Show THE TOMB OF CH RIST at T HAS BEEN A battlefield POH CENTURIES jealous monk continue to ti riot rio t over ovar retting resting place of prince of P peace bace arrangements made with the sultan london in the one place in all the th W world OT ld where noise nolde ot of strife should la be forever hushed bushed and sounds bounds of worship be heard beard men met in bloody battle recently crucifixes Cruci fixes and cine ere era were the weapons Franci and armenian Aimen Aime nian lan monks monka were tho the corn com batanus ba lia tants and the tha scene of 0 the gle was the tomb of christ for a brief time the tha battlefield of tho the crusades echoed again to tile the sound of it clashing arras arms the groans of the wounded the chebis of the victors iut but this was not a battle of believer against unabelle unbeliever er heathen versus christian the contestants were monks sworn to teach tho the doe doc brines trines of the prince of peace nace N ace the bone ot of contention Is 1 IL a desire to control the he sainted sepulcher it was this ambition that brought the crusaders crusade r swarming from all europe and now a form of the samo game desire baa IRS the monks ot of the th franciscan or ler der and t the lie A armenian r branch forever at each other a throats they quarrel over the right t to 0 sweep on off the steps and the greeks though they had bad little part in bring ing the tonit tomb of 0 christ under abris alan control have profited so BO skill fully by tho the qua of 0 france with turkey that they have ingratiated themselves with the tha pasha till he be la Is regarded as silent ally in this lat last battlo battle ono one sacristan haa bad hla his skull smashed in with a heavy censer ce and a number of 0 the combatants went to hospitals for or treat ment so frequent have tho the qu quarrels arrela been in the last decade that otten often turkish soldiers have been forced to intervene fience greek and italian consuls have at times been dragged into the controversies that resulted from these outbreaks apparently no permanent peale peace la Is avei to como come to tho the tomb of him who as his cardinal doctrine taught the law of peace for the events that made the tomb of christ a permanent pei pellman manent eat battleground the devout mitlena and emperor constantine Constant lne are responsible though hough the motives that led them to jerusalem were the hollean holiest first helena embraced embi aced christianity nd then converted her eon BOH emperor constantine Constant lne once in the falth faith lie he made it hla his resolve that jerusalem city of 0 the holiest hollest deed in tha th world a 8 history should not be neglected with reverent ent care constantine Constant lne and helena sought bought out all the spots that were identified with the holy passion and erected on them thein churches and nd I 1 suitable memorials over the spot where the tha cross croas was placed a chapel was waa erected and tb tha sacred wood itself was retained 1 in jerusalem by helena and placed un ner der the gibat basilica or church erect eil ed by constantine over the place ol of christ is burial hie election of theme theao buildings par pal ticul arly the church made jerusalem aglace a place ot of gilr pilgrimage bimage such as aa it has haa remained to this day for peace ful ill years the cross croas remained at the basilica anu and nothing but the wor songs and prayers of the f faith alth tul ful re ro sounded over the burled stones in warfare and slaughter came upon the holy spot jerusalem was stormed by the persian king choa tk ILI 41 fib A UI 1 A ar 4 I 1 t f newly discovered tomb of christ near jerusalem roes roea 11 II the christians christiana made their bravest defense at the door of the church but defea defeated td and ami the tomb ot of the was the prey of heathen fourteen years later era em geror Ilora ellus regained po possession ot of the tomb for the christian faith even the end of the tha wars wara between the and the christians did not bring pence peace for tile the saracen control was disputed by other heathen na tlona the ibe Mame lukes took the city in 1382 tho the talks re coveted it in 1617 by the valor of sultan selani bellm the son of tills this loader sollman built the wall that now surrounds sin sui rounds tb the city at last being unable to occupy the homo bome of 0 alit scenes ot of the holy P PIs pig Is elon elan the Chilst Chil atlan lan nations made RD an agreement lah with the sultan by which they coded ceded hla his right to control but got in return to worship choie and to have the sacred basilica in charge of christian priests but even this has riot not brought peace to the tomb and strife and hatred still whale only love and wor war abib should bo be |