. In brightest Asia. he walls, and foundmyself in a very narrow street of about fifteen feet inwidth, and for the most part not only walled in, butarched overhead, so that nothing can be seen of thecity as a whole. Indeed, this is characteristic of allthe streets of the inside city; you cannot see it forthe houses, and especially for the overhead vaultedcoverings, all of yellow limestone. The sun was begin-ning to shine. We resolved to make our way at onceto the Mt. of Olives, in order to get the general viewwhile the clouds were broken. So we entered the ViaDolorosa, which leads to the St. St
. In brightest Asia. he walls, and foundmyself in a very narrow street of about fifteen feet inwidth, and for the most part not only walled in, butarched overhead, so that nothing can be seen of thecity as a whole. Indeed, this is characteristic of allthe streets of the inside city; you cannot see it forthe houses, and especially for the overhead vaultedcoverings, all of yellow limestone. The sun was begin-ning to shine. We resolved to make our way at onceto the Mt. of Olives, in order to get the general viewwhile the clouds were broken. So we entered the ViaDolorosa, which leads to the St. Stephens gate, open-ing towards the mount, and started. The street leadsdownhill all the way, is paved with stone, with both aslope and, about every ten or twenty feet, a step downbesides. All along this way the stages are marked indicatingthe successive steps by which Jesus was brought to crucifixion, and inscriptions in Latin areengraved on the walls. For example, In this place Pilate delivered Jesus that he might be. THE JOHAXXITER HOSPITZ. l^^2 In Brightest Asia. crucified. Here they plaited a crown of thorns. Here the soldiers scourged him, Ecce Homo Arch is shown; the place where He fainted under His cross, etc. To besure, much of this is traditional; but nevertheless you are morally sure that along this road atleast the Divine Sufferer passed. Emerging from the Eastern or St. Stephens gate, the Mt. of Olives burst full upon us ; muchas I had fancied, only rather nearer the city than I expected. There at the extreme left was theGalilee knoll; there in the middle, the Hill of Ascension, so called, the former surmounted by afine Greek church with a lofty modern tower of fresh yellow limestone, the latter occupied by aMohammedan mosque and a minaret old and gray. Still farther to the right, was the Hill ofEvil Counsel. Down deep in the valley between us and the mount, was the green valley of theKidron, the little stream now flowing pretty full. Just beyond the brook la
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