Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-13
DR.. Lasby's Lecture.
From Tueeday's Daily.


The attendance at the Chautauqua today
was the best of the session so far. The
program was attractive and large crowds
were in attendance at the lectures of Judge
Norris of Ponca and ex-Gov. Thayer of
Nebraska. The morning classes were also
better attended. AT tn. parliament of the
w. c. T. U. several interesting papers
were read and discussed.
Much was expected of DR.. c. C. Lasby's
lecture on Jerusalem as 1t is Today"
which was delivered last evening. but not
so much as was received. The doctor has
a pleasing delivery and is interesting every
minute he speaks. Justice cannot be done
his lecture in the brief synopsis with which
our space must content US. Jerusalem of
today is not the Jerusalem of five years
ago. nor is it now the Jerusalem of five
years hence. No place in the world is
there such a real estate boom as there is
in Jerusalem: not even in Chicago. When
the railroad which was opened recently
three Baldwin engines from Philadelphia
were put on to haul freight from Joppa to
Jerusalem. Jerusalem stood in her pride
long before Romulous and Remus were
sucked by the she-wolf; long before Abra-
ham; in the time of the first Pharaohs it
was a mighty city. need not recount its
history to you. Here David brought the
ark. and here Solomon built the most
beautiful temple ever erected. The Jeru-
salem of our day is enclosed by a wall two
and one-half miles in length. Walk around
those walls. You will see in its formation
many of the most costly stones mingled
with the most common The town of
David. which forms a part of it. was
built certainly before the town of Herod.
and before the invention of g%unpowder it
was i~mpregnable. In these walls there are
seven gates, of which the gate of Damas-
Gus is the most beautiful. We enter at
the gate of Joppa and come to the street
of David. No horse cars come in here on
account of the steepness. and the filth
which abounds on every side prevents any
American from staying more than a few
minutes. Scarcely any houses have win
dows; there are nolamps. no carpets. and
everything is filthy: BY this constant
throwing out of this filth the Jerusalem of
today is not the Jerusalem that Christ
knew. They have dug down thirty feet
and found the old Roman chariot way and
forty feet below this is the royal road of
Solomon. The streets are narrow and
crooked and you dare not venture out at
night more than the length of a building.
There is one special popularity about the
city of Jerusalem: there is no place of
amusement in the city. 1t is silent: seems
holy with the blight that fell upon it 1900
years ago.. Entering the Mosque of Omar.
which is holy ground. we came into a sec-
tion of about IS acres. covered with cy-
press trees. In the center is the mosque
and here we must take off our shoes. The
surface is here OVERLAND with the choicest
of marble. Here David struck his Tyre;
here Solomon offered his wonderful prayer.
What STRINGS of the heart as we draw
near that sacred spot. where is builded
the Mosque of Omar. 1t is eight-sided.
each of which is &c feet long. The mosque
has four entrances. one from each of the