The Lamar register., 1899-05-31

GROUP OF FELLAHIN.
famous hSsilieA. bat IL more probably
represents a view. thruNn Of ia a teW
thick strokes OF the church. giving Ia
vigorous oatIins it's easera facade. with
the three eatrauoe gales mentioned by
Easebius. the roof. and. n the hack
ground. the rotaada. with It's peculiar
dome-shaPed roof IL is matter OF
Doubt as 70 whether Constantine built
one, two or evea three churches upon
the sites OF the erGcifxiou. the resar-
rectiou and the fnding OF the eross.
The more probable view Ia that Con-
stantiae's structure united in one i'm
posing building the three sanetuarges
OF Calvary. the Holy scpuieher and
the Iuyen;io Craels and the N4dcaa
mosaic seems 10 bear on. that riex.
Il need hardly be said thA; We have
not heard the last word on the qGes-
tloa Of constan,lue's church, In the
Light OF this Important discovery.
As tor the Eenuinenesz os the site OF
the chnrch OF the Holy Sepalcher. no
recent evidence can be addueed ;ha;
bears directly upon the question The
course OF the seeoad wall has yet TO be
traced and until tha, is done the ques-
iion viii be brought no nearer soln.
tion. The subject will continue to Be
keeniy debated by explorers ans ar
chaeoiogists. until some fortunate on
Ger OF the Palestine exploration fund
(as l hope) settles II finally and for
syer. Notwithstanding Maj. Condsr's
convincing arguments against its sea-
uinenees. that weil-known antsquary.
Dr.. Schlck. stoutiy maintains the ira
dIional view. In view OF the pilgrim
age TO the holy sepulcher OF the Ger
man emperor Or. Sehick was requested
by German residents OF Jerusalem 10
write a treatise on the subject for
presentation to his Imperial majesty
He wrote II and set out fully the pros
and cons as they had come 10 his
knowledge during the nfty years that
be has been acquainted with the spot
The last uttsranee OF that veteran ar
ehacoiogist on question upon which
be feels strongly aHd upon which he
Is one OF the greatest living authori-
ties, may fttinsly close our notice OF
the subject; ~one thing has often
struck me" he writes. namely, peoplc
saying that the Christians OF the time
o. Constantine were ignorant. supersti-
tious and so on Maj. Conder even
says they hardly know the difference
between Chris; and serapIs. People
who were prosecuted for their faith in
Christ and gave their lives as martyrs
for Christ certainly knew lhe differ
enee between the risen aud living Lord
and pagan idols Certainly also they
knew the scriptures and were acquaint-
ed with the eonhgnration OF the ground
in and about Jerusalem much better
than we. They lived only 500 years
after the crucifixion. we 1900 years.
Common sense suggests the question.
Can we know It better tan those OF
old?'"
As for the excavations which have
recently been begun under the new FIR
man. authorities anticipate witt some
confidence that one result al least, will
be the recovery OF the ancient Gath OF
the philistines. which has never yet
been Identified. and which disappeared
from history about $50 b. c. Iacluded
in the area OF ten square kilon,eters
permitted by the Turkish law on exca-
vations are four important sites-Tell-
es SAT-. Teil-ei-Judeideh. Tell Zakari-
va and Khurbet Dhikerin. The first
site is supposed by some to be the
ancient Mizpeh (watch tower) Of the
tribe of Judah. 1t was the Blanca
GuardIa. or Blanche Garde, OF the CRU
saders, so called from the conspicuous
white chalk rock on which it stands
The summit is now occupied by an
Arab village. with rich and extensive
tobacco fields, which will prevent the
mound being exhaustively excavated.
The FIRST mound to be attacked Is Tell
Zakariya, which Maj. Conder had mark