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Forward we went, along the path
of the stations of the cross, up
Golgotha's hill, until we came to the
Holy Sepulchre. The little space
where so much occurred, so much
history made, so much read about,
told in song, just amazed and sur
prised me. Here, l was actually
standing on Mount Calvary where
Christ was nailed to the cross, and
to the left of it, was where Christ
was crucified. A cross with a gold
figure of Christ stands there today
in reverence to the Lord of Lords
Our Savior. We could only e the
burial place through iron bars. Deep
in the cellar was the place where
the o was found by Queen
Helena. A statue of Queen Mary
stands there, decorated with jewelry
and gold, valued at IL million dol
lars. Next, we went to the Mosque
of Omar, on MI. Movak, the original
place of the temples of Solomon. In
side the Mosque was a huge stone
where all the sacrifices of Abraham's
time were made, the same place
where Abraham brought his son
Isaac to be offered up unto the Lord
as a sacrifice. Before entering this
Mosque, we had to put on a pair Of
slippers over our shoes as it has
been only in recent years that any
one besides the Moslems were al
lowed in this mosque.
Leaving here, we walked down
some more steps tit seems like there
are endless numbers of these stepa
in the city Of Jerusalem) where we
came to the stables of the temples
of Solomon. What a massive struc-
ture this temple must have been.
and one can realize this by seeing
the pillars in the cellar. These pill
lars being the very same one that
Solomon had built. Next, we climb
ed upon the walls of Jerusalem, and
looking below, we could e the
tomb of Zachariah-the father Of
John the Baptist, and a cemetery,
the largest cemetery in the world
and probably the oldest one too.
We passed the Golden Gate where
Christ entered on Palm Sunday. Al
so, this is the gate where the money
changers were driven out. We then
got into the bus and headed for the
Dead Sea and the City of Jericho,
by way of the Jericho road. A de-
scent of quite a thousand feet or
more and along a very rugged and
mountainous road. We saw the
tending their sheep along
the mountain sleeps, a picture / had
only see in paintings previously.
And I may say this; an artists pic
ture or mere words, could never
describe or portray the ac-
tual scene as I saw it. Really a
sight indeed. We looked
the valley of blood where the
IsraIites and Philistines fought a
great battle for Jerusalem. Arriving
in Jericho around noon we got a
good view of the city from a peak
near by. And from this peak, we
could see the Mt. of Temptation,
where Christ was tempted 40 days
and nights. Up in the mountains, in
caves, the monks sometimes spend
their entire lives away from any
kind of civilization.
Next, we went to the river Jordan
and stood on it's banks and looked
upon the spot where Christ was
supposedly baptised. Next, we jour-
neyed to the Dead Sea. We we're
quite hungry by this time and we
had a good meal in a swanky hotel
near by. On our way back to Jeru-
we passed the Fountain of the
Apostles, which is the only source
of water along the Jericho road.
Here, the Saviour and his Apostles
on their journey to jerusalem
A little farther up the hills, we came
to the little town Of Lazarus, which
lies back in the mountain sides. We
went to the garden of Gethsemane
next and also visited there in the
Church of all nations, q very beau
tiful church. Last, but not elast, we
in the tombs of the kings;
one Of the wonders of the world.
Here, % members of the Khadellam
Of which all were kings OF
some tribe, are buried. The building
of these tombs show that the people
in that age, were real scholars OF
engineering, for every little detail
was taken into consideration in the
building of these tombs. They were
hewn out Of solid rock and took
thousands of workers something like
40 years to build.
What a masterpiece this truly is!
This just about tells the story and
I have this experience which I will
treasure for the rest of my life"
Col. Richurd N. BurkIev