The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-27

tH. - the sacrifice Of Abraham 10 the
-,,o,,eet OF Joshua We hear moth
ial'I - Jerusalem in the Bible At the
u'e - The exodus it was called Jebus.
-.z fortified place. Its king was
81, bv the lsraelltes AT the great
siaL. - C;fbeOn. but the city was not
paL..,,-e5 until the reign of David. who
csperls,a,red the government from He
taH'.- Zion and ever afterwards Jeru-
uyn v.as the capital of the Jewish
-. .tar and the center OF its faith and
hduJLf II was besieged many times
N 'r5avid's reign, demolished by the
1lVtt,l1ri,ns. and badly damaged by
"a "a -invasion Of POmpey, and finally
s,-I.-.rovad by Titus in the year 20 A. D.,
- "a siege Of nearly five months. Soon
aassor,Card IL was resettled by both Jews
a. Rouans, and the fortress was re-
am am. I'M 1872 when the Jews rebelied
Ou ai1st Emperor Hadrian. Jerusalem
aso''- lin destroyed. Hadrian rebuilt
vi .alIed IL Aelia. and for several
-tasrstions IL was known by that name.
5EanstantIne restored, enriched and
-go-ned it, and his mother, the En-
80 Helena. set the fashion OF pill
p-fr,ae es 70 its sacred sites, which have
s.,tipred from all parts of the world
5,yn 10 the present hour. Since then
1aU
- having twice been destroyed by
~ Romans. once by the Persians. and
~. nearly so by the Crusaders. who
'ea,t,,red and held possession of it for
-Laut 100 years. Then. in 1887, 1t was
- mn TO Saladin, and the flag of the
SS1,bamuedan has since floated over the
tower OF David
According TO the calculations Of Jo-
ssnbus. Jerusalem was 2.127 years old
s-ben overthrown by Titus. which
,ates its present age 1853 years. More
man any other city on earth has IT
IN the focus of human interest; more
nan any other city it has influenced
me religious character OF the human
race n is the shrine of more than
bsIf Of the worlds populations; the Holy
l,tv Of ChristendOm, sanctified by the
s1fferings and the death OF Jesus
christ founder of the Christian re-
fgion and the Redeemer of Men. and
vet il remains in control Of Mohamme-
dams
we're immigrants and invaders; both
rame from Egypt into the land over
which they fought for centuries; both
absorbed the Canaanites, who originally
owned and occupied it. Israel survived,
under the favor OF God, and the Phil
istines. who worshiped Dagon, disap-
reared. although they fastened their
name upon the cOuntry-Palestine a
corruption of Philistine. Saul, Samson,
David. Hezekiah and other Hebrew
leaders fought to control the entire ter
ritorv but the Philistines did n. yield
untfl the invasion of Alexander the
Great and the introduction of Greek
culture and civilization. The Babylon
ian captivity disintegrated the Jewish
united or recovered its power or pres
tige: il has never since occupied the
and that the Lord gave it, but is scat
tered TO the ends of the earth. The
covenant with Israel was forever and
ever. but remains untitled. and in the
meantime an alien race has temporal
and spiritual Jurisdiction in the Holy
City and over the Promised Land.
In the light of Christ's teaching. it is
difficult to understand the mysterious
triumph Of Northumberland over
Christianity at his birthplace, at his
home and at his tomb. and in the very
theatre of his activity: it is difficult 10
interpret the divine judgment, which
has placed the keys of the holy sepul-
ehre and the cradle of Christ in the
hands of the Turks. Perhaps the Chris
tianity Of Syria was trampled down
BY Islam because ii was corrupt and
deserved to fall, and later. in attempt
Ing to regain it's birthplace, during be
middle ages. Christianity failed. per-
haps because It was cruel, wicked, sell
fish and avaricious. Upon the very soil
where Christ taught the ignorant, and
healed the sick, and cured the blind,
preached the gospel of brotherly love
and charity and compassion; IN the
very towns where he went about doing
good wiping the tears from the eyes OF
sOrrOWful women and blessing little
children that were brought to his knee,
the treacherous and brutal Crusaders
that carried his cross and proclaimed
his name never allowed the sword tc
leave their hands, buC Slaughtered their
prisoners and swept down the unoffend-
ing population with murder. fire, rapms
and robbery.
Seen across the shadow OF their great
failure, the Crusaders are admirable
only as the heroes of chivalry and ro-
nance, for the infinite courage and
endurance that they displayed. BY then
Palestine was settled, again organized
and built over as completely as medic
val England. Fortresses arose upor
the coast huge castles upon the high
places Of the interior and the ruins OF
cities, churches and cloisters scattered
ali over the land testify to their labor
and enterprise and sacrifices, which
however, were neutralized by jeal-
ouSies, intrigue and quarrels which left
the land without protection and opened
II to the victorious Saracen-'
Upon the crumbling walls of the Cru
Sader castles have arisen the wretcheC
villages Of the Mohammedan popula
non, and among them occasionally
curing the past century have appeared
nourishing schools of almost every sec
IN Christendom, hospitals. asylums
Santariums, orphanages and other in
Sututons of benevolence, which beal
witness that the followers of Chris
are mindful of his teachings and have
come again into his native country
not with the sword and torch, as be
lore. but with food for the hungry
scientific skill for healing diseases anC
uoohS for the education anC
elevation of the races which
now occupy the land; and tn
IohS PROFESSIONS of pilgrims per
peluaily winding their way to Je
iuSalem from all the corners of tn
.arth are evidence that love and devo
,''n for the Holy City are still afiam
ID The minds Of the followers of Jesu
~ vel us among those who claim tn
LiSht and title to graves upon tn
Slopes OF Olivet and Zion and in tn
L.tFl OF JenOSODhdt.
FroteSlaut missionaries came int
La'eSilne soon after the beginning o
me nineteenth century. Few Moslem
W Jews have been converted. but bot
-eosnize the usefulness of Christian
ny through its schools and medica
MISSIONS. The agents of the America
.odfa OF foreign missions were frs
upon the ground and have worked tn
,OuseSt and most eTectSely. The
translated the Bible into the popula
1|sHage. set up the first printin