The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17

everything becomes unnatural and forced.
Even here the Kidron valley had TO be
crossed. But it was certainly easier there,
where it was not so deep, as lower down
where it was not only deeper but also
narrower and sleeper Sepp admits that
Jesus went by the southerly path, but did
not go sa far as the Garden of Gethsem-
ane, but turned off westward into the
valley to shorten the route. A northerly
short cut would have led by the so-called
tomb of Absalom into the valley to the
lower bridge. But this road is very steep,
much sleeper than that which led to the
Golden Gate. In fact, in order to ride to
the western suburb comfortably on the
ass, so as to pass through Ophel, the
route had to be followed further in the
valley, as far as the Pool of Sloan, and
then an ascent of 300 feet TO the threshold
of the Hulda Gate had to be made. Be-
sides the road 10 the Golden Gate was
only one-fifth as long as that to the other
gate.
Therefore there can be no doubt that
Jesus entered by the eastern gate. All
subsequent historical notices agree with
this idea.
That this eastern gate was partially de-
stroyed by the Romans is proven by the
discovery of the ruins of the lower Sec
ton. 1t is possible that this is the sec
ond century, but not probable. This En-
perors architectural achievements were
chiefly in the city, not in the temple. The
real restoration of these gates only took
place later.
Later History.
The Hulda Gate was rebuilt by Justin
ian in the sixth century, as we know
from an inscription on a stone used for
it, The gateway formed the foundation
for his Church of ST. Mary. AS to the
Golden Gate, in the year 562. when Jus
tinian died, it had not been restored, for
a little later, between $40 and 600, Anton
Jus Martyr saw it still in ruins. He says
From Gethsemane We ascended many
steps TO the gate of Jerusalem. This gate
is connected with that once beautiful gate
of the temple whose threshold and posts
still stand
Here we have mention of two separate
gates: first the city gate, of course. in the
city WALL and near it, but somewhat re-
moved were the ruins of the former tenn
pie gate which had been part of the tenn
pie wall. The steps that he mentions are
those which had been long used by foot
travellers, leading directly from the valley
up to the gate from the south of the Gar
den of Gethsemane. This has nothing to
do with the path by which Jesus made his
restal entrance into the temple.
A little later the Persiaus under Chos-
roes. captured the city and destroyed many
buildings especially churches, among
which were those that had been in the val
lev Of Jehosaphat (Hidron valley. Hera-
clius. besieged the Persians and entered
Jerusalem in 629 with the holy cross, which
he had recovered. He came in through this
eastern gate. think that Heraclius, who
wanted to rebuild something In Jerusalem,
was the one who undertook the recon-
struchon of the Golden Gate on Its an
oient foundations. but according to new
byzantine plan. In this way It became
a monument of his victorious entry into
Jerusalem, and the bringing back OF the
holy cross, and at the same time re-
hinder OF the former entry Of Christ.
Baedeker assigns the rebuilding 20 the