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 An Epic of the Holy Land 
 
 BY. 
 
 Nathan Ward Fitz-Gerald, A. M. 
 
 BIBLE STORIES IN VERSE 
 
 PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR 
 
 • and printed by 
 
 WOOD PRINTING & ENGRAVING CO. 
 San Antonio, Texas 
 
 The Author may be addressed at any time in care of his 
 printers, as above. 
 

 Copyright 1913 
 All rights reserved 
 
 ©CI.A332533 
 
DEDICATION 
 
 To Miss Laura Clifford Barney, of 
 Washington and Paris, a philan- 
 thropic Lady of high culture and 
 extensive information, an authoress of 
 wide renown, a linguist and a scholar, 
 w^ell know^n in both hemispheres, (being 
 also a descendant of the Abrahamic 
 race,) this Epic of "The Holy Land", 
 is most respectfully dedicated to her, 
 the aforesaid Lady, without even her 
 knowledge or consent, by 
 
 THE AUTHOR. 
 
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INTRODUCTION 
 
 IN this Epic of the Holy Land the Author has 
 aimed to give in easy flowing measure, the 
 Story of the Bible, pertaining to some of its 
 most salient features, beginning with the Pa- 
 triarchs and Prophets; and referring to some of 
 the wonderful events in the career of the Naza- 
 rine; then picturing many of the phases in the life 
 of its people down through long centuries; refer- 
 ring to the prophecies, of their future national re- 
 habilitation vkrhen nations shall learn war no 
 more; with the sword beaten into plow shares, 
 and spears into pruning hooks, and naught to 
 molest or make afraid. 
 
 The style and measure of Gray's Elegy, the 
 classic of that immortal Bard, was adopted, and 
 adhered to thruout, as the one best suited to such 
 a subject. The Poem is matchless, in its rhyth- 
 mic expression of the events pertaining to so lofty 
 a theme, and its Author was TRULY the Aman- 
 uensis of SPIRIT in giving it expression, and 
 claims no credit for originality, but regards him- 
 self merely the selected channel, chosen by spirit, 
 to proclaim the Epic to all man's race. With un- 
 bounded faith in his mission to accomplish so 
 great a w^ork, he confidently submits its lines to 
 the just discrimination of all Authors, Scholars 
 and Poets, of every land and clime. 
 
 THE AUTHOR. 
 
PALESTINE 
 
 jD LEST Holy Land! It bears 
 
 a sacred name 
 'Bout that best man, whose feet 
 
 earth ever trod. 
 My Muse! Come now, with light 
 
 of Heaven's flame, 
 Then it in Truth shall touch the 
 
 Ark of God. 
 
 —7— 
 
IV ^AY it, most reverent tribute 
 
 pay thy Shrine, 
 Though few the leagues within 
 
 thy widest bounds; 
 Thy space, marked on the globe 
 
 by boundary line. 
 Is small, but in it all of 
 
 Truth was found. 
 
 —8- 
 
"X/^EA e'en the grandest 
 
 empires earth has known, 
 Ne'er felt the griefs and glories 
 
 known to thee; 
 Thy records, from the lowly 
 
 hut to throne. 
 Reveal the truth that maketh 
 
 mankind free. 
 
 —9— 
 
^ I ^HY past, of yesterday's 
 
 historic lore, 
 Serves all the tender 
 
 ministries of life; 
 In it through love's and memories 
 
 sacred store, 
 Its Mission is to heal 
 
 the world of strife. 
 
 —10— 
 
TtS records of great prophets, 
 
 priests and Kings, 
 Of deeds and words, told in our 
 
 parents' way, 
 Holds yet the thoughts of wise 
 
 and old and sings. 
 Through all the years of time's 
 
 eternal day. 
 
 —11— 
 
T— JER maiden dreams of days 
 
 that were to dawn, 
 Light Sweet Rebecca's face 
 
 beside the well, 
 Love's herald, one from far 
 
 away comes on ; 
 She goes with him in strange far 
 
 lands to dwell. 
 
 —12— 
 
10 greet the bridal morn, 
 
 and husband's smile; 
 Leaves father's roof forever, 
 
 and its fold; 
 Proceeds with Herald many 
 
 a weary mile, 
 That she her lover's face 
 
 might first behold. 
 
 —13- 
 
A ND next of her first loved 
 
 but latest won, 
 By him the first to bear 
 
 proud Israel's name; 
 The loving Rachel, guarding 
 
 flocks alone. 
 The first one chosen, but the 
 
 last who came. 
 
 —14— 
 
^TPhRO' service long, twice 
 
 seven weary years, 
 Of Jacob's toil to gain her 
 
 heart and hand; 
 At life's sad close she sought 
 
 her grave in tears, 
 In sight of Bethlehem — her 
 
 native land. 
 
