Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-02


even fa!Htcth, for the courts OF
Jchovah.-nsalm H&%tv. >.
The Temple Rebuilt and Dedicated.
The time was approximate. the JOY
Gus thanksE!ving Feast of Tabcr-
naCl"S: the place wns historic. the
last stronghold OF the aliens wrcstcd
from them by Hebrew valor. tho spot
where Abraham sacrificed Isaac. The
service Was significant. the priests
stood forth In their beautiful and
significant reEalia, affairs Were Kin
died. Ccnscrs wcr. swung. tho or
chestra Of trumpcts and CE:nDaIs ac-
compdIict the chorus. which sang,
nntiphonnlly. and Their" seems to have
been some cvanGclIstic shouts not
provided for in the ritual. But
there arose also strange. weird.
paradoNical sound, out Of tune. out
or place in the Program noise OF
weeping. stronger and stronger II
Ercw "ltil the shout of 10Y cOrit b.
no longer u!SCc:'td from the no!sc %!
the weeping az tho people. Tho grief
was That OF the elders who had seen
the first temple. The cause was not
The disparity OF size II the uni, ut
measure used In Cyrus decree is cor
rcctly defined the second temple was
even larger than the first. .,s walls
were higher and It's courts were more
ness OF the second temple which was
disappointing. Tn" new ehrin. was
To hc dcstttut" Of some OF its signi-
Hcant furniture. especially tho arl
gold. surmountcd with Us cheruhlm
with pinions arch!ns above their
headf, the FURNISHED lid. Jehovah's
ioo,stool and the angel wings his
throne. They said plaint!vely "what
can the temple be without the ark -
But they ought not to have wcpt
IheE ought TO have recognized the
pialnncSS of tn" second temple as an
advance step IN the evolution OF Tie
spirit Of worship. The paraphernaiia
OF nc old temple was for the kinder
ana visible symbols. The glory OF
the second house was greater not
merely because the Shiloh would en-
Ter ~ hut because more spiritual
were 10 gather UP the meaning OF
ark. altar. lavcr, censer and make
them real in experience. and so come
INTO unison with the Invisible and
oathedral, that piece of frozen
music, was incompArably beautiful
",h its twin towers. forest OF pin.
nhcI"S, arm? OF stone saints and
martyrs. it's glorious windows i'm
h,r'"%n nds a., thousand rainbows. 1t
madness Of the maddcst wa. Of al
historE should ii ever be rnouUt
those who had seen the first Rheims
Cathedral might we'll weep. II is
tl'no To ask wha, the cathedral stood
tor. In that Gothic foroS: nearcs I
like one Of Gods first temples. loan
or Arc. patriOtism's iucarnat!ou
stood while the King whose throne
h.r vaior had won FOR him was
crowned. France Of today has taken
me material cathedral and trans
mGtcd II into character and patriotic
deeds. That is more importan. far
s shah Just conserving the mater ial
mat Is sentiment. The other is
reality; !; There arc those who
weep for the religious manners and
customs OF an earlier day. That is
"a
much larger and stronger that the bat
Ties OF the former could not contain
H. Inc only answer 10 the pcss!mis-
tic question. why were the former
We're not" rue a s s%Gfe Of y rs TGsy y
~ trans lated no the better Of to-
iatcd INTO the best Of tomorrow
Under the Study Lamp.
IL thcrc was ever time when the
Jews might have felt excused from
dispersed TO their ancestral cities.
ihey were busy building homes and
n aencahs neids. Not to provide for
lhndci. Going UP TO Jerusalem too
couid not fail to excite the suspicion
OF their hereditary foes. That dread
the Scorpions. must be passed Then
TOO, >hcrc was no temple on Zion vel
not no much as an altar even.
" nay. inc feast-time Gomez, however
me people are there. under leader
snip OF prince and priest. There was
nothing in sight to mako them joy-
Gus. All to the contrary. On that
spot, once gold was az stone, and
cedar as sycamores. Now there ie
nothing left but stones and syca
mores. :. Yet. in spite of ali. y
joyous thanksgiving day is spent
the night. Biackened walls echo IN,
sweet notes OF silver trumpets. Anti.
phonal choruscs. TO the accompani-
incnt OF c!ashing cymbals. rcsounC
give thanks unto Jehovah. for III,
| mercy cndurcth forever" How
| was this triumph over an environ.
| nent SO unfavorable achieved? il