The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-21
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Nov. 4-Today, Friday, the Emperor
viii visit the Jews Waiting Place and
hear them wailing over the lost Temple
of Solomon in these words:
For the Palace that lies waste,
We sit in solitude and weep.
For the Temple that Is overthrovn.
We sit in solitude and weep,
For the walls that are cast down.
We sit in solitude and weep,
For the mighty stones that are turned to
dust.
We sit in solitude and weep,
For our glory that has vanished away,
We sit in solitude and weep
With the aid of the learned men in bis
suite the Emperor VIII en6eavor to set
Tie the exact site OF the Temple and of
other famous buildings and events.
NOV 5--The Emperor will sail today
from Jaffa for Halfa- Here a carriage
and four viii be in waiting to carry
him TO The many places OF interest in this
region.
He will visit Nazareth. the village in
which Christ passed his early years. In
the vicinity is 'Mary's Fountain. .
where, according to tradition. the moth
er or our Lord received the angels sal
utation- Another place of interest is a
lofty ock, known as the scene o, The
Precipitation. from which the infuriated
people OF Nazareth attempted TO hurl
Jesus
The Emperor will then visit liberals
on the Sea Of Galflee. one the chief Ro-
man town OF Galilee, and frequently men
toned In the New Testament. After
these things Jesus went over the Sea Of
Galilee, which is the sea of Liberals"
John. vi. l.
MOUNT OF THE BEATTTTUDEs
Nov. 6.-This day Will be passed in Wis
ting a scene Of peculiar sacred and his
torical interest-the Mount of the Beatl-
tuaes. 1t was here that our Lord pro-
nounced the nine beattitudes, as narrated
most fully in the fifth chapter OF 81.
Matthew
Here also the last great battle OF the
FIRST crusaders was fought in Ils7 The
Christian kingdom founded by Godfrey. OF
BouiIlen' in 1920. then persisted The fee
Ole remnant of the Crusaders gathered
on this hin. made sacred by their Saw
Jour. and bravely met the overwhelming
hcrdes Of Saracens and inhdenIs. They
were destroyed almost 10 a man. one
al least or the Emperor's early HnhezoI-
Ter ancestors was killed in this battle
Just before this time the German EN-
peror. Conrad III, of the HOhenstaufen
line. had attempted TO succor the Chris
tians. He marched his army as far as
Damascus. to which he laid siege in I14s.
but was repulsed. and therefore failed to
reach the Crusaders. FORTY years later
the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. with
Richard the Lion-hearted. OF England. led
the second Crusade to Constantinople and
Anatolla. The Emperor was drowned and
the crusade ended in disaster.
His grandson, Frederick IL. was more
successful In 1923 he obtained the sur
render of the whole OF Jerusalem. except
the Mosque of Omar. and the restora-
ton to the Christians OF the towns of Jaf
IA, Nazareth and Bethlehem In the
Church Of the Holy Sepulchre he crowned
himself King of Jerusalem a title which
has descended to the present Emperor of
Austria. The Mohammedans overran the
land again in a few years. In 1874 Ru-
dolph Of Hapsburg. German Emperor
made VOW 10 rescue the Holy Sepulche
but troubles at home prevented him from
setting forth. To fulfill that vow is the
task which Emperor William II. has now
set himself.
After seeing the Holy Eepulchre the
Emperor will again return to Halfa and
san on the Hohenzollern for Beyrout.
November 11.-Today the Emperor will
take train from Beyrout for Damascus.
the oldest city in the world and also one
of the most beautiful: Though old as
history itself thou art fresh as the
breath of spring, blooming as thine own
rosebud and fragrant as thine own orange
flower; o Damascus. Pearl of the East"
The chief street of Damascus is that
mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as
the street called Straight" Here the
Emperor will visit the House .of Judas.
who betrayed his Master with a kiss. and
the House of Ananias the most mon
strous of all liars. He will also see the
spot on the walls from which ST. Peter
was let down in a basket
November I2.-The Emperor will drive
to the ruins of Baalbek. once the great
est city of ancient Syria So vast are
these ruins that if all the remains of
ancient medieval and modern Rome were
gathered together they would not equal
those Of the ancient City OF the Sun.
From Damascus the Emperor will jour
rev 10 Mount Hermon, where the Trans
fguration OF our Lord took place. II was
on this rocky hin moreover. that He is
believed to have said: Thou are Peter
and upon this rock I will build my
church. and the gates OF hell shall not
prevail against It,"
THE SCENE OF TRANSFIGURATION
OF all the scenes that are identified with
the life of Christ. Mount Hermon IS the
most beautiful physically. 1T was six
days after the speech to Peter" says the
Rev. DR.. Fulton. that the Savious took
with Him Peter and James and John
and assembled an high mountain, which
must surely have been Hernon and was
before them. Matt. xvii.
l-9: Mark, iv.. 2-S. Luke. TX. 1850
1T was a M spot for the Saviour to
take a long look over the many scenes
Of HIS earthly pilgrimage Before Him
lay the Beautiful Land spread out Ike a
map. Not far off were the hills Of Neza-
reth. where His infant years were spent.
Stretching from north 10 south was the
deep GhOr Of the Jordan. on whose banks
He had 50 often journeyed on His fire.
uuent expeditions 10 the Holy City.
Near the Dead Sea. which was clearly
visible was the place where John had
baptized Him. and a little east OF u the
gloomy Mountain Of Temptation. Wher-
ever He zazed some natural object would
remind HIM Of the countless works and
words He had done ond spoken IN pro-
HIS gospel.
beyond the Mountains Of GIlead on the
east and the Midland Sea on the west,
beyond the Hills OF Hebron on the south
and the mighty ranges OF Lebanon on he
north. the good news % that gospel and
its healing influences were yet 10 be borne
10 far-off lands BY the poor fishermen
whom He had taught and named for that
IRENE n6ous work Of winning a world 10
God But before they could set out on
that marvellous work he wss % be taken
from them. and the time was now not
far or L was sh a. hand
Passing Damascus again ne Emperor
will return 90 BeyrOut which. IN The
event % a German occupation q syria.
and Palestine. VII be the chief CONNER
clai city % tire colony.
On November Is the Emperor VII sal
from Beyrout and 4; the SAM time con
Guide the peTipatetic portion % his won
5ersul new crusade. which has for is
object 20 found a new German empire