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Although it was midday when we arrived and
ne sun beat down mercilessly, many of these
tired pilgrims had spread a small scarf or shawl
across sticks and were sleeping in its shade.
Still they continued to flock into the city, carry
ing palm branches in their hands, until all the
highways round about Jerusalem were lined
with these weary but devout people.
One could not help plying them, while at the
same time admiring their wonderful devotion.
Thousands of them had walked hundreds of
miles through Russia and across inhospitable
Turkey, being treated in the latter place more
like dogs than human beings. II there Is one
thing above another a Turk hates, something
that arouses his indignation, it is
the sight of these Christians, devout members of
the Greek church, %plodding afoot across the
sultan's domain with but one thought in view
to kiss the tomb of Christ. You can only
marvel at their religious zeal which enables them
to withstand the tortures of a long journey and
the abuse of the cold-blooded Turks.
Fortunately, our quarters had been reserved
long in advance, otherwise we, too, would have
been forced to camp among the pilgrims beside
the highway. AS these pilgrims come in sight
of the Holy Land they fall upon their knees, fac
ing the Jerusalem they love, so simple ana Dean-
tiful is their faith.
.Jerusalem's places of interest during the Easter
week are many. They are made memorable
through their association with Christ on and
prior to the day Of his crucifixion. We first Wis
tied the Garden of Gethsemane, where. so many
wears ago, he went 10 pray ~ U my WILL Dub
thine" This is really a very small plot OF ground,
about twenty-five feet square, containing many
flower beds and some extremely old olive trees.
Always kept in good order, on the occasion ot
Easter this hallowed garden is made glorious
with beds Of flowers in full bloom.
There is also the Via Dolorosa, or the street
Of sorrows" through which Christ passed on his
way to Calvary. Along this street are the vari
GUS stations Of the cross, recording the Incidents
in this memorable journey.
Then there Is the Church Of the Holy Sepul'
cher where the elaborate Easter ceremonies are
] held This church is in reality a massive build
ing containing vast %congeries OF churches.
channels and shrines in which the various sects
Worship. There are within these walls thirty
seven so-caIled "holy places" although 1t must
he said that there is a grave question as to the
Authenticity Of many Of these.
As we approached the outer gates of this
church we were annoyed by the painfully incon.
gruous note which was struck by the deafening
medley caused by the yelling and screaming OF
dealers in articles de piete," or, In other words,
aboiv relics" All sorts of vendors we're shout
,ng al the tops Of their voices and eagerly
cIutchlng at all Corners in their frantic endeayors
IN make a misrepresentation descendants. in
deed. of they who once made the temple "a
house of merchandise
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

Knowing that during the days, of the actual
Easter celebration we would have little oppor-
tunity to see these things, owing to the great
crowds, We took occasion to visit them the day
following our arrival. Among the principal
places of interest in the Church of the Holy
Sepulcher are the supposed tomb Of Christ, the
stone of JUNCTION, the holy sepulcher, the Greek
church. the chapel of st. Helena and Mount
Calvary.
The first of the Easter services in the holy
city consists of the washing of feet" This
occurs on the Thursday before Good Friday. It
is a Greek ceremony, short and unexciting, and
takes place in the courtyard of the church Not
withstanding that 1t is unexciting, every available
space in the courtyard and every commanding
window and rooftop was occupied as the Greek
patriarch bathed the feet of twelve of his priests
as they we're seated upon a little platform.
On the next day-Good F~riday-we witnessed
the Latin ceremony of the crucihxion. This is
interesting in a way, but somewhat shocking to
the occidental idea. This ceremony takes place
over what is said to be the actual site of tho
cruciixion. 1t is performed before a cross on
which a dummy figure has been nailed. At the
conclusion the figure is taken down from the
cross and placed in a white sheet, the crown Of
thorns and the nails drawn from the hands and
feet" being placed on silver salvers. After this
a procession is formed which leads to the stone
of JUNCTION, where sermons are delivered In six
different languages.
Saturday afternoon we witnessed the ceremony
Of the holy fire" to the minds of the pilgrims
the most important of all. There is a certain
mpressiyeness about it, but the grandeur is lost
in the mad struggle between the Latin and
Greek worshIpers that changes what should be
a solemn ceremony into a veritable mob scene.
At the time we were there much talk was heard
of either abandoning this ceremony or greatly
modifying it, and l must confess that all of our
party agreed that unless it could be conducted
in an orderly manner it should certainly be aban-
doned.
~
There is an old tradition in Jerusalem that
long after Christ had arisen and departed from
the holy sepulcher holy fire from heaven was
seen to descend into the sepulcher. Time has
deprived this tradition of the greater part of its
weight, but 1t must be admitted that many of
the poor faithful but ignorant pilgrims still be-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

