The age of the crusades . the comparative humanity of the Arab were now with-drawn by the Turk. To bow in worship at the HolySepulchre was to bend the neck beneath the cimeter. Europe was thrown into a state of terrorism. Mos-lem irruption into the West seemed imminent. Kingstrembled on their thrones, and peasant mothers hushedtheir crying babes with stories which transformedevery spectre into the shape of the turbaned invader. In 1093, on the death of Malek-Shah, the Turkishpower was weakened by divisions; this gave Chris-tendom heart. The statesmen at the Vatican saw theopportunity, and Pope
The age of the crusades . the comparative humanity of the Arab were now with-drawn by the Turk. To bow in worship at the HolySepulchre was to bend the neck beneath the cimeter. Europe was thrown into a state of terrorism. Mos-lem irruption into the West seemed imminent. Kingstrembled on their thrones, and peasant mothers hushedtheir crying babes with stories which transformedevery spectre into the shape of the turbaned invader. In 1093, on the death of Malek-Shah, the Turkishpower was weakened by divisions; this gave Chris-tendom heart. The statesmen at the Vatican saw theopportunity, and Pope Urbans appeal for the cru-sades met the quick response both of the powers andthe people. One of the divisions of Malek-Shahsempire was that of Solyman, Sultan of Roum, orIconium. From this power sprang the Ottomans,who for eight hundred years have held an unbrokendynasty, and for four hundred years have occupiedthe city of Constantine for their capital. CHAPTER VIII. PILGRIMAGES—ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THECUSTOM— LD Testament religion made much of sa-cred places. In the early occupancy ofPalestine, Hebron, Bethel, Shiloh, andShechem were the resorts of the faithful;in later ages Jerusalem became the shrinewhither the tribes went up by divine this localized devotion there was an evident reasonin the purpose of Providence to localize a peculiarpeople for religious training, such as they could notobtain if scattered among the nations. The sacred-ness was not in the site, but in its living associations,as the rendezvous of wise and holy men. Christianityhad no such necessity, and reversed this narrowerpolicy with our Lords command, Go ye into allthe world, and preach the gospel to every , in the ruling of Providence, the placesmost closely associated with the life of the Son ofGod were either unknown, as the spot of the tempta-tion in the wilderness and the mountain where He re-tired for prayer; or these spots were left unmarked by the first
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