Identifier: homeofgodspeople00gage (find matches)
Title: The home of God's people
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Gage, William Leonard, 1832-1889
Subjects: Bible Palestine -- Description and travel
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : Dustin, Gilman & Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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eadiness with which they enteredinto marriage alliance with the heathen ; but with Ezra andNehemiahs* vigorous measures, this all ceased, and down tothe present day the Jews are noted for the purity of theirblood. Such a thing as a marriage with a Gentile is now ex-ceedingly rare; then it was the most common thing in the world.This is the most strildng tribute to the commanding influenceof Ezra and Nehemiah. The great act of the latter was the restoration of the wall.Having been appointed governor of Jerusalem, he at once sethimself to the great work of making the city secure. Thetemple of Zerubbabel occupied the place where that of Solo-mon had stood, and it contained articles of priceless worth,but it was defenceless, and the city was at the mercy of anywild horde of savages which might pour down from the hillsand enter it. All sorts of hindrances were put in his way—their story is graphically told in the book of Nehemiah,but all in vain. The labor went vigorously on, for the pec-
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EAST END OF SOUTH WALL. This massive wall supported the huge platform on which the Temple rested. The Mount of Olives appears on the right, crowned ly the Church (if the Ascension. From a Fhotogrnfili by J. Grit hum. KKFORMS AMONG THE JEWS. 395 pie had a mind to work. Indeed such was the energy withwhich the undertaking was prosecuted that it was completedin fifty-two days, and from that time the city was secure. Ne-hemiah consecrated the wall with religious services of extra-ordinary splendor, and the account given by him of theprocessions which walked along the top, past the variousgates and towers, still remains the most lucid and completedescription extant, of the ancient barrier. The book of Ne-hemiah, like that of Ezra, is written in a delightfully graphicstyle, and will fascinate any one who reads it. The reformswhich Nehemiah effected, were all of them of a salutarycharacter, and left an abiding impress upon the nation. After the return from the captivity, certain of the gross

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