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narrow street now known as the Via
Dolorosa, along which Jesus was said to
have passed on His way to Calvary. In
the basement Of the school are portions
Of the original pavement in the judg-
ment-hall still on the level where they
stood when Jesus was condemned.
Upon two Of these may be easily traced
the marks Of the gambling games
played with dice by the Roman SOL
diers, while near one Of the places
where there was gambling are the
marks In the surface of the stone made
by heat from the braziers around
which the Roman soldiers stood or sat
to warm themselves, 1t was at one of
these warming-pans, possibly the very
one that stood here, "that the SER
wants and officers stood who had made
fire Of Goals; for it was cold; and they
warmed themselves; and Peter stood
with them and warmed himself"
There are various traditional sites
in different parts Of the city and out
side the walls. The room of the Last
Supper is shown, in a fanatical Mos
lem quarter, the stations of the cross,
even the House Of Dives at the gate
OF which the beggar lay. But few of
these have any interest or impor-
tance. Some are mere catch-penny
devices and Others are held with all
sincerity though their authenticity
can not be established.
AROUND THE CITY WALLS.
1t is not a long walk around the
present walls Of Jerusalem. 1t occu-
pied scarce two hours one bright Sun
day afternoon. Beggars are every
where and in one section the leper in
all his unclean deformity is met.
Starting from the Jaffa Gate and going
northward around the walls let us
note the more important points of
interest. The Jaffa Gate itself has
been rebuilt. Next to it is the New
Gate built for the German Emperor
when he made his spectacular visit to
Palestine. Further on is the Damas-
Gus Gate near which is Calvary and
the Garden Tomb a good example of
the manner in which interment took
place. Some traditions point to this
as che actual new-made tomb of Joseph
Of Arimathea where the Lords body
laid until His resurrection. Whether
the tradition is founded upon fact OF
not, it is certainly true that the tomb
is constructed upon the plan and in
the manner in which Jewish tombs
of that date we're built. 1t is near
to Calvary. The niche for the rolling
stone is there and the tomb itself is
cut out OF the solid rock. Next is
Herod's Gate. Over this as over most
of the Others may be seen a tiny room,
"the chamber over the gate, " similar
to the one from the window of which
the agonized father David looked
down the long road for the coming Of
a messenger who would give tidings Of
his disobedient but still beloved son,
Absalom. St. Stephens Gate is the
first on the east side, named from the
traditional spot OF the stoning of
Stephen, the first Christian martyr,
which is upon a large shelving rock
lower In the Kedron valley. The Col
den Gate is closed. Outside the wall
here there is a steep descent into the
valley The so-called Pillar Of Absa-
lom, said to have been constructed to
mark the final burial place of the Son
Of David, is on the opposite side Of the
valley, an odd cone-shaped structure
Of stone. Around it lie huge piles of
rocks. The orthodox Jews during the
centuries have hurled stones at this
Pillar as evidence Of their dlsapproval
OF Absalom's rebellion. Not far away
is the chapel of the Tomb of the Vir-
gin-there are chapels enough in and
around Jerusalem to supply religion
of its kind--for all the world. The
Tomb Of Jehoshaphat is next to that
Of Absalom and is succeeded by the
Grotto Of st. James, the Pyramid Of
Zacharias and, some distance further
down the valley, is the well-identified
Village and Pool Of Sloan. The pool
is not very cleanly spot and the Arab
maidens whom we saw washing in it
would scarcely have any healing, ex-
cept by divine assistance. The water
itself needed a bath. Following the
city wall we come next to the Dung
Gate, then the Gate of Zion, and
lastly, down a steep descent and around
q sharp angle in the wall, past jew
ish colony, the railroad station and
the roadway to Hebron, to the Jaffa
Gate from which our afternoon excur-
sion began.
THE CITY FROM WITHIN.
Not a newspaper is printed in this
city OF more than 10000 people. There
are no newsboys on the streets, no
news stands, no bookstores, except
those where the Koran, the Penta-
teuch and the Bible are sold. Every
thing has a religious tinge. Other
cities have factories, parks, various
interests, but Jerusalem has only re-
ligion. 1t has this in every shade,
mostly dark. More fanaticism may
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