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Land of Promise
(TO AND FROM.)
one eminently adapted to tho unique
historical position which it ha« been
called upon to hold." (Brodnck.)
This wan the lay of things as we drew
The water supply is frequently very
bad. That in the Haram esh-Sherif
(the place of the Noble Sanotuary) is
far the best The Pool in Gihon is a
liy Rev. C. O N. Maktindale.
ARTICLE XXXIII.
TURKKV [Continued]
<18;. PALESTINE: Kl-Kuds
Esh-Sherif ("The Holy, The
Noble’’)—Jetuhalcm "The Place
of the Noble Sanctuary."
As we reached the brow of Mount
tioopuinnd “thi! Holy City" burst upon
otir view, even in its modern construc
tion it impressed us as “builded as u
city that is (-om|>act together” (Psa.
J22:fl); and there orowded into our
minds innumerable glad memories of its
former glories, its great festival season,
its "stately rites, its solemn processions,
Its elaborate ceremonials, its oostly
saorilices, its choral and instrumental
aeconipuiiimcnta to the saorilioiul ser
vices, its solemn prayers, and, to crown
all, the visible attestation of the Dfvinu
presence and favor";—accompanied hy
the sad mental recall of its many hulli-
notiH "defections, idolatries, blasphem
ies, murders and hypuurisies, which so
dishonored and defiled this holy place,”
and with winch "cuine awful denuncia
tions of him, and judgments more ter
rible than have ever been indicted upon
any other plane or people. Words would
he inadequate, and time would fall, to
describe the revelations, rebellious,
wall be oomes to Zion Gate, called Bab
on Nebv Daud, “the Gate of the Prophet
David," betwetm the so-called Tomb of
David and the Armenian cbnvent.
rein on Mount Scopus and took in the ( Turning the southwest corner, and go- dangerous greeu-lookking and unsavory
city two miles away. We faced the j ing along for about 1250 feet, we find smelling place. Much of the impurity
north wall pierced by the gr*-at Damas- ; tho Jaffa or Valley Gate, in Arabic oalt- of the water iu Jerusalem is
cus Gate near the middle, to tho right ed Bab el-Khalil, or ‘ the Gate of He- due to the want of sewerage and proper
within were the dome of the Church of ' broil,” more than all others the chief ! ventilation, the oistern-water being often
the Holy Hepulcher and tho German gate of travel of the city, to which all 1 foul and staguant. The water a person
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, in j roads from the country to the south and drinks needs not only straining, but
the center of our view was the beanti- west converge. Finally at the north- boilingaud filtering to make it at all
ful Mosque of Omar on “the Plaoe of i west angle may be found the New Gate, drinkable. Amid such unsanitary con-
the Noble Sanctuary," to the left sank ; only lately reopened. In the northeast ditions, prevailing here no less than in
the Vale of the Kedron (Jehoshaphat) is the Moslem Quarter, in the southeast other cities of Syria and Palestine, it is
rising oil tho other side to Gethsemane i the Jewish, in the southwest no wonder there are frequent epedemics
and the Mount of Olives with the shin-1 the Armenian, and in the j of typhoid fever, small-pox, aud other
ing domes of the Russian Church aud northwest the Christian. Damas- ; grave diseases, and consequent dangers,
high tower aud Ijatin Church on its cus Street or Zion Street extends from • With unpleasantly cold winters, and
snnunit and side. Between us and the
Damascus Gate lay “the Hill of a
Skull" (Gordon’s Calvary> aud the
Grotto of Jeremiah, the face toward
Jerusalem, and with ancient “Garden
Tomb" in the faoe of the cliff in a gar
den Just below. Off a little to the north
of Gordon’s Calvary was pitched the
tent of meeting of the greatest conven
tion of modern times iu the old world.
While on the other side in frout of and
to the north-west of the Damascus Gate
were the Jewish Colony mid Foreign
Consulates aud Russian Hospices for
PilgriniH and other church and mission
buildings.
