Milford chronicle., 1909-08-06

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feet wide and deep and about thirty
feet high It is hewn out of cliff
and has broad passage all around
it, the sides Of the block are adorned
with cOlun rs and its corners with
square pillars, all cut in the rock.
To the right of the Mount Of
Olives from the Valley Of Jehosa-
phat rises the Mount Of Scandal,
also called the Mount of Ofense.
On this hill once stood the magnili-
cent palaces of Solomon for his i'm
meuse harem here the children of
Israel and Judah following the ex-
ample of many Of their kings, did
evil in the sight of their lord and
served Baalim and offered up to
them many burnt offerings ana even
human sacrifices, hence the name by
which the hill is called to this day,
Opposite the Mount of Scandal
rises the hill called Ophel, men-
toned by Nehemiah as a wall of
tower on which King lothian built
much and which was inhabited by
a people called Nethinims whom
David had appointed for the service
Of the Levites.
On the slope of the Mount Of
Scandal facing Ophel is a small
village called Siloah inhabited by
Arabs, many of whose dwellings
are natural caves and which for
many years served as storehouses
for plunder, as stables for dwelling
houses, as chapels for PRAYER and
as tombs, but for the last two hun
dred years have been converted to
their present use.
Within FIVE minutes walk ofthis
village Is the Fountain of the Viz
gin or "St. Mary Well This
fountain has had several names in
ancient times, but was given its
present name after the death Of
Mary, the mother of Christ, who
being accused of unchastity drank .
Of its waters, which had from time
mmemorial been used as a test Of :
innocence or guilt, and thus estab- 7
ished her innocence, up to that :,
ime it had been called the Foun !
ain Of Accused Women, y of which :.
he innocent drank unharmed, but \
which was death to the guilty. :.
Nary, it is said, washed her Babes :
lothing in these waters when in :
and since then it has =
'ecome a favorite bathing place for :
he women Of the neighborhood. 6
he pool of Sloan whittier Jesus y
ent the man which was blind from =
irth to wash after he had anointed '
is eyes with clay lies near the y
'ountain of the Virgin. =.
At the meeting of the Valleys of |
Iinnom and Jehosaphat is Jobs =
Veil, also called the Well Of Nehe-
liah and EnRogel this well has
1cellent water being about one
undred and twenty-five feet deep,
nd it seldom dries up. From here
le scene is a very pretty one
-ount Zion rising to the westward
cling the Hill of Evil Counsel,
Id from here may be seen a row of
nall stone houses inhabited bv
rabian Jews who have lately set
ed in Palestine On the same side
the valley but lower down may
seen the wretched abiding places
the lepers OF Jerusalem.
We now enter the Valley of Hin -
IN which runs up towards the N
ad to Bethlehem between Mount ~
on and the Hill of Evil Counsel.
his valley is named for the cruel
imam sacrifices which were offered
to Baalim and MOloch under
e shadows of its groves in the
nes of several of the kings. Be m
use of these denominations Jere- ~;
ah says that This place shall
more be called Tophet, nor The
LEY Of the Son of Hinnom, but WI
. Valley of Slaughter, and the 70
abs believe it to be accursed
ich explains the absence Of water -,
the valley they call it valley w