Dreams of yesterdays (in the Orient) . o recall the poem read in child-hood, King Davids limbs were weary. He hadfled from far Jerusalem, etc., with the sad re-frain: Oh, Absolom, my son, my son! CHAPTER XIV THE HOLY SEPULCHRE S the streets are so narrow, no car-riages can be driven inside the citywalls, so we all alight at the JaffaGate and follow our dragoman onfoot. In this vicinity all is bustleand excitement, and we pass the bar-racks of the Turkish Garrison and the New GrandHotel, to the shops and bazars, and there is muchto engage our attention. We go to the Armenian Church, whose decor
Dreams of yesterdays (in the Orient) . o recall the poem read in child-hood, King Davids limbs were weary. He hadfled from far Jerusalem, etc., with the sad re-frain: Oh, Absolom, my son, my son! CHAPTER XIV THE HOLY SEPULCHRE S the streets are so narrow, no car-riages can be driven inside the citywalls, so we all alight at the JaffaGate and follow our dragoman onfoot. In this vicinity all is bustleand excitement, and we pass the bar-racks of the Turkish Garrison and the New GrandHotel, to the shops and bazars, and there is muchto engage our attention. We go to the Armenian Church, whose decora-tions seem rather tawdry; then to the excavatedhouse of Caiphas, the High Priest, whose marblefloor is 20 or 30 feet below the present street circle in this floor marks the place where Peterstood amidst the soldiers warming his hands bythe fire, when the maid servant made the accusa-tion, and even the pillar where the cock crew isshown us, and near by where Jesus stood whenPeter saw the look that sent him forth weeping. 79 .. 8o DREAMS OF YESTERDAYS From the wall near here we could see the vil-lage of Siloam, with the pool where the blind manwas sent to wash and received his sight, and be-yond was the lepers quarters, rows of low, shed-like buildings, quite out of the city, and if thelepers would only stay there we should feel muchsafer, for we never hear the call Unclean as ofold. We descended the stone steps to the level ofthe entrance to the Holy Sepulchre, which isseveral feet below the adjoining streets. One canget no adequate impression of its immensity fromthe outside, as little can be seen of it but the en-trance and its two domes rising above the build-ings. This church, it is alleged, was built in 335a. d. by Queen Helena, upon finding the realcross of Christ under the site of the present foun-dation. In the center of this immense edifice, and underthe large dome, is the beautiful marble pavilion,decorated with rich carvings, inscriptions and im-mense gold a
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