Marble Hill press., 1920-12-09

INK down 90 IL tu get tauh o b4ghyt De- hal
dropped noticed 4 door which led him into a
w"uu,IiuI garden, where De picked leaf ~
one ~ bis Acquaintance, 90 whom hr showed
70 had c'er seen IL, ifkc and. since 10 d.d not
with,r an agreed that u mus, be- of celestial
Origin. o hypothesis absolutely ucuutro,erilble
bc,luse thr secret dpps could not be found again
IL bad disappeared completely Hs the entrance
to The 'umbs ot the Kings of Judah. accidentally
lighted upuu benjamin of Tudela Informs Us
by stone masous aud carpenters employed ln
Snoring The foundations ot the temples and pal.
ace, tha, succesSvcIy rose and were RACED on
the site uf Mclchzrloks hin fortress.
The northern part OF The sacred ucloSure Is
occupied hy the Jamr al-Na.u. or Distant Hou-
or Prayer with IT. superb pulpit one OF the finest
piece, os woodwork estaut II was carved by a
celebrated sculptor or Atrppo at the charge Of sui
tan NurudIIu, and was placed In It's present po-
sitlor by sultan Saladu when after his capture
OF Jerusalem, the Christian church became Il
Mahumwrlau mosque. This event could not oc-
cur u! course, without being duly announced by
signs and wonders. In numerous churches Of
Eu-pYc the crucihNes shed tears ~ blood and a
monk oc Argcntcuil the moon descend 10
earth with weeping couutcuunct Truly, the city
reverted again TO the Christians by the treaty OF
February Is l229 concluded between Saladlns
nephew MaHk ai-Kamn and the Emperor Fred.
erick H. but after the departure Of that brilliant
II INSCRIPTIONS, monarch, the kharc2mians wan
dercd West and prepared the way for Turkish
rule of the holy places,
The Distant House Of Prayer--n popular par
lance ihr Palace ot Solomun--WuS assigned to the
protection Of the aristocrat.c brotherhood iuSti.
tuttd In Ills to protect pilgrims 90 the holy
place, and 10 nghr the battles Of Christianity
Siacc the edihCe was situated in the temple
grounds the members OF that brotherhood became
known as Knights TcmplarS The order ceased
to exist In 1914 when It's grand master, jacques
de Molay was burned at the stake. With mis-
last breath he summoned the two pussant enc
mics who had compaSScd his fall, to follow and
face him before Gods tribunal. as they did
King Philip the Fair Of France within three and
Pope Clement within twelve months The same
wear. 1914 brought the revival Of another broth.
erhnod closely associated with the history of Pal.
estiue--the Knights HoSpitalers, originally the
Brothers of 81. John. 1t founded just hefoEe
the first crusade by certain Gerald OF Amaff,
on the lines of an earlier order, the members of
which served mintstrantS to the comfort OF
lcpers and pilgrims in distress, under the patron
age of ST. Lazarus, This order of the Hospital
of ST John ut Jerusalem. to write out Its full
name. later known the Order Of the Knights
Of Rhodes and as the Order OF the Knights OF
Malta is still very much alive E some of its of.
shoots In the East II counts descendants OF the
Sultan Saadin among its pensioners, and also In
the West II takes an active part in relief work.
During the great war, 1t supported at EtapleS,
between Boulogne and Montreuil, large hut hos
pital, where many Of those wounded IN the Ger
man drives toward Amiens and the channel ports
and In General Fochs decisive counter-onenslve
were cared for.