QUESTIONS.

XXV. In what mountain does the river Kishon

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

rise?

Into what sea does it flow?

What is the character given of this river?

What great battle took place on its borders?

On what occasion was the wrath of God poured out upon idolaters beside its stream?

Give all the passages in which it is mentioned.

Poetry.

LAYS OF THE HEBREWS.

IV.

By those waters, sweetly flowing,
Oft we breathed the exile's prayer;
And, with love of Judah glowing,
Wept alone, unpitied, there.

Oft the Babylonian, scorning,
Bade us sing sweet Salem's lays;
Zion's desolation mourning,

Sadly did we turn away.

"Salem's land no more rejoices,
Should our Salem's songs be sung?

Strange are Israelitish voices,

Shall we sing in Israel's tongue?”'

No! no more shall Judah's daughters
Weave their strains of hallow'd glee;
Zion's harp, by Babel's waters,

Hangs upon the willow-tree!

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THE

CHILDREN'S JEWISH ADVOCATE

JUNE, 1862.

THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT.

THE valley of Jehoshaphat is spoken of in the third chapter of the Book of Joel. There we read, "I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land."

In the twelfth verse, we also read, "Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about." It is evidently this valley which is called, in the fourteenth verse, "the valley of decision."

This valley lies to the east of Jerusalem, between the city and the Mount of Olives. Its name means "the judgment of God." It would appear to be so called, because in the passages

taken from the book of Joel, it is declared that there will take place a great judgment. It is a common idea among the Jews, and many Gentile Christians think so also, that it will be the scene of the final judgment. But that which appears more likely is, that there will take place the judgment of God over the enemies of Israel. We might add, that there is a stone projecting from the Temple enclosure at Jerusalem, on which the Mohammedans say, that Mahomet will sit when he comes to judge all nations in the valley of Jehoshaphat.

It is thought again by some persons to have been so called, because it was there that Jehoshaphat fought with the Moabites, and gained a great victory over them. It seems, however, more likely that the place of this great battle was at a much greater distance from the city.

Be this as it may, this valley is a very interesting spot. Looking from the lower part of it, near the well of En-Rogel, up to the city, the walls of Jerusalem seem perched upon a lofty mountain. On the left hand side we see the King's Gardens, the Pool of Siloam, and the Tomb of David near the Zion Gate. On the right hand side stands the village of Siloam, looking like a collection of high stone tombs. There must have stood the tower of which our Lord speaks, (Luke xiii.)