The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-17

there were two Hulda gates on the
south Today there are two gates IN
the southern wall some 223 feet apart.
This gate has been called the mole
gate A mole works into the earth.
travels underground and then comes up.
So does this gate. In Solemon's time It
was not roofed over, but later, when
Herod enclosed the royal grounds in the
temple court, he put roof over II. SO II
became kind Of tunnel from the outer
wall to the inner court. At present
the gates are walled UP on the out
side. Because the western gate sTas
double the name Hulda was later given
to IT alone. and not TO the eastern one
The Jews OF later period did not Ike
the name with its application to the
mole, so they. connected the name HUI
da with that OF the prophecies who
they say. was the only one besides the
kings to be buried in the city proper,
and that her tomb was near this gate
hence the name.
Not Tenable Theory.
That Jesus and his disciples often
passed through this gate may be ac-
cepted as certain. but that he entered
there on Palm Sunday is absolutely I'M
tenable. Not one of the many pill
grims before and after the crusades
mentions this as the gate through
which Christ entered Jerusalem only
of late has this idea been suggested.
The Golden gate is to De found in tho
eastern wall OF the. present haram. or
court Of the mosque OF Aksa- The low
er portions belongs TO the period Of the
temple, while the upper part are By
zantine. The top IS Moslem. This gate
WAS made into fortified tower. Like
the other temple gates il had a double
entrance. II has been built UP by wall
for a long time.
From time immemorial has this been
considered the one through which Jesus
entered and passed to the temple. Je-
sus came from Bethany: whence there
ere three paths 10 Jerusalem. The
southernmost. the modern high road,
passes over the lower ridge between the
Mount OF Offense and the Mount of
Olives proper. This is the longest route.
The second. the middle path. leads di-
Tectly over the summit of the Mount of
Olives. and then southerly. The third
and northernmost path also passes over
the heights. All three pass by the pres
ent Garden of Gethsemane, and there
run into a single road The valley OF
the Kidron is then traversed by
bridge.
Now, according to Luke Jesus de-
seconded the Mount Of Olives" which
could apply TO the northernmost or TO
the middle road. and besides. he saw
the city and wopt over it, which points
10 the middle path BY the. southern
road little could be seen of the city.
but all the extensive temple buildings
were visible
And roo. it must be remembered that
The path pursued by Jesus did rot lie
far from Bethpage. which was on the
eslstern deciiyIty Of the Mount of Oh
ives so Ii was impossible for Jesus TO
have taken the southern path And 1t
is just as certain that Jesus did go by
the middle path. which passed directly
over the ridge of the Mount of Olives. 1
Some Reasons.
As you come down from the noun
tain you are directly in front of the /
Golden Gate. This would have been 4
the case no matter by which path ne .
had come from Bethany II was the /
nearest gate of the city, and its thresh I
old was only about 100 feet above the 1
road along the garden Of Gethsemane /
and the bridge, and bur 725 feet away I
in an air line. Here, too. the valley /
was at its widest; here the valley run
piEg from the northern side OF the
city opened into the valley OF Kidron,
broadening the whole valley. AS a