his beart,s desire was to light this candle by the
holy fire. Within ten minutes the tnousanus
struggling around the holy sepuicner oI
had lighted their candles, and the cnurcn was a
mass of tiny lights from each OF these cahdles'
We were told that much better order nad
been maintained on this Easier curing Ii no
fire ceremony than ever before, ana we couiu pu'
wonder what some of the past ceremonies were
like, since five persons were removed on stretcn-
ers while we looked on, having been severely in
jured by being pushed down and trampled on by
the struggling mob.
1t was interesting but by no means comfort
ing to note the hatred exhibited on every hand
by the Turks.
We watched the line forming for a procession
where the Turkish soldiers were drawn up as
a guard, much as city policemen keep back the
crowds during a parade in this country. When
ever a Turk got in the crowd he was well handled
and assisted to a vantage point II he cared to
see, although for the most part the Turks would
not deign to look upon 1t. Whenever one Of the
Christians was pushed by the crowd into the line
of Turkish soldiers he was promptly and effective
ly pounded with the butt of a rife. Not openly,
but rather surreptitiously, the soldier stared
straight front at the same time he maliciously
and viciously jabbed backward with rifle butt,
generally grievously hurting whoever was unfor-
tunate enough among the pilgrims to be crowded
against the lines. Above all 1t was the Armenians
who we're thus abused.
On Sunday morning there were more cere.
monies in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
These ceremonies we're conducted in many Ian.
guages, and the estment worn by the priests
were unusually gorgeous.
At noon on Sunday the Easter week ceremonies
were over for the year. An hour later the great
army of pilgrims was focking out Of the city.
In all directions they were travelling with their
few belongings in bundles, but by far the greater
number journeyed out on the highways that led
across the Holy Land and into Russia.
BY night not a pilgrim remained, while all
along the roads round about the holy city were
left the litter and the ashes OF the camphres
where SO many thousands had encamped during
the week. The next day Jerusalem became the
same quiet. sleepy city that it was when the
man OF SORROWS rode into it and was taken be
fore PLATE.
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brant. The land that was full of lone
illness is quick with life and through
the fresh morning there moves a keen
eyed JOY. But what we witness in the
silent upspringing Of the wayside and
forest is revealed today In the heart
OF man. a Golfers Weekly, We.
too. are in q springtime blown upon
by fresh winds. That marvellous and
many-hued spectacle OF the busy
spring is but the garment Of the God
who works through the thoughts of
men and touches them for renewal.
The bleak ages have gone. and the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

green lanes OF linden. Not all the
gathered SHOWS and Furnishing winds
al thwart this coming of the spring.
All the tides of being are rolling In
to the food. Now there returns the
wildness that leaps at life as a hunt
ing dog let loose from the leash. The
breezes tumble down from the great
hills. Their cool has been nourished
in the rich green pines, and has lifted
of the hidden mounds of snow in
dark rayines. All the spacious spread
Of lawn and meadow. white sea
Tapped beach and lifting hill is vi
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

the varied phases of life. The
thought is the father OF the act, the
word Of the deed. Tell me the
thoughts uppermost in a mans mind
and l will tell you what he will do
and become tomorrow. II his
thoughts are misery he will become
niggardly, If benevolent then charit-
able, If lewd then base. II pure then
a man IN whom there is no guile. II
you master the inner world OF
thought victory will be yours in the
outer world Of achievement.-Frank
Willard Court.
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~AFRO-AMERICAN CULL|NCS

Eli Williamson tcolored) ninety
years old, for many years a licensed
pilot, died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. w. B. Faire, in Washington, fol-
lowing an illness lasting only five
days.
For half a century Williamson had
followed the sea before he retired and
made his home in Washington. He
served in the navy and in the mer-
chant marine. He became a skillful
pilot and was the first colored man to
obtain a first-class license at the
United States custom house at Nor
folk, Va.
Captain Williamson, as he was
known to his friends. was born in Muir
freesboro, N. c., December 23, 1924,
the son of Trial and Winnie William
son, and the grandson of George Will
hanson, who had been a noted shoe
maker and had bought his freedom
from his master by making fine shoes.
Eli Williamson's freedom came to him
from his grandfather.
When he was a youth Williamson
went to live with a family of Quakers,
who taught him to read and write, to
tie fishing nets and to rig seines for
large fisheries. This gave him a taste
for the sea which never left him. He
enlisted in the United States navy and
served faithfully. After leaving the
navy Williamson entered the mer-
chant service, and when the Civil war
broke out he was chief pilot on the
steamer Curlew. 1t was pressed into
the service of the ~Confederacy and
later was sunk.
Williamson was highly regarded by
the officers under whom he sailed. He
did much to aid in the uplift of his
race, and was the founder of the Cool
Spring church at Franklin, Va. He
married Miss Emmaline Hunter of Vir-
ginia. Ten children we're born to them,
five growing to maturity. One son,
the late w. E. Williamson of Norfolk,
Va, died February 1, 1910. His four
daughters, Mrs. Curlew Weaver, Mrs.
Katherine Reid, Mrs. Sea Bird Faire
and Mrs. Emma Gray, survive him.
For the last five years Captain Will
hanson had made his home in Wash
ington with his daughter, Mrs. Faire.
Burial was in Harmony cemetery be-
side the body of his wife, who died
March II, 1914.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

