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

Saviour to the howlln9 mob. crown
ed with thorns. scourged and mock
ed, His Holy Face bruised and
swollen, and said, "Ecce Homo"
(Behold the Man
AS before stated. the S9rrowful
Way is about seven hundred yards
in length, commencing at the Hall
Of PLATE. In pursuing this route
! only short distance. the street
turns gently to the right; this u
where our Lord met His sofrowing
Mother; there is a stone column
commemorating the spot. Furth-
err on We come to the place where
lSimon Of oyrene assisted Christ 10
carrying the cross.
We now ascend the hill aud come
to the house Of Veronica, where
Christ fell under the weight Of the
cross and spoke to the weeping wo-
men Of Jerusalem. The rest Of the
Stations are in tho Church OF the
I Sepulchre. The Wav Of the Cross
Is visited annually by thousands who
have moistened these holy places
with tears Of repentance, love and
! gratitude.
We must now visit the sacred
places In the neigbborhood Of Je-
rnsalem Having crossed the bridge
Of the Brook Of kidron, We shall
( behold the tomb n the Blessed
Virgin, which has since been
changed into church. Here the
/ Blessed Mother 81 God was buried,
bet lie would not permit the grave
TO contain that body which had
been the Dwelling place Of Life
united 10 the holy soul, il was az.
snmed into Heaven. This holy
sepulohro les at the foot of Mount
Olivet, near the garden Of Grthse
name, where Christ VAS BETRAYED
by Judas (sec S. Luke, Chapter
%, 40. and 4lv
We Eill row proceed 10 ST. Oil
vet. whore stands the Church 81 tho
Ascension " our Lord: W. shall see
the stone upon which lie stood just
few minutes before llc asceudrd
into Heaven upon this stone can
be clearly seeu The impression Of
foot. Nov We viii turn toward the
the VALLEY o. Jchosephat here we
shall see thu tom BE- of some Of the
Kings and Prophets n old. II wa
I in this valley Melchisedech met aud
blessed Abraham IL has also been
supposed by some, that when the
last trumpet sounds 10 awake from
death and call back to life that long
silent majority. thar We will meet
10 this valley FOR fnal Judgment.
On the deoliyity Of nj. Marlab VIZ
shall see the Pond Of Siloah, yener.
atcd as the place where sight was
restored 70 the man bora blind; our
Saviour ordered him 10 wash in be
pond, and Immediately he saw.
Near by, 10 the Valley Of Hinnom,
lies Haekeldama. the "Potters
Field" or, "The Field Of Blood !"
purchased by the Je~s for the thirty
pieces OF silver, the price Of the b..
traysl. Just outside the citi s
vail, and a little south Of il. is Mt.
Sion; here we dnd the tomb Of the
great Prophet David This tomb ia
N a large Turkish mosque. From
Mt. Sion be will return to Jerusa
lem, over the very ground and
through the very gate Christ went
through on that memorable day.
Palm Sunday.
Having visited the ancient city,
and having seen the places most
| spoken Of in both sacred and pro-
fame history, we will reluctantly
say Good bye" dear, venerable
place, we may never again see these
places made sacred by the one time
presence of our Holy Redeemer,
and where His hearts precious
blood ebbed away for the salvation
of the world"
In leaving this city we cannot
but say and think to ourselves that
although Babylon, with her inso-
lent kings and idolatrous abomina-
tions- Ninevah with her brazen Ell.
frontery and pulled up power
Athens with her learning, her arts
and science Rome with the proud i.