Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-10-16


rontemptuously jerked up his head that
,be helmet fell off. That is like enough.
David saw the bare forehead, foot high,
and aimed at the center OF it, and the skull
cracked and broke in like an eggshell, and
the ground shook as this great oak Of a
military chieftain struck it. Huzza for
David
ROMANCE AND RELIGION.
But we must hasten on, for the danger
now ia that night will be upon US before
we reach Jerusalem. OH we must see it
before shutdown. We are climbing the
liza which ave .erraced with olive groves,
uplands rising above uplands, until We
come to an immensely of barrenness, gray
rocks above gray rocks, where neither tree,
nor leaf. nor bush, nor grass blade can
crow. The horses stumble, and slip and
pull. till it seems the harness NEST break
Solemnity and awe take possession Of us.
Though vivacious party, and during
part of the day POPULARITY had reigned,
now no one spoke a word except to say TO
the dragoman, "Teli us when you get the
first glimpse Of the CITY," | never had
such high expectation of seeing any place
as Of seeing Jerusalem. think my feel
ings may have been slightly akin 70 those
heavenly Jerusalem. My ideas of the
earthly Jerusalem were bewildering. Had
| not seen pictures of iti Oh, yes; but
they only increased the bewilderment.
They were taken from variety Of stand.
points.
If twenty artists attempt TO sketch
Brooklyn or New York or London or Je-
rusalem they will plant their cameras at
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pictures, but in a few minutes | shall see
the sacred city with my own eyes. Over
another shoulder of the hill we 90, and
nothing in sight but rocks and mountains
and awful gulches between them, which
make the head swim if you look down
On and up, on and up until the lathered
and smoking horses are refined In, and the
dragoman rises in front and points east
ward, crying "JerusalemW 1t was might
Ter than an electric shock We all rose
There il lay, the prize OF nations, the ter
minus of famous pilgrimages, the object
of Roman and crusading wars, and for it
Assyrians had fought, and Egyptians had
fought, and the world had fought-the
place which the queen of Sheba visited
and Richard Ceur de Lion had conquered.
Home of Solomon; home Of Ezekiel;
home of jeremiah; home of Isaiah;
home of Saladin Mount Zion OF Davids
heartbreak, and Mount Moriah, where the
sacrifices smoked; Mount of Olives, where
Jesus preached, and Gethsemane, where
he agonized, and Golgotha, where he died,
and the holy sepulcher where he was
buried. o Jerusaleml Jerusaleml Great
est city on earth, and type OF the city celes-
tall
THE NEW JERUSALEM.
After have been ten thousand years in
heaven the memory Of that first view from
the rocks on the afternoon of Dec will
be as vivid as now. An Arab on a horse
that was like whirlwind, bitted and sad
died and spurred its name and TANKS jet
as the highland there are no such horse
men as Arab horSemen-had come far out
TO meet us and invite Us TO his hotel inside
the gates. But arrangements had been
made for us to stay at hotel outside the
gates In the dusk Of evening we halted
in front of the place and entered, but |
said: No; thank You for your courteous
reception, but must sleep tonight inside
the gates of Jerusalem. | would rather
have the poorest place inside the gates than
the best place outside" So we remounted
our coach and moved on amid clamor of
voices and between camels grunting with
great beams and timbers on their backs,
brought in for building purposes-for it is
how much camel can carry
until we came to what is called the Joppa
Gate of Jerusalem. IL is about forty feet
wife. twenty feet deep and sixty feet high.
There is a sharp turn just after you have
entered, so planned as TO make the en-
trance Of armed enemies the more difficult.
On the structure of these gates the safe
tyaf Jerusalem depended, and all the Bible
writers used them for Illustrations With.
In five minutess walk OF the gate we en-
tered David wrote, Enter into thy gates
with thanksgiving, Lift up your heads,
D We gatesln THE Lord loveth the gates OF
Zion, Open to me the gates of righteous
ness" And Isaiah wrote, go through
90 through the gates" And the captive
If Patmos wrote, The city had twelve
gates" Having passed the gate we went
)n through the narrow streets, dimly light
ID, and passed to our hating place, and
vat down by the window, from which we
,ould see Mount Zion, and said: Here we
IRE at last, in the capital of the whole
'arth." And thoughts of the past and the
uture rushed through my soul in quick
and | Thought of that old
lynn, sung by 50 many ascending spirits
Jerusalem, my happy home.
Name ever dear TO mel
When shall my labors have an end,
Ia joy and peace and theeg
When shall these eyes thy heav'n built walls
And pearly gates beholds
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,
And streets Of shining godg
And SO with our hearts full Of gratitude
o God for journeying mercies all the way
rom joppa TO Jerusalem. and with bright
OF our entrance into the shin
NJ gate of the heavenly city when earthly
ourneys are over, my second day in Pales.
ine is ended.
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