The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
JERUSALEM AS IT IS.
Pastor Seudder's Second Talk
on What He Saw in the
Holy Land.

The Rev. Dr.. Scudder delivered the
second of his lectures on his pilgrimage
to the Holy Land. His subject was
Jerusalem as 1t Is" and in the course
of his remarks he said:-
mo city on the planet has commanded
such a widespread and continuous inter-
est as Jerusalem. 1t is revered alike by
Musselman. Jew and Christian, and has
been the scene of innumerable conten-
tons. Oft besieged. plundered and de-
stroyed. it and today a wreck and
I remnant of it's formal self. Its glory mas
largely departed. It's foul, crooked
| streets, it's diversified odors, it's unclean
ahd clamorous people. it's pertlnaclous
beggars. INSCRIPTIONS tradesmen ana
prevaricating monks. make one feel as
If he could never sing again the famlllar
lines. Jerusalem. my happy home, name
| ever dear to me- The ideal and the actu-
al Jerusalems are different quantltles.
| The present city is no fit symbol OF
Heaven. 1t has shrunk greatly during
the centuries. You can walk around its
walls in forty minutes. h city has a
fictitious glory and it's reputation is due
to its historic associations. rather than
its natural advantages. One who passes
through Palestine thinks more of Christ,
but less of the country. Around the
sacred city the mountains are quite bar
rem and the valleys without water. The
ground is very rocky. and there is a re-
certainly not located in the milk and
honey district. Outside of the city peo-
pie carry guns AND AXE the law INTO
a thief and the Turkish Governments over
him is little better.
'fThe Moslems are light fingered relig-
fopictcA Ono ctO1n M cho xut Stran after
saying his rayer and falling on his
face towards Mecca. They find it diff
cult also to tell the truth. Lying comes
rural districts they live in squalid novels
together with goats, dogs, chickens,
horses. cows. donkeys and camels, ac-
holder. They plow with a stick and
a mule-track is about all the road they
want. A blight will rest on the land
converted. In 1860 twenty thousand Chris
tians were massacred in cold blood and
recent slaughters in Armenia show that
"a KHnainIsgqaH SDal n PPfLLAGED.
Jerusalem has been sacked. burned
and pillaged so often that it is Impossible
s to idsnti aga m nSrfgE places e Of iese aed MONKS NJ ahs
will point out almost anything you ask
for. but they cannot be believed, Tor
prevarication Is a part OF their business;
his Lord. the very spot he stood on, n
for, but they cannot be believed, for
show you the very rooster that crowed
two places where David killed Goliath;
and two Gethsemanes. belonging to rival
sects. The Latins have the original stone
which was rolled away from its seepulchre
and the Greeks have another equally orig
inaI and authentic. Many frauds are
practiced upon ignorant pilgrims, n
money extracted from credulous sight
aThe two most interesting spots in
Jerusalem are the Mosque OF omar a4o
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. IN
the Mosque they show you the sacred
rock from which Mahomet ascended to
heaven, and to keep the rock from gong
if down. There are his finger marks
on the stone today. Here are two holy
hairs from Mahomet's beard carefully
preserved and guarded; they the b shew m gSe
" int Inferred r3ef that Rs h he Wore a large SIZE
Of hat In an ad d,dsa gog mgsaue A ars
one who could not pass betWeen them
was not ripe for heaven. This suited me,
tourists. From the wall of the city near
by protrudes a broken column, from
which at the last day they say q wire
will be stretched across the valley TO
must walk this wire on resurrectl2n day.
The good will be kept from falling by
the angels, but the wicked VII ran on
lulo Ii ydWh
nsA'@ WHERE PILGRIMS SWARM.
.The Church of the Holy Sepuichre
is especially interesting to ch nd ans as as
Calvary and the tomb of Christ. The
Turks hold the keys. and let you in
when they please. In the courtyard
without are hucksters peddldling Stresses $
swarm into this church, and they have
actually kissed away a portion of a col
umn located on one side of, the en-
trance. Here they show you the stone
for burial after crucifxion. Here are
SPOTS on the marble floor where the
Virgin stood, and Mary Magadalene
stood before and after the death of
and not far away Mt. Calvary. with
three holes in the rock, which hold the
three crosses. Here, too, l am sorry
to say, are a variety of frauds and i'm
accept, but are swallowed entirely by
superstitious and fanatical pilgrims.
Among these humbugs are Adams
skull and the spot where He Q a
rod-the original stick itself-which a
dirty monk asked me to kiss. Being
afraid of catching some disease, I re-
fused. Here is a marble slab, upon which
conmodatingly that they made holes
in the marble in the shape of a cross.
She wept with mathematical precision.
Many of these sanctimonious sideshows
were the feuds and chickering's betweeo
the rival sets, both here and in Beth
lehem. Frequently these holy fathers
draw blood on these sacred pavements,
vent these saints from fighting while
they worship. Give me American Chris
tianity;. which ,proclaims and tries to