The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-09-30
DISCOVERED BY EXPLORERS.
The Exact Spot where Christ was
Crucified.

DR.. Conrad Schick of the Palestine
Exploration society has recently made
a careful examination Of Calvary, or
Golotha, in Jerusalem, upon which the
Church of the Holy Sepulcher stands.
AND now reports on its genuiness.
His recent research was made at the
request of German officials and his re-
port is to be presented to the emperor
at the time Of his visit there. It Is
believed that DR.. Schick's report will
be accepted as final and that the seal
Of the highest scientific authority Of
the Nineteenth century will be placed
upon the church Of the Holy Sepulcher.
This site of the most famous church in
the world for a thousand years was
fxed by the mother of Constantine be-
fore the middle of the fourth century
and this church erected over 1t.
For over fifteen centuries it has been
a place Of reverence and worship of
Of Christian pilgrims. They
have come from the farthest parts Of
the earth during more thar a miilen-
MUM.
Scientists bubble about the exact
identity Of the spot-but even they
not but reverence a place which
multitudes Of devotees have conse-
Grated for ages.
such a nan as DR.. Conrad Schick.
the great authority on Jerusalem an
tiquities, comes forward to verify the
g~enuineness of the Holy Sepulcher.
Calvary, where the cross stood and
the tomb of Christ and the other spots
made sacred by the crucihxion, are all
contained under vast, irregular roof
called the Church of the Holy sepul-
cher. Here the Roman Catholics, the
Greek Christians, the Copts and the
Syrians each have a separate portion
for their places of worship. But the
Protestants have no place in it's pre-
cincts n Hebrews are never allowed
to enter by the Musselman guards.
AS the pilgrim enters the church he
comes to the stone Of junction., upon
which the body of Christ is said to have
been laid and prepared for burial
Near by is the pillar of flagellation.
A little beoynd is the cave in which
Christ was confined Immediately be-
fore his death. There is also the seat
on which 1t is said he sat when he was
derided and crowned with thorns and
was hailed king of the Jews.
Within these same sacred precincts
there is shown the spot upon which hi
stood when he showed himself to his
mother after the resurrection, and the
spot where he appeared to Mary Magda-
two in the CONFUSION of nature at the
final hour.
Within this great church the one
spot above all others is the tomb Of
Christ. It Is in the center Of the
large rotunda- Over 1t a separate
chapel, a church within a church, has
been built. Upon the face Of this are
the richest carvings. the costilest
paintings. It is covered with gold and
silver gems. It represents the treasure
and tribute Of the Christian world.
There have been various theories
about the place of crucifxion and the
tomb. It has been claimed that the
Mosque Of Omar was erected over the
spot where the cross stood.
Others have said tina Golgotha, the
Place of the Skull. as the bible de-
scribes Calvary, was outside the walls
Of Jerusalem and near st. Stephens
gate, and again that the hill north Of
the Damascus Gate, with the cave Of
jeremiah, is the true Place of the
Skull.
But the light of modern research is
converged to the site of the present
Church Of the Holy Sepulcher as the
spot described in the bible as the scene
Of the cruciixion and burial.
The paper just prepared by DR..
Schieck, the noted German savant, is
generally regarded as supplying the
last proof necessary on the genuine
ness Of the place now revered as Cal
vary.
It is interesting to compare the bibli-
cal description of the place Of the cru
cif1xion and burial with what DR..
Schieck has found in going over the
ground recently. Here are the pass
ages referring to 1t in the Gospel of st.
John:
"And they took Jesus and led him
away. And he, bearing his cross,
went forth into a place called the
Place Of the Skull, which is called In
the Hebrew Golgotha, where they cru
Gifted him.
"And after this Joseph Of Arimathea,
being a disciple Of Jesus, besought Pr
late that he might take away the body
Of Jesus; and Plate gave him leave. -
"Now in the place where he was cru
Gifted there was a garden, and in the