The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-10-15

with an opening In II through which, no
doubt the blood Of sacrifice in the
ancient temple rolled down and away.
At vast expense the mosque has been
built but so somber is the place ] am
glad to get through 1t and take of the
epmbrons eltppors and step into the
Wonder Is q curve Of stone which Is
part Of q bridge which once reached
from Mount Moriah to Mount Zion, and
over it David walked or rode to prayers
in the temple Here is the wailing,
place of tho Jews whore for centuries
almost perpetually during the daytime
whole generations Of Jews have stood
putting their head or lips against the
wall OF what was once Solomon's tenn
pie. 1t was one of the saddest and most
solemn and impressive scenes l ever
Witnessed to see scores Of these de-
scendants Of Abraham with tears rolling
down their cheeks and lips trembling
with emotion, book Of psalms open be-
fore them, bewailing the ruin Of the
ancient temple in all its original splen-
dor. Most affecting scenel And such q
prayer as that, century after century. !
am sure God will answer, and in some
way the departed grandeur will return,
or something better. / looked over the
shoulders Of some Of them and saw that
they were reading from the mournful
psalms OF David, while Ihave been told
that this isthe litany which some chant;
For the temple that lies desolste.
WEI stin solitude ana mourn;
wo s sit sno ~ pS,Sve so,,,us" , ana poor mourn.
For the walls that are overthrow,
We sit in solitude and mourn;
For our majesty that = Departed
we 81. IN so..uoe @ anu ,Sa, Iou ny ~,
We dt IN solitude and mourn:
For priests who have stumbled, ~
We SIT in solitude and mourn-r n Siss
I think at that prayer Jerusalem will
come again to more than It's ancient
magnifcence; 1t may not be precious
stones and architectural majesty, but in
q moral splendor that shall eclipse for
ever all that David or Solomon saw.
But must get back to the housetop
where stood early this morning, and be-
fore the sun sets, thatImay catch wider
vision Of what the city now Is and once
was. Standing here on the housetop, |
see that the city was built for milhary
safety. Some old warrior, 4 warrant,
selected the spot 1t stands on a hill
twenty-six hundred feet above the level
Of the sea, and deep ravines on three
sides do the work Of military trenches.
Compact as no other city was compact
Only three miles journey round, and the
three ancient towers, Hippicus, Phasae-
lus, Marianne, frowning death upon
the approach Of all enemies.
As stood there on the housetop In
the midst OF the city, said, 20 Lord,
reveal TO me this metropolis Of the
world, that l may see II as 1t once ap-
peared." No one was with me, for
there are some things you can see moro
vividly with no one but God and your
self present Immediately the Mosque
Of Omar, which has stood for ages on
Mount Moriah, the site Of the ancient
temple, disappeared and the most hon
ored structure Of all the ages lifted 1t
self in the light and l saw 1.-THE tenn
pie, the ancient temple! Not Solomon's
temple, but something more than that
Not Jerubbabeps temple, but something
more gorgeous than that II was
Herod's temple built for the one purpose
of eclipsing all It's architectural prede-
cessors. There II stood covering nine
teen acres, and ten thousand workmen
had been forty-six years in building It
Blaze OF magnincence! Bewildering
range OF porticoes, and ten gate-ways-
and double arches, and Corinthian capi-
tails chiseled into lilies and acanthus.
Masonry beyeled and grooved into such
delicate forms that II seemed to tremble
in the light. Cloisters with two rows
OF Corinthian columns, royal arches,
marble steps pure as though made out
of frozen snow, carving that seemed
like panel Of the door Of heaven let
down and set in, the facade of the build
ing on shoulders at each end lifting the
glory higher and higher, and walls
wherein gold put out the silver, and
the carbrncle put out the gold, and the
jasper put out the carbuncle, until in
the changing light they would all seem
to como back again into chorus Of
harmonious color. The templel The
temple! DoIology in stonel Anthems
soaring In rafters OF Lebanon cedar!
From side to side and from foundation
TO gilded pinnacle, the frozen prayer Of