The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-10-07
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Jerusalem's Second Wall,

f Jerusalem's Second Wall,
Jerusalem contains many buried Sc.
crets. In some places so, 10, and even
as much as hundred feet of rubbish
has. been accumulated over what was at
former! period, the surface of the ground.
The first great beginning of the heaping
up of the fragments of destruction may
be dated at the time when Nebuchadnez-
Ear took Jerusalem and carried off the
inhabitants to "the Rivers Of Babylon"
At that time, Nebuzaddap, who COM
manded the Ohaldeans, burned the
House OF re Lord" and it is also stated
that "the Chaldeans burned the Kings
house and'the houses of the people with
fire, and;broke3 down the walls of Jeru.
,saleu,." This must have been q very
complete Decentralization, and the result
necessarily produced a very large arch@-
illogical deposit. The unfortunate city
has undergone many similar operations
since that time, and on each occasion
new stratum of remain: has been laid
down. Let any one, however little he
may have, read on.the subject, throw his
thoughts back on such a history, and he
will easily conceive what may be hidden
under the streets of Jerusalem. 1t is to
Sir Charles Warren. the present First
Commissioners of Police, who, as Captain
Warren, acted for the Palestine Exp]o.
ration Fund, that we owe our first glimp-
ses Of Underground Jerusalem" He
told usin exact figures of the great depth
Of rubbish which has gathered in the
valleys, and which, in spite of the filling
up, are still visible in the ancient city.
The work of Sir G. Warren cleared up
some points that were formerly doubtful,
but much remains obscure. There are
many problems regarding the old topo.
graphy which cannot be solved till fur
ther excavations are made. Prominent
amongthe points requiring light to be
thrown on them are the exact positions
of the Temple and the Holy sepulcher.
The questions have not only historical
and archaeological interest, but the whole
Christian world has naturally deep
anxiety to knowsthe exact truth regard
ing them. At present no excavations
can be carried on; the Porte refuses all
applications for permission to explore
where digging might at present be done,
and it is only when the foundations Sof a
house require the clearing away of the
ground that chance brings something to
light.
Such, a chance has lately taken place.
A new hotel had to be built near. the
Jafa Gate@this was the Mediterranean
Hotel, which, as visitors to Jerusalem
will remember, formerly stood not far
within the Damascus Gate. The spot
where this took place may be described
in the words Of the account which has
come home-it is sat the head of David
street." not named directly from the
Royal Psalmist, but from the Tower of
David which stands at the end of it.
Here, in clearing out the foundations,
old walls, canals and cisterns were laid
bare; but the most important discovery
was, come to at the depth of. Is feet.
Here were found the remains of all old
wall, which was supposed to have been
one of theold city walls, and almost all
authorities are agreed that it is the
"second wall" which has been SO 3long
sought for. About 30 yards Of this wall
has been uncovered. Two courses, and
in places, three courses of the stones re-
main in position. These stones are large
and similar to those in the Tower of
David.
The line of the wall begins directly
opposite the tower, and runs to the north,
tending slightly to the west. So far it
follows line parallel to the present wall
running from the Jaffa Gate to the north
west corner of the city. The interest
attaching to this wall is peculiar. A
great many people believe that the Holy
Sepulcher does not stand on Golgotha
nor over the new sepulcher, "wherein
was never man laid" which had been
excavated in the garden of Joseph of
Arimathea. DR.. Robinson was not the
first to express doubts on this subject,
but he has dealt largely on it in his work
on Jerusalem; Capt. Condor prefers for
Golgotha, or Cavalry, the round mound
formed like skull" outside of the
Damacus Gate. Gen. Gordon, who
lived some months in Jerusalem before
going to Khartoum, and devoted his
time exclusively to the study of this sub.
ject, also accepted the knob of the rock
at the Damascus Gate as the most prob.
able position. The connection existing
between the Holy Sepulcher and the
second wall comes about in this way:
The cruci6xion took place without the
Gate" Now, the second wall is supposed
to be as old as the time of Hezekiah, and
its existence at the time of the Saviour's
soiourn on earth is not doubted. The
Holy enpulcher is at present in the mid
die OF the city. The city may have
grown round it in 18 centuries, but if
this second wall cnnld ha traced 40 as To