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'Visit to the Mosque of Omar.
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Itlitisautst;'FridaY, Maretve,;'lBs7.'
After c i resting - afew uours from the f a tigue
Of the journey of to-day; we looked about the
hotel to see if any of Opr.fellow 'guests were
, American& 'Wire were pleased to - tneet Lion.
Mr. Prnynn.,of Albany, and his l a dy, who
are traveling in Palestine., Mis. P. is in,sery
, delieate health,
.and the ride from J a n a to
"Jerusalem, in rain , and:. fund, was not very
favorable to her improverneot.. Mr. P.. is - well
acquainted with 4udge ColoKand Wool.
Wort of Albany, aadelYrO. AiketrandTwere
glad to converse with 'him ;Aleut. .mutual
friends. There are several other . travelers
here, among whom is Mr.4obertson, who is
Sint Otitliy:LOrd whom .
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griPhic pictures in Palestine. I'4e has k indly
liven me some hints about niy instruthent.
Mr. Thomson called on the
the this evening to see about the house of the
late Mr, obtained perinissioa
foi us to occupy it' to-morrow evening. The
air is cool and the - Wind chilling thii,evening.
The residentS say that . theribaS been a. , g , x)d
-deal of snow here during the 'low Months
past, and the - winter has been - quite cold.—
Our room without a fire is‘lficoinfeirtable.
SATURDAY March 7th.---CiiSudy and quite
cool. have had so much beSiness to-day
in scit lipg meleteers; arranging our
baggage and tneving over to our present
quartets, in the :house of Mr. Graham, (for
tnerly Mr. Nidolayson's,)';that'we were'. kept
orr rootn until noon:" A t one o'clock ice
went,oter to the Church of the Holy'Sepid,
e hre,. but the, iinmenc . ,e crowd of. pilgrims
assembled made the mr so cb.lie that, it was
unpleasant to remain long enough to' see the
fabled famous edifice. -^ The
number of unusually great this
year, as there are al rmdy about- ten thoa' - and
in the city; and multitudes are coming by
every steamer to Jaffa.. The tide of pilgrims
has been iasomewbat stayed during the: past
three years, by the Eastern war,. but the re
tern of ipeace' has opened the gates again, so
that a larger number than usual -are flocking
to the Holy City, hopir , here to find remis
sion of all their sins..„. The making of Pilgrim,
ages is, something eminently peculiar to Ori
ental countriesat the present day, although
there are some lioinanists who come from Pa
pal Europe to visit the supposed lloly Sepul
chre with the hope at receiving pardon of all
their sins.
The Armenians ecirrin, the whole nor
thern region of the Turkish .I.lllpirre; 'the.
Greeks from Turkey, Syria,'Gre,cec and the
lonian Islands 'the Maronites from Mona
Lebanon, and the. Moslems (tom Turkey in
.1
Europe, Asia Minois Syria,.Persia, India and
Africa, all having the same general object of I
gaining merit by the pilgrimage, while the
Jews flock to Jerusalem, anxious to die and;
be buried within sight of the city, of David..
. It is one of the most interesting features
of Jerusalem . at this smson, and yet one. oft he '
most painful.. Tholisands.coniehere to gain
merit and work out a righteousness of their
own by their own good works, forget.ing the
wordS of the Gospel, "IST by grace, ye are
saved through faith; .and that not of your
selves ; it is the gift of poa ; not of - works,
lest any man .should boast," ''Personal .
riesi is something unknown in,CO . batal relig
ion at the present day, and it - :.ifinost seems
as though . the worst displays of Character to
be found in the East, are herein what is-call
ed the Holy City.- Jerusalem seems to fur
nish the most striking specimens of Moslem
fanatieism..and nominal christian superstition.
I left the church of the HOly Sepulchre this
afternoon with a feeling of satisfaction that
theekerreh cannot be on a spot - formerly with
out the walla of Jerusalem, and
.con . seantly
is a fictitious place. , so-that the real spot of
our Lord's crucifixtion and burial remains pn
ennt.sminated I f by, these idolatrous rites.. It
was a comfort :to leave the place and. walk
out to the Zion gate and know that I was on
"Mount Zion' which cannot be removed."—
There .are so few localitiits. of the ancient city
of Jerusalem DOW identified, that it is'pleas
ant to visit those. which have remained un
changed said unchangeable through the lapse
of ages. Only a portion - of Mount Zion is at
present Within the City .Walls, a large por
tion beingnow Outside the:walls on the south
western side of,the .cityi The Zion Gate - is
near the southwest corker of the city. In
passing; to it from the interior of the city, we
walked n long distance in . a witpaved, clean
and ~beautiful street which (passes through -
the gearter.of. the Armenian Convent. This
Convent is one of the most extensivestrue
tures now existing in Jerusalem, having been
built and gradually enlarged, -by-contribu
tions gathered from all the. Armenian corn
munitiesin the Empire. It is like a.grest
Hotel for the accornmodatiori : olthe pilgrims
who-fioek hither every year.: Years ago, be
fore the precise object of evangelical mission;
Aries was known, the pilgrim% used to receive
books and tracts from them durinetheir . Vis.
it here, and carry these meSsongers. of light
home ..With them to. all parts „of the .:land,
and it is supposed that not a little was thus
done toward the 'dissemination of the truth
among the Armenians of the North; but of
latter :yeah . since the decided.: movement
Atkin - the Armenians, and the prevalence of
the,. gospel among them, the priests and
monks at Jerusalem have taken special care
to'prehibit the pilgrims frten . porchasing or
receiving the gospel or evangelical tracts, as
they'are Uttered-10 them. And thus .Mount
Zion, .which was once .a spot favored -of God
and has become -the- symbol: for the„eiturcli
itself, is now, as it were, the &Sidling place
of seperstitiOn in some.of . its worm dorms.
As we appreriehed . the ziuu Gate, our. auen
tion was drawn toe row-of low 'Shapeless huts
along the
. inside' of • the city wall, stiTrieir6i
resembling the houses of the nniuntain villa
gescd Lebanciti. 'This is the quarter 'appro
priated to the Lepera,of whom there may be
a dozen families. We walked around - to see
them,- when five men eame•hobbling out to
Ask an alms. 'They were the,
,most frightful
looking creatures . I- ever ~ s asq acrd although
the disease is not.contagious, yet - : there ,waa
something So repulsive in their very appear=
ante dun I was glad to withdraw from their
eight. The faces Of some of thrill.*ere coy
ered with a whitish settlY substance and their
features were so much distorted than they
seemed almost to have hist all likeness to
• human beings; And such voices! -I shall
pever forget that
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elate the Ara sic sentence. al ways used by
beggars, ",U , yateek.r. ?Ray, fjoctgive
to you.," ,- It seenaed like," voice from 'death
itself.. . ' :These_ret*hed.people live' here .by
sufferance, cast out , from all society, yet-per.
mitted to goo ut• certain parts of , the city
and beg foe, weans of supporting
_life.—
They interm
t i
only among themselves,
Oita time the . 4rightful ,disease is kept from
aprwidiug.. , e men whom we saw seemed
, to be - about forty or fifty years old. • I saw
none of the.wbmen .or.. children, and I e,ur •
blink)? hitvct no desire to see .s child or a,liti.
man the victim(such a living body ofdea th .
flow, could a n ore impressive delineation of
sia be Arnwn, than- that furnished , Uy this
disease ' t The p
f i
eculiar ,form of the disease
in these person is ott id to
. be similar to Ele f
phantiasis; but e diftenee is not great be
tween' that and the ' true lleprosy; so•thatAi
thege creatures we have a very vivid idea of
that loathsome' isease which our Savior healed
by -- the. exercise of his miraculous power:—
Pigging tun. of Zion -gate,, we' passed• first
what is called: the liOnse tif adaphas and
then a Turkish Mosque which
.the Moslems
say 'contains the Tomb of David. - -
.
