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Show 236 MADELYN CANNON STEWART SILVER Madelyn and Harold recorded many other scenes as well. The Crusaders Hospital run by the Lutheran Knights of St. John, scenes of the Western wall of Jerusalem (the only remain ing portion of Solomon's Temple, destroyed in 70 A.D.), the magnificent mosque built in 691 A.D.; and, of course, goats, a caretaker gardener, ancient masonry, a cistern, flowers. In 1954-1955 the LDS Church had no proselytizing mission in the Middle East. There were, however, small groups of Latter-day Saints scattered in various countries. Nothing indi cates that Madelyn and Harold made any contact with Latter day Saint members or missionaries in any Middle Eastern city while on their tour. An ugly place near Old Jerusalem was Hinnom, where the refuse of the city was deposited and fires kept burning by Canaanite parents who offered their children as propitiary sac rifices to Moloch. The Greeks gave the place the name Gehenna, the New Testament word for hell. As with other visitors, Madelyn was disappointed by the gar ishness and tawdriness of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. First built by the Emperor Constantine in the fourth century, it was destroyed by the Persians in 646, rebuilt by the Greek Modistos in 700, occupied by the Crusaders, and repaired con tinually since. Presumably located at Calvary and the tomb, five denominations officiate there: Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, Egyptian Copts, and Assyrian Jacobites. A distressing and necessary part of the tour for Madelyn was visiting each of the stations of the Cross: 1st Station: The Chapel of Condemnation. Jesus before Pilate. Head washing. The Ecce Homo Church. 2nd station. Praetorium. Jesus' first trial. She noted a minaret. 3rd station. His first fall. 4th station. He met his mother. 5th station. Simon of Cyrene (North Africa) who was compelled to carry Jesus' cross. |