Soon after leaving Damascus wo hod
fallen so iu loie with "Tenting in Pal
estine" that through our dragoman we
had telegraphed abend to Mr. Herbert
Chirk to arrange for us to dwell in our
tents rather than in the hotels of Jerusa
lem. And our request had been acceded
to, for, as wo rode down Scopus toward
the citv we beheld our tents ill a large
.-leges, famines, desolations, restorations, olive-grove to the northwest of Gordon's
mid wholesale (lustmotions which have
hem occurred . and the mention of them
would include a Iragiiiulit ol the history
of ulmost every nation and rune upon
i ho Inoonl the earth.“
As we thought on these things we
onuld begin to apprehend Jesus' great
Culvnry and nigh to the Damascus Gate
way; and many times afterwards were
we glad it was so. Our tents scorned
almost like a “homo" to us iu a strange
laud. We took photographic snap-shots
of our horses ere they wore led away on
the return journey. But our faithful
lamentation : "(> Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ] and noble and careful dragoman, Shu-
kre.v Hishmeh, remained our guide in
aud about Jerusalem, aud to Bethlehem
and Jericho utltl tho Dead Sea, nnd
never left us until we hade him good-
that killetli the prophets, and stouetli
them that are sent utilo her! How of
ten would I liavu galliiiied thy children
logetlier, even as a lien gatliereth her
41*11 Inood under her wings, and ye
would null Beheld, jour house is lott
until you desolate; and I say unto you,
Ye shall liot see Me, until ye shall say,
Blessed Is he that eometli III the name el
Hie Lord I” ( Lk. 111:114 111).)
“C'rowiiud hi tho olden time with the
Munetuiiiy of Jehovah; illuminated with
Hie brightness id His glory; trodden hv
the trot of Putnuroim, Prophets, and
Kings; and, more limn all, hallowed hv
Hie presence of tlm ICioruul Son of Gud,
Him Desire of all nations,' Who com
bined in His person ami work all that
temple ami t> |hi aud priest and sacrifice
lupiusoutod,—this place stands unohiil
longed among the holy places iis the
most interesting and memorable on
earth." (Stewart).
“The Uity of the Great King" and
“the Joy of all the eurtli," Jerusalem,
is built upon live hills or mounts, lung
ing in height and importation and size
thus—Mount 'Ziou, Mounts Moriah ami
Opliul, Mount Akru, and Mount Bozo-
tIns. The highest point within the city
is north of the Haram osli-Sherif (the
Noble Sanctuary i, 2528 feet; while just
auruss the Kedron Valley, Uethsemune
is 2272 tool, and tho Mount of Olives
atMU tool high above the sea. The city
is situated iuiiJo4d' north latitude, and
lino 18’ east longitude, a line nearly
east ol t'avuuuali, Georgia, and is “iu
Hie midst ot a mountain district, extend
ing hem tho Plain of Ksdraelou on the
nor III to the desert et ifeoisholm on the
south, aud dividing the valley of the
Jordan from the Plains of Sharon and
Plnlistiii. It is dll miles distant from
the Mediterranean as the crow tiles, and
la miles trout the Dead Soil, to which
there is a descent ol >1870 tuot. Jerusa
lem stands on a ridge, between two deep
valleys, taut ol Jehoslmpluit or the
Kedrou (3 sum. 15:Jj) oil the east, and
that el liiiinom (Josn. 16:8) on the
west aud soutii. ’Ihe ridge itself is di
vined by another valley, called the
Tytopoeon, wldeli runs tilth a slight |
curve irum tlm northwest to the south
east, and fails into the Kedron a little
above it- .urn-don with Huitioiu. Of
Hie two r,Lus ituo win. h the ridge is
ilius diviuovi, (hat on die west is tho
larger and loftier, and comprises Ziou
and Akrajthat on iheeast (Hozotha and)
Moriah (and Ophoi). All around the
site ol the Holy t'uy art* other hills,
overtopping Ziou and Moriah from 50 to
200 tool, and luitilling the description
given hy the 1 salmist, ‘the lulls stand
about Jerusalem’( Psa. 125:2). On the
oast is the Mount of Olives;on the south
the so-called Hill of Evil Counsel: on
the west the brow of the Watty Beit
Ilniuna; and on the north the Hill of
isc< pus. Thus, the situation of Jerusa
