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Show VIE\\' IN GETIISI ~ :\IA~E Stone tha t i aid to have covered the grave in which Christ wa buried. Over there is the spot that tradition tells us is , <~creel because Christ appeared to l\lary Magel a len, and yonder is the place where he appeared to his mother after hi~ re urrection. There is tl1e Chapel ( St. l 1 elena, and yonder the place where he was crucified. "Thi is the Chapel of Scourging," . aid our Cuide, ''and this the 'hapcl of the Crucifi :-.ion. and this the \·er.\' pl:1ce vvhere the Cross \\ :1s raised, and here it wa.> subsequently found , and that little Chapel ov r there is the Holy Sepulchre." \ mult itude was striving to enter thi little Chapel. and just when we would have gotten msicle is d ifficult to know. except io r our Guide. He knew how. He spoke to the attendant Prie, t. get ve the necessary nods, shook hands and we were pas eel along, while about u stood and knelt the multitude o clo ely that we made our way with difficulty. \\'c eutered a room about 30x20 feet and were soon pointed out the tomb in which ( ?) 'hrist lay and the marble slab tl1at covered it. Thi. slab is worn as smooth as polisl1ecl marble h~· thv kisses of the million . of devout and credulous believers: and whether Christ was huriecl there or not. the content. of this little chapel ha. influenced the Xations of the earth more than any other spot of which history . peaks. ~\\'hcthcr Clu·i. t wa. huriecl there or not, the touri st cannot enter this cl1apel without being possessed of some strange and inexpressible feeling that cannot he explained except by the lh)\\'trs of the invisible world. • \nd whether 'hrist w:-~s buried TI I ERE or not, men arc compelled to admit that he once lived and died and arose, and must also admit that the power of his resurrected lif is trans- Page Fi fly-nine |