. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. TUE DOME OV TUE K<K:K, once temporarily a Christian churrh, is now a Mohamint'dan sliriiie. Inside tlie walled city, il also Stands aloof on a plateau. but possiblo. It inay be addod tbat tbo fictitious rate of excbange makos travol in Israel raorc costly tban anywherc eise in the world. That is the triek by whieh a modern government exacts the dues which were considered intolerably oppressive in the Middle Ages. Indeed, the conditions whieh provo
. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. TUE DOME OV TUE K<K:K, once temporarily a Christian churrh, is now a Mohamint'dan sliriiie. Inside tlie walled city, il also Stands aloof on a plateau. but possiblo. It inay be addod tbat tbo fictitious rate of excbange makos travol in Israel raorc costly tban anywherc eise in the world. That is the triek by whieh a modern government exacts the dues which were considered intolerably oppressive in the Middle Ages. Indeed, the conditions whieh provoked the First Crusade were scarcely more offensive to the pilgrirn than those existing today. But we should not protest too nmch. It is in the nature of a pil- grimage to be uncomfortable. Often they are undertaken as pen- ance, and early rules for pilgrims enjoin bare feet and uncombed bair as essential features. The pilgrim's inslinet is deep-set in the human heart. It is in- deed an afifair of the heart rather than of the head. Reason teils us that Christ is as fuUy present in one ebureh as in another, but we know by experience that some churebes have what we most in- adequately call an "atmosphere" in which we pray easily, while others do not. How much more is this true of the spots marked by great events and by the devoliou of the saints. Stern moralists of the Middle Ages were constantly exhorting their flocks to stay at home and warning them that the spiritual dangers of the wanderer might quite undo the benehts. But the tide was not to be stayed. As soon as one place was desecrated by Mohammedan or reformer other placcs sprang up. Restlessness and mere curiosity no doubt have a part (the motives of any human action being inextricably mixcd) but far above these is the empty human Imagination seek- ing an object for its attention. In this most natural quest the Holy Land has for the Christian a primacy which Rome itself cannot approach. Nevertheless it is a fact
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