lem. isolated by its deep ravines, ami
yet sheltered by us surrounding hills, i-
the Damascus Gate on the north to: the wind in summer often like “the
slightly east of Zion Gate ou the south, breath of a furnace”, and all sorts of
David Street runs aoross Jerusalem from . animal aud vegetable imatter in pro
file Jaffa Gate on the west t-o the Temple cess of decay here and there about its
Area on the east. Christiau Street | rook streets, you can imagine the rest,
passes fr *m David Street through the But Jerusalem with all its wants of sau-
Christian quarter directly between the itatiou has much to arrest attention and
Ohnroh of the Holy Sepulcher] and the , hold one’s thought withal, especially
Greek Convent. There are also the i from the end of Maroh to the beginning
Palmer Street, and the moot—named | of June, as we hope to show you.
“Via Dolorosa" oalled by natives “the ( “Some writers have spoken of it as
Street of the Palace;" the former Iw-' ‘the sleepy little city of the .Tebusites’
ginning iu a narrow lane in front of the ‘the little capital of a pretty Highland
Ohuroh of the Holy Sepulcher and lead- chief," whileothersjhave denied itsexist-
ing to the Muristan; the latter starting euce prior to the Exodas.or have refused
at the Latin Convent and going over to to admit that it was identical with the
the Tyropoeon Volley bed across Da- Salem of Genesis or the Book of Psalms,
inuscus Street under Ecce Homo arch- : We now know from the long buried
wav toSt. Stephen's uate on theeust. It j tablets, whioh were found at Tell Ainar-
doesn't take one a great while to master na in 1888, that the oldest name of the
these lines of travel,hut they are all quite ; city was not ‘Jehus', as was general-
narrow and principally traversed on foot. | ly supposed, but Salem or Uru-Salom—
Of pools and fountains in or about the the City of Salem—as the Biblicnl rec
city the more notable are those to the j ord asserts (Geu. 14: 18; Psa. <0: 2;
west. Without the city is the Josh. 18:28; lCliron. 11: 4). h ive or six
upper Pool of Gihon (Birket el-Mn- of the Tell A mania tablets were written
milla), with which was once connected by the king of Jerusalem to the reign
the interment Virgin’s Fountain (in the ing Pharaoh more than a oentury before
center of Ophel Hill to the cast the Exodus; and they witness not only
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iii the Kedron Valiev), for some
reason called the Dragon or Serpent
Well, and now communicating with the
Pool of Siloam I 'Ain Silwan) hy a rock-
cut ser] ten tine-cursed canal. The lower
Pool of Gihon ( Birkcte-s Sultan) lies be
yond the southwest corner. The Pool
of Siloam is directly south of the south
east corner where tho Tyropoeon Valley
to the antiquity of the city, but to its
importance us a royal and priestly city,
tho ruler of which sJind a recognized
plaoe of influence and power, at that
time, in the land. It is worthy of
note in this connection that Prof. Sayco
has found tho same name, Salem, iu a
slightly different form,among filename—
lists iu the Egyptian records of tho
\ftern brief respite from our ride, wo j village of Siloam (Silwan). The Pool
set out afoot for tho modern Jerusalem, j Bethosda is most likely tho suhterrnin-an
a city of about 113,550 iieoplo (of whom | cisterns approached hy dieftiult stejis
liyo to go aboard ship at Jaffa (Joppa). | nnd Ophel run out to each other ill the conquest- of Canaan.” So that the hy
percritical questionings here lire very
much akin to the declaration of an illit
erate Christum worker in the mountains
ou hearing of the return of a lady iu his
vicinity from a visit to Jerusalem: “I
would surely love to see somebody who
has seen that far-off oouutry. Some
folks say there is such a plnce, and
othorasay there ain’t any such place,
and I ain’t rightly ever known whether
there is or uot. ’ ’
[To be eontiuued. 1
12.000 represent the Jewish faith, HI,-
850 tin- t Miristiiui.iuid 7,700 the Moslem).
