The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-01-27
ON THE HOLY LAND DELIVERED
MONDAY NIGHT.
BY REV. FATHER BROCKMEIER
The Speaker Gave a Vivid Description
Of the Country and Of the Lives
Of the Inhabitants Of The
Holy Land.

Very Rcv. Father r. Chas Brock
mcier's lecture un the Holy Land Civ.
en- last Monday evening IN the Catho.
lie church Of this city. was atteutiyely
listened to by a very large and apprc.
ciatlyc audience.
The reverend speaker in the first
place set clear the term Holy Land,
saying that it is applied not only to
the present Palestine, but generally
includes the entire region extending
to Egypt ON the Lower Nile.
Father Brockmpicr having personal
ly visited all the holy places, and be
ing a chose observer. was consequent
ly enabled to speak minutoly and most
Interestingly Of Nazareth Bethlehem,
Jericho, Hebron. the region about the
Jordan. the VALLEY of Esdrelon Cana,
AXE Of Gencsareth Mt Carmel. etc.
Occasionally he dwelt on the Holy
City itself. giving especially a full eX-
plauation Uf the so.called Via Dolorosa
Cthe Way Of Sorrow, sanctiiied by tho
sacred steps Of our Divine Rcdeemer.
As Father Brockmclcr entered Jcru-
salem, Il was ON Good Friday, and he
was an eye witness of the most Inn
prcssive Of all those grand professions
held in the Catholic church. 1t was
formed at : p. m. in the Latin chapel
All present were admitted to enter.
Slowly it proceeded to the spot where
Christ. our Savior, was imprisoned,
then It moved to the chapel of Flag
elation. the place where He was 50
cruelty scourged; then to the place
where the Savior was numerically
crowned with thorns The procession
then wound its way TO the second
BTTT .nformc rlLaanndatsuaroundHtk
story. where the cross stood on which
the spotless Lamb was crucified. Close
10 this very spot, six feet to the right
an altar Is erected upon which the I'M
bloody sacrifice of the altar is daily
offered in grateful commemoration OF
the once bloody sacrifice on Calvary.
Then the procession came TO the lapis
unctious. the slab where the grand
body Of Christ was anointcd. At each
of these places a sermon was preached
and every time in different Ian.
guagc
On Easter Sunday Father Brockmei-
er read Holy Mass on Mt. Calvary, on
Easter Monday in the church uf the
Holy Sepulchrc This was indeed
privilege, not only on account of the
holy places themselves, but because
four hundred and sevcuty.Gve priests
were present each one not less anX-
ious than Father Brockmcier to be
permitted to read Holy Mass on said
place and day. Before leaving the Holy
Land It might be mentioned ne again
was permitted to read Holy Mass in
the church Of the Holy Sepulchre
In the afternoon OF Easter Monday
the reverend speaker in company with
sixteen other pilgrims. rode 80 Jeri-
cho and the Dead Sea, ana finally as
cended the Mt Quarantania, the
Mount, as the word partially indicates,
where Christ after having tasted for.
~ days and forty nights, was tempted
by Satan, From the top of this noun
tain one can gain an excellent view
of the ancient famous Heli1pOlis.
Whilst peaCcably resting In an inn at
lerichu. after this days fatigueing
journey the entire party We're attack
ed by a pack Of jackals, which car
niyerous animals, driven by hunger,
tried to gain admittance through the
open windows The pilgrims found
themselves I'm hazardous condition,
and harm would have undoubtedly
lcen done them had It not been for the
courage and bravery Of the hotel keep
cr who was accustomed to attacks of
his kind.
ON the following day the Rector o,
he Austrian Hospine and Francis.
IAN Friar accompanied Father Brock. .
meier on his journey to Ramalla, .
rschiffna, Tjenler. the Valley OF Es-
lrelon and MI Thabor. This latter
Mount, as is known to all who are
acquainted with Biblical history. is
he place whore the TRANSPORTATION
ook place
Another place of interest in Galilee
'isitod by the pilgrims is Nazareth.
Nazareth or the city OF flowers. was
he residence of the mother Of God at
he time OF the Annunclatlon and ot
'hrist tin his thirteenth year, The
'hurch Of the Anuunciation IS in the
lands Of the Christians.
Places Of interest in Judea wore
lso visited First Bethlehem, which
les south Of Jerusalem and was the