. The home of fadeless splendour: or, Palestine of today . s, and to reach theNinth Station we must pass through one of the dirtiest and mostovercrowded streets in Jerusalem. The Procession with somedifficulty continues the Way of the Cross through the streetcalled by the Crusaders the Street of Bad Cookery (becausethe food that was sold to pilgrims was cooked here), through acrowd of Arabs and Jews, Copts and Abyssinians. The NinthStation, outside the Coptic monastery, recalls the Third Fall ofour Lord in full view of Golgotha, and the apse of the Basilica ofthe Holy Sepulchre, which can be s
. The home of fadeless splendour: or, Palestine of today . s, and to reach theNinth Station we must pass through one of the dirtiest and mostovercrowded streets in Jerusalem. The Procession with somedifficulty continues the Way of the Cross through the streetcalled by the Crusaders the Street of Bad Cookery (becausethe food that was sold to pilgrims was cooked here), through acrowd of Arabs and Jews, Copts and Abyssinians. The NinthStation, outside the Coptic monastery, recalls the Third Fall ofour Lord in full view of Golgotha, and the apse of the Basilica ofthe Holy Sepulchre, which can be seen from here, shows thatthere was but a short distance from the Ninth Station to again under a shower of blows and curses our Lord is goadedon by the soldiery, and the end is near. To reach Calvary it is again necessary to retrace our steps andto follow the road between the Russian Convent and the GermanChurch of the Redeemer. At the end of the street a littledoor leads to the Courtyard of the Holy Sepulchre. Somewhere ^ St. Luke xxiii. [To face page 52. WITHIN THE HOLY CITY 53 within the church we rejoin the Via Dolorosa and mount the stepsto the Chapel of Calvary. A large stone, placed on the ground,marks the spot where our Lord was stripped, and where thesoldiers cast lots for His garments. This is the Tenth altar on the extreme right indicates the place where He wasnailed to the Cross, the Eleventh Stat ion, and a few yards beyond,towards the east, a cylindrical hole lined with silver, under theGreek altar, shows the place where the Cross stood, and wherefor six hours the Saviour of the world hung. This is the TwelfthStation. The Cross was towards the west, and thus the eyes of thedying Christ were turned towards that part of the world whereHis teaching was to be spread. The Devotions are now nearlyover: He has pardoned the penitent thief, spoken the SevenLast Words, given His Motlier into the care of His beloveddisciple St. John, and has yiel
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