No Christian or Frank is permitted to see'
the aupposisl ti mbi awl we Made no attempt
to-enter the 11fi tsqu i e. -We then continued'
our Walk. leisurely i lind saw', the , American
cemetery, the oily p ot of grOund owned by
an Americad 4 i dtku.saletn.-' 'lt Is a small
enctostire,perha . 104 feet square, surrounded
hy , a stone wal ten feet • hfgh,,and' As
. it is.
Outside of the c ty wall-; the• door is always
kept locked. nkt,- American ikibisionaries
are, buried here on :Zion. awaiting . the recur --
section teern. The first Wife Of nee. Mr.
TheitiAn,. ni:l I)r. Dode,
,bOth of whom
died in ' derus-a ctn. ':We` were anxious to .
gain a d ss •
lon i ti•
interesting place, hut
the : Aniericsninsular Agent, a native, who
has't he key,. is r cut j 4 Jaffa, and the - gate
is locked.. ' ~ - '
dibs
~ . .
'• Adjoining the. Amer i c a ni cemetery, is that:
of the Armenians; in which •all Of the grave
stones are "slab of. marble laid fiat_ on the
surface -of the' 'earth. dust below, on the
southwest corner of Zion; overhanging the
Valley . of llinnom' and: the . Lower. Pool of
Gibon, is the spot of ground belonging to the
English; . a fine enclosure, containing the im
posing buildinierected ' for the English school
under the Bish4p and the En,glishieetnetery.,
The summit lof Zion
,cast ot the Tothb of .
David is now covered with a luxuriant growth
of wheat, and it is every. year plowed and
sown.: This is la. most striking illustration of
'the fulfilment '4' prophecy. In recounting
the iniqUitics o the- house of Israel, Mieah
says, "They biild up Zion with ',blood and
1 ,
Jetuzziem with! iniquity:". "Therefore shall
Zion for your sake be plowed as. a field, and
Jerusalem stall beCome heaps" &c. This ful
filment is the more foreible, 'as the whole of
Zion was at, tlnit time within the:walls of the
city, and covered with the habitations of
men, l But now.it is a succession of wheat
fields rising . one `above another. very much
like the • terr.ices of : Mount Lehation.---
As We walked- along this afternoon outside
of the Southern Wall; with the city behind
us and tiothilm:in View but these waving
'fields' of grant
southward acro
could realize tit'
wildernegs, an,
There arc mans
present to mak
tbsso evidences
tend' to quiche
surance that th:
kleVer.
On our retu
on, we found
whohdve just!
and the Jorda
of Boston, wh
now a membe
inary,
residing in I
Lancaster, Pen
tlemen and.
Twntn bly
Aiitin, - and tb
We spent t
may imagine
ask about 'Fa
was here on It
dear to us all
o'clock i'ectimi
we shall Oceu
rusalem
1
beeil cold And
in the - stove ill
posed this mo
vine serkicv.
the English 01;
estaitt church
pine. It. is• bit
stone of this
and . the gener
is one of the I
ficei I hire se l
in the -Enistx)
the
the
ten
Comm. church, as the
refetence
a Jewish chu
mornmg in E
sermon was
It was a plain, practical and - thoroug,hly
evangelical dirourse, on the test 1 John, it :
28. " And Ow little children, abide in
Him." 'Bishop Gobat is an earnest, fervid
preacher, and feels what he says. -Tbere is
nothing of loftine.ssor affectation in his mart:.
her, 'and he pfeached just such truth' , and
just such s' ' , Owner u does the heart good.
He is a devdted Missionary and seems to
long: for the ovation of vulg.
. You are.
.perhape aware .that the • High
church sentinlent of -England' it entirely op.
posed to.taisb)onary laLsurs among the Greeks,
Armenians aid Atronites of Syria, Asia Mi.
nor and Palestine. The entire mission 'to
Jerusalem.. wider Bishop Gobat was establish.
ed for the JON espedeity and not for others,
as the High sliturch, party in En&nd , regard
the Greek atid Papal sects in this country as,
fellow ehrisdanswith whom they can hold
..
iellowShip l 1 dxisequently Any , movement
on the .partpf the English Brisiionaries to
draw away the Greeks or - other dual i ' the
Jean from s ir corrupt. *arches; is regard:-
ed with stop '
yin and opposition. But Bish
op Gobet, he is - of ' the' Lew church; or
Lvangeliesl arty, is in Gtvor of preaching
the Gmpel, to all - who' need the ' Gospel,
whether 40, or Gentiles, and from this filet
ip
is violentl_y posed by the whole Puseyite
part yin Bo kW. The servieethis morning
was Pftg so
-; somewhat wearisome, yet I an;
- ".0 - ragtEijo:: . AiNt) . :.milvgr: - A:64:0 - 7e.y.t Li*tgit.',li.ffa-16';'..iklari-,,;,-,,..,:.,,:_,....
culs. }
nod the desolate mountains
~ss ihe Valley of Hinnom, we
e words of. Isaiah, " Zion is a
Jerusalem a dsolation."—
things in the Jerusalem of the
one heart-sick and sad, but
of the fulfilment of prophecy,
one's faith and give new as
word 'of the Lord endureth
n from this abort walk on Zi.
t the Hotel three Americans
returned from the Dead Sea
. They are Mr. Twombly,
is a graduate of Yale, and
of Andover Theologivd Sem -
ruth, a merchant of Boston,
tester, and Mr. Erben, of
We found them to be gen
leasant acquaintances. Mr.
an • old schoolmate of Bro.
re.ttnion- was very pleasant.
e evening with them, and you
;ow many questions we had to
l*erland, and how delightful it
onnt Zion to speak of interests
r time and eternity. At nine
e over to our new home, which
as long as we remain in Je-
i amb Stk.—The air to . •day;has
raw, .and we have kept a fire
day. Mr. JOnes was India
sing and•did not:go out to di
-111: rest of us went at ten to
I arch. This is the finest Prot
• ifice in this part of the Ent-
It of the yellowish white lime•
country, large and spacious,
I effixt within is pleasing. lt
lost plain and yet elegant edi:
•n. The tablets Usually found
«al churches behind the altar
!creed; the LOrd's prayer, and
ndrnents, are in Hebrew in this
'edifice was built with
. especial
e Jews, and was designed for
1 41. The service was read this
glish by Dr. CTawfordi and the
ed by Bishop Gobat.
