Cañon City record., 1909-04-29
Mr.. FELLER WRITES
Of HOLY TEMPLES

| ABOUT Iuo uFbL SOuuQ uedTu WuoL
the train stopped was some one cal.
ling "Felter!" SO I was soon In 9
place of welcome. My first excur.
sion was to test my memory Of loca-
tion by passing through the intricate
windings from the Joppa to the Da-
mascus gates. which 1 performed
without missing a corner. There is
| new Jerusalem. built without the
walls. that is about as large as the
old. The whole contains perhaps.
10000 inhabitants Of whom two-thirds
are Jews. Half of the balance are
Christians of various creeds.
The old city is about half mile
square and is surrounded by a wall
from 80 to 70 feet high. Some of
this wall may be Jebusite. some of
David's time. but most OF 1t much
more recent. 1t surrounds four small
hills or mountains. the two to the
South. Zion on the West and Moriah
on the east. being Of the greatest his
torical interest.
I found our consul. Mr.. Wallace.
to be friend of some of my friends,
including our DR.. Cannon SO he kind
ly allowed me to take a party to
visit the old temple grounds. and
sent his Cavasse with us, who also
furnished us the military escort,
which is necessary.
The temple grounds approximate
iah. the southeast hill. Extensive
substructures were constructed to
produce a level platform for the tenn
pie. its courts and surroundings on
the hill is somewhat abrupt. or
course, nothing now remains of Solo
mons. or even of Herod's temple. The
site is occupied by the beautiful mos
que OF Omar.
This building is octagonal, the
lower walls of marble. the upper walls
covered with porcelain (fayance) The
huge dome. 55 feet In diameter. and
the most symmetrical have ever
seen, is covered with lead. The mos
que is not in good repair, but the in
terror is very interesting. The lower
walls are incrusted in marble. the up
per and the dome. of Mosaic. The
windows are colored glass. In the CEN
ter and projecting four feet above
the floor, is the bare summit Of Mt.
Moriah, where Abraham came to offer
up Isaac. and where the Holy of Holy
stood. and from which Mohammed
ascended to heaven. There Is cis-
tern or cave underneath which may
have had to do with the temple SER
vices. Solomon's stables are great
substructures, pillars. arches. etc. Of
the temple platform.
Spanning the narrow street. just
north OF the temple grounds, is the
Ecce Homo arch--a triumphal arch
between Pilates judgment hall and
palace. Here the trial and sentence
of Christ took place. I cannot go into
DEATHS In regard to this we'll. authen-
ticated place. which Is full OF interest.
Half OF the old Roman triple triumph
al arch. the pavement, the public
square, the underground passage to
the temple area. and two rostrums
can be seen here. / revisited the
place and the sisters assisted me to
study il comprehensively.
The Pool of Bethesda has been
| discovered and Identified since l was
here before. 1t has been entirely ex-
cavated. 1t has five porches as men
toned in the gospels.
There are two so-called Golgothas
one inside and one outside OF the
present city wall. That inside is
| occupied by the very extensive church
of the Holy Sepulcher. and Is held In
greatest reverence by Roman. Greek
| and American Christians. 1t Is very
extensive pile. and within 1t is shown
| nearly everything connected with the
| crucifixion and resurrection of our
Lord. Where the cross stood. where
Mary beheld the amounting stone, and
| greatest sanctity of all. the Holy Sep
ulcher, tiny room with low door,
hung with numerous lamps. contain
ing a marble covered sarcophagus.
Many thousand OF Russian and other
pilgrims visit the place monthly, and
one cannot but respect their devout
faith and expression OF reverence.
| They kneel and kiss every sacred OBJ
ject. 1t Is more than half pathetic
when one considers their poverty
poor. but warm clothing. coarse boots,
plain food: weary tramps. The church
is such conglomeratlon of build
ings that It battles description or pic
ture. 1t, strange to say, is very poor
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