The old world : Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor : travel, incident, description and history . wo localities—namely, the place of cruci-fixion and the place of burial. Excavations are now going on near the Damascus gate,under the direction of an officer of the British army,which may throw new light on the question of localities ;but until new facts are presented sufficient to destroy a 66 The Old World—Palestine, well-defined tradition of only about three hundred yearsfrom the time of Jesus to the time of the Empress Helena,and unquestionable historical records from that time untilthe present,
The old world : Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor : travel, incident, description and history . wo localities—namely, the place of cruci-fixion and the place of burial. Excavations are now going on near the Damascus gate,under the direction of an officer of the British army,which may throw new light on the question of localities ;but until new facts are presented sufficient to destroy a 66 The Old World—Palestine, well-defined tradition of only about three hundred yearsfrom the time of Jesus to the time of the Empress Helena,and unquestionable historical records from that time untilthe present, we shall be content, as before stated, to regardthe Church of the Holy Sepulchre as containing withinits walls the two great landmarks of Christianity—namely,the place of crucifixion and the place of resurrection. We have neither time nor space at present to presentany facts or arguments bearing upon this vexed questionof locality, but after a somewhat careful consideration ofthe subject and an examination of the localities in dispute,we have arrived at the convictions above CHAPTER III. IN AND ABOUT JERUSALEM. AS incidents of travel, we may mention that the firstplace at which we call, on reaching Jerusalem, is atthe office of the American Consul, where we find sixteenletters and three packages of American newspapersawaiting us, and in the reading of which we have afeast such as only a traveler, more than six thousandmiles away from home and without news from there fora month, can appreciate ; that our tents are pitched nearthe Jaffa gate, amid some twenty others, several of whichbear the American flag; that on the night following wehave a most fearful rain and wind storm, which comesvery near overthrowing our tents, and the repetition ofwhich, on the following night, forces us to take shelter inthe Russian convent, near by, where we remain until westart for the Jordan and Dead Sea, a few days after; thatthe number of American travelers now in Jerusalem, andtra
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