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Show and that we to cl within the hadow f the amc trees under which Christ prayed the same nio-ht that he was betrayed. The Garden of Gethsemane i a beautiful place. The .:\!usque of Omar is both interesting and beautifu l, and there seem. to be very little doubt about its being a ll that is c la imeci for it. J ts locality 1" rich in hi. toric truth. Some claim that it is the spot where religion · sacrifices were offered long before the time f Abraham. flere it was tha t Isaac came near being offered up by his fat her. ll cre is where Solomon erected his fam ous temp le. This is indeed the Mount ~loriah of ./cwish history, and for centu ri e~ it 1_1as been the chief j)lace of worship, in Jerusalem. lor the ::\ loslcms. Thi pot is clear to every fol lower of l\1 ohammed. The If o que is a graceful and s tat ely buil ling, and upon entering it, one is confronted by a perfect bewilderment of simplicity and beauty. \\rhile its entire structure is as beautiful as money could buy and human gcniu. could accompli. h, the most 'Xquisite feature of it is the Dome. toclcbrd says of it 'that it would not surprise the tra,·clcr much to see it rise and float away to~,vard Ileavcn. as l\Johammcd is said to hcl\'C done from this \'ery spot.'' Down in the basement of this building is found ( ?) the foot -print of ~Johammcd, and in the ceiling of the basement of this building one sees the print ( ?) of ::\lohammecl's head which is made in the so lid ro k that form . the cei ling. This rock occupies a plac · beneath the clom of the 1\1osque and i. fenced in. T t measures about forty feet in diameter. IJcbrcw and l\lohammed alike revere and seek to protect thi . rock. \\ "hr not? 1he ,\ rk of the ·ovenant once stopp c1 here and David prayed here and . acrifices were offered Page Sixty-three |