MONTROSE, THURSDAX,''AITOVA
joyeil. it greatly, - and,,the' more , as we. have
been so long by.otiraelVes in theiwilderness
that I lea hmin to, hunger end - thirst for Abe
privilege of joining with the peopleof
. God
in the_
,aanctuery. One thing struck, me as
strange-in the English jeluirch ,ttersice, and, I
felt it when. in the English : chu rc h
end that is that everyone srho unites in the
service must pray fo; the " success of Queen
Victoria over all, her enemies."
,- Now this
will perhaps du Well enough for loyal .
,British
subjects,, but it' sounds very strangely m Je
rusalem ills congregation', made up m part,
of subjects of , the Sultan. The reason of : it
probably is that
the
Victoria tbe lets
roc'? lli•ad of the r.oglish 'church, AO 4cr
success is so far conneeteif,With the triamph
of the truth. But it, is4inseible that :her
tmajesty may be engaged in air unrighteous
war, in which her success would' be a calami
ty, and in duty case ho w, c could I unite in this
petition ? Or hew co uld . 1 . fur her sue
cuss; ii she were at ,this moment at war with
my own native' land?
The present Bizliop Gohat, receives, his
office front .the king. of Prussia, as .Eugland
and Prussia alternate in the'appointment ut
the Bishop of Jerusalem. Now in the event
.of a War between England and Prnssia, how
could the. Bishop oiler prayer kir the victory
of her majesty Victoria over his majesty the
King of Prussia?
In addition to the English service. the Mis
sionaries here conduct, on the Sabbath, servi
ces in Hebrew, Arabic, German and Spanish,
into each, f which languages therhave trans 7
Wed the entire English Church &race.--
This evening ,Rev. Mr. Crawfoid invited CM
CO his house, where we spent the -evening
very pleasantly in
. studying a .passage of
Scripture., About twenty .were preseut, in
cluding the Jerusalem missiolutries,:several
ladies., and th 6 English Consul.,:hirc
I esteemed it a . great privilege thus to unite
with christian brethren in study ingesocles word.
hereon Mount Zion, in Jerusalem, the city
of the prophets and apostles, is . place so full
of eacml, associations, and no dtuir to all the
people of God. - On returning, to our room
at nine . the. bright moon beamed
down upon the white roofs of the city, and
from: the window of my room I. could :see
the swelling clothe of the great Mosque on
the site of Solemon's Temple, and Olivet
with its triple surnmit standing out in_ bold
relief against the sky. How, often have I
longed to see this • interesting 'spot ? Mote
vivid and how, triumphantly truthful now
seem the ataternents and allusions of the
word of God, and how • I would delight to
I have you here to enjoy with rue the s cen e ! I
' know that it would do you good, not as these
thousands of deluded pilgrims suppose, be
cause you would gain merit before God, or
because, there is anything of holiness in the
soil itself, but beaufke the word of our God,
so wonderful in itself,tippeos far more won-
I derful and more glorious, when we read its
sublime recitals of the momentous events of
sacred history, on the very spot. lb here - those
events occurred. I refer now chiefly to the
general impression made upon the mind by
the place itself. When I look out upon the
city as a whole, and know that this is Zion
and there is Olivet, and there is Moriah, and
there Bethany,and that no human machine
tint or superstition has ever changed them
or can ever change them, I can gaze and gaze
again, with gratitude and delight.. But to
descend into the streets, and hear thikplace
pointed out as the house of Lazarus and this
the house of•the rich man; this as the Place
where Christ was scourged, and this the place
where Simon assisted to carry the cross, and
know that all of these places and many oth
ers are fixed by superstition and kept up fix
purposes of gain, , this wearies the soul, and
you turn away in disgust,'sad to see. men
the dupes of
.131/ perstition, and grateful to God
that he has granted 14u the light of the glo
rious Gospel. T 1 )- evening we have read
the 122nd Psalm, and it seems so much in
accordance with my feelings that I . will copy
it here:
" I was glad when ..they said • unto me,
let
us go into the house of the Lord. Our feet
shall stand within thy gates, 0 Jerusalem.—
Jerusalem is buildcd as a city that, is corn
pact together • whither the *Abet; go up, the
tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of 1..
rael; to give ;hanks unto the name of the
Lord. For there are set thrones of judg
ment, the thrones of the house of David:—
Pray it the peace of Jerusalem ; they shall
prosper that lore thee__ Peace be within thy
walls, and prosperity within thy * palaces.--
--
palaces.
For my brethren and companions saki*, I
will now say, Peace be within thee. Because
of the house nt the Lord our God, I will seek
thy gp° l "
„, I ,
MUNDAY Abaci' 911.-- Luts oas. been a
cold raw day; with occasional shOwers, so that
it has Veen quite umomfortable . Tor us to
walk . out: This morning , we called •at the
Hotel and .Mr.Thomsoa waited cin the
Consul to request. "him
,to obtain adinissioo
for us, if possible, into , the Mosqueof Otnar..
Before noon `the Consul informed us that he
bad obtained the necessary Permission from
the Pasha, and that it will be . necessary for
us to be ready at "eight o'Cloeh to-morrow
'Morning. We have purchased 'new red slip
per* to wear in the sacred enclosure; as_the
Moslems will not permit 'us W eater with
our Shoes on.
Juit - before noon we' called it the - Bishop'.
English School on Zion Without the walls.--
There are twenty-fire bey* under instruction,
and the institution seems ;41)e prospering.
At two o'clock we'ealled on Miss Hokm
den au. excellent lady who is .coimected -with
the Mission here. Her. • bailie -- stands on
one of the Pool of 'Llesekiab, which is
now nearly full of muddy Water. , h iiisaid
of Hezeliali in 2iad Kings XX.: po that "he
made t pool and'a conduit; and brought
taint() the city." This, pool is, said I to be
connected by a Subteirenean' potssage With
upper pool of Gibon near the Jai road
north west of the city. -
The•dmiensions of the Pool Of Hesekiab
are about 140 by 240 feet. It 4 about ten
feet deep, and is generally dry in snid-stim.