 —15- 
 
/^^UR hearts as, this pathetic 
 
 tale is told, 
 In every clime o'er earth and 
 
 land and sea. 
 Are filled with grief — all ages 
 
 young or old. 
 All peoples, nations, races 
 
 bond or free. 
 
 — i&— 
 
I 'HEN love's sweet page of 
 
 faithful, charming Ruth, 
 Gleaning through patient toil, 
 
 the fallen grain; 
 A woman pure in wisdom's 
 
 charms and truth, 
 Whose touching love, seems 
 
 almost kin to pain. 
 
 —17— 
 
npHROUGH her sweet loves, 
 
 supremest words — all time 
 Were spoke: and since then, 
 
 every wooer's speech 
 Is beggared by her words 
 
 of love sublime 
 That seem beyond poor common 
 
 mortal's reach. 
 
 -18— 
 
TN Judah's land there, too, are 
 
 seen those dames 
 Of iron heart, of hammer 
 
 and of spear; 
 Judith and Jael, fierce and 
 
 deadly names: 
 Killed foes who slept, and never 
 
 knew a fear. 
 
 — la- 
 
A TLyE yet may trace in darker 
 
 out-lines still, 
 Ahabs dread Queen, whose name 
 
 stains all the years; 
 And Naboth's blood, which gave 
 
 to dogs their fill; 
 The stolen vineyard — and a 
 
 world of tears. 
 
 —20— 
 
r^UT when earth's noblest one 
 
 went forth to die, 
 No woman's lips gave forth 
 
 the taunt of scorn; 
 Nor woman's hand to wield the 
 
 lash on high, 
 Nor press upon his brow, 
 
 the crown — the thorn. 
 
 -21— 
 
1\T0 woman's might to drive 
 
 thro' hands and feet, 
 The cruel nails, or thrust 
 
 the deadly spear, 
 Into his side: let us 
 
 again repeat. 
 No woman's hand was here, 
 
 no, no, not here. 
 
 —22— 
 
npHE Christ, by man betrayed, 
 
 by man denied, 
 Was e'er by woman loved, 
 
 by her adored; 
 She, last to leave her dead 
 
 at even tide, 
 And first at morn, to greet 
 
 the risen Lord. 
 
 -23— 
 
^ ^ ^ Yt ^ 
 
 TN battle's rage thy strong man 
 
 rushes forth, 
 Armed with a jawbone, that 
 
 he wielded well; 
 The enemy succumbs and 
 
 falls to earth; 
 Then he soon falls a prey 
 
 to beauty's spell. 
 
 —24— 
 
T N fair Delilah's smiles, 
 
 he basks, unwarned. 
 While all his strength, 
 
 is softly shorn away: 
 He soon perceives to what 
 
 extent he's harmed; 
 And waits with blinded eyes, 
 
 another day: 
 
 —25— 
 
^npILL there shall grow, his 
 
 locks of strength again; 
 Then pulls the rock-built temples, 
 
 pillars down; 
 Expires, in midst of foes, 'mong 
 
 thousands slain; 
 A victory worthy of a 
 
 victor's crown. 
 
 —26— 
 
^ -Sf 4& ^ .Jf 
 
 A\7"E also read, of fair-haired 
 
 winsome lad, 
 From father's flocks to camps of 
 
 warriors brave ; 
 Who from a babbling brook, 
 
 some pebbles had 
 Placed in his sling; a mighty 
 
 cause to save. 
 
 —27— 
 
npHE giant fell to rise on 
 
 earth no more; 
 The weaker arm was nerved to 
 
 win the fight. 
 It ever shall be thus 
 
 all nations o'er; 
 The wrong shall ever fall 
 
 before the right. 
 
 —28— 
 
A ND o'er thy distant past 
 
 the clouds hang low, 
 The lightning's flash, revealing 
 
 Gibeon's sword; 
 A down the stream of time, we 
 
 hear and know. 
 The thunders of Jehovah, 
 
 thro' his word. 
 
 -29- 
 
A S when on Gideon's heights, 
 
 was conflict waged; 
 Joshua bidding the Sun and moon 
 
 stand still; 
 At his command they halt, 
 
 while battle raged; 
 Stood fixed — Ajalons vale, 
 
 and Gideon's hill. 
 
 —30- 
 
A AT^ITH clashing swords and 
 
 loosened bows was rife, 
 The field thus bristling, 
 
 with its stabbing spears; 
 And victor's shouts, mingled 
 
 with ebbing life, 
 And lives gone out midst gaping 
 
 wounds and tears. 
 
 -31- 
 
P ARTH'S longest day at last 
 
 was changed to night, 
 And every foe that met 
 
 that morning's fray, 
 In death was stilled, or far 
 
 away in flight. 
 When rose the sun on next 
 
 succeeding day. 
 
