The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
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EASTER IN JERUSALEM
Ideal Place FOR RE Celebration
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! dy was enacted and whore a miracle
occurred which has no counterpart in
the history OF the universe. There Is
an indefinable something about the
| place which takes hold OF the emo
tions OF the visitor and fills him with
awe as he looks reyerently At the OBJ
jects which witnessed His last walk
TO a cruel death. and again AT the spot
marked as the place OF the glorious
resurrection
There are houses there more than
1000 years old. and some OF their
walls OF stone were passed by that aw-
full procession struggling along TO the
Mount OF Calvary. No art of the word
painter can picture the halo of deep
antiquity hanging over the city. The
sOlemnity of its age, the grandeur of
its associations. cut a niche in the
memory which time does not efface.
Ii is the ideal city Of all Others for
the celebration OF the Easter festival.
Christ stood upon the hill OF Calvary
1868 years ago and looked down
upon the town where He had labored
and been betrayed. That was the first
Easter morning. and since then, every
year, kind and loving hands, represent
ing countless generations OF all times.
all creeds and all races. have left some
token in honor OF the day at the nu-
merous places made sacred by His
presence.
On Easter day the reputed tomb
OF Christ in the church of the Holy
Sepulchre is covered with the lilies
which are used all over the world. The
Mount of Calvary is visited by the
Christian population OF the town and
the members OF the various religious
orders inhabiting IL, and flowers are
strewn upon the spot where the cross
is supposed 10 have stood. The arch
ways under which Christ walked on
the morning of the crucifixion, and
which are now standing and may
stand for another 1000 years. are Wis
tied and pointed out to the small chill
dren and their histories told. Teach
ing the events OF Eastertime TO the
young OF Jerusalem is an easy matter
Actualiues are there. and they can be
seen for the trouble or looking.
The city itself is not greatly
changed from the times when Christ
visited il. At the gate OF Joppa there
are always masses OF camels, mer-
chants. peddlers and beggars. Indo-
lence and activity rub shoulders with
out the usual Earring
Ii is the same strange, weird Jeru-
salem-Jerusalem. the prize OF the
nations. the terminus of famous pill
grimages. the object of Roman and
crusading wars: for il Assyrians
Egyptians and the world had fought
the place where the Queen OF Sheba
visited and Richard Occur de Lion
had conquered: the home Of solomon
OF Ezekiel. Of Jeremiah. OF Isaiah. OF
Saladin. There is the Mount OF Zion.
the spot OF David's heartbreak; and
Mt Moriah. where sacrifices smoked.
the Mount OF Olives. where Jesus
preached. and Golgotha and the Holy
SepulcheT. where He was buried.
A place redolent of antiquities. a
city teeming with memories OF the
men and women Of the Bible. A won
derful place with the power to stir the
emotions of a man Of stone.
Above all Is the place OF the
Skull" as IL was called in the earthly
DAYS OF Christ. known now as Mount
Calvary. From the famous Gate OF
Joppa IL can be seen, and If we knew
its ancient name 1t would speedily be
recognized.
Ii is a Hill shaped like the human
skull and just beneath what might be
called its forehead are two cavernous
spots which at a distance resemble
eyes. Not only this, but the inside OF
the hill is shaped like the human
skull. Entering the grotto under Cal
vary II is found 10 be thirty-five feet
high. the top and sides being mala-
chite green. brown. black, gray. white
and red II is called Jeremiah's grot-
to. for il was there that He wrote
His Book OF lamentations.
The summit OF the hill is Just wide
enough 10 contain three crosses. IL
was the spot where malefactOrs had
been slain for ages and Christ was
slain as a malefactor.
The Garden OF Gethsemane. where
in is the reputed tomb OF Christ. is a
small Enclosure l60 feet long and $50
feet wide II Is cared for by a colony
OF Franciscan monks. who spend much
time identifying It. The Bible says.
I'm the midst of the garden was the
sepulcher." and the students OF Bibli-
cal events generally acknowledge that
in this place Christ was buried.
Now the place is beautifully adorned
with hedges kept in exquisite order by
the monks. There are innumerable
beds OF DlnkS anu lOStss anu NlSllOTs
are given a nosegay by the monk in
attendance.
one OF the most interesting features
OF the place is a bunch Of seven ven
cradle olive trees, some OF them nine
teen feet i'm circumference and so old
that their trunks are kept shored up
bv stones II is said that they are
descendants OF the original trees OF
the time OF Christ. and are unlike all
other trees OF the same variey in that
country.
Two monuments in the garden are
fun OF interest. One. a small pillar.
markes the spot where Jesus was be-
trayed by Judas Iscariot, and small
rock shows the place where the three
disciples. Peter. James and John.
silent during their Masters agony.
The Church OF the Holy Sepulcher
occupies the space surrounding the
tomb OF Christ This ancient edifice
was begun by the crusaders in 1850
A. d.. and II was largely added to at
subsequent times. II forms a vast
milo NJ ynaepnry now and lOokfng at ~