...strange land, as said one of the inspired penmen — " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For they that carried us away captive, required of us a song; and they 78 that wasted us required of us...

...the children of Israel lamented their captivity : — " By the rivers of Babyon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion : we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." * The wicker-baskets made by our forefathers are the subject of an epigram by Martial : — " From...

...the children of Israel lamented their captivity : — " By the rivers of Babyor, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion : we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof/' • The wicker-baskets made by our forefathers are the subject of an epigram by Martial : — " From...

...the children of Israel lamented their captivity :— " Ну the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion : we hanged our harps upon tlie willows in the midst thereof.'* The wicker-baskets made by our forefathers are the subject of...

...Babylon, which did not happen till that distance of time. " By the rivers of Babylon we sat down ; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion . We hanged our...that carried us away captive, required of us a song, saying, sing ua one of the songs of Zion." As a man would say to an American, or to a Frenchman, or...

...more tender and moving, than that feeling lamentation, " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down ; yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion ; we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." The Jewish Rabbins enumerate five things, in which the second, was inferior to the first Temple. The...

...them, their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore." Again, the 137th Psalm, verse 3—" For there they that carried us away captive required...required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion." The foregoing examples will assist your memory, and, I hope, convince your judgment upon the...

...their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore." Again, the 137th Psalm, verse 3 — " For there they that carried us away captive required...required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion." The foregoing examples will assist your memory, and, I hope, convince your judgment upon the...

...sons and daughters of Jerusalem. Verses 1, and 2. — " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." I have already remarked that poetry is the language of emotion ; and the emotions here described are...

...Him who had cast her lot in u more pleasant heritage. " By the rivers of Babvlon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." No sound was to be heard but that of the church-going bell, calling the people of the village and the...