Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-03-17

graph the whole thing upon the
imagination. This is easily done,
for n such moments the mind is
''wax to receive, and marble to
retain Impressions We look
over the graceful swelling hills
of the desert of Judea,. and there
little to the right, is a corner
of the Dead Sea; how very near
it seems, how blue, how low, and
how lovely. Beyond is the violet
tinted mountains of Moab rising
up like a wall. The guide pro-
feSSes to point out Mount NebO.
The whOle'regiOn has an antique
j.. air without any suggestion OF
mOdemeSS. Silence has taken
possession of this spot, so hallOw-
ed forever by all Christians. We
entered our carriage and passed
on. towards Jerusalem, as we
came around corner, 10, the
Holy City bursts upon us. 1t
slopes towards us like a book in
the hand or the gallery of.
church., The brilliant sunshine
acts even more powerful than
electric light, and we see the
houses and the people IN the
streets with a startling diStinc-
ton. Yet a wide glen separates
lis from them. We passed over
the glen and passed by Jaffa gate
and on to our stopping place.
Next morning early, led by a
new guide, we fastened into the
city and alas, the diSanchantment
began. The streets are narrow,
dirty, i'll paved, if paved they
could be said, and they are lined
bv small shOpSand bazaars which
have no beauty and where wares
o. not much value are offered for
sale. The city is but the ruin
Of what it was. 1t is impossible
to conceive what it must have
been in the days of David and
Solomon, or in the time Of the
HerOds. The old Jerusalem is
buried, many feet below the
foundation Of the PRESENT houses
and the very soil on which the
present city stands is composed
of the ruins of churches, aque-
duets and pillars. We saw every
thing in Jerusalem and in the
neighbOrhOOd that is worth see
ing. The first place entered,
was the Church of the Holy Sep
.ulchre, which from the time of
Constantine, had been reverend
by great part of the Christian
world, as the scene of the cruel
.fiXiOn and the resurrection, both
Calvary and the new "TOmb,
wherein man never yet lay" be-
ing enclosed within its walls
Here are the SanctuarieS of the
Latin and Greek, the COptic, Sy-
RAN and Armenian churches,
They vary in magnificence. The
Latin and Greek ShrineS being of
great splendor, the Coptic and Sy
o rian chapelS poor and mean, and
the Armenian church rich and
gaudily adorned. Every one of
the spots in the different chapels
has its own traditions. Here is
the Chapel of the Parting of the
VeStmentS and the Crown of
ThOnS. There is the stone OF
JUNCTION, marking the spot where
our Lords Body was laid, and
amounted after being taken down
from the Cross, and here is Cal
vary and the Sepulchre of OuI
Lord, and here is the hole in the
wall as you enter the holy Tomb
that fire fed torch, is said to pas
through on Easter day. TheI
we passed out of the wonderful
building through the marrow
dirty streets and lanes to tn,
Mosque of Omar. The Mosque i
only second to the Mosque at Me
ca in sanctity, and the noun,
on which it stands Overhangin.
the valley Of the KedrOn, ha
been regarded from the time o
Solomon, as the most sacra,
ground in Jerusalem. On thi
hill and high in the center 0
the platform, rises the rock frOI
which Mohammed is said to hay
assembled to Heaven. 1t is cover
o ed by the Dome Of the Rock
an octagOnal building each sid
Of which measures 66 feet. Th
Dome of the Rock. as we az
preached its. doors, we were b
seiged by a lot Of ragged boy
who brought. slippers to pass ov,
our boots before We should ente
the sacred building. We paSse
through the Dome of the Roc