Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-03-28

VI crucihxion was visible from AFFAIR."
lS'. Mark XIV, 4U), and "all his acouaint.
ance and the women that followed
| Win him from Galilee stood afar oT
seeing these things" est. Luke xiii 4N
Inc spot could be seen from tba
waiis Oh the city. from the top of the
temple, from the roofs of many houses
ana from Olivet as vel! as from the
hlghroads which meet at this point
In st. Matthew xvii. 81, we read
that "as they came out" by what we
now call the Damascus gate they
FOUND man of Cyrene. Simon by
name, coming out of the country" as
st Mark and st. Luke add and
thls was the entrance by which he
would come out of the country. Him
they compelled to assist Christ In
bearing the cross. And why was such
assistance specially needed at this
point! stand outside the Damas-
Gus gate says the Rev. Mr.. Price.
and notice how just there the road
suddenly rises and becomes steep. Our
Lord reeled under the weight Of the
cross where the road became steep.
and SO Simon had the immortal glory
of helping him"
1t Is recorded in st. John xix, Il, A.,
that I'm the place where he was cruel
ned there was garden, and in the
garden new tomb wherein was never
man yet laid. There laid they Jesus.
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at hand" The new tomb meets these
requirements. 1T Is nigh at hand"
being within go feet of the summit OF
Skull hill and lin the garden"
Dr. Sch1ck, the most distinguished of
Jerusalem archaeologists, has pro-
hounced the tomb to be originally
Jewish tomb" but altered and CON
verted subsequently to Christian uses.
1t consists Of a chamber cut in the
SOLID rock, seven feet six inches high.
fourteen feet six inches long and
eleven feet two inches wide. IA low
partition divides the tomb into two
parts. The entrance is on the west
Side Of the partition. On the east side
OF the partition Is little window-lik
opening.
To the presence Of this window-like
opening great Importance Is attached
by those who believe it to be the tomb
In which the Saviour was laid because
1t marks 1t as the only tomb which fur
nlshes all explanation of the remarka-
Bile Incident related In st. John Xxx, 3-S.
When Mary Magdalene brought Simon
Heter and John the startling news that
the tomb was empty. Peter went forth
and the other disciple, and they went
toward the tomb, and they ran both
together, and the other disciple outran
Peter, and, STOPPING and looking in, he
seeth the linen clothes lying yet enter
ed he not in"
In no ordinary tomb would 1t have
been possible to see from the outside to
the bottom Of the sepulcher In this
tomb, by leaning forward and peering
through the opening, the bottom of the
receptacle can be clearly seen. But
the position which the head would oc
cupy could not be seen in this way.
1t was Simon Peter who first beheld
the napkin that was upon his head"
Outside the tomb Is recess or
groove hewn out Of the parent rock,
down which, 1t Is alleged, the circular
stone was rolled that closed the open
ing
The garden has been cleared and
planted The only accommodation yet
provided for the caretaker is wooden
hut. A more suita BILE dwelling, it is
hoped, Will be furnished when re-
sponses to the appeal for the garden
tomb maintenance fund come in
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