mere though.nbw it is , almost' firil from the
the recent heavy rains. • - _ - •
Leaving Miss Hofeadea's we- made testi
ja poei -Bleb op Gobst„ whom we ford at tome
In his 'tidy. He received is rwith great
kindnesa;and Mr. Thomion was trite at home
with him,having beta his friend raid satanic -
ance for many years. Mr. .Goixtc
excel/est man ; sod like him (bestir, -
mire I.see hinh He seems 'tot have faith
that the Lord will bless Welshers bore, and
bibors in s livered spirit, alt ht • be
bard field, I know from tbo . "Of
One yeariin Siria ? that , the Mheslonary work
in 'this land is.etninindj tititii4rying,wonc,
nod, One must, Live,. strong lattlior he cannot
labOr sod „prey as he. eught. ;tun glad to
*ye' met • Bishop
.oPho,t, and thee . . become
more thOro4ly acquainted with, his work
iitltbe 4 e . ' Parte> et 4;: shell .hereationi rejoice
,t 9 t'entePber., hhj end work ill Pritiet,
113 r. 4 0 1 F'''' that: he has the tree-Iditiejetttul
A hoped, bra walk.
eilgri • ' • rk c
erletiving the - -
°°/:, the Jetrit-gete‘-weStlrerd-Aoitho'-uP*
per pool of Giben, which , we found,- almost.
evrwing,- with water., pc, • *hi:mon'
ma ea-its lengifi-4 . 16 feet, 4018 , . its breadth
'abont 110'ttet. The.. depth'ir 18 feet, -The
1 ) 9M.1e now in, th e . midst of;eltiosien? Woe'
tcry.
_The lower pod Of, Gihon.ie eouth of
the upper_pool, the of Miimom.,and
nearly - west of the 40 14 1' 8 0 00 4 - lt. is
ginned bye
;It is
or dada thro*6 across S
the ; It is now entirely, in : and
haapoka drop of . water in, it. ;; . Across. the
upper end of it are the arches of the Old .aq-
ueduct Which; formerly brought water from
the
_poui Is- of Solomon *low : Ilethleheiu to,
windsTentple.on Mt. Moriah. 'ittis„aquedeet‘i
Winds arOund the hills and s
,follow the
N
ailer% instead of crizeng nver the valley's
oa b ridges. . It, ts„prohably, a5..,01d as the .
time - of Solomon., On the.,we4, side of; , the
Valley nf. Ihnecitn ; and:very
~ tur r to,. this
is a large plot of, ground
.nearly allen
closed byn high slime. wall. It contains sev
:eral acres of „rocks and stones =4 was pur,-
'chased by Sir. Moses Moptefuro with thit
'Money left by 'Judah Tuuroof New Orleans,
.and a large Hospital foe- thei,iglewa 19 be
erected hero from, the mine
Prcleeeding frota the. peel of, Gavin, we
walked around the north side cifl the city to
the Damascus -gate, thence by the Grotto of
Jeremiah to the north cast corner.ol the city
overidoking the Valley of the brook Kedron.
There-is nb break iu the Valley now, tap:
withstandiii 'the heavy .rains. the, 'Valley
is (Oita dry. ~We now.lutd.in.full view the
Mount of Olives, the Valley of Jehosaphat,
and the -eastern wall of the . city, ..Passing
on . to the south toward St. Steoens gate, we
sa what it claimed to be ;the. garden. of
Gethseinatie.. .The Lstina hive it enclosed
Wait high wall, and, it is under their control.
They have no, ptvcif ,that, this, was the precise
spot, and there aeon to he,diffieeltits in, the
way of supposing it .to have been the *pot of
our. Lord's agony in the garden.. This pres
ent enclosure is at- the Ptoition of at least
soar roar?* which come down from' the Mount _
of Olives, and must, n ecessarily have been 6
very public place on the high road io.Betha
ny and Jericho., h doesuot, aeon onthable
that our Lord would have chosen so public tt
piece (Or his private devotionsisind e . specially
for th.it most solemn daft his prayers on' the
eve of His Crucifixion. . • I
Matthew says, "Then c o meth Jesus with
them unto a place ; calk 'Gethsemane, and
saith unto the disciples, sit ye here while I
Zo and pray yoipder. - ' Luke says "he was
withdrawn from them abort a stone's cost,
and kneeled down and prayed." So that
even admitting that the "garden," "over the
brook Cedron" spoken of by John, was , in
thiS public place, there is evidence that, he
withdrew front his disciplim-tO a more retired
spot, which could not have been. within the
presert enclosure of - the Latins, as it is by no
means " a stone's Lost from one side to the
other. It seems to tne Ar more probable
that it was farther up the valley among thit'
olive trees, and away from thenolie and in
terruption of a public 'road. • It was 'some
where in this valley, and not far aWtty how
ever. that otr blessed master endured' such
agonyof spirit in anticipation of his approach
ing death on behalf of our race; We cannot
'Measure the height dad' depth of that truly
measureleis grief but we know- that ' -"being
in an agony be prayed inore 'earnestly, and
hal sweat was as it were great drops of blood
falling down •16 the And - then,
"Take away -this 'cup' from me, nevertheless
not what I will; but what thou wilt."*
little we beve - of this and
'Nit not true that those 'silk - hive the Most of
this spirit are' those who have Suffered' the'
deepest 'intro* and have drank inOst deeplY
olthe clip of grief!' - •
Turning away frcim this interesting pron.
'pest, we entered*.StePhen'i , gate..'
,It is
said 'tharStephen was; oiit t pr this gate,
just before he was stoned. PerSaiw ihio our
Lord entered this gate 'when iri charge of the
crowd' led 'on by his , eo;'' Within
the gate and a little to ;tit,lis_ an
immense pool or . 'claitiered by
some to balite poolof Bethesda; bet byDr.
llobineeni •to have been the great.- trench
which protected the fintritis AutOnia On the
north.. It i* now 'a general,'Neeptaele rot'
rubbi.-11 and effal, and we mess dead donkey
far down in the bottom'among the:earth-heaps
advise you to read Dr. - Robitrion'incconnt
of this sot:tilled pool of Bethesda. - 'From the
street: in which we steal- looking into thelool,
we could also see into the post'enclosure
iround the ilosre of Oniar, - but we ' could
not 'enter •with Out being in "'Ova 'danger
from a Moslem mOb, so .we,Tostponed our
attempt until tn-morniur.
' We returned through the Vin,DoThrosa,
Said to be: the road through hots the Sivior
passed on his way to CeltiAr, 'het,it so
much a matter 'of 'surmise' and .giOniiih tra
dition, that I attach little'antlisaritY to thi
Passing.' through'. the Court ,of , the
Church °tale Holy Sepulchre again t we foOO4
the ntoney'changera and dealers vinous
*ate* Ticking pp their table!'
r and hurrying
away, to avoid the schooner which was just
coming on.' We also hau4oedeirttteinsend
posing; through the *tato , / now, crowded
with :met out of every bitiOn,tesoon reached
Our room; Where we kindled our trii4o;ive
Wand "Ittiii eat -dOwiti taiiueditatg and . con _ verse
about what we . bave 'peen toAT and What
we hope to - see to•Monow. • .• „
Theft to the Nom* of, Owir;.ets. likamt
I - Mesa,
.Th.numv, March 10th.- T -Titht - morpg the
sun rose clear.end bright and „the air. was
000 i mud refreshing as we galled attthe Eng
lish Concurs to meet the rest or the company
who were.to visit the lioaque of Omar. • Mr,
Finn, the
Wind, Petvission.for us (row ;be and
nothing remained , but the payment of the cus
tomary-. hucksheesb of .one.,Turkislt ;goad
each, as a present to the hitidei,n priest er
Effendi who has - charge of the sacred eiclo:
sure. This aWow4s to.abtout four dollars
and a quarter, width is gesoinnone admit
tance fro. buil concluded that as lifhad come
ill the into mien never
20' 4 . -107.
wire hgainil coiibligod _to Cat Off sometith• - •
et; -kern of expense, rather than lose this ftvOr-,
hli 'opportunity 'Of sheitirwhat islet rettlity .
