The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-18
WHERE CHRIST Died
Places of His Crucifixion and
Burial Determined.
ANCIENT TRADITION GOOD
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Covers the Sacred Ground.
ANCIENT TRADITION GOOD

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salem and its holy places. where It mas
been conducting excavations and research
es for over a score OF years. has just &C.
cided a question OF profound importance
10 all Christiandom. It has located me
| exact spot on which Christ was crucified
and buried. The final researches on the
subject have finally been completed oy
Dr.. Conrad Schick. the representative OF
the society, and his report has been
made This places the seal OF scientific
approval on the present church of the
Holy Sepuchre and the tomb OF Christ
! DR.. Schick's report will be presented 10
Emperor William of Germany when he
visits Jerusalem
The coming pilgrimage OF Emperor VII
liam, of Germany, to Jerusalem next Oct
ober is to decide finally one OF the great
est religious questions of all ages. the true
spot of the Holy Sepulchre. DR.. Conrad
! SC-hick of the Palestine Exploration So
ciety. has recently made careful ex-
| animation OF Calvary, or Golgotha, In
Jerusalem upon which the Church OF the
Holy Sepulchre stands, and now reports
on its genuineness.
His recent research was made at the re-
quest of German officials and his report
is to be presented to the Emperor at the
time of his visit there. 1t is believed that
DR.. Schick's report will be accepted as
| final and that the seal OF the highest scien
tific authority of the Nineteenth century
will be placed npon the Church OF tho
Holy SepuIchre. This site of the mos,
famous church in the world for a thons-
and years was fixed by the mother Of Con-
stantne before the middle Of the fourth
century and this church erected over it,.
For over fifteen centuriese II has been
! a place of reverence and worship OF mil
lions of Christian pilgrims. They have
come from the fartherest parts of the
earth during more than millennium.
Scientists Quibble about exact identity
of the spot-but even they could not but
reverence a place which multitudes Of
devotees nave consecrated for ages.
Now science itself in the person of such
a man as DR.. Conrad Shick, the great
authority on Jerusalem antiquities comes
forward to verify the genuiness Of the
Holy Sepulchre.
Calvary, where the cross stood and the
| tomb of Christ and the other spots made
sacred by the crucifixion are all contained
under one vast irregular roof in a series
| of churches and chapels called the
| Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Here
( the Roman Catholics. the Greek Christ
| ians, the Copts and the Syrians each have
a separate portion for their places Of
worship. But the Protestants have no
place in its precincts and Hebrews are
never allowed to enter the Mussulmen
guards.
AS the pilgrim enters the church he
comes to the stone Of Unction, upon
which the body of Christ is said to have
been laid and prepred for burial Near
by is the pillar Of Flagellation.
A little beyond is the cave in which
Christ was confined Immediately before
his death There is also the seat on
which it Is said He sat when he was
derided and crowned with thorns and
was hailed the King Of the Jews.
there is shown the spot upon which He
stood when He showed Himself 20 His
Mother after the resurrection and the
spot where He appeared to Mary Mag
dalen, and also the rock that was rent
! in two in the CONFUSION Of nature at
| the final hour.
| Within this great church the one spot
above all others IN the tomb of Christ
1t is in the centre OF the large rotunda.
! Over it a separate chapel, a church within
a church, has been built. Upon the face
Of this are the richest carvings. the cost
| lest paintings. 1t IS covered with gold
and silver and gems. II represents the
| treasure and tribute Of the Christian
world.
There have been various theories about
the place of the crucihxion and the tomb.
| It has been claimed that the Mosque OF
/ Omar was erected over the spot where
| the cross stood.
Others have said that Golgotha, the
| Place Of the Skull. a ; the Bible describes
! Calvary. was outside the walls OF Jerusa-
/ lem and near 81. Stephens gate, and
again that the hill north OF the Damas-
| Gus Gate. with the cave OF jeremiah, is
the true Place Of the Skull.
| But the light OF modern research Is
converging to the site OF the present
| church Of the Holy Sepulchre as the spot
| described in the Bible as the scene Of the
| crucihxion and burial.
The paper Just prepared by Or. schick.
/ the noted German savant, - generally
| necessary on the geuuiness OF the place
/ now reserved as Calvary.
Il is interesting 70 compare the Bibli-
cal description OF the place OF the cruel
/ fxion and burial with what DR.. Schlck
{ has found in going over the ground recent
( " Here are The passages referring 70 I.
in the Gospel Of 81 john
And they took Jesus and led Him away.
And He. bearing His cross. went forth
( into a palace called tne Pace % Skull.
which Is called IN the Hebrew Go.golha-
where they cruciaed Him
/ And after this Joseph. o. Ariua.hea.
/ being z disciple % Jesus. besougtat Plate
/ that BE might take away ne body 81
/ Jesus. and Plate gave him leave
! Now. in the place where He vas cruel
4 fed there was a garden. ard IN the gar
/ den a new sepuicfre. wherein ~as never
/ man VET Lard There lad they Jesus
therefore because OF ,ae Jews prepare
/ zion day; for rhe palcars Vas nisa al
aana-s, John Tir 49,
Pastor c. NJ Momnert. o. schEeinitz.
has made study - ne CEzrca % TIE
! Holy Sepuicara for twenty years E4e
/ has lately made a dEzw.nE from toe
{ v5rderfal -osaie map AZ &acsaa. II
sar-.ed 4 Tex years ago.
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