Three judges of the United States
circuit court of appeals listened with
profound interest to the plea of a Ne
gro attorney, a one-time slave. who
appeared before them in the Federal
building at st. Louis.
Probably few in the courtroom real
ICED until he started his argument that
a gray-haired Negro sitting neal the
front was a noted lawyer who has
appeared before every United States
judge in the central district in many
famous trials.
The attorney, Turner w. Bell, rep
resented three men who are confined
in the federal penitentiary at Leav-
enworth, Kan, serving sentences on
convictions of conspiracy in the ia
nous structural iron workers dyna-
hitting cases two years ago.
Bell fingered his brief as he sat
listening to the argument of Assistant
United States District Attorney L. S.
Harvey of the eastern district of
Kansas, representing the government
He had spoken but a few words,
however, when the crowd knew that
such incidents evidently were in the
everyday life of the Negro lawyer.
The men represented by Bell are
white and were given sentences Of six
years at Indianapolis in December,
1912.
They were convicted of being impli-
Gated in more than one hundred dyna-
hitting, cases, including the destruc-
ton of the Times building in Los An.
geles, in half of the states of the
United States. They were at one time
officers of the organization of which
j.. j.. Mcnamara was a member and
who is now serving a life sentence
in California.
Bell represented the men in the
United States district court in Kansas
last July and was defeated. He ap.
pealed.
Bells chief contention is that the
men could legally have been convict
ed on but one charge under the re
vised statutes of the United States
and that the maximum penalty should
nave bCNA Dub lMO gOdAo III NAV pom
Tertiary or a fine of $4,000. They
were charged with having transported
dynamite throughout the country, anC
with the blowing up of a bridge at In
dianapolis.
Bell has been a practicing attorney
in L~eavenworth 20 years. His hobby
he said, is appeal cases.
In 1914 he filed 81 appeals in the
United States courts, and was success
full in Al of them. In but two casei
were his clients Negroes.
Bell was born a slave in Tennessee
He was taken with his parents t,
Oskaloosa, Ia, when young, an
earned enough money to carry hin
through a course in law.
The day he was admitted to tn
bar, at L~eavenworth, United State
Judge Hook was in the courtroom
and Bell considers Judge Hook n o
his best friends.
Among famous appeals in which Bel
has been successful was the case o
Charles A. Stevens, a wealthy NegT,
boy, of Kansas City, who stole a mai
sack containing $55,SOO. Stevens sen
tence was reduced from ten to fv'
years. AS his fee Bell received S13
600.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

1t is true. of course, that Professor
Just is not the only colored man to do
scientific work of a high order, nor
the only colored teacher ready to
labor for a pittance in order to aid the
education of his people. But the honor
bestowed upon him is worth while
merely if it recalls to public attention
once more the fact that no one can
measure the contributions colored
Americans are certain to make to our
| common civilization. and not merely
in the fields in which lie their peculiar
talents. 1t was a colored physician
who first ventured an operation on the
living human heart; a colored painter
is in the front rank of his art as the
d~elineator of Biblical scenes; no COM
poser of recent years won greater hon
ors than Coleridge Taylor, the negro.
Any policy, therefore, which should
limit the education and the opportu-
mites of the race must be a grave
loss to humanity as a whole. Nc one
would think, in any country outside
Russia, of refusing to Jewish genius
the fullest play in every field. Yet
we continue to hear, not only in the
South, but in the North as well, re
peated assertions that anything ex
cept common schooling is out of place
for the colored people.-New York
Evening Post.
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sPRlNeTIME OF THE WORLD
Land That Was Filled with Ione''
ness Made Quick With Life and
Keen-Eyed Joy.

