Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-07-16

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hong since cut away all my former od-
mirar enthusiasm bni, at heart, u
think | never was iresher and younger
in my life than al this moment. The
poor brute ] rode was almost nj top
speed, or rather in a success'on 0i leaps
over the rocks. | managed TO check
him, for once, as suddenly as the shrlkh
would have pulled up his Arab, aud ]
sat still to gaze F; but the creature pant
ed So desperately, that lcap' of, aud,
leading him TO the shade oi one oi the
fRs, lay down on the rocks 4" give all
nv eyes To the frs, view of Jerusalem
IL did not appear a mile off. =" near u
the approach by this access before II can
be seen. The plain was inclined slight
ly downward from our position, and the
city seemed 10 Gall off, or incline still
more rapidly from The walls we saw, to
the brows ofihe steep precipice on the
other side. Much of that city, there.
fore, is l"wer, or appeared TO me 50, than
the western walls and few minare,s,
The superb dome Of Omar, aud The sin.
gle elevated cross OF q Christian church,
were ai,Dos, The only objects which rose
up above this inhospitabir-look,ng bar.
rier.
Far cH, to The right, the road to Beth
lehem lay across part of the deep val
ley, and ,raVersed burnt up fields and
rocky downs Beyond the city the
Mount Of Olives was a lofty back ground,
capped with a large church like building
and cluster Of dwarfish olives, the soil.
tary relief to the desolaie scene. All
else was desert, solitude, aud utter 81.
lcnce. On The northwest, n succession
Of barren hills over hills, IN all the drear-
mess Of the route we had passed and
here in the midst, with no visible ani-
mate object in the whole waste, the high
walls Of Jerusalem rose up before US,
compact ard new looking, as Of yestei.
day not n human creature was 10 be
seen +; not a house or building OF any
sort without the walls, and u few Arab
graves, with monuments of rudely caIv-
ed iurbsnds, were the sole evidence OF
man. II is useless, writing so rapidly
as ] ar compelled to do, Ia attempt to
express the thong hts which were upper
most in my mind Several of us lay alone
benc aih the siunted fig tree, aud, not
wiibsiandIDg the most dreadful fatigue,
] felt the moments c0nsecfaird. Al
though | saw not the jerusalem Of my
imagination, there seemed to be ge-
mus To The place which lent aid to the
heart and mind, and lifted them up 10
the occ aston.
CHURCm or THE Holy SEPULcHRE.-
Next day was Sunday, aud ! saw The
sun rise from behind the sacred Olive
Mount, while ] read the history of the
ascension from that very point which was
now fired by his early beams. Punctu-
ally, nj the appointed hour, we dlsmoun,-
cd ~ the open space IN front Of the llo-
ly Sepulcbre, n liu!e square, well paved,
but large enough for not rPoIe than n
quarter m the front Of tho church, the
great monument OF the devout empress
Its huge Gothic doorway usurps nearly
half OF one side Of the visible front. The
building IL enormous and no idea OF It's
extent can be had from the interior,
which is divided into multitude of lit
tle museum chaprls. The door is a no
bile Gmbic arch, worthy of Noire Dame
d,van of four ,urbaned inidels, and sat
rrosSIpgged on cushions, with their Chi
bnuques, and were the naughty door
keepers of the Holy Sepulchre. They
sign'hrd to our guide that we might en-
ter. The little apartment in which
they sal was at one end OF the vestlbue
of the church at the other, raised n
ota 4 fh.,
and surrounded by candles ten feet high,
ia a handsome slab of polished and vari.
I'd marble, called the stone of JUNCTION :;
upon which, or rather, upon a stone
concealed beneath 1t, they told me, the
lielpss body had been anoned for the
tomb. We passed TO the lei, and enter
ed similar apartment, in which was n
smaller block Of White marble, surround
ed by an iron cage, over which glimmered
a single lamp. Here Mary Magdalcne
sat while the amounting was done. We
enieied next a noble circular hall, sur
mounted by handsome dome, and sur
rounded by colonade OF high pillars,
supporting the dome and a circular balco-
ny, halt way up the columns, richly en-
hiaZoned and ornamented. In the centre, ,
and immediately under the cupola, is u
beautiful m'n'a'u'e abbey, perhaps twcn-
iy feet long by fifteen wide, of fine mar
bile and elaborate richness, carved,
p'las'ercd, suprrbly decorated, and over
hung with blue canopy Of silk, with
SILVER stars as hrnanent and tins lil.
tie minister Is the monument Of the tomb
c"' 80" "f 81 r"k.n | made n cnrernl
drawing ol the front view of this little
bnildi"g, which expresses it so much
better than can in words, ,ha, | must,
refer you 10 It. The door is n low
COME arch, irnfnru sup"o.L r.,
candles burning IN front and two hand
acme stone sofas cxiead, AT right angles
with the front, from the sides of the
door. ] fingered outside until most of
the others had entered and returned.--
Groups Of Greek and Roman priests
passed to and fro. Franciscan monks,
and the rich dresses Of the Arme.
mans and others, gave picturesque
il ie 10 The scene; and the echoes Of a foot