 —32— 
 
XJER warriors brave as earth 
 
 hadst ever known, 
 Since mortal man with mortal man 
 
 e'er strove 
 For mas-ter-y of peoples 
 
 or a throne, 
 Or yet shall strive, till earth is 
 
 ruled by love. 
 
 —33— 
 
' I ''ILL all the years of strife, 
 
 forever gone; 
 And all the implements of 
 
 war and hate, 
 Are forged for nobler use 
 
 when wars are done; 
 To plow and reap the harvests 
 
 of the State. 
 
 —34— 
 
AAT" HEN every race shall 
 
 dwell in tents of peace; 
 And if grave doubts along their 
 
 pathway rise, 
 Their Sages wisdom shall make 
 
 war to cease, 
 And view God's glory in a 
 
 Nation's eyes. 
 
 —35— 
 
/^OD'S wisdom doth from 
 
 misty lines divide, 
 Between the false and true, 
 
 and guides us still; 
 And teaches us in truth 
 
 to ere abide; 
 And thro' his law, to do our 
 
 FATHER'S will. 
 
 -36— 
 
A ND when earth's councils 
 
 meet in pomp so great, 
 To reconstruct the temple 
 
 of their laws, 
 Each statute, framed to build the 
 
 laws of State, 
 On Moses' code is based 
 
 for primal cause. 
 
 —37— 
 
I^HE code of righteousness 
 
 from Moses' hand, 
 Thro' which all peoples' Nations 
 
 still are blest, 
 Was framed to meet the wants 
 
 of every land. 
 And golden rule is blazoned 
 
 on its crest. 
 
 —38— 
 
T^HY Poets sang in measures 
 sweet and long; 
 
 And thro' the world, their echoes 
 grandly sweep 
 
 Down all the years, on star- 
 crowned heights of song: 
 
 Made millions, on old earth, 
 rejoice or weep. 
 
 —39— 
 
T^HE sweetest strains that 
 
 mortal lips ere sung, 
 Were heard in Judah's land, 
 
 mid strifes and wars, 
 And sweeter than the words 
 
 of lips or tongue, 
 Or voice-less music, of the 
 
 morning stars 
 
 —40— 
 
I^HRO' Heaven's high change- 
 less one, thy prophets wrote, 
 
 Who knew all future, and all 
 past as well; 
 
 And saw thro' thrice a thousand 
 years just note; 
 
 Their visions do these latter 
 days foretell. 
 
 —41- 
 
^T^HE day springs crescent 
 
 flame, their eyes saw true; 
 A-down long years, as thousands 
 
 drifted by, 
 The tears of grief on cold dead 
 
 faces view; 
 All this and yet didst know, 
 
 their God was nigh ; 
 
 —42- 
 
A ND borne upon love's 
 
 wing-ed words, we hear 
 Sweet notes of joy, when winters 
 
 days are o'er; 
 Mid songs of birds and victors 
 
 hymns of cheer, 
 Like joyous laughter's peals, 
 
 on wings to soar. 
 
 —43— 
 
"D EYOND the vale whereon 
 
 death's shadow lies, 
 Thy prophets rested, on the arm 
 
 that leads; 
 The fetters of the grave, 
 
 asunder flies; 
 And in tlib stars, his destiny, 
 
 man reads. 
 
 -44- 
 
1— TE clasps the hands of loved 
 
 ones waiting there, 
 And balm of leaves, from life's 
 
 immortal tree. 
 Heals every hurt of grief of pain, 
 
 despair; 
 While truth spreads out afar 
 
 o'er every Sea. 
 
\\7"H0SE rippling waves, 
 
 like mingled glass with fire, 
 Spread out o'er plains of formless 
 
 earth and clod, 
 And all the souls of earth, 
 
 redeemed, as-pire 
 To drink from living springS; 
 
 near throne of God. 
 
 —46— 
 
^ * ^ -Sf ^ 
 
 A^T'E read of old, there stood 
 
 on mountain crest, 
 The ''prophet guide/' who saw 
 
 unrolled afar, 
 Cross Jordan's stream, the 
 
 promised land of rest; 
 Just one long glimpse, thence did 
 
 his sight debar. 
 
 -^7— 
 
/^^ne glimpse, then turned away 
 
 to look no more, 
 And found a grave, not made 
 
 by mortal hand, 
 Not seen by human eye, 
 
 ah, never more, 
 The prophet's viewless grava, 
 
 near 'Promised Land." 
 
 -48— 
 
A DOWN the stream of 
 
 Jordan's rocky way, 
 From Hermon's Mount to Sea 
 
 ofGal-i-lee, 
 Where fishers' nets are spread 
 
 along today, 
 Yea, downward still — where 
 
 Sodom used to be: 
 
A ND old "Gomorrah," too, 
 
 both under waves , 
 That roll, 'neath pitying stars, 
 
 that shine on high, 
 O'er the curst cities, 
 
 in their watery graves. 
 Forever hid, from gaze of 
 
 human eye. 
 