'the moat intereathigepes - hi larmaletnOird,
ode 'Millen with innumerable altered - la
tioni. tottari bei t ", rt of rimy ihristilu' I kite
ir... quite willingthhwanr. pe e ad; but
Providentially I waii quite relievedirrairthe
necessity,- is a table hearted' American
ttitiam now tiavelingla. , Abilir, , 4tsd a
tneatherot >obe: ty today i lialine , to: Mr.'
Thornson'andi -•-: spew glaykastthe-por.
lien of . the , buck , ‘, which-would ' hdl to
./dr,Thoinges, r. Aikearaixi-nsystilk•art.le
would aotoonsent toisavelanerseaa mission-
Juies,hear. what, he ouuld.better take , open
himself: f-',llisp,waa an : act ofgenerostty.. tor.
which :we could not> exprisesJour gratitesk
.gorosadd be liaise to say, protest of ours
agairust..it, simply replying tio,us,tkitt.:4,l4os
Ins diithand be should pay,it,„ ,When, we made
up the party yesterday, 'we were nine in auto.
b.er, but invitatko* have beengiven to otheri
to go, w ithos, until-.there-were . , nearly ,afk in
Our eoppany. when, We left .tlie.cnsulate. 7 -
- kmoog them ,were Mr.Vhoinson, Mr, Aiken,
Air: Pruyno, of Albany, with his lady,
: .1404Wrse earruth,, Twombly, and -grben,
Ur..,.Fion, she Fogliah., causal, .. two; or
three - daughters of HisliOP - Oploitt, and . several
other ladieg'and' gentlemen,' together . With
abet& a dozen 'servants and' armed'eawasies
to -carry the extra: Abets, and keep off Abe .
Moslems ineitse„they should ; attempt to OP
pose-our entering the Mosque. ~ - „ .
, • ,
. At eight o'clock weentere4 thi l greatTem:
pie area, by one of the gatzways erithe north
side. 'The Willem, Sheikh, who hes'efiArge .
or, thO,egelostire,,witS greatly, enraged when
he sawlthe ciiiwd; as. he hid nq preitotia.iin
, titration that our ot.iginril.number of nine bed
increased:to "thirty, meld : . ho wird 'disposed to
&Oland extra,pay, bui,a, word
.fiiini,the:EOg
lish Geiser to his eisraisesaeenied to remove
- the Old. ntin'a difticialtiec ‘ andthai sdOor was
opened... „, We' were no w withitt. the great
area:of - the - Temple - of 4 &oloinotl• , Ike le o gtb
is Shinit',lsoo feet from north to ',south, and
its breadth about 000, feet. A.;,..764 pass ed
in from the northern gate-Of the - great a re
We :walked along upon; the naked surfaei of
the : original ...lock' of Mount ,MOTIOt• . 'V*
are dtpubileas aware, that Moriah was not Orig.(
intilly - lif itig'ireicia
. Wipet,, bat . Was steep, on;:
th) south cast ithle c .aad somewhat sharp aid
peaked at ihe summit.: To Prepare it fiir the
building of the TemPle ii high:wall - was built
up. on the south wet site, and the summit
toward the north wik mai cut down to a
level.
~ Wri could ' see the: proofs of the cutting
to:day i -for directly behind us. as we entered,
we saw ' the northern wall of the enclosure
builton the, top of a high Cliff, whOse sides
hasis,bein c ut down perpendicularly and with
great care, and we could see the marks' of the
.instrumentbi ; which the cutting was dune,
Although 'it was many hundie i'_years olio.—
With the exception of the spots, where the
naked rock is, yisible,,the supfiwe is covered
with a fine sward of gr ass, and ; trees of vari
ous kinds are scattered here andthere. The
east and south sides of the great area are en
closed by the 'Citi - wail. On these sides there
are no gates which are open at present The
west . 'side is bordered by 'a line of . Turkish
houses,. and is entered by five gates. , The
north side is boiclered partly . by a will, and
i
partly by bowies, and, s entered by three ,
gates Within this great enclosure, and at a
distance of abisittso feet from the northern
Wall, is the great platform or aloe of the
Mosque._ This platkwrn 'is elevated about
tea feet above the level of the area.
It is ascended. by, spacious marble stair
ways of Whic4her.r.aretwu en the north side,
,une- on ,the t, two on ; the sOuth and ,tbree
on the west. • At the. top 4:each stairway
there is an, arehciloway of wrhite stoin,, very '
slight. and graceful in (twin and supported on
columns. We ascended oneof the' nort . heru
eteirweYe, ago before . reaching the of)
were Ounipelled to .stop .and exchange our
XLmei fm. the red Arab slippers which wwlad
brought with iis -the piarpne. ! The Atten
dant* took charge of our shoe; and we' went
sliding and slipping along . over -the Smooth
white' marble pavement. toward the cistern
entrance of the beautiful Mosque. -It is orly
'within-A. abort time, that strangers havebeen
permitted to visit tbis -interesting , ipotoind
it. is a great diograce that s place so full _of in
terest- to every.chriatian,.simuld he be given
oteria -the power of Mahommedimok •• Ten
ye:mega, it was atterlylimposible fur any
one 'but a Mabommedan to enter 'this place
upon pain of . - death. Many years ago Dr.
Richardem • 'succeeded • in gaining admission
ihroiseit the-influence of certain' Modena offi
cials with whom he was quite intimate, and
1835 , Mr.Ratherwood entered by strata
gem. • Bot;Dr. Robinson - and Dr. -Eli Smith
were, never able tx enter, although they were
very suntions to, do Ato. An old writer, . - in
speaking of the hastens why. the Moslems prii
baited Christians from entering , the Holy
`place, says that, "If a Christian were to gain
access to the cointof the:Teti** whatever
twayere he might offer up, in - this: place, SINN
carding to the notion of Turks, bled would
not f a il to grant, were he'even solicited to put.
Jerusalem, into.the hands of the Christiansio-L--
Fur this raison, besidel the prohibition. issued
against Christians, to enter not. only the Tem
pts :but even- the court upon pain of being
homed alive, or turningidahommedana, they
kept a. vigilant guard." ' •
Another. writeralya : :The Muslim= m
ligion tic:knowledge* but two temples, that of
Mews and that of Jerusalem. '
.. 'Both *rimm
ed El Hamm, and both are equally prohibited
- by • law'to Christians, Jews, gad every-other
persoti who is riots Mehomtnedan.
