Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-06-15

awe and humility that the
Arab tr0d as copqueror that sacred
soil. To him, also, Jerusalem was
q holy city, second only to Mecca,
the birthplace Of the Prophet. IL
was Ishmael still family remem.
bering the God Of his father Abra-
ham.
Possibly 1t was part of Gods
plan that by the Mobammedan
conquest the faith of the world
should be weaned off from the lit
teral city OF God, that it might the
more closely join itself to that
other city Uf which this was but |
the forerunner, the type. Possibly. |
as it needed the humiliation of the
crucifixion to teach men that He
came not as an earthly king, so 1t |
needed the downfall and the desc |
Grafton of the Holy City to COM
plete the lesson, and wean mans |
hearts entirely off from the linger-
ing hope that his kingdom was to
be an earthly kingdom. For the
time had come for the faith of the
world to take one more step in adj
vance, and to look away from the
earthly City of God to that other
city which lieth beyond.
Then, in the eleventh century,
came that last great Outburst In the
heart Of christenuom of love for that
spot 30 endeared to it by every sa-
cred recollection. 1t Ia a strange
chapter in the history OF the hui
man mind, this period of the cru
sades. Peasant and priest, and king
marched side by side to the rescue
of the Holy city from the hands of
the infidel. The merchant gave of
his wealth. The knight pledged
his castle and his lands. The toiling
serf gave all that he had, his life. It
Is true that that far.seeipg policy of
the Papal throne which precipitat-
ed the west in religious war upon
NOLAN mechanism thought less of
the Holy City than of the necessity
of checking the steady advance of
Mosiem pOwer,-was thinking
rather of Rome than of Jerusalem,
yet to the heart OF the great
masses, who knew nothing of
policies and statescraft, it was only
war to rescue Calvary and the
Holy sepulchre from the desecra-
ton of the infidels.
The world had at last learned the
meaning Of that truth which had
fallen from the lips of Christ, ages
before, by the still waters of Gal
lilee. "My kingdom is not OF this
world"
The ages have gone by, and the
holy city stands lonely aud for
ca ken; for the worlds life has drift
ed away from 1t, and left it old and
worn ard desolate.
1 have painted to you picture
of that older Jerusalem, builded of
mems hands, now bereft. and
gnawed by the tooth Of time, and
slowly crumbling into dust.
Eighteen centuries ago there was
painted mother picture;-. paintedb by
one who, looking afar from rocky
island in the E gean, beheId. away
beyond, with eyes from which the
veil had been lifted. that which to
mortal gsze is forbidden. He be-
held, and with an awesome glad
ness showed to the world, that it
might know of its loved and buried,
and take comfort In its mourning.
Let us lift the curtain from the
picture which he painted.
Sand l saw new heaven and a
new earth; for the first heaven and
the first earth were passed away;
and there was no more sea.
sand l, John saw the holy city,
new Jei usalem coming down from
God out of heaven, prepared as a
bride adorned for her husband.
"And head a great voice out of
heaven saying, Behold, the taber-
nacle of God is with men, and he
shall dwell with them, and they
shall be his people, aud God him.
self shall be with them, and be
their God.
"'And God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes; and there
shall be no more death, neither sor-
row, nor crying. neither shall there
be any more pain; for the former
thugs are passed away,"-O thank
God, there shall be no more pain!
The new jerusalem, of which the
old is only the symbol, the type,
that city wherein there shall be
neither Jew nor gentle, bond nor
free-where is IL? No man know
eth. John never told. May be
here-around about us-unseen, yet
ever with us; separated from us
only by that veil of the flesh which
hides from mortal eye the sight of
things imlnortal; that veil which
olny death can lift from our eager
gaze. May be our dead hover ever
near US, clasping around US loving
arms which we alas! caunot feel
because of the dull barrier of the
flesh. May be, as we weep over
their graves their glad kisses rest
upon us and We know 1t not.
And maybe 1t Is not yet, nor
here, but afar-yet to be-upon
some UNEMPLOYED planet; maybe in
the blazing splendors of Alcyone,
that far.of central sun around
hich, in the long ages, we are
slowly drifting; maybe yet farther,
away In some measureless depths
of the unfathomed skies.
This only we know; where or
how, it matters not; it is yet within
the circle of Gods infinite love.
Nay, more! the JOY of his presence
is ever there.
"And 1 saw" said John, mo
temple therein; for the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb are the
temple of it.
"And the city had no need of the
sun, neither of the moon to shine
in it; for the glory of God did
tighten it.
"And there shall In no wise Ell.
ter into 1t anything that defileth,
neither whatsomever worketh
abomination or maketh lie; but
they which are written in the
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