 —50— 
 
'^TpIS now small stream, a 
 
 mighty brook, scarce more; 
 Upon its breast no sea-borne 
 
 commerce floats; 
 Its waves no barges plow — 
 
 a barren shore; 
 A stream where boys might play, 
 
 with rafts and boats. 
 
 —51— 
 
TN thoughts that sometimes 
 
 sway the souls of men, 
 It seems to flow, twixt lands of 
 
 faith and doubt, 
 Or sweeps the bounds of earth and 
 
 Heaven, then; 
 It puts the Amazons of time — 
 
 to rout. 
 
 —52— 
 
* * -Jf * -Jf 
 
 TN Judah's land held sacred 
 
 whole earth round, 
 All kindred's tongues and races, 
 
 bond or free. 
 The works of God's own precious 
 
 son, were found; 
 His words revealing truth, 
 
 that all may see. 
 
 —53— 
 
A S sorrow's child he knew both 
 
 grief and woe; 
 And from his crucifix 
 
 there reaches now, 
 His dear hand out, in all this 
 
 world below. 
 To soothe and comfort every 
 
 aching brow. 
 
 -^4— 
 
"DEBUKING those whose lives 
 
 were living lies, 
 And scorning those who trampled 
 
 on the poor, 
 Or saw the * motes" in other 
 
 people's eyes, 
 (But not ''beams'' in their own) 
 
 we may be sure. 
 
n^HESE whited Sepulchers— 
 
 false lives — deceit: 
 Rebuked with words, like viper's 
 
 fangs that sting, 
 Made record, of their wrong spent 
 
 lives complete, 
 That through all ages since, 
 
 is heard to ring. 
 
\ \7lTH knotted cords, from 
 
 temple of most high, 
 He sternly drove the money 
 
 changers forth; 
 But quick to hear the faintest 
 
 human cry, 
 His heart went out to all the 
 
 sons of earth. 
 
 -57- 
 
"I— TE healed disease of ev'ry 
 
 form and name; 
 The deaf were made to hear, 
 
 the blind to see; 
 The lepers cleansed, and ev'ry 
 
 kind of claim: 
 To all he spoke the truth 
 
 and set them free. 
 
 —58— 
 
HPhE sinner, too, He cleansed 
 
 by spoken word: 
 He raised the dead, did from 
 
 the coffin save; 
 He said to Lazarus, "Come forth,'' 
 
 he heard, 
 Arose at once, and came from 
 
 out the grave. 
 
 —59- 
 
I ^HE widow's son, Jairius' 
 
 daughter, too. 
 Restored to life, by Christ, 
 
 GOD'S CHOSEN ONE, 
 Who said, these works 
 
 His followers, should do; 
 And greater, through believers, 
 
 should be done. 
 
 —60— 
 
A ND little children often to 
 
 him came, 
 On whom his pity fell 
 
 like Hermon's dews; 
 On erring sons of men. The weak, 
 
 the lame, 
 To them the needed help, 
 
 did ne'er refuse. 
 
 —61— 
 
l^TO chiding word was ever 
 
 heard to fall 
 From Jesus' lips, to those 
 
 in woman's form; 
 ^'Neither do I condemn thee," 
 
 that was all; 
 ''Go sin no more," and you are 
 
 safe from harm. 
 
 —62- 
 
I HUS spake the Christ to one 
 
 who strayed aside 
 Like some plumed bird, from 
 
 happy leafy nest; 
 In mire and dirt, its brilliant 
 
 plumes to hide; 
 In ways of wrong, that always 
 
 bring un-rest 
 
 —63— 
 
V\y sinful, wicked men, she 
 
 was accused, 
 Whose hearts He searched, ¥/ith 
 
 keen and biting truth; 
 To answer him, they silently 
 
 refused; 
 And from his presence shrank, 
 
 abashed, forsooth. 
 
 -64— 
 
T^HEN trembling stood the 
 
 culprit, all alone, 
 And on her head sweet words of 
 
 mercy fell, 
 *'Go thou in peace, and sin no more, 
 
 — atone''; 
 (That's what he said or meant), 
 
 and all is well. 
 
 —65— 
 
/^F all earth's myriad souls, 
 
 this Prince of God, 
 Unmatched in chivalry, 
 
 in love supreme; 
 No purer, better one, 
 
 earth ever trod: 
 His burden was forgiveness, 
 
 it doth seem. 
 
 -66— 
 
I HE proudest badge that 
 
 earth's poor mortals wear, 
 Was once the cross, from which 
 
 his spirit passed; 
 The crown that mocked his brow. 
 
 and golden hair, 
 Is greatest diadem, of all 
 
 earth hast. 
 
