The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-17

life of holiness. The Greek church flour
ishes in Jerusalem, having at its head the
patriarch of Jerusalem, who resides here
IN the convent beside the church of the
Holy Sepulchre. Fourteen sees are sub
ject to him. The Greeks have about
/ twenty monasteries in the neigh borhood
and that race furnish oil the guides aud
dragomen used by strangers who traverse
the hills and plains of Judea. Then follow
few Armenians, Copts, Latins aud Chris
tians OF more remote countries.
TIE HOLY sEPULcHRE
The greater interest centers about the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre l ap-
preached the spot with uncovered head,
few men can do less, travellers who having
wandered wide lose faith in man as they
become acquainted with men, or, vibrating
penduiums. reach the other limit and be-
lieye every woman what she seems. ALI
alike are awed into silence and humility
here. This may be the very spot where
the cross stood on Calvary, aud the sepul-
chre may be that which Joseph of Arlma-
ithaca gave wherein never man lay"
| Still there is no historical or other evil
dence that the site of the holy sepulchre
was determined until the Third century,
when 1t appears that over the sepulchre
had been erected pagan temple OF Venus
In the Fourth century the Empress Helena
udA !iSAOili III Wl4Cu SIG ICCURulLtQl JIS
site, and by means of miracle recognized
the true cross. Some Of your biblical
students may remember the legend-how
the empress was divineiy directed to the
spot; how she watched the digging until
eventually the three crosses, with nails
crown OF thorns, superscription and other
relics were found. How il was difficult TO
tell which of the three was the true cross,
and at last a noble lady on the point of
death was carried there, and as soon as her
body touched the third cross why not the
first or secondly she was immediately
cured of her otherwise hopeless malady
and thus the identity of the true cross was
established. Yet this, and seemingly ali
other sacred sites IN the still sacred city
are in controversy, if as mild word as
that may cover the fierce and vindictive
Qdarrels of Christian" sects who are only
prevented from tearing eacn other TO
pieces by Mohammedan soldiers of the
sultan. They compose the guard, that
with thiuly yelled contempt enforce order
quiet and decency among the Christian
worsnippers here, whose superior re-
ligion cannot leave hate and jealousy be-
hind, even on this threshold.
THE PRINCIPAL SIGHTS.
1 had taken lodgings in the street of
David, near the Jaffs gate, and mace ex
cursions from there, accompanied by 8
VCuuk OLCch kulNC whom
/ employed as dragoman during my stay In
Palestine. These Greeks, by the way,
Notwithstanding their phase Of Christian
ity, appear 10 have much the best
of things here within the walls. l
did not learn. even the approximate mem
bership OF the Greek church in Palestine,
but it must be large in proportion to that
of the other sects.
But everything here is reminiscent of
him and his apostles, though the latter,
perhaps, never fingered long among the
winding ways of the ill-paved city their
unresting feet were constantly going to
and fro among tue branches, they being
frequently called on missions until, hay
ing done their work faithfully and in good
faith, they lay down. Seven are sleping
the sleep of the just in Rome: Peter Phil
lip, James the Less. Jude, bartholomew,
Matthias and Simon. The travel-worn
forms Of the three lie around about Naples,
Matthew at 5alerno. Andrew at Amali
and Thomas at OrLona. One, James the
greater, having fought the good fight,
sleeps soundlyin Spain at ST. Jago de Com
pos leila. or the whereabouts Of the evan
gelisE there is much dispute; perhaps no
man knoweth Mark aid Luke. ''lifeis 1T
full fever o'er,' laid down their weary