Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-22

most ancient costumes. 1t was the
most colorful scene have ever wit
messed.
The Prayer Space.
The space used for praying pur-
poses is about 80 feet wide and ap-
proximately 200 feet long and with
five or six hundred people within
that space, as l have already stated
colorfully dressed, it is nothing short
of spectacle. In a recent dispute
between the Jews and Arabs as to
the rightful ownership of property
it was decided that the right of prop
erty belongs to the Arabs and the
right of use for worship belongs to
the Jews. The Wailing Wall of the
Jews is actually the retaining wall
to the Temple area Archaeologists
claim that indications are that val
liable information is at the bottom
of this Holy wall. Excavation would
disclose information of valuable ma
ture pertaining to the Old Testament.
The Arab is inclined to show a
hostile feeling toward the Jew, nat
urally because the Jew is always
praying for the restoration of the
temple and that would mean the de-
StructiOn of the mosques. The wall is
about so feet high and about rs
feet underneath the ground. Herod's
pavement is some SO feet below. One
stone in the south end of the wall
is "a feet by feet The stone is
placed in an arch way to wall up a
doorway to Herod's temple. 1t is
known as the Gate of Prophets or
Barclays Gate, named after the
American discoverer. A number of
nails have been driven into the wall,
the owners believing that they have
thereby secured some share of own
ership. The practice is the reult of a
passage in the book of Ezra: "Give
us nail in his Holy Place"
To the Jewery of the world, the
wailing wall is the most authentic
remains or site that is most holy to
them.
For the walls that are broken
DOWN.
For the greatness that is de-
parted
For the precious stones of the Tenn
pie ground to powder
For our priests who have erred
and gone astray-
For our Kings who have con-
tempted Cod
People: We sit alone and weep.
Often they will chant from Psalm
70 which as their beautiful temple is
no more, its site defiled by the inva-
sion of the infdel, is most appro-
pirate lament Some of the verses
will read:
90 God, the heather are come
into Thine inheritance, Thy holy
Temple have they defiled: they have
laid Jerusalem on heaps"
"We are become as a reproach to
our neighbors, scorn and derision
to them that are about us.
"How long Lord? Wilt Thou be
angry forever? Shall Thy jealousy
burn like fire? ..
ooh, remember not against us for
mer iniquities: let Thy tender mer-
cies speedily prevent us for we are
brought very low"
Visitors sometimes smile and laugh
and ringlets hanging before their
ears sWaying their bodies to and fro
as they drone their melancholy
chants and yet this place is one OF
the most pathetic in whole Jerusa-
lem and when one thinks of these
poor creatures who are representa-
tives of the "chosen people of God, u
of the race which produced the fin
est spiritual songs ever sung by man.
of the nation that has given the
| greatest of religious teachers to the
world, of nation who has given
Christendom their Savior, or Mes
siah, their prophets in fact every
thing that Christendom possesses and
of a nation who has given to the
Mohammedans or Moslems, their Ko-
ran, their religion, yes their every
| thing. When one remembers the
great kingdom that is no longer, and
the wonderful Temple of which only
these stones remain, one cannot but
feel that here is truly a sight for
tears and not for laughter, and one
wonders not that they weep and
mourn.
PINE C0TINTY RTIRAT