At Ctmatiustinople,
,Christians enter the
l 'Mosque of StelEktplds, when they sre bearers
of a- firman. granted by government But
no Mnsselman Governor dare* permit an in- ,
6der to pies jig° the territory -et - Max* or
into tbe Temple ofJermaletn.' A permiesion •
of , this kind' yoskl be +Joked upon ss tor;
rid sacrilege • it would not be. respected by
the people, s ad the =Adel would become the
victim of his imprudent beldame
- Thy** hare changed ie Jernsstebi sinei the
Shiite was written, and lioalini'bigaty
beginning toedisitolve; `. The Moidentssraiir
from being iitiafted with the; permissioivgiti
as by the Pasha to stringent and • ebristians
to enter thb,ealered Pisa, but whit, an thtiy •
dot The Pasha is atrong and they are *ask,
and they . gh 'off biting }belt lips and 'nailing
the PaAs a ehristtan, s traitor 40 141111211sirl.
As we passed alonivire saw , seveisil littsdems
walking here ant •!bete' emit the
bet no one oared to'ntolestii.' Jii iQ tio
Emit Of the= greitilfisigie is atini
Wadi% or porch, lopported onisSitititht
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11l
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Amin& It biotite:l , -6e lodgmtent Beat ofDis
'ivill. Ai what Ottielitt hued priiclittteigthlg
inentltere, I did nofirsiiii.L7.4:*4:ittiqled
tie oar _ 084' ‘44tiath-rel attains; 'in our
heads enteral:the, Bahl eby Awed or Gate
.aCtits Penishet-Davidosi' 'A tr , the Eastern
-door-of the)lfs)nue,Thenanits ofthialloique
tie* ikkiserafitsualled &matt graggkie*
mithinit...:4ll.4rosqueia avegular octave,
asclitsidehoungabout tasty keLlOnthoNorth;
Seuth,,Xtekandt. ostrit'Ask-oatesTd. ,Isy/ a
% or
simlow+o;l't Pith . .100 . 0k0 ado.food With
a highpmjatting, .
~
....avith is, fine cornice
Amftetoluott*-.. ,- TimNkilier litftiV-9ttbek - Ssili
'Ascii is isceit witheaba\Ofnsehhs t of differ
'ant ailors; whites:id blattintermixekarrsigs:
ed'ln' the Ibritrof pawls: • liitift,latirry,
.11ke:Ye.:40'n6 kiv d""
'-4:64ovith . sp;44 tiles - otforakkilloand - earth-.
en ware oldiferent adorn insert', 'Without:,
lemma of the , Koran: ; In-this bp 'fitory , are
'numerous' - mist} Windefiti,'Vn ' abOve - .AO
f p
whole rises
-the beautiful despelltic4•Lketlo'
tieight'reOff the ground to 'lies:sea aS;to ex-'
ilte the titbit iinquilifial
,atittiirdtiodi\The
-tithe' worls'of the titibi'clisoid - iii he ori4ia,
iiiitftlie ' outside 'is' cos Whit 'leak' I -
'them is•more vriitneirliiel'and airy tliiisibil ts
dome I hbve limn!' in 'the 'liter' -I - Was abate_'
diaapptii Mat Oti ' en terin4 thit•dbor-Wiy: tit - find
It-so very dark iithlti. We - bad :to 'depeOd
very winch on oureandles t and WithOist - thini
ooe observations' would 'have bocciqtaite--`on
sat ishietory; The •Idonstit of .trou two , ' itatitli i
over the center of the lifon4tte and - iiipport
ed by a row of columns 'parallel -with' the
eight sides of , the.lsuilding - 1 •Wts• - Walked
around 'the -.Mosque.inithie-opetropacelie
&weal the outside walls and::these'-columns
The columns themselves arewonderful:Ahel
shafts are of different color,:somegreettothers
yellow or greyish white, *kilo Ike -capitals •
are more unlike,than. the culunms. ,Aly .Im
mediate conviction was that--these coltsmni
weretiever made-for this - blinding, but have
;been taken irtirdisaine :Preelodi edifice and
arthieged in this Moque: - .The tribrelciam;
'hied -;,them. the moretantnin 1. -- -*lt that they
siert of great antiettityystne per/84pr one°
AnntedirpartAulthe•TeMplebtsT.ML-Moriah.
These columns supporting - the . - atithe;- - foem 1
,almost a circle, withinwhick and'Asarrotnid
ed by *formidable irottrailing,4a the'verld
renowned:Si:Metre:or .Bork i the Holy-Steil°
.of the Mahommedsut .religion: • -. ..W4thad-, no
: meanstormeasuring the.length :of the.-](cock,
.but-it: iir snit to-„.betsiaty-feet- ins,: length,. bpi
-furty; in width. , lte,,b4sloest elevationia about
„seven fixtlabove the floor of thelloaqUe; and
,as the floor of the Mosqueli,ten feet. above
the Level of the great enclosure, the. summit,
..of. the. Rock is.; about seventeen_ feet above
the present. surface of Mt. illoriah. , :Iv is en
;article of the. liloslem lit thet jthis Rock
~ 44
suspended in the air, atUfthit, ithen Mahmth
reed flew up . to leaven from ilia; 404 06-
Rock'hallowed' him, but ' he 'Melted
,tt bsick.
.and it has remained ever - shice,-stipported
4-mly by a single column about six - inches in
diameter. And.tbil slender column, -which
ore saw, is inclined at .316 angle- f A.Cuf. for
ty-fiVe degrees! They also show:tbe: print
ofithe Prophet's foot in the Reek; an impose.
tine which is certainly net more gress than
that of the. Monks on tlie Mount of 'Olives
who proftmsed to she* the 'footprints left by
our Savior when-he ascended. The Rock it
'self is an oblong titans of whip:ter' limestone,
precisely the same with the rock of the nionnt-
Ain; and is miquestionabii in lir. original O.
sitioni - having been left at itePreient sit:miller
elevation ; when the restof the mountain :Mtn
mit was cut 'down and- leveUednft rt: is 'to
me the greatest wonder abriut Jernsalewatte
it is not. very strange that the ignbrant 'Mos
lems; being unable to account:for it; believe
that it aune down from heaven. Its surface
is 'rote*, and Abe .Moslem -wotdd -regard it
as theireatesysnerilege ter any. onetonmelt
irwith a tool of -iron. la the.,:year 4099,
when - the Crusaders took • Jertendem, they
built. an., altar ow er.- _this. rods, anti lace& the
rock with markde„.but,whess tialadirs tsseap
tuted the city-eighty-eight years afterwards,
he rearmed' every. vestigeof the Workiat.sbe
Christisies, andjukrihed- the place lOW- rose
water. "In the middle ages, the Oulstians .
supposed, this rock, tssitava been the stone on'
which ilea* slept !Omelet Aseor4fte vision of
the Angels. Some regarded it as having ex-
Istalanciently: under . the most holy place of
the:Jewish Temple. .. , Even the false- Prtiph
• et himself is reported to have said,-" , Thefirei
of places ,is Jerusalem, and the first- of .- rocks
is Sukhara;v, and-again," The rock es-Saida
- ,ra at Jerusalem is one. of the rocks of Pam;
1a5e.".... ' 7 -"' • " - ' - ''` --' ' -'. -':
• The hut that the dome above-is ;covered ,
; with lead, - and that, the windows arommal in
the ppper story,makes the iuterior Oita :dark'
,enough, but thadarkeesei*iweimed.bY the
great canopy or cover of variously' . adored
satin which is. suspended, ;dowe :the rock.
