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Show TliE PL\CE OF Tli .E SKULL forming the world's thoughts and actions. Let other tourist believe a they may, thi one con fi dent ly believes that th(.; place where Ch ri t ''as Crucified is outside the city ·s walls. not far from the Damascus Catc, where the cliff formati on very much resembles "the place of the skull. " "t\ear this place is a! o a garden in whi ch there is an o ld tomb conforming quite accurateh· to the Bible's acco un t of the burial pl ace of. our Lord. nut \Vhethcr thi is the place or not does not change the great fact that millions have visited th ese places and arc st ill ,·isiting them. r shall never forget the many hands of pilgrims seen going and coming from this floly Place; no r sha ll l ever forget their acts of the most intense devotion a they crowded about the e holy s ites kis. ing them and imploring T I im who standeth behind keeping watch 0\'er his own. And, after all, it was the thought of the 'hri:t who had po~ ihly touched these place that gave them their charm. Such charm is not found elsewhere. 1 I is name is surely abo,·e e\·ery name. and before it the Nations will bow. Our next ,·is it >vas to the (;arden of ( ;eth semane, the place \\'here the heart of Christ broke and the soul poured itself out in trustfulness to Cod. This historic place seems to be well located, according to both tradition and Dible story, and lwwner it ma}· ha ''e looked in the time of Christ, it is surely a well kept and beautiful spot no w. ,\ high wall surrou nds it and Franciscan monks cu lti\·ate most beautiful flowers therein. The old OliYe trees, eight of them, add a dignity and a feeling of sacredness to the place ·which stir the deepest depths of the souL This is one place where we felt that we were indeed w:1lking npon holy ground-; T':tgc Sixty onr |