 -67- 
 
OO poor in life, He owned 
 
 no resting place; 
 Now, earth is filled with temples 
 
 for His praise, 
 In death 'tween thieves, was meant 
 
 for His disgrace; 
 But millions fought for tomb, 
 
 in later days. 
 
 —68— 
 
/^REAT marshalled hosts, the 
 
 crusades war didst wage 
 From many lands and climes, to 
 
 wrest His grave 
 From land of infidels, through 
 
 long, dark age; 
 O'er which their flag in triumph, 
 
 still doth wave. 
 
 —69— 
 
T— TlS standard floats above 
 
 Imperial Rome; 
 But not o'er "David's City" of 
 
 "Great King", 
 Doth she still wait alone, 
 
 His coming "Home"? 
 "Till Shiloh's Bride," shall make 
 
 the welkin ring? 
 
 -70— 
 
Come claimed that Christ 
 
 would be Judea's King; 
 To free her land from Caesar's 
 
 iron sway; 
 Ana would the Kingly crown of 
 
 David bring 
 His false accusers, charged this 
 
 in his day. 
 
 -71- 
 
jCi Y Roman laws in Roman 
 
 Court, 'twas tried ; 
 A Roman Judge announced the 
 
 sad decree; 
 Twas Roman thorns and nails 
 
 and spear for side: 
 His soul was launched from 
 
 Roman cross or tree. 
 
 —72— 
 
I ^HE seamless garb that 
 
 wrapped his human form, 
 Was portioned off, by Roman dice 
 
 there thrown; 
 And Pilate, with his crafty 
 
 smile of scorn, 
 In pretense, washed his hands 
 
 when deed was done. 
 
 —73- 
 
IV yT ADE bold to charge the 
 
 crime, 'gainst Judah's race; 
 And that foul seed sown in the 
 
 soil of time, 
 Has grown through all the years 
 
 still grows apace; 
 Its yield is tears and shame, 
 
 in every clime. 
 
 -74— 
 
T N all the ages since, 
 
 its upas bloom, 
 Has poisoned fairest lands 
 
 beneath the sun; 
 Stains Russia's snows today, 
 
 with blood and gloom ; 
 Spares not the aged, nor the 
 
 little one. 
 
 —75— 
 
A\7^HAT heinous wrongs, long 
 
 years have piled on thee; 
 Thy God who sees, with sleepless 
 
 eye may know; 
 Few lifted voices, hands 
 
 thro' epochs we; 
 See in defense; as ages 
 
 onward flow. 
 
 — 7&- 
 
T^HE torches lighted at thine 
 
 altar fires, 
 Were tossed as burning brands 
 
 around the world; 
 Yea, far and wide, dread dragon 
 
 teeth of wars, 
 In every land where Jews didst 
 live, were hurled. 
 
 —77— 
 
117 ARTH'S arm-ed hosts rushed 
 
 forth to seize the prey; 
 Mohammed's Hordes, from dark 
 
 Arabia's sands, 
 Invoked the name of God, 
 
 to maim and slay, 
 The scattered homeless ones 
 
 from Judah's lands. 
 
 -78— 
 
/^^N every Jewish head, was 
 
 set a price; 
 Their foes, from every 
 
 earthly quarter, came; 
 The earth was drenched in blood, 
 
 for love of Christ; 
 Twould flush the prince of devils 
 
 cheek, with shame. 
 
 — 7»— 
 
npHO' thro' all earth known 
 
 lands, their homes are made; 
 But like that form of life, 
 
 that takes its hue 
 From trees or rock whereon 
 
 it rests; each shade 
 It rests upon, becomes 
 
 its color true: 
 
 -80— 
 
pi UT otherwise, remains 
 
 thereafter still — 
 Unchanged; and so do they, 
 
 adopt such dress, 
 Habits and styles, as those 
 
 with whom they dwell; 
 And to discern their race, 
 
 'twould be a guess. 
 
 —81— 
 
I ^HEY think and speak and 
 
 learn, in alien tongues; 
 And yet are sons of 
 
 Abraham, alway; 
 Their curses, thro' all lands, 
 
 are voiced, and rung; 
 And ere have been, since 
 
 crucifixion day. 
 
 —82— 
 
^^/^HRIST-KILLERS," dealers 
 
 in old clothes, refuse: 
 Insulting epithets on 
 
 ev'ry hand; 
 To them some well known, 
 
 Christian people use; 
 These terms of hate, reproach, 
 
 in evVy land. 
 
 —83— 
 
pi UT fair to look upon, 
 
 thy daughters are, 
 In grace and charms, of 
 
 noble womanhood. 
 In slums, disgrace and brothels, 
 
 seldom there. 
 But pure and chaste and true, 
 
 among the good. 
 
