The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1913-04-04

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Saviour, don't let the i'm ression b,
spoiled by being led una wares bY {
mercenary guide into a MOham
medah place to see the foot prints
of Jesus left upon the ok from
which he assembled. 1t costs just 8
franc a head to see it! But avoid
it, It is far better not to see such
mockerv!
The present site Of Gethsemane,
as pointed out by franciscan Monks,
dates from the fourth century. 1t
contains about one third of an acre
and the eight huge olive trees, while
not the original trees of the time OF
| Christ, have most probably sprung
from the roots of the tree under
whose branches our Lord prayed on
the night of his agony. Besides
these very large and ancient olive
trees, the garden walls contain a
series of rude modern frescoes
representing scenes in the life of
Christ. and there are some very
pretty violets and other fragrant
flowers in the garden with which
the monks are very generous, if
there happen to be ladies in the
crowd
The tomb of the Virgin is point
ed out very near to Gethsemane.
1t is a very deep tomb and is reach
ed by fight of forty seven stone
steps, resembling the one pointed
out in Bethany as the tomb OF
Lazarus. The tomb of the Virgin.
like most every other sacred or
famous place in Palestine is now
covered by a Catholic church.
The Dome of the Rock, a Moham-
medan mosque. stands on the top
of Mt Moriah. Tradition says that
it is on the very spot where Ornan
had bis threshing floor, where
Abraham would have offered up
Isaac, where David interceeded for
bis plague stricken people and where
Solomon built his magnificent
temple. Standing upon this spot
ones thoughts rush back to the past,
when psalmists wrote and patriots
sang of the temples glory. Hither
the tribes came up; here shone the
light of the shekinab; he,e was
once the center of the religious and
political life of God s chosen people.
And then one thinks of the defeats
and disasters consequent upon dis
how the glory Of man
until alien powers desolat-
ed and even destroyed the holy |
place. One thinks OF the Jewish |
people now scattered to the four
corners CT the earth, but with long.
ng hearts ever turning to and pray
ng for the restoration of their past
Influence and glory But of all I
things that the Christian thinks
about upon this temple site, is the
oabe Of Bethlehem, brought here by /
his mother when he was eight days
old and later when he was fo1ty
lays old, and bow be astourded
he doctors by his wisdom in that
anne temple when he was only
welve years old, and Of the Divine
dan teaching and preaching the
hings concerning God and righteous
living, Here also St. Paul was ar
-ested and upon the steps of the
Tower of Antonia made bis famous
peech Of yindication
Concerning the true site Of Calvary
nd the Holy Sepulehre there is
nuch discussion. The Catholics
ave a huge church dating from the
ime of the Crusaders, which they
laim covers the sspulchre and
alyary which two are only about
)rty or fifty feet apart, Calvary be-
lg about fourteen feet higher than ,
le sepulchre. This church is own {
| and shared by mary different +,
and Catholic sects, {
lch as Latins (Roman Catholics),
ussian or Greek Catholics, Copties, I
Abyssinians. and Syr- +
MS. These different sects are none t
70 friendly at times and on great s
,casions such as Easter when the