The Detroit times., 1917-10-16
by WILLIAM T. ELLIS.


had been watching The Jews =,
the Waiting Place in Jerusalem one
Friday afternoon. Some 81 the d.
yotion seemed mschanical. as when
some old Spanish Jews In gaber'
dimes went up 20 the sail and read
for a space. Ihln st-FE :,
,s.Sa x, .Y,r y ., <xcHss y - thcH
lips. stepped OF 70 one side and
chatted and laughed was ig-
formed thai these men were hired
20 say prayers az the Wai!ing Place
for Jews tn distan, lands
Then. a. was about 20 leave J
saw a woman % perhaps 80 years
draw near She had been praying
az the other end 81 rho wall As
she approached. perceived that
she bore such a face a. might have
been Rachsl's-strong. melancholy,
spiritual queenly She was mani
testify 0biivious 20 the molly com
pany about her. % Jews from many
nations her soul was in her rapt
face. turning toward the great blocks
Of yeilowish stone. stlil standing
from the foundation Of solomon =
temple Her hands were clasped
10 her bosom, and her lips moved
In prayer she was seeing with great
lustrOus eyes, not those uonOiitns
covered with Hebrew names and
prayers. bat the glory ~ The house
Of Jehovah. and 0f the kingdom ~
her fathers All that bad been and
now IL not. and that 4 dexnuL child
OF Abraham hopes that yet may be.
was symbolized for this worshiper
By thes. stones she kissed them
again and again As the woman
Kisses the lover who she fears sho
may neyermore see. and "a she
moved away. she looked back over
her shoulder With unutterable long
ing Ia her eyes.
That Incident gave me new con
ception o. the ardoT and intensity
with which a Jew may love even
The very stones % the temple There
/ I saw embodied the passion ~ ihf
/ returning exiiee FOR the house 81
\ Jehovah The spirit o. her people
AZ their highest and deepest moods
was personifed IN that one devofee
II was new light upon his entire
story Of the rebuilding OF the TEN
I pie. which the Sunday schools 20
day study
The East 10 the cast"
Nobody viii ever understand ne
Jew until n il remembered that Do
san oriental The dcepf0Vlng. 20
iiRinuE- Aplrit-nf- lA-A- s-l-lla-la = II
we're chosen 20 be- custodians ~ IN
manity's loftiest religious truth d.
( partially explained by The oriental
supreme Interest In reii-,on rh'
occidental is not 90 To ihit das
. The, people % All The east bat eFDc
ciaily o. the region called fhe Near
East. whence sprsng the Jews pu'
religion FIRST All sorts ~ religion
thrive there Ar irreiRious man
( here IS unthinksble The villagers
on The hills ~ Lebanon the shep
herds In the fields ~ Palestine. the
Bedou!ns Of the desert in their tents
the diverse peoples In The Tigrit
Euphratea valley. talk over historic
and doctrinal religious questions
Just as a group % Americans dis
cufs politics or baseball
A. mo present time tho region
where the Bible story was enacted
IL PROSTATE beneath ihe cruel hee
% war In which % was embroilc,
by the interruptions appeal 90 th'
religious motive on the part Of
European monarch. A million chris
tians have persisted Jews. hy th,
thousands have died % starvation
Armies are encamped In Jerusalem
and Hebron and Damascus Ovei
the district of tho exile old Baby
lonia. series Of dreadful battle.
have been waged, and British pris