I ^IS said when master workman, 
 
 made earth, sun: — 
 ^X/^hen all its new-crowned 
 
 beauties, round him lay, 
 Before His Sabbath rest, 
 
 from toil was done; 
 He left the gates of Heaven 
 
 ajar, that day: 
 
 —85— 
 
npHEN "Mother love," the 
 
 tenderest thought of Him; 
 There, nestling in a woman's heartj 
 
 was found, 
 And linked with man's, filled 
 
 measure to the brim : 
 And since has filled old earth, 
 
 the world around. 
 
 —86— 
 
117 ROM man's first breath, until 
 
 her days are o'er, 
 He needs no earthly balm, to bind 
 
 his wound: 
 None ere but mothers, on this 
 
 mundane shore, 
 For none like hers, who loved 
 
 him first, is found. 
 
 —87— 
 
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
 
 ^T^HINE eager sons, the world 
 
 around are known; 
 Their eagle faces, throng the 
 
 marts of trade; 
 Earth's jewels, diamonds, gold 
 
 and precious stone. 
 Are owned by Jews, of ev'ry 
 
 class and grade. 
 
 —88— 
 
npHEY hold in grasp, the 
 
 treasures of each land 
 Tis thro' their hands, earths 
 
 streams of gold are poured; 
 And mighty Empires, Kingdoms 
 
 great and grand, 
 Must come to them — ^where earth's 
 
 great wealth is stored: 
 
 —89— 
 
A ND bring the bonds, those 
 
 yet unborn, shall pay; 
 Ere sword is drawn, or shot 
 
 of mighty gun 
 Is heard around the world, 
 
 some sudden day. 
 When carnage 'tween two nations 
 
 has begun. 
 
 -90- 
 
Immortal race, none like it 
 
 e'er before; 
 Has lived five thousand years, 
 
 yea, never dies ; 
 Accurst, peeled, scattered, haled 
 
 all countries o'er; 
 No pity ever found, 
 
 to heed their cries: 
 
 91- 
 
A ND yet has lived, survived 
 
 thro' all the days, 
 That reach from Jacob down, 
 
 five thousand years; 
 And left their mark, with 
 
 stamped impress always, 
 Mid persecutions, wars, 
 
 oppressions, tears. 
 
 —92— 
 
n^HROUGH all the years, 
 
 some genius of their race 
 Has risen high above 
 
 earth's gentile brood; 
 Stands out like *'Beaconsfield," 
 
 with shining face, 
 And mid earth's storms and trials, 
 
 stands for good. 
 
 —93— 
 
/^^UR thoughts just now span 
 
 thro' five thousand years; 
 From Jacob's son, to England 
 
 in our day; 
 From Joseph to Disraeli, 
 
 both great seers, 
 Through whom we see, God ever 
 
 led the way. 
 
 —94- 
 
A ROUND the world by 
 
 fireside, tale is told, 
 Of Jacob's sons — en route for 
 
 Egypt's grain; 
 And hov/ by them was youngest, 
 
 (Joseph) sold, 
 For stated sum, to Ishmaelites, 
 
 for gain. 
 
 —95— 
 
^TpHE youthful dreamer, soon 
 
 was found to stand 
 By Pharaoh's throne, to where 
 
 he dreamed his way; 
 Became that Monarch's guide, 
 
 for Egypt's land; 
 Through troublous times and 
 
 famine, in that day. 
 
 -96— 
 
A \ T'HEN rain came not, and 
 
 dews had ceased to fall ; 
 And famine reigned, in Jacob's 
 
 country sore; 
 'Twas told, 'There's corn in Egypt, 
 
 'nough for all"; 
 And thousands hastened there, 
 
 to lay in store. 
 
 —97— 
 
jpROM Canaan far, came 
 
 Joseph's brothers then, 
 From withered fields, and 
 
 starving flocks of kine; 
 Thro' weary lands they came, 
 
 these famished men; 
 With gold, to purchase food, and 
 
 corn and wine. 
 
 —9.8^- 
 
A ND there, they found the 
 
 prince of Egypt's land 
 Was Joseph, whom they once 
 
 had sold as slave; 
 These strange events, were 
 
 guided by God's hand; 
 From great distress, his famished 
 
 ones to save. 
 
 -99— 
 
II^IRST exile of his race, 
 
 his fame is spread 
 Beyond the everlasting 
 
 hills of time; 
 Another one, who sleeps, 
 
 with England's dead, 
 Was great premier, Disraeli, 
 
 man sublime! 
 
 -100- 
 
H' ^'""' '"'"' ^"*' 
 
 greatest throne, as guide 
 To Queen of greatest empire, 
 
 man has made; 
 His power was greater than 
 
 all men beside; 
 Dwarfed, Gentile Peers, and laid 
 
 them in the shade. 
 
 —101— 
 
* * * ^ 
 
 130UND Oceans' shores, in all 
 
 earth's regions known, 
 No foot of land now claims 
 
 Judea's sway, 
 No sails or flag, on any 
 
 breezes blown ; 
 Or ship on earth, belongs 
 
 to her today. 
 
