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grims who have Frustrated themselves
before It's relics were mistaken.
CAUTIOUS AND JUDICIAL.

Defore It's relics were mistaken
CAUTIOUS AND JUDICIAL.
MIR. Crawley- Boevey is a cautious
man with judicial nina. He Is con-
WINGED that the claims made on behalf
of the Church Of the Holy Sepulchre
are mythical. He Is convinced that
Skull Hill has vastly better claims to be-
regarded as the actual site OF the CRU
citixion according to Scrlptural evil
Genee and the conclusions of explor-
ers and Typographical experts
THE claims on behalf of the ldentin-
cation OF what we have called the Gar
den tomb as the actual sepuohre Of
Christ rests" he said, ION different
footing. ] am one OF those who believe
that what has been concealed by Divine
Providence for Is centuries is not like
ly ever to be revealed and proved In the
sense that proof Is understood In this
twentieth century. Like the tomb of
Moses, that of our Lord Is beyond the
reach of human knowledge. But this
Garden tomb Ii the only tomb yet dis
covered which satisfies all the condi-
lions of the Scrlptural records. Still,
while this be easily demonstrated, II
does not constitute conclusive proof.
But 1t does amply justify taking the
greatest pains and care for its preser-
walton as the proba ble--the highly
probable perhaps-tomb OF the Savior.
The new sites are little likely to COM
pete with the old as popular shrines;
nor is there any desire on the part OF
judicious supporters to rush too hastily
to conclusions based on mere specula-
ton"
AS TO OTHER SITES.
But not all the supporters of the new
sites are so moderate IN expressing
their opinions. The late Gen. Gordon,
tho Rev, Hugh Price Hughes and the
Rev. Haskell Smith openly proclaimed
their belief that Skull Hill Ia the YER
liable Golgotha where Christ was cruel
fled, and the Garden tomb the actual
sepulchre In which His body was laid
before He rose from the dead.
Every one knows that, according to
Scripture, Christ was crucified outside
the gate" Heb. Kill, l2), nigh to the
city" (St. John xix, 20). The New Cal
vary Is situated just outside the present
Damascus Gate on low hlllock Rem
nants OF the old gate still exist 1t IL
contended by those who FAVOR this site
that the site OF the Church Of the Holy
Sepulchre. now about In the center OF
modern Jerusalem, WAS within tho
walls at the time of the death Of Christ
and therefore could not have been the
sceno OF His crucifixlon and burial.
There are other features In which tho
New Calvary fits In with the gospel ac-
counts OF the cruclfxion. Christ was
crucified, according to st. Luke. xiii,
33, revised version, at "the place which
IL called the Skull" THE place itself"
says the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes.
was called the Skull undoubtedly be-
cause IL bore some resemblance to n
human skull. IL Is an extraordinary
fact, to which my own eyes can testi-
~, that TO this day the rocky knoll
by 'Jeremiah's Grotto, as seen from
the high road, which passes the Damas-
Gus Gate, looks like 4 human skull
There are In the face of It two large
natural caves. which look like the emp
~ sockets OF human eyes, and between
and below these the rocky surface looks
like nose and mouth" Gen. Cor
don traced strong resemblance be.
tween the contour Of the hill and a hu.
man skull, and was Of the opinion that
this accounted for the name bestowed
upon II.
TO quote the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes
again. This hill outside the city wall
from south TO north and from west to
east There would be many passers by
and they that passed by rallied on Him
waRging their heads ,st Matthew,
xvii SO, ST. Mark. XIV, 29). We are
expressly told that the place Of Crucl-
hvlon was visible from afar' est.
Mark, XIV, 400, and all His acqualnt-
ances and the women that followed
with Him from Gallilce stood afar on
seeing these things (St. Luke, xii.
4a). This was equally true NJ His enc
mics The spot could be- seen from the
walls OF the city, from the top Of the
temple from the roofs OF many houses
and from Olivet, as wen as from the
high roads which meet 1t this point,
WEIGHT or THE CROSS,
Take one other striking coincidence.
In St. Matthew. xvii, % we read that
'as they came out, by what we now
call the Damascus Gate, they found a
man OF Cyre1e tlmon by name, coming
out of the country as ST. Mark and st.
Luke add, and this was the entrance
by which he would come out OF the
country. Him they compelled TO assist
Chgist IN bearing the cross. And why
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