.
Defence was unthought of, for the mortal enc
my had passed from the mind. Our hearts
quaked for fear but IL was to see the "powers
of heaven shaken"
All cast away the shield aud spear, and
crouched before the descending Judgment. We
were conscience smitten. Our cries Of remOrse,
anguish aud horror were heard through the roar
of the storm. We howled to the earth to hide
us we plunged into the sepulchres to escape
the wrath that consumed the living-we would
have buried ourselves under the mountains.
knew the last hour of crime was at hand. A few
fugitives astonished to see one man among them
not sunk in the lowest ferbleness OF fear, came
around me. and besought me to lead them to
some place of safety, II such were now TO be
found on the earth. told them openly that they
were to die aud c0nnseled them TO die on the
hallowed ground OF the temple. They followed
and led them through the streets encnmbered
of Mount Morah. But beyond there we found
advance impossible Piles of cloud, whose dark.
ness was palpable even in the midnight in which
we stood, covered the Holy Hill. Impatient,
and not to be daunted by anything that man
could overcome, cheered my disheartened band,
and attempted to lead the way up the ascent
But had scarcely entered the cloud when was
swept downward by gush that tore the rocks in
Hinty showers around me. Now came the last
and most wondrous sgu that marked the fate of
REJECTED Israel.
While | lay helpless | heard the whirlwind
roar through the cloudy HILL and the vapors be-
gan to revolve. A pale light like that of the
rising moon, quivering on their edges, and the
clouds rose, aud rapidly shaped themselves into
fOrns aud battl lements, aud towers The sound
of voices was heard within, low and distant, yet
strangely sweet. Still the lustre frightened, and
airy buildings rose, tower on tower, and battle
ment on battement In awe. that held us mute
we knelt and gazed on this more than mortal
architecture, the continued rising and spreading,
and glowing with serener light, still soft and
slvery, yet to which the broadcast mOonbeam was
dim At last it stood forth To earth aud heaven, g.,
the colossal image of the first temple, Of the
buildings raised by the wlsest Of men, and con.
srcrated by the visible glory. All jerusalem
saw the image and the shout, that In the midst
of their despair assembled from its thousands and
| tens of thousands, told what proud remembrance
| were Jnefe. DuL nyInh WAS Dttru, tndJ WlBuI
have bushed the world beside. Never fell on my
ear, never on human sense, sound so majestic,
yet 80 subduiag so full of melancholy, yet OF
grandeur aud command. The vast portal opened,
aud from It marched host, such as man shall
never see but once agan-the guardian angels
of the city OF David They came forth glorious
but with woe in their steps the stars upon theiI
helmets dim their robes stained, tears flowing
down their celestial brauty. " Let us go hence.
was their song OF sorrow. LET US 20 hence,
was answered by the sad echoes of the noun
tains Let us go hence," swelled upon the
night to the farthest limits of the land. The
procession fingered on the summit of the HILL
The thunder pealed. aud rose over the expanse
of heaven. Their chorus was heard still, mag
nifcent and melancholy, when their spiendor
was diminished to brightness OF star. Then
the thunder roared again the cloudy temple
was scattered on the wind OF darkness, the omen
of her grave settled upon Jerusalem.
No MoRE LINT WANTED.-Tbe following Is an
extract from The letter of the Secretary OF the