 -102— 
 
T^UT in the unseen kingdoms 
 
 of the soul, 
 Her throne is built, where proudly 
 
 rests her crown ; 
 And o'er her spirit empire, 
 
 ages roll. 
 And will continue through 
 
 the ages down: 
 
 -103— 
 
^^ I ILL all earth's sons, of ev'ry 
 
 race and clime, 
 Till every soul, born since earth's 
 
 morning hour, 
 Is through rebirth, and spirit 
 
 growth in time; 
 Reflecting God, in wisdom, 
 
 life and power. 
 
 -104— 
 
|h ROM Holy men of old, 
 
 through Palestine, 
 Their thoughts, didst light the 
 
 path, adown the years; 
 The path that leads to God, 
 
 in straightest line. 
 From carnal life, from sin, 
 
 disease and tears. 
 
 —105— 
 
T^HEIR words from Him, are 
 
 woven in our speech ; 
 They come as light and truth, 
 
 on evVy wave; 
 Above the low baptismal fount 
 
 they reach; 
 Bind marriage vows, and stand 
 
 beside the grave. 
 
 —106— 
 
npEAR-BLINDED eyes, can 
 
 see beyond the tomb 
 To mansions in the happy 
 
 summer-land; 
 Where all earth's children, will 
 
 at last find room, 
 In life of growth and progress, 
 
 ever grand. 
 
 —107— 
 
TI7 ARTH'S wearied children, 
 
 seek in many ways, 
 Thro' creeds and sects, that sever 
 
 man from man ; 
 In hopes and fears, strive for 
 
 unending days; 
 But life immortal, is for all, 
 
 God's plan. 
 
 -108— 
 
Tn Palestine was first 
 
 revealed to man , 
 The first faint glimpse of God, 
 
 Eternal one, 
 Who sends the spring time and 
 
 the harvest grand, 
 The treasures of the earth, 
 
 and rain and sun. 
 
 109— 
 
OENDS gorgeous visions, 
 
 of the changing year, 
 And tints the petals, 
 
 of the opening rose. 
 Paints sunset glories, 
 
 on the skies so clear. 
 And wafts His love, on ev'ry 
 
 breeze that blows. 
 
 —110— 
 
/^OD spoke, and lo from out 
 
 this void of time, 
 The orb of day, in all its 
 
 glory shows; 
 And earth whereon God's works 
 
 revealed, sublime; 
 And sister worlds, that gem 
 
 the night arose. 
 
 —Ill— 
 
T IKE bees that fly from 
 
 flower, bloom to bloom, 
 His blazing comets flit 
 
 across the sky; 
 Each bearing rays of light, 
 
 through paths of gloom. 
 To yield results, through 
 
 ages by and by. 
 
 -112— 
 
T-JE forms the whirling star- 
 dust into worlds , 
 
 And scatters blazing suns 
 throughout all space; 
 
 While circling planets, each on 
 axis whirls, 
 
 With each through law, 
 forever in its place. 
 
 —113— 
 
D EYOND the stars, where 
 
 worlds are lost to sight, 
 Still there is found, God's truth 
 
 and mercy seat; 
 That rule His universe 
 
 from farth'rest night. 
 And glows in earth's green carpet, 
 
 at our feet. 
 
 -114— 
 
IL \7^HEN earth's and heaven's 
 
 scroll of time is read; 
 And great e-ter-ni-ty, 
 
 forever done; 
 God's care still lasts for all 
 
 earth's living, dead; 
 For all, both young and old, 
 
 yea, every one. 
 
 -115— 
 
I^HE Gods of Greece are gone, 
 
 like vanished dream; 
 Gone, yea! the shrine, of once 
 
 the mighty Jove. 
 Dark Isis reigns no more, 
 
 on Egypt's stream; 
 But Israel's God, still reigns, 
 
 the God of love. 
 
 —116— 
 
Ph'AIR Palestine still stands 
 
 beside the Sea; 
 Conquered by Babylon, 
 
 and Egypt yea; 
 And her great walls of pride, 
 
 that used to be; 
 Were felled by Titus, when 
 
 old Rome held sway. 
 
 -117- 
 
^ I HE fierce barbarians took 
 
 thy land by sword; 
 And captured all thy sons, 
 
 in cruel war; 
 And sold thy daughters down, 
 
 to nameless word; 
 And Judah's harps were hung, 
 
 on willows far. 
 
 -118— 
 
n^HROUGH far off lands, thy 
 
 scattered children wail 
 Among the sons of men, 
 
 a homeless race; 
 Thy name with curses yet, 
 
 do men assail; 
 In many lands and almost 
 
 ev'ry place. 
 
 —119— 
 
nr^HY neck in ev'ry land, 
 
 bears alien yoke ; 
 And Moslem's hoof, is on 
 
 thy soil today; 
 Where once in Temple's Halls, 
 
 thou didst invoke 
 The name of God, in peace and 
 
 praise, alway. 
 
