New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-12

the gate towers sent up tall columns Of IRE tho golden
spires and roof melted into streamA tho towers were
crushed and the walls crumbled into tust Tho Rilded
pinnaciss and oeighborine hills illuminated with
red light Dart groups Of Jews watched the progress
seowling and pale could crowd The howilngs Of
the Roman sodiery the sArieks sf tho Jewish people,
about jerusalem rcmbe. The last contest took place
around the holy affairs where non End women old and
young Insurgents and priests Jews and Gente were hewn
down and piled In heaps and Joseprus tells that the
blood OF the victims in sueh foods as TO wash away
the corpscs the OF the Temple. In OF the
ciosters 5000 unarmed people largely women and chi
drcn had refuge and pcrshed and with
them fell both the Metropolis and ths nation
On the day when Jesus ieft the Temple for tbs last
tirne Disciples called his attention 70 tho beauty
and grandeur Of Temple and He aid 20 them 10
hold your shall be left unto you dcsolae'-ths
much elor, b. q peculiar coincidence this second
Temple burnt the same day ~ NE month and IN
the tn the hrst, which was burnt by Nebu
chadner,sr six hundred year, before Hagga how
ever propesed that the glory OF the latter house should
greatly glory OF hr former Yet In all respects ar'
chtecuraly 1t greatly Inferior TO that whch was
built by Solomon after Herorl the Great had ~
tempted o immorta:ze his by Its bcautincauon
The greater glory centerod in the Son Of
God who had never appeared In the Temple. and
actually departing to leave IL oesoae Iras
desolaton did not consist alone In the horrors VI inc e
ashes the human forms earnt with famLue,
black with dust and smoke, withered with gasnes OF
ghIsly IN death
Josphus records that shortly preceding this fatal fall.
When the people cane great ,trics 20 the feast
bread at the ninth hour Of the night there
fort
Holy Place that appeared TO be light Is
day. This considered ~ good omen by the people
but interpreted by the scribes to porend the eaa-
tous events that Immediately followed" lie also draws
weird picture strange sights and tells OF strange
sounds In the Temple during the Siege solemn hymn
was sung by an invisible and distinct notes,
and when It hushed portal Of the Temple,
which required a large number OF men TO move new
open Of its accord and majestic host marched fo,.n
In melancholy grandeur. They seemed Hike guardian
angels OF the Most Holy Place But their steps were
slow. their helmets DIM their vestments stained anu
mol
IN these words: Let 60 hence Let VI 20 hence
coming they had sung over the pastures
Bethlehem gone, and why should they sayf Les
US go benc bounded and rebounded through the solemn
arches Of the Temple These words swened OUT upon
hight aud their sad echoes echoed round anu ios
holy mount and when the procession was gone iena
bod" written every WALL for Tire glory mao ae-
parted and heavenly chorus has never been sung
REMARKABLE PASSAGES IN THE LORDS Pho
PIGGY
This carnage Jews ny the Romans was not All
unusual thing Josephus records that l3Voo jews were
slain ut Seythopols $4,000 al Alexandria sV'ooo a.
Joppa 10000 Damascus, and lOOoo AZ Ascnon- -
elusive Of those who fell at Jerusalem In forty Seas
$50 900 Jews fell before the Roman sword IN
cities and countries This fact coupled WIN u,o o
Of jerusalem brings wildly 70 nlha IVY
markable passages Of Lords prophecy eVheerni"s
thai event He said that In calamity, where TWO sepe
In one bed ground their grain at MILL one shou 20
sents the Romans q ministry Of vengeance hunting e
Where Loidr lie replied, " Where The oOuJ u tnel'
eagles be gathered together h'ic nc
SCENTS The l.mans OF yengence, hunting ucii
foes as the hungry his prey on the SIAM gar
cass evdently borrowed this poetlea hgure rom %
figure of the imperial standard which the Image Vi Sh'
bird leading ~ The prey tdt eii
swsruiGg iegions might elut themselves upon ee SOL
body Thus he pointed out the great poH .0~ Wv" a'
should work the ruin which he predicted Ihey s'"i
lay hee with the ground and thy children "ieh te
and tney In thee one stone upon "hothef
The,r netee eagle" tapped his fatal wing whittier
he would aud Juies was politically SIAM ne ie1seu
ON her ytais The dark shadow of his pinon nsde uc
na,tnns emble lie took wings OF the morning and
new 10 the OF the Garth. mis- eye scattered anu n
beak lacerated and the life out OF Coo
folio
was found there eagles and the IeSiohs 'a'
followed brought desoiauon ,.,
NJ dcsolaon stand IL ought not (as Matthew re-
na,Is standing in the Holy Place'), then let those in
-, aoa a. Ihe mouutalusn The Bbominaton here
sposen Of points the Roman designs as lhe sy Vi
an aoatrous power and such symbols were not dio"eu
enter the Holy Temple Of Cod nor to poute the peSoe VI
his atlas No man could foresee by human Skin thdV
those standards would enter the Temple But "heh
the Jews TOOK refuge and convrted the Temple INTO
citadel the obliged 70 folio" thcm lhO te
sanctuary and IT, their military ehsishs
meanwhile They carried win then NOV o,,'s t
eagles their standards hut also with great pohp inc
image their emperor and large golden eagle 1hcSo
CHRIST branded with the ep1het aOomiiaLon oeoSuso
they the sgns VI idols tuteidry goIs' "'On "
im ,sDe an the temple ensgns not only stood In
the Holy Place" but Josephus tells US that when inc
Romans placed them against the eastern gate 'oy 's
10 them thet greatest outrage that coud be ohero
this WRECKED people
BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE DESTROYED.
