Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-04-09
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aaseipr The aa-e. we t1rned to The nor.h,
and in few minutes arrived at fhe
honee ofprocon;ns. r,oent of The Relish
and Foreien Bible Society.7 The SER
van, At the door Informed rs. that he
,gas n tho church for evenin, nrarers
3vthout noma,t,s delav. T bas,ened
tbi,her. IN unite with The nrofessed fol.
lauers of Christ unon Mount calvary.
.,.n,l tn render thaD,,sto God fer the han.
NV termination Of my yovage to The Ho-
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fam tbe nlace. where. it's suh,osrd.
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Feb. 81. Went TO tAe church OF the
Holy Sspu'chre. he gate fronts the
south; and IS strictly guarded by inrks
without and Greeks within. Nopslgfin,
subject OF the Grand SeignIor, can en-
Ter without paving fara,---a title to be
sure; bat when multiplied by the hun
dreds OF tlmes, at whica each pligr;m
enters II the course oil three months, the
amount becomes large sum. 10 pre-
vent contasion,dt IS necessary to observe
TIC difference between the chHfN Oh
the Holy Sepulchre and the Holy Sc
pulchre Itself; the on embracing all
the apartments belonging 10 the different
denominalons or CnRiS1ans; NE olher
oclnS only monument erected over Tue
fomo OF our oaViour' ana he'a N eqaa'
reverence ny he various denominations
OF .Chrishalls' VINO frequent H. ne
zomo may be caiied me centre OF thc
church OF the HOLY oepulchre, near TO
HIM which may be heard the PRAYERS OF
Christians IN ancient creek' ia A-atih,
Armenian, AFaoiac' and oyriac.
Entered the gate OF INC ch''rca OF INC
Holy .oepulchre amid crowd OF Fli-
s'i"e. ~ ".Sl ""'e" ~ -, ~
my S"s''io"' ""' ~. -. y 80
,v,s .ana;nted for hur;al The stone
: ., GO, a;rec,,v IN fpon, ne M r,t.
e f,et 4, Iero,h. and o fec, . ;ncb &c
:, h,s,,l,h Several ,arge candles
srs len, s.,nding Of each end and
oro, !, are srsne,1ed severa, s;lv
1o,,.s" RE n;lgri,ns all how. and al.
.nr n1a.;ng the sion oftbe cross. ( ss the
socrad s.ooo.
Isaving the Stone Of IJnc.;on we
,vsrs cona,cted m the Uo,v Se,ulcbre
It is distant from the Stone oe,Unction
os feet, under the centre OF large
dome. HE monument erected over
Inc tomb contains TWO apartments IN
the siest lssthe stone where, us satd the
angel1aade his appearance to Mary III
The other, is the Holy Tomb. The out
side ofthe Monument is 90 ieet IN length,
49, in breadth. waited some time
tor the pilgrims to withdraw. While
standing there pilgrim entered, and at
the sight Of the tomb, wept and sobbed
as over the grave of a parent.
f,o,, ,emorot;ou offhe entrance iuto .Ie.