Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-01-05

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with the tower of David; nearer
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ham, bat built, alas by the child Of
Hagar, not by Sarah's chosen one;
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lofty spires and airy arches, the
moonligh falls on Bethesda's pool
further on, entered by the gate of
st. Stephen, the eye, though it is
in the uoon of night, traces with ease
the stccts of grief, a long winding
ascent to vast cupolaed pile that
now covers Calvary, called the street
Of grief because there the most illus
trious of the Hebrew race, the de-
sccndant of King David, and the di-
vine son of the most favored of w0-
men, twice sank under the burden of
suffering and shame which is now
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blem of triumph and honor; pass
ing over the groups and masses of
houses built Of stone, with terraced
roofs or surmourtcd with small
domcs, we reach the hill of Salem
where Melchisedek built his mystic
citadel, and still remains the hill of
Scopas, where Titus gazed upon Jer-
usalem on the eve of his final assault.
Titus destroyed the temple. The
region ofJudea has in turn subverted
tho fancs which were raised to his
father and to himself in their im-
perial capital; and the God of Abra-
ham, of Isaac and Jacob, is now
worshipped before every altar in
Rome.
Jerusalem by moonlight! 'Tis a
fine spectacle, apart from the indis-
soluble associations of awe and beau
ty. The midnight hour softens the
austerity of the landscape, magnif.
icent in outline, however harsh and
severe in detail, and while it retains
all its sublimity, removes much of
the savage sternness Of the strange
and unrivaled scene. A fortified
city almost surrounded by ravines,
and resting in the center of chains
of far spreading hills, occasionally
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Mount of Olives, and the stars in the
darker Sky shine doubly bright over
the sacred city. The all-pervading
stiffness is broken by a breeze that
seems to have travelled over the
plains of Sharon from the sea. 1t
walls among the tombs and sighs
among the cypress groves. The
palm tree trembles as it passes. rs
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breeze tha, has travelled over the
plains of Sharon from the sea! Or
is it the haunting voice of prophets
mourning over The city they could
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