Publications of the North Carolina Historical Commission . agan nations may envy thy dawning power only to wrest it from thee;that thy children may return to be scattered again, that thy walls maybe rebuilded to be thrown down stone for stone, but like the mountainsof Judea, thou shalt abide with thy hallowed history, with thine im-perishable past, with thy romantic, storied places, with thy sacredshrines, adding this last thrilling episode las a climax to the age; but thyname shall be deathless. For however it may fare with thy streets, thy gates, thy walls,—the eyes of the whole earth shall
Publications of the North Carolina Historical Commission . agan nations may envy thy dawning power only to wrest it from thee;that thy children may return to be scattered again, that thy walls maybe rebuilded to be thrown down stone for stone, but like the mountainsof Judea, thou shalt abide with thy hallowed history, with thine im-perishable past, with thy romantic, storied places, with thy sacredshrines, adding this last thrilling episode las a climax to the age; but thyname shall be deathless. For however it may fare with thy streets, thy gates, thy walls,—the eyes of the whole earth shall look forever toward Mt. Zion for theglorious appearing of the holy Jerusalem which shall be let down fromheaven, a city four square and of heavenly beauty, adorned like a bridefor her husband, the joy of the whole earth, where shall be seen theKing in His beauty and with Him shall come the great consumma-tion, for Jerusalem shall satisfy the craving of the humble and of thegreat, and shall be not only the desire of the nations, but the homeof the 3 0/?/r. ca/ips us ftpublicationsofno1920nort
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