The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-06

And the mountains awake TO their cry;
For the from Of Jehovn hath como,
And his anger liz red in the sky"
The hearts Of tho mighty are bowed.
And tho lowy are haggard with caro-,
Tho voices OF mothers are loud.
AZ they shrek the wild note OF despair
Oh, Jerusaleml mourn through thy halls,
And bend to the dust In thy shame,
For the doom that thy spirits appalls.
Is famine, the sword, and the fame"
Long has been the night OF their sor-
row. When they returned from % Baby
lonian captivity they lived in their own
land only I'VE hundred and thirty-six
years. but even then. bowed their nccks
their own land, but for twenty five hun
dred years captives and wanderers
among the nations"
TRIBES Of the wandering foot and weary
breast,
How shall ys fee away and DO at rest7
The wild dove hath her nest. the fox his
cave
Mankind their country. Judah, but the
They can trace tholr blood back for
four thousand years--to Abraham. In
England and America who can tell
whether his family is derived from the
ancient Britons. the Danes, the Saxons..
the Romans or the Normans7
yet in character and type tho Same,
The blood that fills their veins
Has flowed through forty centuries.
From Father Abraham's."
Thirteen hundred years before tho birth
of the British empire they Hettled upon
the Engligh shore. who are the Saxons.
U) sax(s)ons. but the sons OF Isaac7 And
ages before.
"The harp, tof JUDAH that through
Taras hall.
Tho soul OF music Shed.
And now hangs as mute on Tara's wallis
LAB II the soul had fled :-ages be-
fore this. they landed upon the Irish
coast; and to this day prln's flag Is em-
rlazoned with the harp OF Judah and
the serpent OF Dan (see figure OF Ire
lands flag. with the harp and serpent
In Father Ryan's beautiful poem. Trims
Flag" first edition. and compare Gen.
xix;17 with DR.. Keating's History OF
Ireland. Volume y; Who were the
Dan? What nation had such history?
what people suoh a pedigree? For ages
cxiled from their fatherland, where once
stood their glorious temple around which
clustered the thrilling memories OF their
national his tory, and through whose holy
ancient affairs they reverently bowed and
worshipped. and where sleep the dust
OF their seers. heroes and prophets: yet,
not only in Babylon, but by every stream
and in every land. they have sat down
and wept when they remembered Zion.
They hung their harps upon the willows
in the midst thereof. and when their pitt
less captors required ''mirth" and de-
manded the 4"songs OF Zion In touching
pathos they exclaimed! How shall we
sing Jehova's songs iii q strange land?"
Jerusalem Is In ruins. their country desc
late, and their history for the last twenty
five hundred years has been a prophetic
Their hearts soften when the sacred
memories Of their mighty past como
crowdlns In upon them. The heel of
the Turk presses the spot where once
stood their sacred temple. The Gentle
walks their ancient streets, and from the
heights Of Zion Views the desolation upon
every hand. from Moab's and Nebo's
mounts to Carmel by the sea-
How hath to Zion como the foeman
dread.
Into the royal city entrance found.
How do the reckless feet OF strangers
tread
with steps irreverent on the hallowed
ground"
Amid the crumbling ruins Of their holy
city he listens in vain for the chant OF
their priests and the reading OF the law.
CLOSED are the portals OF the Synagogue,
No Psalm OF David now the silence
breaks,
No Rabbi reads the ancient Decalogue
In the grand dialect the prophets
Is not this the Providence Of the Lord.
that the vanquished should for SO many
ages survive the victors, and the van
quished spread over the world. while
the victors are no moref Where are now
those great and famous monarchies
which, in turn. subdued and oppressed
the people of God--the Egyptians. the
Assyrinns. tho Babylonians the Persans,
tho Greeks and tho Romans? Vanished
as dream! Surely Jehova has some
high purpose in view In the moral gov
eminent of the world In thus preserving
them amid the crumbing thrones Of
earth. the wreck of empires and the fall
of states. What mysterious grandeur
hangs aroundfthe name and family of
the Israelite. Surprising all tho fami-
lies OF the earth. In tho antiquity OF his
nation. In the long descent and honor of
his lineage; he is destined also to surpass
them all In the inheritance which lies
before him of a still undeveloped bless
Ing and glory, AS he has gone down the
lowest depths Of dishonor and shame, SO
shall he rise to the noblest heights of
favor and honor; and though travelling
through the world now reproach and
Kissing. yet, on him must the world Itself
hang in expectation of Its promised res
tuition and final glory.
The harp of Judah" that has for
twenty-five hundred years hung upon
the willows by Gentile's streams and In
mournful dirges bewaled the captivity
OF the daughter of Zion. is about to pour
forth Its heavenly music as in days Of
old when the fingers of King David
touched Its chords and their fathers
swnled the Joyful oratorio upon the
heights of Zion. II 1t sadly sobbed out
the woes OF Judah In strange land, yet.
1t softly murmured his hopes and cheered
his spirit while passing through this dark
and terrible night of suffering; and now.
IN the Zionist movement" 1t begins to
CULVER and tremble as It gathers energy
from the memories Of their glorious past;
and focusing within itself the chorus of
all the prophets, 1t is about to burst forth
In notes OF such ecstatic Joy as to vie
with Moses and Miriam as their fingers
swept Its chords by Ggypts dark sea;
and newly born nation. on the hither
shore, left the symbols Of Its slavery and
the bones Of Its tyrants beneath Its SURG
ing tide. The Zionist movement" Is
spreading all over the world and the
tents of Judah are nightly stirred. And
i,,st 90 che hopes fP their coIr,Ipr rrac.