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that An the holy , city alone was these a sure refuge . But &e ^ Christian ? fra * sweredm thenvrirdsoiLfhe Holy $ fce * aiad passed $ > tt « 3 * r-1 && « I § &ml 3 $ 4 1 , . . * f fig y ^ i ^ e ^ aftW ^ lf < ft y&Wtf ^ o ^ ^ f ^^ a ^ i ^^^ s ^^ flie m 0 ^ ft ^ fi ^ # ^^ P ^ , e ,: Li . ri :: , f , ¦ "l ^ rr-i ^ A » ^ - > \ f , Y '" " Wheit be « aw tke i » st spa * k of the holy fire frlovvtojOu ^ iipd utsiasfaes scattered Atycthe winds LwMch * entered through . ih ^ JafaaQfeefe-i of ^ he dwaUs ; when he traversed the priests' apartments and » found oo son of . Amwtf ^ here ;
when he looked how deadly foes / gifappted iiiUbeholy cldiirtsy'dte wfcetfjiamt the glory of Jehovah had departed from behind the veil , and that the place where he stood was no longer sanctified . He took his staff and crossed the threshold , casting no look behind . He went forth in his priests' gar * ments , in sight of the Romans ; and when they saw that he was a man of peace , full of years also and wasted with hunger , they allowed him to > go whither he would .
" 'Though I well know , ' he said , / that in all this tribulation the word of the Holy One is fulfilled , and thougfi I believe that in his gospel there is an abundant lecompence unto all , my spirit is heavy within me * . The blood of my ^ efrple is before me , and their virailmgs are in mine car , and I would ram'knbw'the iss ^ thf satrJdnathaft , an * d Watch from the hill Teresh whether aught further hathm befallen the ¦ •/ Jonathan departed , not to return till the fate of Jerusalein ; shouldibe
known . Each night , at the first watchj he blew a single blast cm the , truaapet as a signal to those who listened afar that the besieged were yet , unconque ) red . Xh ]> u ^ H' they knew what should come , there was prid § in that hpur ^; ihi the saymg of their people that God had made the Hebrews of such a temper that tneyodidiidt fear death ; there was pride that the lion of Judah ^ tbdd thus long at bay with the hunters . >* The Christians were assembled for worship as they were wont before tltey'&tibtfld go forth to hearken on the hill-side for the voice of thewatchnian . The air was sultry ^ and th ere was no sound ia the grove but of him n ^ r ho read ,
in the words of Luke , how the Lord Jesus had mourned over Jerusalem because she had stoned the prophets who reproved her in the day of lier ; pTide and must therefore be left desolate . The voice of the reader . faltered ; : and while he paused , the sound of a trumpet was heard from afar . . , It was taint ; for there was no breeze to waft the music ; and the worshipers looked one upon another in doubt . Again it was heard , like the voice of a'd ' reabi ; butvehen the third blast arose louder and clearer , the company bowed before Jehovah , knowing that the first covenant was now fulfilled . ( f It was night before they arrived where Jonathan waited for them on the
heights of Teresh . The holy city was on the extreme verge of the plain , like a cloud of the sky , or a far island of the sea . Only when the sun shi ) ne on theteinplBj at noonday , or the watch-fires were kindled at night , coul < J it be discerned . ? i . But now a , flame , mightier than all the , watchfires of the land , spread ? Hp . eif oj ^ l the horizon , and sen , t up a light into the firmanoent \ Thicli dimmed me . stairs . . (_ . . . ' ;' . '' '" * The hioQi >; &till rode High in the heaven when this pillar 6 f $ re Was become a elbjid . Tl ^ d silver beam shone on tht grey hairs of Atlonijah wlitle hts head was'ye ' t tihbdvered ; and on the tears of the women ere they drew their veils afotttfd 'tu ^ y- ond ' 6 at '« l < wr * to mourn that Dhe g ^ lory of Isriual wadJektin-¦
^ iii ^ iEdi > i ^> i / . 'ij ) v-,. ^ . i . ; f , i ' . i . - ¦• : ¦ ¦• . I-.. . - ... ' ¦ .. > ¦ .- »' .:. > . ¦ ' . , , ! i 5 . oi i ^ i'Miv ¦ ' \(^ . ? / . ) -. ' * ' As Hebrews they thus mourned ; but alread y other thoughts were in their hearts , for they were also Christians . Though the heaven and the earth should ipa&s away , ' they looked for new heavei \ B and a new learth !; € or beauty out fcf * a ^ Bh e * , ' eyen as they had seen life arise out of > the dii 8 ti One arnon ^ thenr i 8 aid , ' - ' ^ - 1 l ¦' ' ¦¦'"¦ ' ( " " ; r .- : y ¦¦¦ ' ' : . " '' ' v " ' When our city sat as a throned ( fiaeen , a cry ot woe was uplifted gainst
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528 Traditions of Palestine *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1830, page 528, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2587/page/24/
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