The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-04-04
GRANT IN JERUSALEM.

HOW THE Ex-PRESIDENT WAS WELCOMED
RELICS OF THE CRUoIFIXIoN.
]. Russell Young's letter to the N. Y Herald.
The valley passes away. We ride
about mile through suburb, the highway
lined with people. The general passes OH,
with barred head, for ON both sides the as
sembled multitude do him honor. We see
through the mist mass of domes and tow
ers,and the heart beats quickly, for we know
they are the domes and towers Of Jerusa-
lem. There are ranks of soldiers drawn in
line, the soldiers presenting arms, the band
playing, the colors falling, We passed
through narrow gate, the gate that Tan
cred forced with his Crusaders. We pass
under the walls OF the tower Of David, and
the flag that floats from the pole on the
consulate tells us that our journey is at an
end and that we are within the walls Of Je-
rusalem.
We set out in the afternoon to walk over
the sacred places, and our first walk was
along the Via Dolorosa. Some Of us had
stolen away during the morning before the
ceremonies began to walk over the street
consecrated to Christianity as the street
over which Jesus Christ carried His Cross.
am living withinfive minutes walk Of Cav
airy. look at it in the morning from the
terrace near my chamber door-a fair roun-
ded dome, high in the air, covering the spot
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We pass from our hotel on Mount Zion
through narrow, dizzy street paved with
Jagged cobble-stones. We make our way
with some difficulty. We stumble and slide
rather than walk. We pass beggars who cry
for aims, workmen at various industries,
merchants selling their wares, camels and
ass,s and beasts of burden. We turn into a
covered way and slide and stumble along,
and we are OH the Via Dolo-osa. The first
place pointed out is the Coptic Monastery.
Here Christ sank under the weight of the
cross. We are gong down the hill which
he asce.ded. We come to the ruins of the
Hospice Of the Knights OF St. John. Here
is where Jesus addressed the women who
followed him.
We wind around the corner and follow the
narrow, slippery way. Here we are at the
house where Jesus fell the second time. A
few steps further, and we are at the house
and tomb of Veronica, who wiped the blood
from His holy brow and left His image on
her napkin. We descend a slippery path,
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Christ leaned, overcome by agony. You
see dent in the stone. This dent was made
by the hand of our Lord as He stretched it
out to support His burden. 1t is smooth and
dark with the kisses Of millions of believing
lips.
The next house is that OF Dives, the rich
man. At this corner Simon of Cyrene took
the cross and carried it a part OF the way,
for which good deed his name became i'm
mortal. In front OF the house of Dives is a
stone, and over it lovel. The hovel is the
house of the beggar, the stcne is where he
sat in quest of aims, and under this archway
where we now stand and look at the rich
mans house Jesus STOOD and pronounced
the parable which you will fad in the six
teenth chapter OF Luke.
Here the road makes another bend and we
pass broken column that must at one time
have been stately ornament. The column
broke where Jesus sank upon it, and the fis-
sure is clear and deep. We keep on until
we come to church, with an arch oyerhang
ing the street. This is the Church of Ecce
Homo. f-r.
1t was here OF hereabouts that the road to
the cross begun. There is a barracks on the
site of Pilates judgments hall. We go into
the church, sweet-f faced sister opening the
way. Behind the altar is an arch, and un-
der this arch Plate stood when he delivered
over Jesus to the Jews and washed his hands
of innocent blood. Here, in the Enclosure.
was the whipping, the browning with thorns
the decoration with the purple robes, and
here, also, Jesus took up the cross which He
carried to Calvary. -...sr
We can readily see as We retrace our way
up the Via Dolorosa that it must have
been rough and weary road to one rent
and torn and bleeding and crushed under
the cruel burden of the cross. Even to us
free as we are-wayfarers, aud in full
possession of our faculties, it is tedious
task to climb the hill of Cavalry.