Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-10-04

Josephine, ana WHO, WHICH, ttSiASu IL Civ
great losses of life in his battles were
not too dear q price TO pay for his vic
tories, shrugged his shoulders mirth-
fully and said, "You must break the
eggs if YOU want to make an omelet'-
say it will not be difficult for him to
decide.
The prisoners of war by his order
are taken ont on the sands and put to
dcat!-one thousand of them, two
thousand Of them, three thousand of
them. four Thousand of them, mas
sacred. And the blood pours down
into the sea. the red Of the one rnin-
Cling with the blue Of the other, and
making III, awful maroon which neither
God nor nation Gun ever forget. Ie
who arc fond of vivid contrasts put
the two scenes OF Joppa side by side
Dorcas with her needle, and the i'm
mortal butcher with his knife.
cEDAl:s Of LEBANON.
But standing on this Joppa house top
look off on the Mediterranean. and
what is that strange sight sect The
waters are black, seemingly for miles
There seems to be q great multitude 0f
logs fastened together. Oh, yes it is a
great raft OF tiinbe.S. They are cedarS
of Lebanon which king Hiram is fur
nisLing King Solomon in exchange for
$4,000 measures of wheat, 10000 baths
OF oil and 10000 baths of wine. These
cn,a.s have been cut down and trim
nled in the mountains of Lebanon By
the 10000 axinen engaged there, and
with great witlles and iron bolts are
fastened together, and they are loat-
ing down to Joppa to be taken across
the land for Solomon's temple. now
building ut Jerusalem, for we have lost
our hold of the Nineteenth century and
are clear back in the ages.
The RATS of cedar are guided into
what is called the Moon Pool, an old
harbor south of Joppa. now filled with
sand and useless. With long pixies the
timber is pushed this way and that in
the water then with levers and lu;my
a loud, long 10, lleave" MS the cart,
crS get their shoulders under the great
weight, the timber is fastened to the
wagons and the lowing oxen are yo&ed
70 the load, and the procession ofteainS
movcs ON with crack OF whip and
s,ruwied out words which, translated, l
suppose would correspond "ith the
whoa, haw, gee!" OF modorn team-
stcrS. toward Jerusalem which is thirty
niles away, over mountainous dis
tances which for hundreds OF years de
Ged all engineering. And those rough
ceda.s shall become carved pillars. and
beautiful affairs. and rounded bannis-
te,s. and rraccr;ed panels, and sublime
ceiling, and exquisite harpS. and kingly
chariotS.
As the wagon train moves OCT from
Joppa over the plain of Sharon toward
Jerusalem l say TO myself, what vast
numbers OF people helped build that
temple OF Solomon, and what vast
Numbers OF people are now engaged in
building tile wider, higher, g-ander
temple of righteousness rising in the
earth Our Christian ancestry toiled
at it, amid sweat and tears, and hun
drcds CT the generations OF tie good.
and the long train of Christian workers
still moves Oh; and Is in the corstruc-
ton of Solomon's temple some hewed
with the OK il the far away Lebanon
and some drove wedge, and some
twisted q witne. and some trod the wet
and slipper? RATS on the sea- and some
voked the OK. and some pulled at the
load, and some showed the plane. and
some fitted the joints. and some heaved
Up the rafters bet all helped build the
temple, thongh some Of these never
sax. il, so row let Us Ill pat our
hands, and our shoulders. and our
hearts 10 the work Of building tho tenn
PIE of righteousness, which is to ill tho
earth; ;.2s! one viii bind IL wound. and
another XII wipe away Il tear. and an-
orller will teach q class, and another
will speak the encouraging word. and
al! OF us viii be ready TO pull and lift
a.d in sore way help on the work ur-
III the milen;al mora shall gild the pirs
n:;c!e Of that finished temple, and ct
is shining gates the world shall put
down It's lest burden, and il is LAYERS
wash OF is last stain, and ;;t its ;iftars
the last wandercr shall kneel II the
dedication Of that temple all the armies
of earth and heaven will shoulder
arms" and present arms and ground
arms. for "bchold II greater than
Solomon is here.
AND now FOE JERUSALEM
But .iy first day in the Holy Land is