. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. r variouscountries. Beyond the Greek Chapel we descended, by aid ofour burning tapers, a flight of thirty stone steps to theancient, dimly-lit Chapel of St. Helena. When the Empress Helena was inspired to searchfor the true cross, said the guide, she employedworkmen to excavate here. There is the seat on whichshe sat while superintending the search, and there belowus is the excavation in which she found the three crosses,the crown of thorns, the nails, and the inscription. We peered into the darkness below but could see onlya gloomy
. A trip to the Orient; the story of a Mediterranean cruise. r variouscountries. Beyond the Greek Chapel we descended, by aid ofour burning tapers, a flight of thirty stone steps to theancient, dimly-lit Chapel of St. Helena. When the Empress Helena was inspired to searchfor the true cross, said the guide, she employedworkmen to excavate here. There is the seat on whichshe sat while superintending the search, and there belowus is the excavation in which she found the three crosses,the crown of thorns, the nails, and the inscription. We peered into the darkness below but could see onlya gloomy hole about eight feet deep and twenty feetacross, a short flight of steps cut in the rock, and analtar at one side. CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE. 235 Reascending to the main floor, we halted at theChapel of the Mocking. There the guide showed us thestone upon which the Jews made Jesus sit while theycrowned Him with thorns. The guide then led the wayup a flight of steps to the Chapel of Golgotha, which iswithin the great structure of the church but upon the. THE OLD STREET OF SORROW LIES BURIED TWENTY FEET BELOW. summit of a rock fifteen feet higher than the main one side of this chapel, where the rock itself projectsslightly above the floor, a figure of the Christ in dyingagony is suspended upon the cross, and at the foot of thecross stand the figures of Mary, His mother, and St. 236 A TRIP TO THE ORIENT. John, both dejected and sorrowful. These figuresappear to be made of gold and silver. The crownson their heads are covered with diamonds, rubies,emeralds, and other precious stones. A hole in therock surrounded by a gold plate marks the place wherethe original cross stood. On the right and left are theholes where stood the crosses of the thieves. A movablegold plate covers the crevice in the rock caused by theearthquake. In this chapel the pictures on the wallsare encircled with diamonds and other precious this room is the Chapel of the Crucifixion,wh
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