The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-27
Mt. At that time, according

ment. At that time. according to I
them. tho souls of the human race
will rush to this spot and present
themselves before Mohammed ana
Christ, who will pass on their virtues
and sins Atter Ihat All must go 10
tho pillar OF judgment and cross g
wire rope 10 the Mount OF olives anu
thence UP to heaven or down ln.o
hell. The wicked Will fall i'll the
crossing According TO another MO-
hammedan story the Moslems Will be
turned into fieas, and Mohanlmsd MIN
self into a sheep, in which shape ,t M, nc
will ascend to heaven with the Mo
hammedan feas in his wool.
The rock is esteemed sacred by
every Mohammedan. 1t is surrounneu
by an iron stockade, which none y
/ allowed to enter. The rock Is about
and it rises about six feet out OF INC
| floor. 1t nils the whole Enclosure ahu
/ comes so close t. tho fence that one
can touch 1T, or, if 'nyout, as most VI
tho worshipers saw IN me MOSQUE
were, can put bis mouth through tho
o1ts ' How I saved tho World.
| AS we walk about the snnce evan
ming the rock our tIrbaned sui hn
pointing to round hole in one Of
/ the Sides, 'is the mark OF Mohan..
msd'a heel 1t was from that .spsf
that the ho'" prophet ascendea =, 20
heaven. and as he rose the rock start a. !,
ed to go up with him holding ias,
TO his heel Tho Angel Gah"iel had to,
put his hand upon 1t to keep 1t down.
and here pointing TO fiv 49, uuft Sa
briefs fingers rested when he did So.
+. little further on the Euiae tells US
that this rock is the, centre OF the
earth and that some believe II 10 pc
also the gate of hell He SHOWS ,,'i,,,, MS
ne IA ~
board. In which arc three goia t,.,
nails. saying that the plate 3ris s, li a1G
contained nineteen nails which MO;
manned had driven into IT, ono na'i
drnps ont at the end of Gael, age, and
whom the last nail is gone the emu o.
a the world will occur. The guide oil,
fered to let me pull out the iasI
three nails for dollar apieee,a I'LL. pns !
hayo no desire to hasten the judgment
day. and, therefore. refused, II tiia'
way. perhaps saved tile world. ;.
'The devil got at this plate one daE'
so our consular's kavass tells me, a ana !
!, rate when the Angel Gabriel caught
him and pulled him away. THESE
stories are silly, but they are only a
few of many which are told US Wneh
less the average Mohammedan Of this
sido of the world believes them, and
we see gray bearded. lonS-gowned,
turbaned men and white-sheeted' Voli.
"a
pIacea they kiss the marks of Mo-
hammed's footprints and run their
handkerchiefs and beads over the rock
They pray MS they do so, Tor Monain y.
med said that one prayer mere 1.l,eho or -
worth thousand uttered anywhere
else. and he PRAYED here himself.
Solomon's Temple.
The greatest interest OF Mount MO
riah, however, is connectea Mill ny
site of solomon's Temple as well q:
that of the two other temples whlcl
succeeded it, The first house OF Coz
erected by the lsraelites was me II -,
bernacle. This was constructed az IN
t]irection of Moses In the Desert OF 81
mai lust after he had received tn
commandments. It ~ said 70 nay
been lust about half the SIZE OF IN
Temple Of solomon, although there ar
passages in the Scrintn~cs which lea,
u 10 think the temple must have bee,'
Very much larger. The. Tabernaci
was movable building II was aoou
teen f eet vide, The roof and wall
were forned of curtains made OF linej
or wool, beautifully sewed ana fast
ened in places with gold ouGRleess
llni,, aud of rants wool dyed re-
A some SUPPOSE the roof Of the Taber
nacie to have been fiat, and other
\ that It was ,ridsed like Z tent VII VIZ
M "a cube inside about sixteen lee
square, which was the holy. Of hole:
In the latter was the ark OF the cove
nant and the table Of the law,
M How Built,
Il solomons Temple, Was planned .
David, and 1t is said that he ee al
n much of the materials. As to Soiomto
himself. he made bargain with FL
II ram, King OF Tyre, to ait! him in sup
plying the timber and certain cla sse
I of the mechanics. Hiram y, was s,s P m
n and whoIcontrolled the forests OF Len
anon. He gave Solomon cencsssio
OF certain tracts of cedar and NJ AZ "A
Solomon sent men IN parties q iu,uu
u the trees. The servants Of Hiram az