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THEN, in 1912, it was shown again, and the
decree went out that once every seven
years people should be allowed to look at it.
If you go to Treves during one of the display
periodS you will see plain brownish colored
fabric, to all appearances linen or cotton, which
does not have a seam.
The tablet, which is the well known in
scription Jesus Nazerenus. Rex Judaeorum"
Jesus of Nazareth. King of the Jews'-is
preserved in the basilical of the Holy Cross Of
Jerusalem at Rome.
The crown of thorns, which was placed on
the head of Christ as a final gesture of mockery
the day that He died, is row in the Church of
Our Lady Of Paris, but the thorns are gone.
One by one they have been granted to other
churches. This relic, with the fragments of
the true cross, is borne in triumph by II canons
or cures of Paris, in solemn procession which
is held at O'Clock on Good Friday night in
Notre Dame.
The Church of st. Serin in Toulouse has
fragment of the crown which was given to it
by st. Louis, through his brother, Aphonso,
count OF Toulouse
The Hotel de Cluny in Paris has ring which
Is also said to contain one of the thorns Of the
crucifixion.
The nails which pierced the flesh Of Christ
are scattered, too. One of them according to
history, was thrown into the Adriatic by Queen
Helena, in order to quiet the waters in a storm.
The second nail is in the famous iron crown
Of the ancient Lombard kings, which Napoleon
used at his coronation. The Church of Notre
Dame in Paris has the third, and at Monza,
near Milan, there Is fourth nail whose au-
thenticity is said to have been established by
Pope Benedict XIV.
AS Christ was thirsting on the cross he asked
for water. A soldier laughed and handed him
a sponge which had been dipped in vinegar
This sponge is now at Rome in the baSilica Of
Saint John Lateran.
Another soldier pierced Christ with lance,
and this too has been preserved. The point Of
it is in Paris and the rest is at Rome.
There is a tunic which Christ wore on the
day of his death which somehow came into
the possession g Charlemagne. He had sister
who "a at the monastery of ST.
Argenteuil, 50 he presented the society with
the tunic which is still preserved in the Church
Of Argenteul
The winding sheet in which Christs body
was wrapped when it was laid in the tomb has
also been divided. Turin has the largest piece.
The cloth in which his head was wrapped is
one of the sacred possessions of the Church of
Cardonin in the department of Dordogne, in
France.
The Church of the Sepulchre in Jerusalem,
perhaps is the most famous of the sacred
shrines. There is round grotto cut in solid
rock, which is big enough to let nine men pray
at once. The tomb of Christ is here cut from
this rock, it is claimed It is seven feet long.
The color of the tomb is not uniform but a
mixture of red and white.
Joseph of Arimathea had prepared this tomb
for his own burial when his time to die should
come. However, there was no place to receive
the body Of Christ just there had been no
inn TO welcome Him at the beginning of his
life. The wealthy man offered his personal
tomb.
Twelve lamps kept burning all the time
At the sepulchre.
Between two churches called the Church of
the Martyrdom and the Church of Golgotha,
in Jerusalem there is un is
to contain the Lords cup. The cup guarded
so carefully through the centuries is made of
silver and has two handles on it, 1t has a
capacity Of about a quart
ON the night before His death Christ called
Peter and James and John and the rest
to Him. supper was served in an upper room
Of a rented house.
When it was finished Christ took some bread,
broke it, and passed it around, telling the dis
ciples to eat it, as it represented His body,
which would be broken for them
Then he raised the silver wine cup and
ordered them to drink from it, saying that the
wine symbolic of His own blood, which
would be spilled for them.
One by one they drank. After while they
went down the narrow steps into the eastern
street. The silver cup stood unguarded on the
table
Somehow it disappeared. Hundreds of thou
sands OF soldiers rode gallantly to the Holy Land
TO search for it. No one could find it. Some
people decided that it had been caught back
into Heaven.
Then the cup was discovered, but the story
of its discovery is lost 1t was placed in the
Jerusalem church.
Christ's cradle is sealed in a vault at the