The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-26

In 134 A. ID. the rebellion Of Bar
Cochba was the signal for another dew.
astation, but in 136 Hadrian rebuilt
the city, called It Aelia Capitollna, and
generally paganized II. When the Ro-
man empire eventually became Chris.
tinn, the Jews acquired the right to
visit Jerusalem annually to lament
over the ruins of their loved city.
In 1893 the Church of the Holy Sep
ulcher was founded. In 362 Julian at
tempted to rebuild the temple, but was
prevented.
The next important epoch was
about 400, when the Empress Eudocia
visited Palestine and expended large
sums on the Improvement of the city.
A church was built above the pool of
Sloan, and after having completely
disappeared for many centuries II was
recovered by F. J. Bliss when making
his exploration of Jerusalem.
The empress also erected q large
church in honor of st. Stephen north
Of the Damascus gate. The site of
this church was discovered in 1874 and
1t has since been rebuilt.
In 532 Justinian erected important
buildings, fragments Of which remain
Incorporated with the mosque, but
these and the other Christian build
ings were ruined in about GA by the
destroying King Chosroes II.
Justinian a Builder.
A short breathing space was allowed
the Christians after this storm, and
then the young strength of Islam swept
over them. In 637 Omar conquered
Jerusalem after four months siege.
Under the comparatively easy rule Of
the Ommlad caliphs Christians did not
suffer severely. Though excluded
from the temple area, they were free
to use portions of the Holy Sepulcher.
This, however, could not last under
the fanatical Fatimate caliphs, who
succeeded them, and the suffering of
the Christians then led to that ex-
traordinary series of invasions COM
monty called the Crusades. The CRU
saders were semirellgious and q
semi-military movement. They repre-
sented the passions and ideas of Eu-
rope in the twelfth and thirteenth CEN
chivalry, its hatred of Mo-
hnmmedanism and its desire to pos
sess the spots hallowed by the suffer-
ings Of our Lord. Their long continu-
ance shows the intensity of the senti-
ments which possessed them. During
this period Palestine was harried for
about a hundred years and the indy
Ing tradition of which no doubt re-
Farded the final triumph of Christian
ty over the Arab. In 1247 Jerusalem
became subject to Egypt for go years
until the Ottoman sultan, Selim I, con-
quered Syria in 1917, and Turkish
has continued to the pres
ent dry and under rule practically
without history.
SinsularIy Situated.
In 1887 Jerusalem fell to Saladin,
who rebuilt it's walls. From 1920 to
l2f1 the German Christians held Je-
but in 1914 a fearful mas
sacre swallowed up the last relics Of
Christian occupation. In 1917 it was
by the Sultan Selim /, and
since then it has been a Turkish city.
selim's successor, Suleiman the Mag
lificent, restored the Notifications,
which since that time have been little
Uttered.
The situation Of Jerusalem is in
several respects singular among the
titles of Palestine. Its elevation is re-
OccasiOned not from its be- :
ng on the summit Of one of the nu-
nerous hills of Judea, like most of
he towns and villages, but because 1t
s on the edge of one of the highest
ablelands Of the country.
Although to a certain extent the
our hills on which 1t is built-Zion,
1Oriah, AGRA and Bezetha-may still
e distinguished, their actual bound
ries cannot be traced. The contour
f these hills has been changed. by the
ccumulation of debris of past centu-
les. Jerusalem is connected with its