Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-04
FORMER HONOLULAN WRITES OF TRAVEL

Gent history want to describe some
thing I saw there One place visit
ed was the Mosque Of Omar or the
Rock Tomb. which Is q beautiful
building and stands on the sight Of
the temple Of solomon. and the one
of Herod. Under the big domb there
is a rock 30x40 feet was told Il
was this rock where Abraham was
going to offer up Isaac for sacri-
nee. II was on this rock where the
high altar stood in Solomon's temple.
as the concretes cut in the rock for
carrying on the blood are plainly
seen II was on this rock where
Mohammed made his last prayer be-
fore he assembled TO heaven. and as
he assembled the rock started to fol-
low him, but the angied Gabriel put
his hand on the rock and pushed II
back, and left the print Of his finger
thereon. which were pointed out by
our guide. The Moslems still believe
the rock Is suspended In air and they
claim that Mahommed had driven
certain nails in the rock and that
they are still working through the
stone. and when this is accomplish
ed and the lost nail drops into the
cavern below. All win be over and
the world will come to an end, Ca
briel will blow his horn and the last
judgment take place There is rail-
ing or fence around the rock so no
one is permitted to go inside. One
place where is supposed to be pass
age way leading out to one of the
valleys is closed by big marble slab
- u
SO superstitious they will not let Ii;
be removed. visited big stone
building known as the house of Pom
thus PLAT and was shown a room
called the Judgment Hall where
Christ was tried. This hall was
mass of low stone arches about 6 feet
high, as | could reach up and touch
the top. They said at the time Of
the trial, they were much higher, but
the accumulation Of dust and dirt Of
ages have I'LL it up. but as stood
on flag stone floor had little faith
in the story. The buildings must
have been built all on the same plans,
IS was in another building Of the
same kind, and was taken into q
room where the last supper was held.
They claim they have q piece Of the
table upon which the last supper was
served That made me think of the
centennial at Philadelphia, where ev-.
cry Turk who had booth had the
only piece of the original cross upon
which the Savior was put to DEATH,
and Il all of them were gathered to-
gether, it would make Is. cords Of
wood. ] walked long the street cali
ed straight where Christ carried the
cross and at each place where he
stepped to rest, is a station such as
are seen in the Catholic churches.
We also drove to Mount Olives Some
think 1t is mountain but It Is only
two or three hundred feet higher than
the city. From one point we had o.
| fine view Of the valley Of the Jordan,
and large portion Of the Dead Sea,
which is 1900 feet below the level Of
the Mediterranean The Mount of
| Olives is certainly sacred spot and
is very much entf1foned with feli.
gious sentiment as there is not spot
pointed out as scene In the old and
new testament that is not marked by
chaple, altar or shrine of some kind
over it. Early in the old testament
1t speaks of the place as being asso-
ciated with the worship of Jehova.
| It was here that David sought refuge
| from the wrath of his ungrateful son,
Absalom. One thing that gives the
Mount OF Olives such special signifi.
canoe is the life of Christ, as he
spent nights in prayer and his ascen-
the mount stands Greek church
where thousands of Christians gather
on Ascension Day, because there. are
some Impressions in the lime stone
which they say are footprints and
that Christ stood there at the time
of his ascension A tall Greek priest
told me that when Christ stood there
II was soft mud and in time it turn.
ed to stone.
One place nearby is the Field of
Blood another the Judas Tree, where
Judas hanged himself. There is a
church and around the porch of the
inner court there is row of tablets
or panels on the walls, nearly forty
| In number, with the Lords prayer
printed on them in as many different
languages From this Mount of Oh
ives are pointed out many points OF
luLCTCSI MSHllUH6u III luG DiDl6, 1uG
Hill of Evil Council, Mount Zion: here
/ 1t was that Judas made his bargain
with Caiaphas There are many oth-
ler interesting places could mention,
but space will not permit. One place
want to mention is the tomb of the
kings. This was the tomb OF the
early Jewish kings. There was a
large excavation, something over q
hundred feet square and 60-odd feet
deep. Most of this was cut out of
rock AT one end was a porch cut
out of the face, leaving some impos-
| ing columns At one end Of the porch
there was a doorway four feet high
and thirty inches wide going into q
large room, twenty feet square and
twelve feet high on two sides of
the room were three small doorWays
going into small rooms, where the
bodies were placed. In building
these tombs / noticed they cut the face
of the rock down to about three feet
from the level. leaving wall two
feet wide; then cut down to the level