The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-05-12
along, the old familiar hymn,
Jerusalem my happy home,
Name ever dear to me"


So many of my friends at home have
expressed to me their intense desire to
visit Palestine, but who have not the
slightest expectation of ever being able
to do so, that l feel longing perhaps
equally great to enable them to see
through my eyes what they can see in no
other way And yet were this possible,
many would experience shock at find
ing the real Jerusalem so different from
the ideal city they have pictured to them
selves. Let these then who cannot enjoy
a personal inspection, console themselves
for want of actual sight by the reflection
that
- faith still has its Olivet
And love its Galilee."
If the Jerusalem ADORE the mother of
us all, attracts our supreme regard, it is
the Jerusalem benedth,-I mean the dead
and buried city which lies from 20 to 60
feet below the modern Jerusalem, that
CHI ehy deserves our veneration. During
the successive sieges to which it has been
subjected, even since its destruction by
Titus, nearly every portion of the city as
it existed in the time of our Lord has dis
appeared. Recent explorations have in
done so thoroughly in the case of Pom
pei, but these explorations have been
stopped by the Turkish Government.
What has been brought to light of the
long buried Jerusalem only intensifes
the desire that these explorations should
90 on as they will do one day under diff
ferent auspices No one knows what
priceless treasures in the way of ancient
remains are yet to be brought to light
The authentic places are rather around
than within the city. The position of
the Holy Sepulchre is yet subject of
earnest controversy. The church which
bears that name mag be on the spot
where our Lord was crucifed,- the re-
suit of the latest Investigations seem to
favor that view-and there is little doubt
that the Temple stood where the great
Mosque Of Omar now stands; "the Tower of
David, still overlooking the pool of Hez-
ekiah, no doubt is upon the Mount Zion
so celebrated throughout the Psalms, and
there are perhaps a few other localities
connected with the life and passion of
our Lord which are authentic, but while
man made the town, God made the coun-
try, and outside the city walls are places
formed y Him who built the world by
the word of His power, which have been
little changed by all the desolations of
! time. The Mount of Olives, the Garden
of Gethsemane, the Valley of Jehosaphat,
the brook Kedron, the Hill of Evil Coun-
Gil, Mt Scopus, the Valley of Hinnom,
the Pool of Sloan, all these are to-day
essentially as they were in the days of
our Saviour. Since my arrival here l
have visited these places, together with
the Mosque of Omar, the so-called tombs
Of David, Absalom; and Zacharias, the
Coenaculum, or upper chamber where
the last Supper was instituted, the sub
structions of the Haram, the great quar-
ries from which the stones of Solomon
temple were taken, the place of wailing
of the Jews, the Latin, Arminian, Rus
sian. and English churches, the Castle of
Antonio, the Ecce Homo Arch the Via
Dolorosa, and Bethany, and while the
mere mention of these names is sufficient
to show how impossible it would be to
compress into newspaper communica-
ton any account of them, it will at the
same time give your readers some hint of
the deep interest one must feel in in
speeding localities like these and in dwell
ing on the memories they awaken Ny
visit to the Mount of Olives, and the half
hour l spent alone in Gethsemane one
beautiful evening, will be cherished long
est and most gratefully of all my recol-
lections of Jerusalem.
The Pasha and the Patriarch.
The Hon. Horace Maynard, U. States
Minister to Constantinople, is now visi-
ting this city He kindly invited me to
the Consulate, where he was to have an
interview with the Pasha, and there
was presented to him. The Pasha is a
small, swathy, sharp-eyed man. rather
brisk and lively N his manner for an orr
entail. He dresses in the European style,
with the exception of the fez which is uni
versally worn by all Mussulmen. The
conversation was in French and he was
very courteous in his bearing. When
Mr.. Maynard told him ! was the Ameri-
can who had been robbed at Latr6n, he
said he regretted that such an affair
should have occurred during the visit of
the United States Minister, and he asked
me a number of questions with regard to
the matter, and said it would be thor
oughly investigated was disappointed
that he did not make his soldier respon-
sible, and give me some assurance Of in