The great World’s Fourth Sunday
School Convention was rapidly drawing
nigh, and much ground must needs he
covered yet by us. Hence for the time
being wo “made hay while the sun
shone," we did "work while it was yet
day, for the night eometli wherein no
man can work."
Passing out of the cultivated ground
iu which our olive-grove stood, we agaiu
got on the niuoli-troqueuted Natilus-
Gulilee-Dnmnsous road landing to tho
Dhiuusciis Gate, called iu Arabic Bab
ol-Amud, or “tin* Gate of the Column,"
picturesque, imposing, turreted and
with battlements and machicolations,
the most ornamental of all tho gates.
By the way, perhaps one of the best
methods of giving you an idea of the
city is to point out its gateways nnd con
nections, ns we saw them on a ride
about its walls later. Following the
north wall and midwny betweeu the
Damascus Gate and the northeast augle
of Jerusalem we find wliat is known as
Herod's Gate, or Babex-Zaheri. “the
Unto of Flowers,” now walled up.
Turning tins angle and going along the
■ list wall about 1000 feet we have St.
Stephen’s Gate, designated by the un
live Christians Bab Sitti Miriam (“the
Gate of my Lady Mary") and by the
ot her Arabs Bab el-Asbat, or “the Gate
>f the Tribes,” a plain gate with lions
under heavy arches in the grounds be
longing to the Church of St. Anne. The
Pool of Hezekiah is the long and wide
but shallow Hnmiunn el-Batrak or ‘‘Pat
riarch's Bath," in the midst of buildings
to the west of Christian Street, and sup
plied with water hy small nqueduot from
Birket el-Mamllln. The well of Enrogel
is very likely tho Virgin’s Fountain.
Besides these there are cisterns and res
ervoirs under tho houses and the Temple
area, and Aqueducts. ‘‘Between the
Dome of the Rook and the Mosque of
El-Aksa, as Dr. Stewart observes, “the
underlying rock is literally honeycombed
with cisterns and reservoirs of much
more than ordinary capacity. These
rock-hewn tanks, numbering more than
thirty in the survey chart, wero con
nected together by channels and condu
its and it is estimated that the total
storage capacity of the series was about
12,000,(MX) gallons. One of these reser
voirs, known ns ‘the Great Sea’, has a
capacity of 2,(MX),000 gallons. The prin
cipal source of the water supply for the
Temple and its courts was the Pool of
Siloam fed by the clear, sparkling water
which for centuries has flowed constant
ly from ‘the Sealed Fountain’, a few
rods from the upper pool. This never
failing spring is nine miles south of Je
rusalem, but the course followed by the
aqueduct was about fourteen miles. The
high level aqueduct tapped a sourco of
supply farther to tho south. The main
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sculptured over it, aud 0]>ening on a j objeot of its construction seems to linve
road going down into the Kedron Val-1 beon the supply of the upper city 011 the
ley and u) over the Mount of Olives to west side of the 1 yropoeou \ alley. It is
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until the obstruction is removed, when
their conqueror will ride through and
their power will be destroyed. Hence
they jealously guard this gate, and it is
difficult for visitors to obtain an en
trance into the interior.” Turuiug the
corner, one passes the ancient single
triple, nnd double gates walled up and,
proceeding around the south side a short
way. we find the Dung Gate, called
Bah el-Muglmribeh, “the
Moor* (or West Africans
from the mountains as in the days of
Solomon and Herod. The inauguration
ceremony in honor of this event took
place on the 27th of November, 1901,
when the water was turned on from the
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