Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-26

EDGAR e. FOLK, d. ID.
main roads, running north and south
and east and west. These roads must
! always have been somewhere near where
they are now, on account of the config-
uration of the ground We are told that
! they that passed by rallied on him wag-
ging their heads" (Matthew 27:39;
Mary 1920 We are told also that the
place of crucifixion was visible from
affair." MARK 15:40) and that "all his
acquaintance and the women that follow
! ed Him from Galilee stood afar off, see
ing these things" duke 23:49) This
hill could easily he seen from the walls
of the city, from the top of the temple,
/ from the roofs OF many houses, and from
Mount OIivet as we'll as from the two
/, roads mentioned. Again, we are told
that "as they came out" by the Damascus
| gate they found a man Of Cyrene, ST.
! mon by name" (Matthew 27:32J
! coming out of the country" mark
, 1921; Luke 23:26.) This was the en-
trance by which he would come out of
the country" They compelled Simon to
/, help bear the cross Why was such as
sistance needed? Just north of the Da-
mascus gate the road to Calvary be-
+, comes steep, so that our Lord reeled UNI
der the cross and needed help to carry
1t.
THE TRUE CALVARY.
From all of these facts 1t seems to
me beyond doubt that "Gordon's Calva-
ry' is the real hill on which our Lord
was crucified. 1t was, therefore, with
the deepest reverence that we visited it.
! Major Gender was the first one to sug-
gest that his is real Calvary 1t bears
the name, though, Of Gordon's Calvary,
because General Gordon, usually known
as Chinese" Gordon, during his visit to
! Jerusalem, expressed his belief in 1t.
1.-The hill is now a Mohammedan cemetery,
and has been for about three centuries.
1t is not open to the public generally.
Finding that a great many Christians
were visiting 1T, the Turkish authorities
gave order in 1904 that it should be en-
tirely closed to the public. But through
the influence of Mr.. r. Hughes, of Je-
rusalem, permission was kindly granted
our party to visit it, privilege which
was greatly appreciated The hill COW
ers about three acres Of ground. AS we
stood upon it we all felt and some ex-
claimed: This is the place" 1t full
fills all conditions. We could not be
certain Of the exact spot where the cross
of the Savior stood. But we were prac-
tically certain that it was somewhere on
this hill, and so must be within few
yards Of where He was What holy
thoughts that fact suggested to us!
to the cross" Here it was He said of
his enemies: Father, forgive then, for
they know not what they do" Here IL
was He bowed His head and said: 1T
is finished" Here 1t was His great low
ing heart broke from the weight of the
worlds sin. Here it was He died for
u.s." Yes,
There is a green hill far away
Without a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucifed,
Who died to save us all.
We may not know, we cannot tell
! What pains He had TO bear;
But we believe Ii was for us
He hung and suffered there.
"He died that we might be forgiven,
4 He died to make us good
That we might go at last to heaven,
Saved by His precious blood.
Oh! dearly, dearly has he loved
And we must love Him, too,
And trust in his redeemlng power
And try His word to do"
4 THE REAL TOMB.
/ I have been speaking of the place of
lcrucifixion 1t is distinctly stated that,
Now in the place where He was crici-
fed there was a garden; and in the gar
den a new sepulchre, wherein was never
man yet laid John 19:4D, and that 1.-The
tomb was nigh at hand" The only thing
needed to prove beyond doubt that Cor
don's Calvary is the true site of CAL
vary would be to find such a garden and
such a tomb near by. Can they be found?
Yes In a garden adjoining the hill, there
fs a new tomb. 1t is called "Gordon's
Tomb" because General Gordon believed
this to be the tomb of the Lord. and to
distinguish it from what is known as
"Conder's Tomb" claimed by Major Con-
der to be the real tomb. Here again
think General Gordon was right. Ev-
lerything indicates that this Is the tomb.
1t is in a garden. 1t is nigh at hand"
about 23O feet from the place of crucifix-
!. ion Matthew tells us: When the even
was come, there came a rich man of
Arimathaea named Joseph, who also
himself was Jesus disciple. He went to
PLATE, and begged the body OF Jesus.
Then PLATE commanded the body to be
delivered. And when Joseph had taken
the body he wrapped it in a clean linen
cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb,
which he had hewn out In the rock; and
he rolled a great stone to the door or
, the sepulchre, and departed (Mathew
1:57-6O). This tomb was manifestly the
, tomb OF rich man. 1t was "hewn out
! in the rock" 1t evidently was intended
to contain loculi or places for several
, bodies But only one was ever completed,
/.
. stone in front OF the entrance must have
. been a great stone" probably five feet
J in diameter You remember Mark says:
} And they said among themselves, Who
> shall roll us away the stone from the door
of the sepulchre? And when they look
: ed. they saw that the stone was rolled
away; for it was very great" mark
. $3.50. 1t would have been all the more
difficult to roll back the stone from the
fact that the groove descends slightly to-
wards the entrance, so that while 1t
would be comparatively easy to roll the
stone to the entrance it would be much
more difficult to roll 1t back
There is one very striking fact about
Gordon's tomb which would seem decis-
i've of its claim to being the true TOMB.
John tells us: Peter therefore went
forth and that other disciples, and came
to the sepulchre. So they ran both to-
gether; and the other disciple did out
run Peter. and came first to the sepul-
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