Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18

who could draw the multtudes to hear
Him and follow Him. He walked through
its long streets and climbed the hiilsides
to the Mount of Olives. and to Bethany,
and from there He looked down on the
Holy City and wept over it. The Jerusa-
lem We enter today is not the city which
Christ looked upon. That has vanished
long since. But the present town stands
upon the foundations of the old, so that
the general aspect has not materially
changed. We can easily follow our Lord
on His walks to the temple or to Olivet
and Bethany, and look upon the ruins
which speak Of His deeds and love to
man.
The present town has grown up on the
debris of ancient cities which preceded 1t.
Jerusalem was built On four hills encir-
cled by mountain ranges, recalling to our
minds the biblical description, las the
mountains round about Jerusalem"
These hills are picturesque and grand
but yet the country locks dreary and des-
milk and honey" promised to Israel. Few
remains are left to tell of the beauty
of which King David loved to sing. But
it has an interest and an attraction above
it's mere topography. because the Master
lived in it and loved it.
Like all ancient cities, Jerusalem is in
closed by a wall with many gates. This
fertilization is mere relic of the past,
for the gates are never closed now The
east one has been entirely walled up by
the Mohammedans. This is the Golden
or Bea utiful gate leading from the Tenn
pie area out onto the Mount of Olives.
1t is the one through which, in all prob
ability, Christ passed most often on lis
way to Bethany. 1t is interesting to
know that the Prophet Ezekiel prophe
sled many centuries ago that this gate
would be closed, because the Lord mad
entered in by it, AS one app. caches the
city from the Jaffa gate, the principal
entrance, 1t appears not unlike some mod
ern town, for the larger Jerusalem ex-
tending outside the walls is what first
meets the eye.
To obtain a true view of the old city
one must ascend one of the hills which
surround it. Looking down from height
above it. one has a fine view of the sit
uation of ancient Jerusalem, which was
once 1.-The joy of the whole EARTH
One is struck at once by the absence
of bright colors In the buildings and
roofs, most of which are of a ragged
are fiat rooted and others have a white
limestone dome which stands out in a
picturesque manner beside the tall white
minarets. Above a Turkish minaret
rises Christian church Spire, with a gilt
, cross shining in the sunlight, near to
the silver crescent on the mosque. Here
and there a solitary palm tree waves it's
branches in stately manner, towering
over the housetops. Above the gleam-
ing city the changeless blue of the Syrian
sky affords the touch of color needed to
heighten the beauty of the landscape.
The deep green olive trees on some of the
hills around form a somber background
to the whole picture.
One realizes that to the Turk also this
is 1.-The Holy City"-El kuds-and one
cannot help respecting the Iiberality here
depicted by an otherwise despOtic and
fanatic people in granting to both Jew
and Christian the privilege Of raising
their own monuments of worship in a
land where daily is proclaimed the fact
that "Mohammed is the Prophet of God
Five times day criers ascend the long
flight of steps to the summit of these
minarets and from there call out. in loud
voices: There is but one God and
Mohammed is His prophet!''
The most prominent buildings in the
panorama are the Mosque of Omar and