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ing down it to get back a bucket he had
dropped, noticed a door which led him into
wonderful garden, where he picked leaf. No
one OF his acquaintance to whom he showed
1t had its like and, since it did not
wither. all agreed that it must be of celestial
origin, a hypothesis absolutely ineontrovertible
because the secret door could not be found again.
1t had disappeared completely the entrance
to the tombs of the Kings of Judah, accidentally
lighted upon, Benjamin of Tudela informs US,
by stone masOns and carpenters employed in
snoring the foundations of the temples and pal
that successfully rose and RACED
the site of Melchizedek's hill fortress.
The northern part of the sacred Enclosure is
occupied by the Jami alAqsa, or Distant House
Of Prayer, with its superb pulpit, of the finest
pieces of woodwork extant- 1t carved by
celebrated sculptor of AeppO at the charge of Sui
tan Nuraddin and was placed in its present po-
sition by Sultan Saladin when, after his capture
of Jerusalem, the Christian church became
Mahommedan mosque This event could not Oc
cur of course without being duly announced by
signs and wonders. In numerous churches OF
Europe the crucifxes shed tears of blood and
monk of Argenteuil saw the moon descend to
earth with weeping cOuntenance. Truly the city
reverted again TO the Christians by the treaty of
February -. 1929, concluded between Saladin's
nephew Malik aIKamil 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 for Turkish
rule OF the holy places.
The Distant House of Prayer-in popular par
lance the Palace Of SOlOmOn-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 edif1ce situated in the temple
grounds, the members Of that brotherhood became
known as knights Templars The order ceased
to exist in 1914 when its grand master, Jacques
de Molay, burned at the stake. With his
last breath ne 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 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. It founded just before
the first crusade by a certain Gerald OF AmaIh
on the lines of earlier order the members Of
which served as ministrants to the comfort Of
Iepers 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 the Order Of the Knights OF
Malta is still very much alive In some of its Of
shoots In the East 1t counts descendants OF the
Sultan Saladn among its pensioners and also In
the West it takes active part In relief work.
During the great war, it supported at Etaples,
between Boulogne and MOntreuil, large hut hos
pital where many of those wounded I'm the Ger
man drives toward Amiens and the channel ports
and In General FOch's decisive counter-oHensiye
were cared for.