We Passed around, the.rtick to the:Western
Side, and
-then to the ,South side,,where lithe
stair-ease leading to.the cavern beneath, ._ .'AS
,
we dtmccudeil, the
,stairs, tie 'had on our riglit'
lliii . little . .solii!ma Whielt ii said tOtitipPort - the
Itticli;. but any oche with half ari l iltellect coild
see thit the column - isjittiPlylging:'iiit
the rock; and keptlrom_fidling !teatime tt Ts'
- fistened:by cement.",
,As appreiclied the
' hOttom of the short - flight'nf
.stOn'e'llieps,
I we had eves:Our. tread's' tile tectieethig . age Or
the great . Reek, 'on Which ' is - a little Istieb
'sheet test inches long aid eikhrinehat In 'dl . -
sinetek'ailleUthe'"tosr,site".;! ' lt• is ilia Tiii :.
'the- Mieilenis;thist 'When liabotrirried iiiiited '
this platee,lhis league tofitene tiddiiiiiiteti Mtn
'saying, '• Peace be iiptirryitir," 'I heard tegtrit
entering the cavern under the rock, that it $1 '
ntueh'largeraanthellOtiq iliirik eeneluelve ,
proof that theritlvreste 'Ott nothing but; the
little slenllereolumn; •:Rot - sio found-theate-
Ora to be sittiply , a - small roontisider-the
- Reck, smaller than the , -roeir; - -at: •is -sheet
eight feethighinthe-middle;turntnehllow
or•&Mend the sides. list ri the ' m iddie 1 of-the 1
marble floor, I s &spot which 0000da• hollow ' 1
to the tread, and' it iesaid that there ie.* well
made, it.: . Itoontains a table acalled the - pray.:
ing =plow 4Solomon,-and anotber the pray
rArlit pima °Wield.. • . On you side ilia ,loam
:like deprositta in awl m 4 whickle said stu
have, been made. y
by.paimeAathe i wben ...Ida
-11.1911,1440d or' Kim° .0400, 3 aiat muse :her.o , tp
Pray, be reseaP ae4ileal, aklberathe:aailing
ajae lei. Rd 40, 04 ..0-Afieg , :laVe..•Way,to,
save 'his hen) trot*.. bong br#44, 13ut.ahe
;ehiais z ni*lta,are en piing
_that one's . ' faith ie
. .adis story ii.verl apt to:"1:1,:i'l!es0617-IY-4141
we came out, the' gUlde pinte . „4 otst,v4riesse
otlrr, , sondorful, OOP 4.. 8 4,u0/ 10 .,,t ) ..'. ' '!
14 - the - Piuitt yeas so Arcot 'and -' _ - -•*.
` 64;ttuit'l gilled to get el ioeii iiivi. gipili
-We then passed out, the. Bab, elli'Oble , or .
'BOathein gate; 'gang' tis'4i marble illitrarm
1 • •
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S~,-s 4
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nrt *SIP*
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,;
ei , . - ;!,>):l.lt,VA',;?: - .t , .' - :•._
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again,. and thendetteetiditi the steps from-the
tatkreP-..94,A.5t 16...i_*:-A.Naitle..el.,,Akio,
w !ohm about KW .lioet to the South of Es-
S° 111 . 0 ! *14)4,*-4111N.,...„1,1FAX,or.e:IpmeCrAn old
Blise.t f or roel k N y, A once contained' ater
but -
"Wheti v '' ' l7 4eild I A 'Pi . ' 't i tit
1 -
, R -- r i . vemen ore
the'doomfthe , hfisisquo 41. - ...Aiss, our . guide
;? 4 PPA'PP 14 : 1 , 0119 . 41 P.0.r - 1 3 erAtAldiag itiMn
into a eaveroyunder,the Mosque.,, ,This cav
eni CSinUdittleri,..eXten.4We than eiiil eitder
eilkiklitiiti,'ited'itlievitlerit thetitit 11. part
githeimeitutillsittititriiiiiiiii iyOrkti:'fiii)itib.
dr: actions : erected: to. , ...livet.t . ap 7 the: sloping
Vittloetmlii4,o**li:tioilr.. l or:: jhugh2,4lko.. a
greetrhsil okgateway;aed At. :... tbe , ,,44ltheni .
.144-30 t. foOraoseNgw.doublifiLirshed I . :gateway,
... atkie-geo:ofAlak.,gatfay4-the city,
.ftPeljiagAboter.e.44p.SoutliNAkis new . ,, Walled
- 1 :11‘9. 3 ,0 8 .-0 1 0!klOgi talti- 40,0#0,waula „gams
il..4,4"elialia..;frOtn,eseminiag. - .the City,.:wall
lOPFAtte . rolithera .broar:..c.CMOrialt , ork ~the • [
p,,i4;0.:,:...: 1 89irpip of . the c o lu m ns JD this Ind,-
tpiri*i.4 l . l ncther. were.conipsed. of Single
.inicnse
,masses' of . rock, end some of the .
• stoneslai in' the 'Wilt at the Side, were of
great eife, and
,evidentlY l Of great antiquity.
4 11gr a t *144 : Oir pieitespfeha rock to wry . ;
t'actnemeatoes of MtMoriith, we rattan- -
ed to daylight. sgain;:and entered the great
Mosque - el liketi:- . ';'This 'IS 'reilly more bean-
..tifui,,_
,i*Jia,s . ,Ssiiiisult. if it, is (said 'O.' have
litti - biiilt by - Alt ' rtepertir Juditiiinebout .
I tho, middle lef2the)Sixth: century; and ! Las ..
1 more the r,eppeprauee. of „a' Church limn 'a .
.11fo'stieltt:' ), .e%lnitinsintlie . interior are of
4. , 1 1 ..!'ff"5i114.P--- - ---.The y; Ito./ Of-A.ifrereili .
egiOrai;. 6l :o 9.l i 6 dE4tites . 01 . !aichitiiiiire; end
1 smolt': never teary • with gazing- at the :picas..
