Milford chronicle., 1909-07-30

ter was miraculously born through
the power OF the divine spirit, and
hence they apply to him the tern
'Esa min Rouh Illah' which mean:
Jesus Of the Spirit Of God" Theii
special faith is the belief in Mo.
hammed as the greatest though moi
the final prophet. They seem &c
believe that eventually Mohametan-
ism will be overthrown as ancient
legends connected with their shrines
| foretell its approaching end at some
awful time in the destiny Of the
human race. A Moslem tradition
is often said to predict that when
the Golden Gate Of the Haram Esh
Shereef shall be reOpened and when
the last of the nineteen silver nails
driven by Mohammed shall fall from
the jasper slad in the pavement of
their great mosques chief entrance,
then the end will come when the
Muslin will submit to fate. Please
remember about the Golden Gate
and the silver nails as more about
them will be said later ON.
We will now 90 around to the
different gates occupying ancient
sites and some of them in a good
state Of preservation. The Damas-
Gus gate built in an ornamental
style, Herod's gate, St. Stephens
gate, the Golden gate (not now in
use, having been filled in withrock, J
the Gate of Zion, the Joppa gate,
called by the natives Bah el Hail,
the Gate of the Friend, which means
the patriarch Abraham, because the
road to Hebron starts from it, the
Damascus gate and the Joppa gate
are named from the caravan routes
that lead up to them from those
cities. The Damascus gate is on
the north and is considered the
handsomest gate in Jerusalem. St.
gate opens near one of
the spots where Stephen was said
to have been stoned, it is alo called
the Gate of Our Lady Mary because
it leads to the chapel and tomb of
the Virgin Mary. The Golden Gate
has been walled up. The Arabs
call this the Eternal gate, its north
ern arch being the gate of Repent
ance and the southern arch the Gate
Of Mercy, within it the Mohametans /
have a place of prayer. They are
said to have legend that on a Fri |
lay Christian cOnqueror will enter /
he Golden Gate and take Jerusalem
rom them. Both the Golden and .
St. Stephens gates are on the east
ern side Of Jerusalem. The Zion
gate opens on the cite of the city
If David, near David 5 tomb on
Mount Zion, at the southwest corner
# the wall and the Joppa and He
IRON gates are on the west. The
.ates are no longer closed at any
ime. The population Of Jerusalem
S about 10000; Muslims or Mo
10, 900; Christians, of
Il sects, o,OOO, and Jews 4O, 1000.
Starting from St. Stephens gate
,e pass the church Of St. Anne, the
lother of the Blessed Virgin, on
he right and on the left the pool
allied Birket Israel, now nearly
lied up with rubbish, after which
e come to the Chapel of Scourg-
lg where the Via Dolorosa begins,
long which course is shown the
,urteen stations of the cross. After
lssing the Chapel of Scouraging
e see on the right the Convent Of
.e Sisters Of Zion which contains,
some say, a relic Of the Judgment
all Of Pontius Plate it is called
e Ecce Home Arch, because of
e legend that Pilale placed our
lviOur upon it to be seen by all
hen he (Pilate) exclaimed BE
Id the Man" The Via Dolorosa
ds within the church of the Holy
nn1Chre more Of which will he