Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-12-10

ing down it to get back bucket he hau
dropped noticed a door which led him into
wonderful garden, Where he picked leaf NO
of his acquaintance to whom he showed
it had ever its like and, since it did not
wither, all agreed that it must be of celestial
origin, a hypothesis absolutely incontrovertble
because the secret door could not be found again.
1t had disappeared completely as the entrance
to the tOmbs of the Kings of Judah, accidentally
lighted upon, as Benjamin of Tudela informs us,
by stone and carpenters employed In
snoring the foundations of the temples and pal
aces that successfully and were RACED on
the site of Melchizedek's hill fortress.
The northern part of the sacred nclosure is
occupied by the Jami alAqsa, Distant House
of Prayer, with its superb pulpit one of the finest
pieces of woodwork extant. 1t was carved by
celebrated sculptor Of Aeppo at the charge of Sui
tan Nuraddn, and placed in its present po-
sition by Sultan Saadin when after his capture
of jerusalem the Christian church became q
Mahommedan mosque. This event could not oc-
cur of course without being duly announced by
signs and wonders In numerous churches OF
Europe the crucifixes shed tears of blood and a
monk of Argenteul saw the moon descend to
earth with weeping countenance. Truly, the city
reverted again to the Christians by the treaty Of
February 18, 1929, concluded between Saladins
nephew Malik al-Kamil and the Emperor Fred
erick H. but after the departure of that brilliant
If INSCRIPTIONS monarch, the Kharezmians wan
dered West and prepared the way Tor TURKISH
rule Of the holy places.
The Distant House of Prayer-in popular par
lance the Palace of Soomon--waS assigned TO the
protection of the aristocratic brotherhood insti-
tuted in 1118 to protect pilgrims to the holy
places and to fight the battles of Christianity
Since the edifce situated in the temple
grounds the members of that brotherhood became
known as Knights Templars. 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 puissant enc
mics who had comprised his fall, to follow and
face him before Gods tribunal, as they did
King Philip the Fair Of France within three, and
Pope Clement V within twelve months. The same
year. 1914 brought the revival of another broth
erhood closely associated with the history of Pal
estine-the knights HOspitalers, originally the
Brothers of st. John 1t was founded just before
the first crusade by certain Gerald of Amalf,
on the lines of an earlier order, the members Of
lepers and pilgrims in distress, under the patron
age of st. Lazarus. This order of the Hospital
of ST. John at Jerusalem, to write out its full
name later known as the Order of the Knights
of Rhodes and as the Order Of the Knights Of
Malta is still very much alive in some of its Off
shoots In the East 1t counts descendants of the
Sultan Saladin among its pensioners, and also In
the West it 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 Foch's decisive counter offensive,
were cared for.