Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-01-18

flood OF anxious Thoughts Of inqui
~ will be turned loose in oar brains
/ Our FIRST impression must natural
ly be that in and around this citS
has occurred the greatest events
ever recorded in the worlds histo,
Try. Its destruction in The year 7C
BY Titus, the son OF The Roman
Emperor Vespasian, whefe the loss
OF human life and shedding Of hu.
man gore is unsurpassed ~ any
\ thing knowa ID a.4n ~ For
description, see Josephas, Vol. III,
Page 379).
But noS We will seek matters that
more directly concern US.
Jerusalem at the time Of Abra
ham was called Salem. By the Je-
busites it was called Jebus-after-
wards called Jerusalem. Here re-
sided the Priest King, Mtlohiese-
deoh. Here, also, was deposited
the Ark Of the Covenant. From
this fact, aud that it contained the
Temple of jehovah, it waa called
the City Of God, or the Holg City
One very interesting point and
one Of the four hills on which the
city 10 built is Mount Moriah; upon
this hill Abraham, in obedience 70
Gods command, prepared 10 Offer
up as q burnt Offering his much bo.
loved son Isaac On this h.ll also
stood the Temple Of Solomon. We
will now Wait the Church Of the
Holy Seru chre, which stands in
the Western part Of city upon n hill
called by the anoients Golgothu
Tradition says that Melcbisedech.
the Priest OF the Most High God
buried here the skull Of Adam
On entering the Church ~ the
Holy Sepnlchre We will fnd three
churches under one roof. namely
The Holy Sepnlohre, The Cru.
ciietlon and the Finding q the
CFoss. In the centre 81 zoe "
these balls We shall 6ud the Stone
~ Unction. II is especially hon
ored rs the atone whereon tbs dead
body Of Christ lay when arninted
by Joseph of Aramstbea and Ntco.
drmus preparatory to tie burial.
Also we shall see the spot where
tho cross lay 81 the time He WAS
nailed TO Il; and the spot where the
foot Of the cross WAS sunk iu the
rocky ground we shall view the rent
IN the rock. caused by convictions
Of the earth at the time H. died
Sc shall see tao black stones mark
ing the places where stood the
crosses Of the two thieves who we're
crncihed with Him. We now eu
ter the Chapel 81 the Holy Angels
| Here we see the stone wherein sat
the angel when he announced the
Resurrection Of Christ 10 the holy
women, We nov pass through a
small door. about four feet high,
into the holy SepnIobre itself,
II is so email that not more than
four people can stand in it at once.
1t is brilliantly lighted by about
sixty candles, night and day Mass
is here offered daily by the Fran.
cescau Fathers, who have charge Of
the Cbapels contained in thu,
building.
Leaving the HOLY SepHlchre w
20 westward, and arrive at anoth
er altar concentrating the spot
where Christ appeared to Magdaleu
after the Resurrection, and sc shall
enter the Chapel Of the Apparitiou
to Mary generating the spot where
the risen Saviour appeared to hi,
beloved Mother. At the right oil
the entrance is shown q portion Of
the column at which Christ wa,
scourged.
Passing further on, we reach 4
chamber called the Prison Of the
Lord, because here our Lord wal
kept until the hole for the foot oil
the cross was dug. Coming dowu
from the Golgotha Church into Tho
Church of the Sepulohre, we find
on the right the Chapel Of Deris
ion, containing the stone upon
which our Saviour sat when crowned
with thorns. Here he suffered the
indignities and mockeries Of tho
soldiers. After visiting these holy