Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . CHL KCH UF 7 HE H< I Muc\T OF o/./r/-:s. 109. occupies the whole of theright side. Over it hangforty lamps of gold and sil-ver kept constantly burn-ing. 1 lingereil long here—solemnized, almost awe-stricken—looking at jnl-grim after pilgrim in end-less succession, crawling inon bended knees, puttinglips, forehead, and cheeksto the cokl marble, bathingit with tears, then dragginghimself away backwards,still in the attitude c)f devo-tion, until the threshold isagain c
Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . CHL KCH UF 7 HE H< I Muc\T OF o/./r/-:s. 109. occupies the whole of theright side. Over it hangforty lamps of gold and sil-ver kept constantly burn-ing. 1 lingereil long here—solemnized, almost awe-stricken—looking at jnl-grim after pilgrim in end-less succession, crawling inon bended knees, puttinglips, forehead, and cheeksto the cokl marble, bathingit with tears, then dragginghimself away backwards,still in the attitude c)f devo-tion, until the threshold isagain crossed. It was a sad sight tosee this locality, hallowedby the death antl presenceof our Saviour, under guardof the Mohammedan sol-diers and police to preventpilgrims of rival beliefsfrom fighting for the firstopportmiity to put theirlips to the cold rocks andstones, and even with these precautions to witness the exchange of blows and angry e]) course as we looked upon the reinited relics of the i)resence of Jesus u])on this spot,being shown the stone of unction, Golgotha, and many other objects which these poor pil-grims worship instead of the true and li
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