The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-01
JERUSALEM AS IT IS TODAY.
Old Cites Of the Holy Oily Being Buried
London Standard.

build a Church herc?' To day the
Kussians are the most aggressive. In
$50 A. d. Theod counted twenty
six Churches on the Mount Of Olives,
but they were not such mighty build,
lDgs AS the Russians are erecting there
to-day, with all the glare Of colorcd
and rildcd domcs; and on the summit
OF the mount rises their great high
tower that dominates the whole coun-
t7y around. While bathing in the
Dead Sea looked up and there, in the
sky, as it were, was this peaked Rus.
sian tower. These new buildings on
the Mount of Olives are all additional
to the great walled square Of Russian
building outside the wall Of the Jafa
Road.
GoLGOTIIA.
The last place to have been walled
around is that little hill Just outside
the Damascus Gate, still called Golgo-
tha by the Jews. 1t is no longer pos
sible now to climb up this little hill
and look back to the east on the
Mount of Olives and away to Mount
Sion on the southwest. This site,
where Gordon claimed that Christ suf-
fcred, was almost, until to-day, free
from all building as in His age, and
free from superstitious rite and false
legend. The Garden tomb beneath it
is still unspoiled, although the custo-
dian has his little house in the Gar.
den. One pays q small fee to look
into this rock.cut tomb, and, be it the
tomb OF Christ or not, tits, indeed, q
tomb Of that period, beneath the hill
that answers SO minutely to the dc.
acription Of the hill Of Calvary. Here
is no incessant chatter Of professional
prayer, no tricky decorations of the
lamps Of fighting scots, nor those aw-
iul deceptionso Of holy fire coming forth
from the rock, or such statements
hurled at the would-be reverent as
through this crack the blood of
Christ trickled down on to the head of
Adam who wa. b, ried just under and
awoke him. Is there no means of
securing that this little hill and this
tomb may be saved from such desecra-
tion2
The Moslem Government of to-day
Is less strict in forbiddins the en-
trance of Christians to their own so.
cred places than in former times.
Now one can enter the Dome of the
Rock and descend into the Cryp. Of
Ell .Akss, down smid the foundations
of Solomon 8 Temple, where but a few
years ago it was almost impossible for
Christian to penetrate, and in talk
With Jussurf Paoha Alkhalidy, who
may be termed the mayor Of Jerusa-
lem, and Who is also the deputy for
Palestine, l learned much of the be-
ginning Of education in the Holy City.
He told me that there were three OF
four Moslem schools in Jerusalem
and that, if clever, the poorer children
could rise, and, through the mission
schools founded by the various seots,
advance Themselves. The Moslem
placed no obstacle in the way of such
advancement, although I laughingly
said there seemed to be enough mis-.
sions in Jerusalem alone to prosely-
tie the whole Of the East. The Be.
douins, he said, were still impsrvious
to education; they had none. About
90 per cent of the Moslems in Jerusa-
lem learned the Koran. How little
this might near know from seeing
the Kuttabs, or schools, in Cairo,
where only the Koran is taught, but
at least all this proves that to-day the
fanaticism Of the Moslem 10 lesseped
and he is more nearly carrying out the
teaching Of Mchammed to respect and
reverence Christ as prophet. One
may wander about Jerusalem and
around its walls without fear Of evil.
And how impressive it is to stand ont.
side the north wall, facing the double
towers and embattled walls of the
Damascus Gate, in the early morning
light, the piercing sun just climbing
over the Mount OF Olives!
AT THE GATE.
a crowd Of Bedouins, and Nubians F,
and Moslems, with camels, and asses,
sheep, goats and horsemen, are clus-
tering at the gate. We pass through
them and into the outer tower; q Tar
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