The old world : Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor : travel, incident, description and history . ? Hi!. Past and Present of the Holy City. 91 parcel of the grounds and buildings ; but only in suchparts as were probably connected with the temple, dowe feel any sort of interest. This is undoubtedly the Mount Moriah on which thetemple stood; and the identical threshing-floor forwhich David gave the fifty shekels of silver. Herestood the wonderful temple built by King Solomon to theglory of the Great Jehovah, and just here was the veilof the temple rent when Jesus gave up the ghost! Theenclosure, su
The old world : Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor : travel, incident, description and history . ? Hi!. Past and Present of the Holy City. 91 parcel of the grounds and buildings ; but only in suchparts as were probably connected with the temple, dowe feel any sort of interest. This is undoubtedly the Mount Moriah on which thetemple stood; and the identical threshing-floor forwhich David gave the fifty shekels of silver. Herestood the wonderful temple built by King Solomon to theglory of the Great Jehovah, and just here was the veilof the temple rent when Jesus gave up the ghost! Theenclosure, surrounded by the city walls on the outsideand a corresponding wall within, is said to be about onethousand five hundred feet in length by one thousand inbreadth. Near the centre stands the Mosque of Omar,and southward from this is the Mosque of El are fitted up in the usual Moslem style, with marblefloors, stained-glass windows, and Arabic gewgaws. Inthe centre of the first is a very large natural rock, calledby the Moslems Es Sukhrah, in which they show thefootprint of Mohammed as he mo
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