The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1913-04-04
Trips Around
The World
Jerusalem
(By Rev. and Mrs. Chas. N. Magill)

How can short article be writer
upon such fruitful subject
Jerusalem that most ancient o
cities, famous even in the time o
Moses and Joshua, and which il
mentioned S1S times in the Old anC
New Testaments. Jerusalem thC
battle ground of so many warrinl
tribes and nations Jerusalem o.
which SO many poets and hymn
love RS have read, written and suns
for so many ages Jerusalem the
Mecca for thousands of Christian
pilgrims and tourists who each year
wend their way thither to see and
study, visit and mediate on the
character OF Him who came to earth,
lived holy and perfect life, per-
formed His many wonderful works
in and around Jerusalem, and who
taught his wonderful doctines upon
which Christianity is based. Here
he lived. taught, and worked and
here he died, and rose again from
the dead, and gave rise to Easter
celebration full Of hope and joy.
Here he assembled, and here the
Jews think he will appear at his
second coming
But those WHO visit Jerusalem
now days must bear in mind that
almost two thousand years have
elapsed since the time of Christ ana
that the walls and buildings Of that
great city have fallen and crumbled
seven or eight times thru battles,
fire earthquake since New Testament
days; 20. if we would really tread
upon the same streets upon which
Christ trod, we must excavate some
forty or fifty feet below the surface
Of the present city. However to- day
for the sake of the credulous and in
order to reap rich harvest of francs,
almost every place, and then some,
that was ever mentioned in Bible
history or tradition, is pointed out
to-day by the guides, who have told
their marvellous stories so often.
they have really come to believe
them
Mohammedans, Jews, and Christ
lans, espe, iallv the different sects of
the Catholic church vie with one
in owning and showing
sacred places, and it is often pitiful
and sometimes disgusting to witness
their almost sacriIigious supersti-
ton. So, the traveller who visits
Palestine to day should read up on !
it first and go there with his mind /.
made up to e Jerusalem in spite /
of its filth and deceptions and not .
TO allow his faith to be shocked be- 4
cause lie finds So many unholy /
things in the Holy City,; for il
is still the Holy City, and there
still remains enough Of the genuine
10 fill the heart Of everV true Christ
an with the greatest reverence.
The city has changed many times,
out the mountains, hills and valleys
never change, and interesting "Out
# Doors in Palestine has remain
d practically the same all down
hrough the ages. So, when we
scended to the top Of the Mount of
)lives where our Lord so often
vent with his disciples and from
whence he assembled into heaven,
7e felt as if we were really standing
n holy ground. The view from
be summit is grand, overlooking
II Jerusalem, Gethsemane and the
alley of Hinnom (Jehosaphat) on ]
be one side, and reaching Bethany, /
ericho, the Jordan and its valley, e
nd the Dead Sea on the other with I
be land of Moab and Mount Nebo S
coming up in the back ground.
ne feels as if they could spend 1
avs upon that beautiful spot, Il
enjoying the scenery, |
sting under the shade of the grace Q
il olive trees and pluckil G the wild fst
owers which grow in profusion. II
ut may we here drop a suggestion 81
our readers who have not been k
ere: if you ever have the good I