Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-03

g | for a little way ahead IS the scene Where
: the youth David proved rather too well to
t old Goliath that the victory is not always
2 the share of the biggest man. Certainly,
it was much smarter for one man to throw
stones than for several hundred thousand
TO waste time in such sport. However,
the farmers might have been bet:ered,
, as lJy this means the small stones, which
J | as the sands of the sea covered their
: farms, would have been spread over less
territory 10 judge from present appear
! | ances, the grounds on which the combat
ants were going TO pitch into each other
generally, had not David and the Giant
kindly taken the quarrel into their own
hands, would not have allowed much
chance for the Generals to show off their
tactics, for the space is quite small, only
a narrow gorge with steep hills on either
side. | regret not supplying myself with
a few round stones from the celebrated
brook, to be used on some of the giants
whom l meet, who, though smaller, are
| quite as much inclined TO gas as was
Goliath and Sam, save they are meaner.
Yet little farther and Immsus was
reached. There is queer kind of uncer-
tainty about this place, for we Travelled
all around and finally landed high up
over it on the mountain without even get
ting into it. As was becoming most
awfully wearied, it was comforting to
know that this village had the consoling
feature about it of being only short
Sabbath days journey from Jerusalem.
On we rode and bravely, and at last signs
are seen of something being in the wind,
for the foremost of the party began to
spur-the gentlemen, of course-their
horses and talk loudly. My animal did
not require much side persuading, so l
was soon in the front rank, and great was
my joy to.see rising up before me the
| domes and remnants of city which all
men of any soul desire to see. True
enough there lay Jerusalem before us. l |
| pinched myself to see if it was a dream;
but no dream, fact, a reality, quite as
large as is, 900 people and their houses,
| With the great walls around about. The
enthusiasm was only half Matched, forthe |
Jaffa side is not favorable for
getting first-class view of the city. We
arrived too late to see whether the scene |
behind the curtain was IS fair as that in |
| front, so pitched our tents outside the |
walls, on the spot once occupied by the |
troops of the crusader, Godfrey Bouillon |
The distance from Jaffa is thirty-six |
| miles, twc-thirds of which we had ridden |
| that day; so, after eating good supper,
little delay was allowed before we were |
trying to find whether sleep is as interest
ing to tired frame in Palestine as in
other countries. Number one found it to
be genuine article Before breakfast l
was inside of the walls, having entered at
the Damascus gate, the great gate of the
city. Being early met crowds of women, |
of the Mohammedan inclination, going to
and from prayers. They were quite neat
and well-to-do looking creatures with long
white somethings-gowns, l supposed
covering their entire bodies, except the
face, which was concealed by kind of
chintz, giving them greatly the advantage
of their beholders for from behind this
the women could see, while in front of it
such thing was quite difficult Upon in
spection | wasdelighted to find the suffrage |
and African question, represented in the
person of q madam of as lively and vigor-
GUS black as you can imagine. After
breakfast | was fortunate to meet a gen.
tleman who was well acquainted with the
city, and who obligingly proposed to as
sist me in ''doing" the points of note.
We first walked through the Via Doloroso,
along which our Saviour is said TO have
carried the cross. This is rather a long. |
winded guess, for most of the ancient
city is buried far beneath the present.
Then to Mt. Zion, genuine: he Towers
of David or Hippaus, genuine; 7ehnuse ! J
of Plate, the Judgment Hall, the to18
of David, the tree on which Ju,iag .,rpkc
his neck-all of which may be taken | ,
with considerable salt Toa Bible reader
there is no little satisfaction in standing
on Mt. Zion and recalling TO mind its his
tory, and especially that of the good men |
who sang SO sweetly of it. When tread
ing on such ground q holy feeling and
high aspirations should take hold of one
SO much favored in seeing the type of the
haven TO which all do or should look.
The remains of the Arch of Titus, So
called because ON it he interviewed the
leaders of the Jews, are still plainly visi-
bic. This arch, or bridge, was made by
Solomon to connect Mt. Moriah with Mt. |
Zion, there being deep gorge and diff
cult to cross between them. Near this
arch, against the substructure Of the Tenn
pie, is q spot now known as the Jews |
waiting place, where many Of these IN
fortunate people who live in Jerusalem
meet on Friday and lament over the fall
of their nation and pray for the return of | !
their glory. During other days of the
week Jews who do not dwell in the city
visit this spot for the same purpose. l a.
saw quite a number of all ages and sizes,
but mostly poor and miserable in appear
ance, kissing the stones and weeping most !
piteously. How sad to see these unhappy
people thus embracing the cold stones and
vainly wishing and praying for that which
they can never have; certainly not for
long time. The groans seemed to come
from hearts almost ready to break. 1t :
was impossible not to be touched
by their grief. But | would say
if all the promised land is like what l
have seen of it the Jews who are in rich :
countries, as most of them are, would do
well to stay there and enjoy their good
living and liberty, neither of which they
have here. Indeed, know the Jew too
well to believe that one who knows what !:
his Fatherland Is cares to return pcTIna-
nently They are too worldly wise for :
that sort of mistake, in spite of the force
of local attachments. In order to visit i
the Mosque of Omar, situated on Mt. !;
Moriah, .frnan has to be obtained, :
which is not only a sly way the Mussel- :
man has of impressing infidels with the ,
holiness of the ground, but also means =
of adding a few mites to the treasury. :
Our boots-a genuine tcrn-being left !,
behind, we were again on genuine soil. e
Near the Mosque is small structure
erected over the spot where Solomon so
cleverly decided the question as to who /,
was to have the child so fortunate and so !
much of phenomenon as to have two :
mothers. This the guide told =
us. 1 swallowed it, not being :
able to see why that might not be the >
place as well as any other. The Mosque :
is built over the spot on which good old :
Abraham was about cutting off his law :
full generation. This is an immense
rock. The place of the altar is still seen, ?
but the bush and the ram have long since =