The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-05

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where early tradition said Jesus was
eruelfied and buried.
To this architectural museum Ito.
man Catholics. Greek orthodox, Ably.
alnninna. copi. syriana aud Armen.
iana-all Christian tectf, In fact.
save Protoatanir. have contributed.
and under the rulo of tho Moham
medan Turk all these secta have
fought for more than a thousand
years over the supposed tomb Of
Christi
To this spot came tho Crusaders IN
tho Inn and succeeding centuries OF
the Middle Ages. came with lance and
sword 10 fight and bleed and die.
kings and rmperora and knights
without number. Godfrey do Bouli.
lion. Richard OF the Lion Heart. and
all that splendid salary Of hlstory's
theatrical era.
All came 90 rescue the tomb Of
Christ from the hand Of tho aaraeen,
who held Il IN spite OF All until tho
English general. Allenby, walked
thru Jaffa gate az the head Of his
troops IN the closing months Of tho
world war.
And now we are told that the tomb
could not have been here AZ an. but
outside tho walls AZ what IN known
90 the Gordon or Garden Tomha.
near oolgotha.
Kings ana empires sacrificed.
thousands made widows and orphans
millions lost IN treasure. whole ma.
lions impoverished for a symbol
which was probably false,
Inside this hodge podge called the
Church of tho Holy 8spulchrs we
walked and looked upon some OF the
oodd "aacFed spots" the center OF
the earth" the cave where Helena.
mother OF Constantine. dreamed tho
holy cross would DO found. tho rock
called Calvary. tho tomb Of Adam
over which Mary Twain wcp, 20
coplouaiy. and finally tho ornatsiy
decorated little chapel under tho
main rotunda in which. under plain
marble slab. they tell Ms. tho BODY Of
Jesus OF Nazareth once lay.
That slab. Of frankly modern
origin. il worn with the klssss Of the
faithful Tho tears Of million PIT
Krifns from every country OF Chris,
tendon have kept e moist for ages
Here ia this miniature cave. where
lrsa than dozen may stand upright.
have ain burdsned men and women
como hoping that BY soms material
act they might b. parged.
The whois controversy regarding
tho location of Calvary and the tomb
uf Christ hinges on the location Of
tho ancient walls Of tho city. Thr
Biblical accounts say that Jesus war
cfuicified without the walls and bur
led ia tomb near BY. Tho present
church n well within tho walls
Hence the advocates o. ths Gordon
tomb say their site mus, be ,iis true
one. others bold TO the theory that
the wallis arc NOT where they were IN
Jesus timn and In proof they offer
a cave within The church containing
several ancient Jewish graves which
they say could not have been within
the wallis as such were forbidden by
Jewish law.
From the Gordon tomb outside thr
sails ono drives pas, tho mysterious
caves known as solompn's auarfloa
% tho Mount 81 oiiyc,. one Of tho
great. barren. roundiopped bills
which form tho chain Of mountains
with which Jerusalem Il cir; about.
Ths road thither gives succession
Of beautiful views in tho afternoon
lieiit. visws az this fascinating.
strange. immortal cts. Here IL
cemetery Of British soldiers who laid
down their lives 10 the spring Of 1918
in tho fighting agains, Turkish can.
non. Allenby would not lombard tho
sacred city. an example Of restraint
for which The world can mover auffi
GENTLY thank the British troops.