The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-26

LWenIy~LlNt years mas NStI
prophetic poem written in their
blood and tears. Their hearts soften
when the sacred memories of their
mighty past come crowding in upon
them. The heel of the Turk presses
the spot where once stood their sac
red temple. The GENTLE walks their
ancient streets. and from the heights
/ of Zion views the dissolution upon
every hand. from Moab's and Nc,o's
mounts to Carmel by the sea.
How hath to Zion come the focraan
dread,
Into the royal city entrance folnd;
How do tho reckless feet of strangers
tread
With steps irreverent on the hallowed
ground"
Amid the crumbiing ruins of their
holy city he listens in vain foe the
chant of their priest and the reading
Of the law:
Closed are the portals of the syna-
gogue,
No psalms of David now the silence
break.
Nc rabbi reads the ancient decalogue
!. In the grand dialect the prophets
spake."
Vanquished Survive vic:ors.
Is not nlis the providence of the
Lord, that the vanqufshed should for
so many ages survive the victors, and
the vanQuished spread over rh1e world,
while the victors are no more? Where
are now those great and famous mon
arches which. in turn, suodee'l and
oppressed the people Of God--5he
Egyptians the Assyrians, the Baby
lon;ans. the persians, the Greeks and
the Romans? Vanished as a dream.
Surely Jehovah has some nigh pur-
pose in view in the moral government
OF the world IN thus preserving them
amid the crumbling thrones of earth.
tbs wreck of empires and the fall of
States. What a mysterious grandeur
hangs around the name and family OF
the fsraelite. Surprising all the fami
lies OF the earth in the antiquity Of his
stion; in tsae long 90 scent and honor
OF his lineage. he is destined also TO
surpass them all in the inheritance
| which lies before him of a st.ll IN
developed blessing and glory. AS ne
has gone down to the lowest depths OF
! tishonor and shame, so shall he rise
/ I othe nobiest heights OF favor and
I honor. and though travelling through
the world, now reproach and a. hiss
ling. Vet on him must the world Itself
hang In expectation OF its promised
restitution and final glory.
| The harp Of judah" that has for
| twenty-five hundred years hung upon
| the WILLOWS ny sientiie streams ana
| IN n1ournfui dirges hewailed the cap
| tittsy of the daughter af Glen, is beat
TO pour forth It's heavenly music as
In we days or Old when tire fin.ers
fof King David touched its chords, and
their fathers swelled the joyful orato-
rio upon the heights Of Zion II IL
sadly sohbad ont the woes of Judah
In strange land. vet II softly muir
INJURED his hopes and cheered his
si,.r.t whlle passing tnroneh TINS aark
afsd terrible night OF suiferias. and
row IN the zionist movement IT
eesihs TO aaiver and tremete as II
t:a'ners energy from the memories IT
their glorious past an focusing within
lltseil the chorus OF All the prophets.
IT L about to burst foran in notes of
sucn ecFtatic JOY as 10 Vie with Aos.s
ana Miriam As tneir fingers swept
IT'S cnoros ny Eeypts dark sea ana
newly porn nation on the MINER
shorr lei. the ssmnois OF its slavery
ana vac hones OF US tSrants beneath
us snrsihs uoe, Inc zionist move-
Hehs Is spreaainH al over the world.
anu tne rents OF Juuan are mlsntiy
stirred. ana Just as the hopes OF thetr
coming rescue began TO heat IN their
" t - 80. N''~ A~~-S'"A '1
Gated convention OF the representa-
yves on All .fe na'ions TO meet AT Ene
hague on May -, 1899. to take meas
ures 10 aiseand All the standing armies
oi .ne worlu. aho 20 proclaim mil
Ienlum o, pohticai peace upon earth,
bnt .he czar posing BEFORE tse world
the prince OF peace oeceived no
one u oniy crested "ie international
eoara OF Arp'ration' Tor winch we
are .nMktui. ie.. Tour years and
t"en.s-nihe Gays from that cate ne
massacred an coio olood' over one
| nunorea innocent men women ana
chiiaren OF ths jewish race lae ma
uons OF Europe looked on win an
| lilu'iierehee porn OF intolerance, ana
not soiee was ra,sea IN protsst save
among tne England
ana america @,A1
1 ;. Nohnie world Events
the mos. important events that
occurred ID the worid IA A. p. 500,
was the plrhl OF the BRUSH Empire.
when Esoert uonheu the saxon vrown'
and II the greates, iact IN human hts.
Iors IN a. y. lte. was the oirta ~
.he ohiteu s.ates' OF America among
mle sis1erhood OF nauons, 20 the great
es, event tnat occurred IN A. D..
s.e. was me hernn CONGRESS OF
Nat4ons, Wnicn siRnaHzed the end