The Jewish advance., 1879-08-01

ways PlOooHo UoloIo lily eyes, anu every
moment | see her as she was dashed
against the rock, and-as her bones rolled
in all directions sometimes see the
corpse of her father, Eliezer, covered
with her blood, and Keturah's last words,
telling me to console her aged father,
sound in my ears with the noise of thun-
der by day and by night. For these
reasons will [ arise and plunge my soul
into the hurricane eff war, in order to 81
lence the destructive insect which gnaws
at my heart and consumes my brain and
power. My heart yearns for the battle
field and for the slaughtering place, my
spirit is anxious for the din of war and
for stormy confusion, and should I be
delayed for few days, then my reins
would be consumed in my head on ac-
count of my transgressions which have
triumphed over me "
Really, the vision of this doomed heart
was by no means false His heart pre-
dicted his end, and his soul knew that
days of suffering and darkness was in
store for him.
The sun had left the extreme end of
the heavens, and shed it's gol en- rays
upon it's thousands of shields and he'll
NETS in the Roman camp, and the stan
dard which was above the soldiers showed
that the war had begun. \
The Jews fought like lions, one of them
pursued ten enemies, and two made a
hundred fly every one of them made
many corpses with his javelin, and the
Romans received some terrible blows j;
they were killed again and again, and
their glory was lowered to the ground,
and still the Jews had not triumphed
over their powerful ]&eaze1 iaiess seas
as numerous as tbs sand of the sea.
The sun had alread reached the center
of the heavens, and it was not yet
known whose hand had been triumphant
in the war; The sun had set to it's ut
most limit, and still it was not known
with which side lay the victory and
glory One moment the Jews blew their
cornets, and the next moment the Ro-
mans would be victorious, by the assist
ance of new soldiers who were fresh and
would fight with vigor But finally Is
rael triumphed, and the strength of the
Romans failed, for a holy and venerable
man suddenly appeared in Israel's ar
mics, an aged man, whose white locks
descended upon purple cloak, whose
gray beard commanded reverence and
obedience, and who carried in his right
hand the flag Of Judah, that man was
Rabbi Akiba, who had come with twenty
four thousand men to help his brethren.
He advanced with the rapidity Of light
ming to the front of the Jewish army,
and wherever his foot trod the Romans
fell as straw before the reaper. When
the Romans saw that their strength had
and that they were losing the
battle, they began to retreat; but sud
denly and unexpectedly loud trumpet
blast was heard in the Roman camp, all
the drums beat simultaneously, the noise
of the comets ascended to heaven, and
all the army exclaimed with all their
might:
May Caesar live forever p
When the Jews heard that exclama-
ton, and were convinced that the en-
peror Hadrian had come to command
the army, they were greatly frightened,
and immense confusion prevailed among
their different wings, for they were but
few and exhausted, whilst their enemies
increased every moment in number and
power Then did Shimeon send mes
senger to Papus, asking him to tell his
men to assist the discouraged Jews. Pa
pus, with his many troops, left their
place, went to the tent of Bar Cochba
and united themselves with his army
But in the midst of the confusion of this
great and desperate battle, there sud
denly came flying poisoned arrow
which settled in the breast of the lion