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Show GETIISI ~ :\1 . \:\ E OLIVI ~ TRI ~ E because one is not dependent upon the tradition or the imagination for information. nethany has the unquestioned evidences of the place that J csu lo,,ed and to which he frequenlly went to escape the press of the multitude. The ] uclgmen t Seat, the lJ ouse of the Poor :\[an. Laza rus, th House of Dive·, the \ ~ia Doloro~o. the Pool of Bethesda, and numerous other places were constantly occupying our attention and affording us that delight which mind and heart had anticipated fl>r year . llut the e places must be hurriedly passed for tl1e tnore important. The hurch of the lJoly Sepulchre requires a bit more attention, not becau. c we believe that Christ was buried here, or that it is the locality of Colgotha (we believe neither); but because the building erected here i one of tl1e most exciting centers of interest in the JT oly City, indeed in the whole world. The Church of the J loly Sepulchre i in reality a veritable ~Juseu1n ol "lloly ~·ites" that are held by various Christian ( ?) sects wh se lov for each other has to be guarded hy officer. that arc appointed hr the ( ;overnment to preserve order and peace. The lloly Sepulchre con stantly contains the most int olerant, bigoted, unholy example of un -Christ-likc worshipers that these eyes have ever seen. They know not the meaning of love for one another. The story of the (ioocl amaritan seems unkno\Nil to them NevertheJe s, herein one finds the ''Stone of Unction," upon which the Body of Jesus is said to have been placed that it might be prepared for it burial. "The Chapel of the ,\ngel'' is here; it contains fil-teen burning lamps of ' hich fi, ,e belong to the Creek~. fi,·e to the Latins, four to the Armenians and one to the Copts. Ju l in the middle of thi::, Chapel is the Page Fi fly seven |