 -120— 
 
\\7HERE sunbeams then, 
 
 flashed from its roofs of gold; 
 Now base-born Janizaries, 
 
 scoff thy name; 
 And ragged beggars, far from 
 
 Christian fold. 
 Make light of ev'ry Christian 
 
 work, or claim. 
 
 -121- 
 
T JPON the stone, that seals 
 Judea's tomb, 
 
 In many folds, long centuries 
 
 are laid; 
 From earth's far ends, thy children 
 
 yet shall come, 
 With faith like rock, of which thy 
 
 hills are made. 
 
 -122— 
 
npHEY yet shall hear thy 
 
 Shilohs' homeward call; 
 When by thy mount, the great 
 
 law-giver stands ; 
 With Judah's hosts returned then 
 
 one and all; 
 From scattered homes, from exile, 
 
 all earth's lands. 
 
 —123— 
 
wOON 'neath wide brooding 
 
 wings of cherubim, 
 The presence of Shekinah comes 
 
 once more; 
 A Moses, in this age of 
 
 twilight dim, 
 To lead thee to the Promised 
 
 land's great shore. 
 
 —124- 
 
/^ONE now thy dreams, with 
 
 tidings from on high; 
 The visions gone, thy children 
 
 once didst see; 
 And mourning all these evil 
 
 days, with sigh. 
 With lifted hands, we pray 
 
 this prayer, for thee: 
 
 -125- 
 
PRAYER. 
 /^H, thou Jehovah God, who 
 
 from of old, 
 Didst Israel guide, by moving 
 
 cloud by day 
 And fire by night, in pillars, 
 
 we are told; 
 Hear us, oh God, for Judah's 
 
 land we pray. 
 
 —126— 
 
^T^HY hand built watery walls, 
 
 on either side, 
 Ledst Judah's feet, dry shod, 
 
 across the Sea ; 
 And smote the King Sennech'rib, 
 
 in his pride; 
 And made his shattered hosts, 
 
 from sight to flee. 
 
 —127— 
 
npHY stricken children, heal 
 
 them, Lord, again; 
 And to them be, their falchion 
 
 and their shield. 
 The barbed and poison shafts of 
 
 hate and pain, 
 May they be turned; none to them 
 
 hence to yield. 
 
 —128— 
 
T IFT up their hearts, oh God, 
 
 from carnal thing; 
 And lead their thoughts again, 
 
 to love of thee; 
 And when the fullness of t^he 
 
 years shall bring, 
 From out-most isles and countries 
 
 over Sea 
 
 -129— 
 
^HINGS strange from far 
 
 may Israel's race, returned, 
 Once more abide within their 
 
 father's land; 
 And may they all, from lessons 
 
 fully learned. 
 Dwell there, be fed, by thine own 
 
 bounty erand. 
 
 —130— 
 
/^^N corn and wine, grapes 
 
 purpling in the sun 
 That shines on hills and vales, 
 
 of PALESTINE. 
 Give them again, we pray thee, 
 
 everyone, 
 The ''Holy vision,'' and the 
 
 dream divine. 
 
 —131- 
 
npHAT Daniel knew, as captive 
 
 foreign land; 
 Or Jacob saw, where Nile's grand 
 
 river runs; 
 And there to give his last of 
 
 earth's command. 
 Called round his couch of death, 
 
 his many sons. 
 
 —132— 
 
npEACH them, oh God, that 
 
 worship pleasing thee, 
 Must come from lives, that strive 
 
 to thee obey; 
 That temples builded for thy 
 
 praise, shouldst be 
 The contrite heart, as taught 
 
 by Christ — His day: 
 
 -133— 
 
n^HAT noblest off ring, on 
 
 tHine altars laid, 
 Is still the kindly deed, 
 
 in kindness done; 
 Makes purer incense, too, 
 
 of higher grade, 
 Than any other worship, 
 
 'neath the Sun. 
 
 —134— 
 
TURING promised years of 
 
 peace, that wait with Thee; 
 When nations war no more, 
 
 God speed the time 
 And when Thy will is done 
 
 o'er land and sea; 
 And none shall be afraid, 
 
 in any clime. 
 
 —135— 
 
A ND when earth's days, of 
 
 time and change, are gone, 
 And mighty firmament, shall 
 
 pass away; 
 Like garments that are laid aside 
 
 and done. 
 Made white, from ev'ry stain, 
 
 of earthly clay. 
 
 -136— 
 
O AVED thro' the dear example, 
 
 of thy son; 
 May Jews and Gentiles, 
 
 gather home to dwell! 
 In that fair City, may they, 
 
 be as one, 
 And know thro' all the ages — 
 
 ALL IS WELL. 
 
 Finis. 
 
 —137— 
 
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