The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-17

wherever We enter is holy ground for f
 was here the Lord Jesus Christ the Sor
 of God made known to perishing mer
 the love of God for lost world.
 The key to the church of the Holy
 Sepulchre is held by the Mohammedan
 So the fanatical Turk has put soldiers
 there to guard its entrance. One oi
 these officials said to me in tones ot
 bitter satire Come unto me all ye that
 labor" He could not finish the pas
 sages in English. I turned and said tC
 him yes l understand that language
 and completed the sentence, land I will
 give thee rest" and added those were
 the words of Jesus. The church is
 owned by the Greeks, Catholics Ar 1 menians, Syrians and Copts. Each has its own portion of the building and
 carries on it's own peculiar form of wor-
 ship. On the fifteenth day of September
 which was the Sabbath day I wor-
 shipped with all these different sects, l beginning with their early service which begins at day break.
 Passing by the various places of in terest in this building, with reverent steps and subdued spirits we ascend first and at once to Golgotha, to Cal vary. There is the hole in the rock into which it is said the cross was placed On either side is the spot marked where the two thieves were crucified. Over the scene hangs a life size representa- tion of Christ hanging upon the cross
 Here I would forever stay,
 Weep and gaze my soul away;
 Thou art heaven on earth to me-
 Lovely, mournful Calvary.
 Near to the three crosses is a crack in the rock, which is said to be the rent which was made when the Saviour died It is finished and gave up the ghost. If you choose with me get down on your knees and see for yourself and We find the natural work to strengthen our faith in the tradition which locates the place of the crucifxion Standing here in front of the altar we cannot help but ask ourselves, is this the ac- tual spot where our Lord was crucified; but what does it matter; we know it could not possibly have been far away, even if this were not the very place we were inclined to believe the tradi- tion true and standing by the foot of the cross tried to realize that here was recorded the most momentous tragedy ever enacted in this sin scared, sin cursed world, that on this historic spot, the work of sacrificial redemption so long begun, was completed. Beautiful scheme, splendid plan. symmetric whole, grand as God; His characters transcript, His wisdoms embodiment, His loves incarnation, His ideal of en al eff 111r hI1i1 subimely finished And there it stands. Heavens masterpiece finished.
 Leaving this place we stand where the holy women stood beholding the sufferings of their Lord, and then by the Stone of Annointment, upon which the body of Christ lay when it was an- nointed and prepared for burial and then turning to the left we come at once to the Holy Sepulchre. It stands in the center of round building and is itself a. covered tomb. It is decorated with candles and lamps. It consists of two chambers. The first the Angels Chapel" contains piece of rock rolled from the door of the sepulchre on the morning of the Resurrection. The sec ond entrance to the inner room is low, and you stoop down in order to enter | the Sepulchre, The tomb stands about | three feet high. A number of lamps | are always kept burning over it. As l | knelt at the tomb of my Savior Greek | priest who was on duty there, sprinkled | my hands with rose water, but the in spiration of a greater presence over- shadowed me and heard q voice say l ing q am He that liveth, and was dead; and behold I am alive for ever more" Can I not suffer since Christ l suffered? Can ] not die since Christ | died? Can I not lay in the tomb since Jesus has lain there; To suffer as He | to die as He died, and to be | buried as He was buried is to rise from the dead as He rose and Is to as- cend as He ascended up into heaven i to dwell with Him forever more. Yes though my bones may lie bleaching in | the bottom of the ocean, or my body i burned, and my ashes scattered like 1 lust over the world. transmitted into | animals or plants, diffused in the air or water or mingled with clay. faith in the risen Christ enables me to sing:
 God my Redeemer, lives,
 And ever from the skies,
 Looks down and watches all my dust
 Till He shall bid it rise.