Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-18
DAY IN JERUSALEM.
LILIES PLACED by CHRISTIANS on
THE TOMB OF CHRIST.
CHILDREN LISTEN TO The OLD STORY.
Archways Under Which the Saviour
walked StiII stand Flowers
strewn Upon the spot Where the
Cross Was Located.
rWIIllan for the DIspatchO

written for the Dispatch)
The songs Of Easter Sunday recall
memories Of nineteen centuries ago. The
minds Of the singer and the listener are
unconsciously turned in the direction Of
that wonderful city, Jerusalem, the
scene Of the worlds greatest tragedy,
the beginning Of an era which promises
10 last as long as Father Time watches
over US ana the reaper Death wields his
sickle.
There is an indehnable something
about the celebration Of the day in this
far-away eastern city which thrills the
being Of the resident with awe and in
spires the visitor in an emotional
manner as nothing else could DO
All look reverenty at The OBJ
iects which. there IS every rea-
son to believe. watched with Nature $
eyes the last walk OF Christ TO a cruel
death. Others. stin. remain as they
were on that memorable day, l,Si yeats
ago. when there occurred q resulrec-
ion which the whole world to-day ce!e-
trates. There are to-day I'm Jerusalem
two houses more than 200 years old,
by which passed that famous process
sion whose march ended upon the Mount
OF Calvary There IS an antiquity that
oyershadOWs an general air or
sOlemnity that makes one feel on Easter
Sunday In that particular spot or the
world as ~ I'm some way or other the
years had been rolled away and all
those scenes. OF which millions nave
read. were about TO be re-enacted.
Jerusalem Is the ideal city or All
D. tff.rs f.F no UN g.
festival. Christ stood upon the hill OF
calvary Sg7 years ago. and looked
down upon the town where he had Ia
bored and been betrayed. That was the
first Easter morning, and since then'
every year, kind and loving hands rep
rescnung countless generations OF all
times. all creeds and al races have
LEFT some token IN honor Of the day az
al least one Of those places made sacred
By the memories OF the son Of Man.
STREWING FLOWERS.
on Eastor-Day the tomb Of Christ, in
the Church Of the Holy Sepulchre IS
covered with the lilies which are used
all over the world. The Mount OF Cal
vary Is visited by the Christian popula-
ton OF the town, and the members OF
the various religious orders inhabiting
It. and flowers are Strewn upon the spot
where the Cross is supposed TO have stood.
The archways, under which tradition
tells us Christ walked upon his way to
the spot Of crgcihxion, are standing just
as they stood fully 200 years ago. Every
Easter the little children Of many OF
Jcrusalom's families are taken 10 this
place OF the Cross. and told what the
various objects signify. and OF the great
events which transpired there These
are the only children in the world 10
whom the true Significance Of Easter
Sunday IS made apparent BY an object
lesson. and such an obJect-lesson as no
Christian mind ever falls 10 appreciate.
Although nearly nineteen centuries have
elapsed since Christ passed from among
men. the city OF Jerusalem does not ex-
hibit notable changes from its APP
pearance. as judged from history. at the
beginning Of the Christian era. 1t Is still
the terminus of pigrimages. The same
ouceriy-gowned and strangely-hooded
figures are seen upon its streets now
that were familiar 10 those who lived
when Pontius plate was a disciple OF
justice. eo-calied The famous localities
which The world has learned TO know are
absolutely as they were then. All about.
through and through. II Is place OF
memories. and one which stirs the emo
tons Of even the most finty hearted.
OK CALVARY.
Perhaps the most notable OF all these
places with which mankind has become
familiar. Is the place or the Skull"
The most OF US know II as Mount Cal
vary When the traveller Is at the
famous Gate Of Joppa. he sees the
Mount outlined against the blue, Pales-
tine sky. The guide tells him that II Is
me nslie first given. III the traveller
recognizes that name. he finds therein
me cause Of the strange feeling OF famil-
ANY Which bss first coma 10 nm"