.--
,ing Viljiety', The,. are wonderful,
mini' '.4' tfi664 : leitrVerlif the form of :wicker'
: baskets wlth...:finitind ~flOirers...: ..We : :Wire •
here aga i n imp with the. conviction •-
• , thet!theee.Coltuniis;iind - - capitals , lituit ' have .
belonged tie the y .. Templehuilt, by 'Llit.i.oil .at
.eat; il j not,iiii‘thg'6liginal!Tiraikii, af:iSolf•-. :
imen,.„.i.:lmtbettoiddle..- - of.ttuk.-marblnfleor 'ail •
we entered, we !were shown:the Tomh.'44 . •
...,vallotif: tithe' . &nithiri !pe rt of the edifice
.0014. are,. PAM of , c .9loriw s -, together, about
Or'eight inches apart, asd , llo..+l4lStieikh
:saisl,that lif7.-on&cannot, ,:pasiv'hetiveen..thoso,
two columns, he =apt enter beivem.L sorrie.' •
'4firthe'capitalit in tliiiiiit , ofthe Meiiittee aro.
-gilded , allf. l- P-ther*ise,.9 l . l .laMented With:great' .
skill'iiiYa effect. - We Were then ishoWn \ the
.print 4.CA:id's -febtin it:'stab.rot•tmirbler- .
fer ; you must remember,that-,-,tlie Motiis .
Co r nsldei ii
Chiliffetd . 'great prophet he
' 'ile
name by which they ..know... }ow:* ~- A kia,
Passing thenceto.the East • we:saw-the true.,
Mosque or-Chapel of Pmitr..feoin Which the
Mosque,, of Omar. has its naing:,. It. is liald .
ASt. the_iihalifOlOO"tta Pi-at rifilik 9 n e. .
- 'of-the East windOWS of the el "then :41... - of
• heautiful.stained.glass;.and has e'very . impo
sing
Sing effect - The Moslems generally ;ere r. op. •
poSed.te any such .ornamentation 7 ; in gtbetr
- Mosques, ancli know not how
.'they explain
the introduction. of stained 'lbws here. _Leav
ing the el Aksa, we were- permitted-..t0 pit
on: Onrshoesigein, and we-went; down - to
r ttio*outhweetero corner of tbegrestt'enalol-
• ' ure to - see the 'ex'tensive Substructions; ;:The
- present !ent ranee .is throUgh anopernng about
'sixteen feet square formed by the caving in
of the' reof....Ae we had to jemp'doont about
five or six feet, the ladies. remaina . nbove,
and* ,greater- pe the rt ofgentleMen Made
the descent. We..remairied • under - Abe :eur- •
-fikee about a half an hour, exploringtbevaelts
with-our candles. 't :-.These ;vaults. contain fig :
teen • rows . of 7. square. pi llais.. - .':. lboxowti -run
North end Southend each-pillar . ig. about fiv,e
feet:Souare; -Four or. five *fide: rows con- -
lain thirteen pillars 'each, and Stink. are Minh
shOrterYni the- -aiilte'littiler'beint walled fell'
for settle:V*o4e* prtiOittoithitiiiri;: - : TVA
lin . 'Oh ' - of th e 'Underground' rotiii'Velta the - .
'Bimithein' 'Wilt 'ls *SOW: 300 o'feet,itritt.:":the
length North' : and ', Sata iii'the'Easv . eiia .is
44ati.200, fedi :The , mhiiia, lalrfilber. 'iiiiktha-
VimmitiM:coVece4 with little Pites.-ofetonce
ercangedimer, above. this _other, : the smallest
being at thetok _These : piles ,ot.stones . are
. -14ace4: . .) 1 41.;;4Y. , 44 11 eintoettin 'pilgrims as
. , MoOro4 l a•cif..oeir ,M.Ye. ,17 .; . IP4
a- One 4 4 )
tiii.rpaisf4Atai,plilre tree growing
t.
or(the pai
faee aboie,.lisVe groWn down.. through" the
arches and arSlivyg, fiesk*ilbeoi.
Wlien„vie eetnoutie Wee.Obiged to.help
each oilier Op:ilrotgh da .. opening,
as we
' luid'no'ladder; .. ."iWe then - stopped a Montan •-
la: see f the i I ittle: inbterranean - room-hi the.
--very Soutbwedern corner of the sires, where..
is .a _marble sarcophagna,- which: tbe;.Moslems •
day, was: the cradle- of:. , 4 Said so dicta," our
Lord Jesus. - 'Trent this - place ,we went - up
- *jig `*:: :astern Wall ttr, tho city, a n d ascend- .
`ed tollie - tep of the Wall. everthe - giddy depth
l)elOW.; The Moslems ' 'say-thallf,ahortimed .
iii - to sit ;astride ofthisOlar whets. pec judges
'the *world' assembled in the Valler'of. (los, _
Splint below. ;We then went: uplo the Olden
" - Gafe-Whiehti'wellea - ulyori the . Outild ' The
interior consists of alhaeifieentatitiblegate- •
way; divided in the Middle by ,tiVii inunense
-tioluimni,ititieh - 'consisting . -of it_singleldene. '
-Thei'citpitels lite . richly carved, ' and :the 'floor -
was oncolcoiered witha beautiful teaselited
- pavementwhiehja• now :in - decay. - - A' - eltort -
distinee above this gateway and:Oar the. 1,11,
.:18 - What iti'&ll4 the=-"Throne -Of SOlottion'. 17 .
:By 'the ti me' iiireadied: this place, the - 80.
liegantOho - vert'irtiiiin;enkitfter paying 'a
*tort complimentary -'to "'the, -Pasha of _
4ariass - item at - 'hielumitie;:ii,.Oriturned 'to' our '
'teems- ite elevelitectocki . thankful 'AO - we •
had been permitted' tovisit without=rmilesta: '
-tion;- the tried interetiting . : spot in , this most
iatereiting Crtty:':', '":-.. '''" ,: ' ' •
... , . , .
KALE 31131D,Eltlefle PCSICSYLT
and a woman - were recently clan
rACtiki for" din Murder of the
micleitrid iged brother
and aisteir;*lM had had= eccuMnistixl. some mon
.'lliihough'sevend °wiiinen Imre' been
cony feted ''oltnerdiir in this State, at different
rpariodaliontrthreetof 'them' :were re:muted.,
-and-these titut -times::'- There le at this
• limes tweean in the Wayne county jail con.
Nided of murder donut Governor
adminletration, another In - liuntinsdon jail
convicted „Awing , /Governor Wee. term,
and we:-bediereAbere are;are. nigether six
or-might under sentence of: death different
kill lfoyr rtoollectintrz emve* ua right, it
is,abmit.tikirty years_ sure , a Goverbor of this. .
Atetosignsd - the den* 'lmams of a woman,
and therkwill . mdmitly never
cessionl 't°
VUUnineltbeankial pOpfsrf et-tio State Mitt,
pig .thismatter, end kowthent we gleaned
tle:00114110411.7-494ffiwini,Paseert*
!W.A. areleis walai rot..
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ELM