Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-30

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lively activity and no doubt will at
tract much attention from persons
who know something of the struggle
of bulls and bears "on the street in
New York.
The Worlds Fair Crusader of 1901
may pass through Christian street tC
the south and enter a wide open space
in which stands the Church of the
Holy S%epulchre, which for centuries
has been a subject of controversy
between scholars and ecclesiasts. Ac,
cording to tradition, it is built upon
the site of the crucifxion. The
Emperor Constantine erected the or.
iginal Church of the Holy Sepulchre
upon the site in Jerusalem which cor
responds to this. In the centuries OF
fierce struggle for possession of Jeru.
alem. wherein Moslem and Christian
FLASHED on bloody fields, the church
was destroyed and rebuilt repeatedly.
When the Crusaders took possession
of the city they enlarged the extent
of the church considerably. The pre-.
sen edifce was built early in the
nineteenth century. Certain features
of the m~ediaveal architecture remain,
which are faithfully reproduced at
st, Louis.
The pavement of the large court
in front of the church is worn by the
feet of innumerable pilgrims, and
these marks are reproduced. Beneath
the central dome of the church, in a
white marble edihce is the Holy Sepul-
chre. This interior edifice is divided
into two spaces, or s~anctuaries. In
the first is found reproduced the stone
where the angels were seated when
they replied to the holy women, "He
is not here, but is risen" The second
sanctuary encloses the sepulcher.
The air is redolent with burning in.
cense, and lamps Of gold and silver
are Always Henleu'
Many persons believe this sepulcher
at Jerusalem to be the actual place of
entombment of Jesus.
At the opposite side of the site is
reproduced an architectural feature
even more striking than the church
If the Holy Sepulchre. This Is the
Mosque of Omar. Resting upon its
platform, with its wonderful
lone towering high above the outer
walls, this Moslem temple is visible
rom many points in the Exposition
grounds. Though the site Of the Holy
sepulchre is a matter Of learned dis
no one doubts that the grounl
lpon which the Mosque of Omar
stands in the Holy City is the identl-
al site of Solomon's Temple and the
emple of Herod the Great, from
which Christ scourged the money
.hengers. This considerable tract OF
hangers. This considerable tract Of
3 the Temple Area, and by the Mo
Iammedans it is called the Harem ss
For nearly 1000 years it has
'een holy ground. Upon it has been
temple after temple 10 fall
,efore successive inyades. Assyrian,
and Mohammedan have built
nd destroyed temples here, Within
his sacred area have worshipped the
blowers of the God of Abraham, the
elievers in Jesus Of Nazareth, and
he fanatic followers of Mohammed.
pagan temple. built by Hadrian, has
coupled the site Of Solomon's magni-
cent temple.
For generations, time and again, /
le area has been but a tumble OF .
inns, yet ii has not ceased for a
Ioment to be Yenerated as a sacred
lace by the adherents OF some great
prophet. The powerful re- '
gions Of the world have surged about c
.ese walls, struggling for possession {
the temple area. The walls have
zen drenched in blood, and the
aimed bodies of defender and ag' F
'essor have strewn the aret. Even a
e saracenic mosque 10Y standing II
IS changed masters repeatedly; 1t G
as taken by the Crusaders under Il
Of Bouillon in the year 1893, v
hen the Cross supplanted the eres-
mt. Upon the expulsion Of the v
lristians by saladin, the Moslem
mbol again was planted upon the
ihce. n
The great Omar built the mosque a.
Itch was the predecessor Of the one y
W standing. The Mohammedan o.
rks now hold the temple area and
,rship within the great mosque,
a at the prayer-places here and :
inside the area. Only 10 recent =
ars have Jews and Christians been :
-mfffad IN enter The sacred enclO6-