. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. ^. The Jewesses have decidedly a happierappearance than their Mahommedan sisters. One looks withextreme interest on this strange race, as they appear in thecity of their fathers. Strong in the belief that Messiah maycome at any hour to deliver them, they patiently endure allinsults that can be heaped on them. They glide quietlythrough the streets of Jerusalem, keeping close to t
. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. ^. The Jewesses have decidedly a happierappearance than their Mahommedan sisters. One looks withextreme interest on this strange race, as they appear in thecity of their fathers. Strong in the belief that Messiah maycome at any hour to deliver them, they patiently endure allinsults that can be heaped on them. They glide quietlythrough the streets of Jerusalem, keeping close to the walls,unwilling to attract attention. They are spat on and abused ;for the Jews there is almost no redress in Jerusalem. Thedominant Turk excludes them from the area on which theirfamous temple stood. Gentiles may tread on that enclosure THE JEWS WAILING OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE AREA, 293 and handle stones and pillars that may have been part of thefirst temple, but if a Jew dared to cross the threshold of theHaram enclosure, a dagger would be plunged into his the south-west of the temple area is the Jewish wailing- . ^i/m 11. vm J, 1 ~>^7_ =^«^ THE JEWS WAILING-PLACE. place, outside the enclosure of the Harara. There, everyFriday, men, women and children assemble and pray for thedeliverance of Jerusalem and their country. The day I visitedthe spot, a venerable Rabbi read a part of the lxxix. Psalm: 294 JERUSALEM AND ITS HOLY PLACES. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thyholy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem onheaps. We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scornand derision to them that are round about us. How long,Lord ? Wilt thou be angry forever ? Shall thy jealousy burnlike fire? The people uttered responses, and tears were flow-ing down the cheeks of old and young. Some wrote suppli-cations on slips of paper and pressed them into the smallopenings in the wall; others were kissing the massive, oldstones. The grief and bitter
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