The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-12-19
only open at certain hours)we have
on our left the place where the Mo-
hammedan doorkeepers constantly
sit. These have the key of the church
and open and Shut it at certain fix
ed hours, though they are willing To-

keeper belongs 10 one MOhammedan
! family ard is heredll llary.
/ Passing on from the. door we come
| first to the Stone OF Cnctlon, which
| IS nine feet long by four and half
feet wide and one foot high. At
each end are large tripod candles
sticks with immense candles. This
stone, which was foremrly more to
the north, is supposed to mark the
spot or to be the stone on which the
body of Jesus was laid for the an
ncinting, John XIX: 3S-40.
Going westward little from this
stone we come behind two pier-shap-
ell pillars into the Greek chapel of
Adam, in which is the Altar of Adam,
and in the wall of the apse a recess
with wire grating, through which
we can see the rock of Calvary and
a crack in it which is said to have
been made when Christ gave up His
life, Matt. XVII: 81, And the earth
did quake and the rocks were rent.
Through this crack it is said the
blood of Christ dropped down on the
skull of Adam which was buried in
this small cave as shown in a picture
hanging on the wall of the chapel.
Having seen all this we go back to
the large church and proceed south
ward along the wall to the stairs in
the corner, which lead up to the CAL
vary chapels. The first or southern
altar belongs to the Roman Catho-
lies. Passing this we see to lhe right
a window which was formerly door
when there was access to Calvary
from the outside; through this We
look into the former passage, now a
neat chapel, that of Mary's Agony
Going ON still farther we come to
the place where Christ was nailed TO
the cross, where the Latins have an
o1to, ro;no no,tbxyor5 ,>occ;pr Tho
huge pier, we come to the place where
the cross was reared upright and
fastened in the ground. The hole is
still shown under the altar which with
the entire chapel, belongs to the
Greeks The hole is now lined with
metal and we must stoop down in or
der to see it. The crosses of the
are marked with black stones in the
floor; that to the north is said to be
the place of the impenitent and that
to the south of the penitent thief.
Near the latter is ledge covering
an opening to the floor, which when
pushed to one side reveals the rock
underneath with the crack in 1T which
We saw in the chapel underneath. If
we examine the floor and the decora-
tions of these two GOlgotha chapels,
We see the difference between the
Greek or oriental, and the Latin or
occidental taste.
We descend from Calvary and go
northward to reach the Round Church
OF the Resurrection, with the Holy
Sepulcre capel in the center. This
rotunda or Round Church has on the
east side two massive piers support
ing the so-called Royal Arch, and 16
very strong square piers. These
piers were formerly pillar-shaped but
received their present form when re-
stored in 1910 after a great fire
These niers are united at the top by
arches and on them stands, with only
one single window, the New Tambour,
built in A. ID. 1868, and on which
rests the new dome, which has a
large opening at the top by which
the rotunda is lighted. This opening
ie. sheltered by kind of glass UNI
brella.
The entrance to the aforesaid tomb
monument, which stands on a slight