In art beauty and cost Temple Of the won
ders world, and although TITUS tried 70 save ~
yet II completely destroyed mat "heh ne eIuIcu
to and left lhe city IN charge OF MS "ooiao yen
eral the very which 1t stood was pioushea up IN
deed the of the whole city was 81 perfect mat
no building standing except Tie three famous
towers uppicus Phasaelus and Mariannc vain pat Oh
the western wall These spared memorials oi INC
enterprise bravery of the Romans Both tner haoi
tatons aud temple left desoate indeed was uoro
ever such complete left not one stone
upon anotherr Was that temple in the way OF the
lonansf MOI Was It their practice To hght stones
o. principle with them 70 destroy such magnhcence NO
They such Iu5tTiOus monuments a. trophies OF
ha ans And nriue The sIupendous OF these
nrif- IictlO
now there immense subtesnesn quarry under the
whole city Of Jerusalem from which IL Is supposed that
these stones were Dr. Norman Macleod tells Us mat
he entered these excavations Damascus OsI and
gives graphic OF this vast labyrinth OF caves
whose supported by hugo pillars OF rock let un
touched By the workmen This is limestone very Ongh'
and pure like white marble.
The historian wrote that the temple was built
seven and eighteen feet broad and twelve feet
thck Our Lords prediction That not Que snail he ei'
upon another pIoveTDal expression denotn3 entire
desrucLiOn but IL fulfilled literally. when TITUS or
soldiers 10 dig up the very foundations Not
oDy that when Titus left the command DO pOughed Zion
Ield Eusebius tells that he saw IL thus IN
ruins. in this light the prediction Of Jesus
daring uttefanee. even an inps>bity to thoso
who heard David had made Zion the capitol OF
his k.Es dom fortified the mount with massive ed
hces mat no man dream OF that ground becoming
whesLleld. We. Tor generations the huSbandman has
gathered there and grain Is sui tonnd growing
on the eastern face OF the mount And Mount MORAN.
with It's mo cste temple W have been hharef In
much the 1esolaOn with us twinsisu sacred m0unt
wonder Jesus burst into tears when he saw tho
fair ctyuntouchcd and then forcsaw that II should be
trodden under foot of the GeDties To Him Jerusalem
had the City Of Holiness and tho Tenple oil his
Fahers House. There lie had uttered some VI the grand
est truths In His ministry and there He hal made earnest
efforts 10 back the nation 70 truth ana God Hence
the thought that OF God His mission and person
were ected that the city doomed 10 destruction and
and temple w 10 deseefsed worse Than over
both by Jews aud Genuiss brok His heart That riot
Madness rage all tho frenzy VI should reign there,
Of peace and praise than His loving ana
pure soul could bear. Lovely hearts longer to
bow before affairs sanetned souls 10 ia It's
and porchcs, but standards 70 aoaL there,
swords and lsnces CLEAN avens W fly, baerDg rams
q blood now In He would
have made HIS bosom and HIS love It's wall OF
defence but Jerusalem would not and now AL these things
were It's eyes, while the fountain Of
opened In His heart and eyes