Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-11
the bewilderment. They were taken from
yaTiatv Of standfoints

the bewilderment. They were taken from
variety Of standpoints.
II twenty artists attempt to sketch Brook
lyn or New York or London or Jerusalem
they will plant their cameras at different
places and take as many different pictures,
but in a few minutes shall see the sacred
city with my own eyes. Over another shout
der Of the hill we go, and nothing in sight but
rocks and mountains and awful gulches be-
tween them. which make the head swim IL
You look down. On and up, on and up, until
the latherad and smoking horses are reined
In. and the dragoman rises in front, ana
points eastward. crying sJerusalemW IL was
Iuightjer than an electric shock. We all rose
There it lay. the prize of nations, the terminus
of famous pilgrinaages tine object or Roman
and crusading wars, and for 1t AssTr1ans mad
fought. and Egyptians had fought, and the
world had f0ug ht-the place where the queen
of Sheba visited and Richard CGur de Llon
had conquered. Home Of Solomon: home Of
Ezekiel: home OF Jeremiah; home OF Isaiah;
home Of Sa4adin. Mount Zion of Dayid's
heartbreak, Gni Mount Moriah. where the
sacrifices smoked; Mount of Olives. where
Jesus preached, and Gsthsemane where He
agonized, and Golgotha, where He died and
the holy sepulcher where He was buried. o
Jerusalami Jerusalem Greatest city on
earth, and type OF the city celestial!
After have zen ten thousand years in
heaven the memory of that first view from
the rocks on TIE afternoon of December 3
will be as vivid as now. An Arab on a horss
that was like whirlwind, bitted and sad
died ami spurred, its maae and TANKS Jet as
the highland thers are no sucn horsemen
rs Arab horsemen-had come far ont TO meet
US and invite us to his hotel inside the gates
But arrangements had bean male for US to
stay at a hotel outside the gates. In the dusk
of evening we halted in front OK the place and
entered, but said: mo; thank you for
your courteous reception, but l must sleep
tonight inside tina gates of Jerusalem. I
would rather have the poorest place inside
the gates than the best place outsids.n So
we remounted cur coach and moved on amid
a ciamor OF voices, and between camels
grunting with great beams and tiInbers on
their backs, brought in for building purposes
for it is amazing how much camel can
carry--nntll We came to what is called the
Joppa Gate Of Jerusalem. 1t is about forty
feet wide, twenty feet deep and sixty feet
high. There Is a sharp turn just after you
have entered, so planned as to make thu en-
trance of armed enemies the mora difficult.
On the structure of these gates the safety
of Jerusalem depended, and all the Bible
writers used them for illustrations. Within
five minutes walk of the gate we entered
David wrote Eater into thy gates with
thanksgiving" Lift up your heads o We
gates~ 'srhe Lord loveth the gates of Zion,"
''Open to me the gates OF Righteousness"
And Isaiah wrote, Go through, go tnrougl
the gatesn And the captive of Patnos
wrote. THE city had twelve gates" Having
passed the gate we went on through ths
narrow streets, dimly lighted, and passsl to
CIR battling place, and sat down by the
window, from which we could see Mount
Zion, and said: 'Here we are at last, in the
capital of the whole earth" And thoughts
of thu past and the future rushed through my
soul in quick succession, and 1 thought of
that odd hymn, sung by SO many ascending
spirits:
Jerusalem, my happy hom7,
Name ever ear to mel
When shall my labors have end,
In Joy and peace and thee7
Vnen shall these eyes thy heavn bnllt walls
And pearly gates behold;
Thy buwarks with salvation strong,
And streets of shining gold?
And SO with our hearts full of gratitude to
God for journeying nlercies all the way from
Joppa to Jerusalem, and with bright
anticipation of our entrance into the shining
gate of the heavenly city when earthly
journeys are over, my second day il Pales-
tine is ended.