Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-04-14
HISTORY OF COUNTY
TAKEN FROM VERMONT GAzATEER PUBLISHED In
The YEAR 1862

Ine countries passed, ana Cne Indn-
ners and customs of the people, visi-
ting the palaces of the great, and
the huts of the poor, the tombs of
kings and emperors and the pit pre-
pared for the pilgrim.
From here Mr.. F. visited Syria
and Palestine, and thence again
through the Mediterranean and
Italy to Belgium and Holland, and
afterwards spent four months in
travelling through Great Britain.
At Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, and
Jordan, he spent some weeks. While
at the former place he visited the
Holy Sopulcher. Of what he saw in
it he says:
'The main object of attraction in
the whole building. and around
which there is always great crowd,
is what is called the sepulcher itself.
This is a small but beautiful temple
like building, standing in the center
Of the church. The marble material
of which it is built has a rosy hue,
and was brought from the Dead
Sea. Led by a priest, we entered
the holy Of holies. We were here
shown the stone according to tradi-
tom on which the angel sat; also
the stone that was laid against the
door Of the sepulcher. STOPPING, we
were again conducted to another in
ner room, flooded with lights from
lamps of gold which are continually
burning, containing the sarcophagus
into which the body of Christ was
placed after the crucifxion. From
here we next descended to the vault
heWed out of the solid rock, where
was shown the sepulchered vault of
Joseph Of Arimathea. From here
we were taken into various parts Of
the church, both above and below,
and were shown the place where the
Savior was confined previous to his
crucihXion-the stone on which he
sat while being crowned-the place
where his garments we're parted
the pillar on which he sat during his
fissure in the rocks
that were rent in twain -the r ON
in which Mary, his mother, sat dur
ing the crucifiXion; and lastly, the
place where the Empress Helena
found, among a pile Of rubbish, the
true cross. Tie latter place was in
q subterranean vault, many feet
under the church, but brilliantly
lighted with lamps. The crowds of
professions moving soemnly along
in various directions, with different
orders of priests, the chanting Of
accompanied by the deep
tones of the organ, the fitting past
of spectral shadows of pale men and
women, whose constant vigils make
them appear to belong more to the
dead than living, the low and sepul-
chral voices Of the half-famished
beggars that ask for aims, all tax
en- together invest the place with
awe that cannot be
easily effaced from the memory.
But those who excited my sympathy
and pity the most, were the poor
worn out pilgrims who had come
from foreign lands to see the spot
where their Redeemer died, breath
ing on their lips from their hearts
'Blest land of Judea! thrice hallowed
of song,
Where the hottest of memories pill
grim-like throng;
In the shade of the palms, by the
shores of the sea,
On the hills of thy beauty, my heart
is with thee.
These poor creatures, with wasted
limbs, blanched cheeks and sunken
eyes, would be there early and late
upon their Bonded knees; and, from
their earnest looks and anxious
countenances, bave not the least
reason to doubt the sincerity and
of their devotions.
As has been before said, Mr. F.
still resides in Wisconsin, enjoying
his "otium cum dignitate" with
that case and independence only
known to cultivated minds.
DR.. JOHN DEWEY.
By VIM. Haywood, Esq, of Lancas-
ter, N. H.
DR.. John Dewey, for many years
resident of Guildhall, and before
his death for many years a resident
of Maidstone, was one of the re-