The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-04-21

often walked on IL with his dl5cl-
pies. From its top once with weep
ling he said, 80 Jerusalem, how
often would | have gathered thy
children together even as a hen
gathereth her own brood under her
wings, and ye would not i" From
this mount he at last ascended in
to heaven. Some of our party lin
gered after the praise and prayer
service under the trees in front of
the Russian Church and tower
during which the resident sisters
snapped a picture of us) to wit
| ness the sunset but I had to hasten
TO meet an engagement at tea and
to preach in the American Mission.
~ had walked about the walls pass.
ing the pool of Sloan aud visited
the Hill of Zion. Friday afternoon
we witnessed the accustomed wall
ing of the Jews at the corner of the
old wall, a very pathetic scene. In
lsconnection with and as part of
their wailing they were reading and
reciting the penitential Psalms in
the Hebrew tongue. Real tears
we're shed and some of the wailing,
especially by women, sounded pitt
full. More women than men were
wailing but quite horde of beg
gars besieged us not only while
there but as we went and returned.
Besides, we also visited the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre,
where under one roof they showed
us as they claimed, the place where
Jesus and the two thieves were
crucified, the very marble slab on
which his lifeless body was anoint-
ed for the tomb, the tomb itself
and just where His mother stood
during the crucifxion, etc, etc.
They also guided us along what
they claim is the very way Jesus
bore the Cross, each spot where
He stopped having been marked
It starts from Pilates house, now
| used Az a fortress and having vet
probably the same upper porticos
from which he uttered the "Ecce
| Homo !" Archaeologists worthy of
confidence now are more inclined
| to believe Jesus WAS crucitie,i OF,
What is known ns Gprdon'S Calva-
ry as it harmonizes with tbs term
"place of the skull" 1t is farther
away to the north and is nearby
lie tomb known as the garden
tomb We also visited the Tombs
of the Kings, Solomon's Stables,
Solomon's Quarries and other plac-
es of historical interest. While
impressed with the associations
unquestioned, we were also i'm
pressed with the very doubtful and
in some cases quite impossible
truth of some claims made. We
deplored the contentious of the
Christian sects over such matters,
even making soldiers necessary tc
prevent fighting.
| Meantime we were besought by
those in charge of shops or stores,
and by those who peddled on
the street, to buy their wares,
asking three or four times as
much as they would sell for if
the buyer would give no more. In
passing along the streets we were
often panied if not horror stricken
to behold some crippled beggar OF
the extended handless arm of some
leper. / think shall have diff.
Guilty to forget the pitiful, wailine
appeals of some Of the leprous wo-
men as they extended their stubby
arms to US.
Our visit to Bethlehem, only
five miles south, along a good road
throngei with people on foot and
in the unique attire Of the peasant
ry of Palestine, driving loaded
donkeys or leading loaded camels
or carrying produce on their heads
or walking in small companies as
they went up to Jerusalem in oul
, SayiOr,a day intanaeiv interestaf