Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-10-18

longesl to the Prophet Haggai. and to
that seal ring liz refers il his prophecy,
saving. II will make thee as IL signet.
wall. further OF far unlcr ground,
: and l find myself in Solomon's stables,
and see the places worn in the stone
pillars by the halters of some of his
, twelve thousand horses. Further on,
look at the pillars on which Mount
Moriah was built. You know that the
mountain was too small for the temple,
and so they built the mountain out on
pillars, and l saw eight of those pillars,
each one strong enough to hold a
mountain.
TIE MOSQUE OF OMAR
Ecre we enter the mosque of Omar,
a throne OF Mohmnlnedanism, where
we are met at the door by officials WHO
bring slippers that we must put on be-
fore we take step further lest our
/ feetipollute TIE sncrcd places: a man
attempting togo.in without these slip
perssN would sbe s;.rnc!z dcad on t.lesspot:
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well as we could wei led 2t5zwfiere
we sec a rock with an opening in it
through which. no.doubt. the blood CT
sacrifice in Tie ancient temple rolled
down and away AT vast expense the
mosque has been built. but SO somber
is the place am gladsto get through it
and take off the cumbrous slippers and
step into the clear air.
Wonder i,sa c:lrvc Of, stone which is
part OF bridge Which once reached
from GIount Eloriah, to Mount Zion,
and overit David walked or rode to
prayers in the temple. Here il the
waiting place of tie Jews, where for
centuries almost perpetually during the
Gay time whole GcEcraticcs Of the
Jews lave stool putting their head or
lips against the wall Of what vas once
Solomon's temple 1t was one Of the
saddest and most solemn and impress
i've scenes ever witnessed to see scores
of these descendants of Abraham with
tears rolling down their cheeks. and
lips trembling with emotion, Il book Of
psalms open before them. bewail;ag the
ruin of tie ancient temple and the cap
tivity of Their race. aud crying TO
God for tie restoration of the tenn
pie in all its original splendor! tost
affecting melle! Aid sucll Il prayer
as that. century afts7 ::entury am
SIRE God will ;;nswcr, and in some way
, the departed grandeur will return, or
something better. looked over the
shoulders Of SONIC Of them. and saw
thar they were reading from the mourn
full palms Of David, while have been
told hat this il the lita,ly which some
CHAM:
Ter the temple that lies tcsoate
w. lit III .ulitt:rlc and mourn:
Fer the pIace that is destroyed
VEST in solit,id and mourn:
For the walls t;i:t are overthrown
We sit IL solitude and mourn:
Tor our ,ojnsty that il spartcu
VISIT in solitude and Mourn:
For our great men that lie dead
We sit il solitude and mourn:
For priests who hare stumbled --'rsss----
We sit il solitude and Mourn.
think at that prayer jerusalem will
come again to more than its ancient
rasnlicencc Ii may not be precious
stones and architectural majesty. but
in Il moral splcndor that shall eclipse
forever all that David or Solomon saw.
a MILITARY CITY.
But must get back to the house
top where stood earIy this morning.
am, before the sun sets. that | may
catch II wider vision of what the city
now is and oncs, was Standing here
on the holsetop see that the city
was built for military safety. Some
old warrior, | warrant. selected the
500. 1t stands ON Il hill twenty-slX
hundred feet above the level of the
sea-, and deep ravines on three sides do
the work Of military trencles-com.
pact as no other city was compact.
Only three miles journey round, and
the three ancient towers, llippicus.
Phasaeus. Marianne, frowning death
uposl the approach OF all enemies.
As stood t.lare Oh the housetop. in
tic midst of tie city, l said, 20 Lord,
reveal to Inc this metropolis of the
! world, that inuy see it as 1T once ap-
pearcd." No one WAS with he, for
there arc some things you can see more
vivdly with no one but God and your
self present. immediately the mosque
of Omar, which has stood for ages on
Mount Moriall, the site of the ancient
temple, disappeared and the most hon
ored structure of all the ages lifted IT.
sell in the light and saw 1.-THE tenn
pie, the ancient temple! Not Solo,
mons temple, Tut something grander
than that. Not Zerubbabers temple,
but something more gorgeous than
that. 1t was lIerod's temple. built for
the one purpose of eclipsing all its
architectural predecessors. There it
stood, covering nineteen acres, and TO-
600 wcrklnen had been forty-six years
In building it. Blaze of magnificcnce'
Bewildcring range of pcrticos and ten
gateways and double arches and Co.
rinthian capitals clliseled into lilies and
acantllus.
Masonry bcvelcd and grovcd into
such Delicate forms that it seemed to
trcnble in the light. Cloisters with
two rows of Corinthian columns, royal
arches. marble steps pure ny though
made out of frozen snow. carving that
seemed like Il panel of the door OF
heaven let down and set in, the facade
of the building Oh shoulders u each
end lifting the glory higher and higher,
and walls wherin gold put out the sill
yer, and the carbuncle put out the
ILL ,,,1 tho ;ocror MT ,1It tho oor-