Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01


hooueS left their print on the rock,
1rhere they may be seen to this day,
and bore the Prophet to the realm
of Allah, there to enjoy the delights
OF the Faithful until the end OF the
1Uorld is come.
On that day he ,UiH return to the
rock and there sit to Judge the
people. From the rock he may see
across a little ralley to the Mount
OF OlireS. In his hands the Prophet
1ciH hold one end OF horSehair
bridge, the other end being sup
ported by Jesus, sitting on the Mount
OF OHUeS. The people 1Uho hare as
Scmbled for JUDGMENT mill try to
cross the bridge, but the sinful shall
fall from, it into the Brook of Kedron
Which is at the bottom of the little
rdlley, and there they shall dro1Cn.
* x x *
This is one belief of Islam. The rock
Is a shrine of great holiness and
is surmounted now by the Mosque
of Omar, the Dome of the Rock.
The land about the mosque is held
sacred, as well as the rock, which is
seemly to those who expect at the end
of time to stand on that holy ground
to be Judged of God for their conduct
while they lived.
The Wailing Wall.
When the Prophet went to the TOP
OF the rock he could see across a small
open space an ancient wall builded Of
stones, which had been uuarried GEN.
turtles before the wall. as it then stood
was erected. 1t stood then on Moslem
ground has been Moslem pronertv ever
since and the title of the followers of
the Prophet to the wall is not ques-
Stoned today.
1t is called the Wailing Wall of the
Jews.
The stones, which form its lower tiers
were used first, so it is told, by the
great temple of Jerusalem The temple
was demolished bv this or that con-
oueror and rebuilt. demolished again
and again until a Roman. Titus. finally
tore 1t down. 80 years after death of
Jesus. So it is told of the wall. although
recommendation is not of the best.
The Jews who lived in Jerusalem and
Palestine renairad to the Wailing Wall
to cry out for the departed glorieS of
their race. They called the old wall
the Western Wall. and still call it a
wall of the Temple Of Solomon. In
front of the wall is a narrow court flag
ged with stones. and there the men of
Islam permit the Jews to come into the
sacred ground of the mosque to lament.
There the Eastern Jews go to kiss the
old lettered stones. to burn wick, to
pray loudly, some to tear their hair and
weep for a time. The wailing on the
Sabbath and on the holy DAYS is at
tended by many of the old Jews, and
at the height of it there stands l1p
reader to lead the chant the trans1a-
ton here is that published by Mr.. Will
liam MacCracken):
The Lament.
Ieader-Beacuse of the palace which
is DESTROYED
People-We sit and weep.
Ieader-BaacuSe of the temple which is
destroyed,
Because of the walls which are
broken down,
Because Of our greatness which is
departed
Because of the precious stones of
the temple ground to powder,
Because of our priests, who have |
erred and gone astray.
Because of our kings, who have |
condemned Cod
People-We sit alone and weep.
Leader-We beseech Thee, have mercy |
on Zion-
People-And gather together the chill
dren of Jerusalem.
Ieader~Make speed. make speed, o
Deliverer of Zion.
People-Speak after the heart OF Jeru-
salem.
Leader-Let Zion be girded with beauty
and majesty.
xoeople-ShoW favor unto Jerusalem.
1eader-Let Zion find her kings.
People-Comfort those who mourn over
Jerusalem.
Leader-Let peace and joy return to
Jerusalem.
PeopleNLet the branch of Jerusalem
put forth and bud.
Lawrence and the Arabs.
1x,I,a,, +I,a Turks entered the World |
War they had been masters OF Jerusalem
for some 400 years. The country OF !
Palestine was populated CHEEKY by
Arabs, with the Jews minority OF ABOUT
l in 10. The Arab tribes OF the coast
were organized by the British tVloe
"Revolt in the Desert'D ana 1ough! tnelr
governors. the Turks, expecting IN re-
turn much more than they got. Law
renee of Arabia went with his fighting
Bedouins into Damascus. and there
Feisal, now King of Iraq held court.
1t was said by the Arabs that they |
had been promised the city of Damascus
as the capital of a new kingdom. Da-
mascus like Palestine, is predominantly
Arabic. They were not given the city
of Damascus. 1t became French man
date and there were other things they |
did not get, which was the reason as
cribed years ago for the disappearance
of Lawrence of Arabia, his subsequent
ANYTHING beside an enlisted man In the
British air service. Any day now there
should be reports that he is again in
Palestine or Arabia quieting the tribes |
men, whether true or not.
At afly rate, the Arabs felt themselves
cheated and their closest friend among
the British-LaWrence- one snort,
sharp burst about dealing from the bot
tom of the deck at the peace conference,
6esnrted as hurt as they.
"NatiOnaI Home for Jews.
The end of the war was day of jubi-
lation for those Jews who had banded
together with the determination to make
Palestine again racial home as well as
a religious shrine In 1917, before the
end of the war, Lord Balfour had mace
his famous announcement that Pales-
tine should be national home" for the
Jews. and Britain was given the outy OF
carrying out the promise: :.
The Zionist organizations poured III
millions of money. They have colonZed
the country and have sought to develop
it. They are organized thoroughly and
have the support of many OF the most
influential and wealthy Jews. Tney
have never had the support OF the ARABS,
naturally.
The words national home" meant a
quite different thing to the Arabs tnan
to the Western people and the Jews
Palestine was their natural home-they
had been born there, their fathers were
born there, their ancestors for centuries
had dwelt in the land, and it was theirs.
While the Jews native to Palestine ana
the Arabian peninsula had followed the
Hebrew custom of adopting the name
forms and civil customs of the people
they lived among-even having in many