Life is visibly released. and we are
eye-witnesses OF creation at work. We
see the earth touched with color. and
greenness sweeping over the land.
Now the way5de flowers spring up,
rained upon and glad OF the sun. And
the eye Of man is gladdened by inter-
vale and fertile field. and the long
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03
H7EYR EAR C72OSGES
N4Q0LNRQG

lieve the flames they wit.
ness to be literally holy
fire.
We secured a good van
tage point from one of the
upper balconies, and by
two o'clock the church
was filed to overlooking
with a Jealous yet excit-
able mob. The Greek
patriarch, accompanied by
the Armenian high priest,
entered the holy sepul-
cher, and instantly there
was a hush throughout all
the church. On either
side of the sepulcher are
holes, and soon flames ap-
peared through these
holes. Instantlythe strug-
gle commenced. To US 1t
was a terrible sight to see
the pilgrims fight to get
near the holy flame. Each
pilgrim held a candle, and
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supremacy Of Thought

Thoughts are important factors in
the molding of a life, They may
not be seen but they bespeak OF la
tent power. the trend of the mind.
the hopes and aspirations of the
heart. We marvel at some Of the
inventions and achievements Of the
age. But the thoughts of the in
ventor rushed on ahead OF the in
vention. The mind OF the mar who
achieves sees the possibility. and
works It out. long before the world
Il aware OF II. This is true in all
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

S WE crossed Palestine, riding over
those ancient byways that wind
through hill and dale leading to the
holy city, we were deeply impressed
by the pilgrims-not only by their
numbers but by their very air of
patient eagerness-as they trudged
the dusty roads footsore and weary.
AS we neared the city we knew that
Jerusalem was already filed to over-
flowing with these pilgrims, because
the roads leading into the city were
lined on either side with crowds Of
these pilgrims camping in the bitches,
with their pots and pans and bedding.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

If lou wish to interest idle men cir
.culate the story that the hull of a
sunken ship is full of treasure. If you
wish to excite them circulate the story
that 1t is full of fine old whisky.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

The Supreme court, speaking
through the chief justice, denied the
appeal taken by the state of Illinois
in the case of John B. Gaskill against
the Forest Home Cemetery company
Of Chicago, which has become his
torical.
Gaskill is a Negro who purchased
a lot in the cemetery, but was denied
permission to bury a member of his
family there by the trustees OF the
cemetery after they made the dis
covery that the purchaser was a Ne
gro.
A bill for the relief of Gaskill passed
the Illinois legislature some years ago,
but was vetoed by the governor on the
advice of the attorney general.
The case was dismissed by Chief
Justice White on the ground that no
federal question was involved in the
judgment rendered by the supreme
court of Illinois, which found against
Gaskill.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

During courtship a girl thinks mar
rage is a haven of rest in which she
will be free from worry and care. AT
ter marriage she has another think
coming.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

race OF men itself is visibly planning
a resurrection. Out of the dust of
its dead things it rises to a fuller
life. It's ancient enemies are in re-
treat. Hate is dying, poverty is pass
Ing, the disinherited have found a
voice. AS out of a stormy night, we
draw near a light and warmth for
men.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

The yellow poplar, or tulip tree, the
largest broadleaf tree in America, has
been known to reach nearly 200 feet in
height and ten feet In diameter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

In view of prevailing high prices for
necessities in Santiago, Chile, it is
planned to establish municipal pro-
vision shops there at an initial cost
OF $500 0O.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

Mrs. Kate Penner and Gertrude Pen
del, English nurses connected with the
Constantinople hospital, have received
Red Cross medals from the German
emperor for gallant service during the
Balkan war.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

The new poison extracted from seeds
of the castor oil plant by a German
chemist Is said to be so powerful that
a single gram would kill a million and
a half guinea pigs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

In the opinion of an English scient-
list, the yea of macadam roads is not
due to the suction of automobile tires,
but almost entirely to the crushing eff
feet OF horseshoes and iron-tired
wheels.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

All-steel cars are being experiment.
ed with on several railways in India,
Metal freight cars have long been
in use, but passenger cars have usual
ly been built of teak wood resting On
steel under-frames.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

The highest determined point in
Florida is Mount Pleasant, 301 feet
above sea level, according to the
United States geological survey. The
approximate average elevation of the
state is 100 feet above the sea.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

Every member Of the family OF Sir
Roper Lethbridge of England has gone
TO the war or training for 1.-THE men
to fight. the women to nurse.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

The neighbors say S. w. Feathering-
hams initials stand for Southwest
Wind" "The southwest wind" they
explain, blows nearly all the time"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

Probably the speediest journey is
that negotiated by a prize fighter who
ia on his way back to %obscurity.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03

For the first time in about a dozen
years mackerel have been caught in
the New Haven waters. In recent
years porpoises are believed to have
driven them away, but in the last
month thousands OF mackerel have
been caught,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-04-03
INTERNATIONAL
LESSON
LESSON FOR APRIL a
SAUL REJECTED BY THE LORD.
(By E. o. SELLERS. Acting Director Of
Sunday School Course, Moody Bible In
stitute. Chicago.)

LESSON TExT-p Samuel 15:1o-23.
GOLDEN TEXT-Behold, to obey is bet
ter than sacrihce.-I Samuel 1922.
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