The Holy Land and Syria . Grandfather and grandson—and both are followers of the ancientprofession of begging. Under Turkish taxation the Palestinians werereduced to such dire poverty that asking alms is considered no disgrace. Where Christ rested when carrying the Cross to Calvary pilgrims nowstop to pray in the Via Dolorosa EASTER IN JERUSALEM They are so narrow that through most of them no wheeledvehicle can go, and standing in the middle of many ofthem you can touch the walls on both sides with youroutstretched hands. It is in such streets that the thou-sands move to and fro at Easter. I d
The Holy Land and Syria . Grandfather and grandson—and both are followers of the ancientprofession of begging. Under Turkish taxation the Palestinians werereduced to such dire poverty that asking alms is considered no disgrace. Where Christ rested when carrying the Cross to Calvary pilgrims nowstop to pray in the Via Dolorosa EASTER IN JERUSALEM They are so narrow that through most of them no wheeledvehicle can go, and standing in the middle of many ofthem you can touch the walls on both sides with youroutstretched hands. It is in such streets that the thou-sands move to and fro at Easter. I doubt whether there is a town of five hundred pop-ulation in the United States which is built upon threehundred acres of land. Here there are over one hundredtimes that many people, and the Easter visitors swellthe number to as many more. During Holy Week thebulk of this mass of humanity crowds into the sectionof the city surrounding the Church of the Holy Sepul-chre. There seem to be scores of thousands of worship-pers in an area less than that of a city block, and thetwo or three narrow streets leading to the sanctuarybecome so crowded that Moslem soldiers must be con-stantly on guard to keep them in order. The gay col
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