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Show H Till': CAPTUItE OF JKIIUSALEM When tho Ilrltish nrmy marched into Jerusalem H more than ono Chrlstiuu soldier must have felt an H " inspiration which had its Inception In tho prayers 1 learned at mother's knees. H To tho Christian world, outsldo tho central pow- H ers, this victory will bo accepted as exceeding In liu- H portanco of sentiment attached, any triumph of tho H For tho first time In 673 years, tho scenes of H the crucifixion of Christ, aro In possession of a Chris- tlan nation, and the coming Christmas day will be H ., tho first celebrated In Jerusalem, without the let or H hindrance, of tho Turks, with ono excepttun, since the H crusaders In 1099 temporarily broke the rulo of tlm H Today English, Welsh, Scotch. and Irish troops H ' arc tramping over the bills where Christ delivered his j sermons; they arc walking across tho Valley of Jo- H hoshaphat to the Garden of Gethsemano and up the H Mount of Olives; they are recalling tho Biblical H stories and tracing tho footsteps of tho lowly Naza- H rene. Tho experience must bring a thrill to thoso H j? of the soldiers who aro deeply religious. H k On Christmas day a chorus of Ilrltish voices will H sing, "The Holy City,'; and if tho whole Christian H ( world coukl see and hear tho services, thero would H V be general rejoicing. B v Jerusalem had an cxperlenco somewhat similar 1 ' to that of Noyon, In France. In 597 I). C, Babylon H captured tho place, sacked It and deported tho elite H of the population, and tho people were held In cxllo H V for Gl years. The girls of Noyon and the .malo In- fl I habitants were forced Into slavery by the Germans B in 19 1C. So in more ways than one. Jerusalem j centers our thoughts on the present war. H ( The Holy City has a wall of hewn stone two and H t H I one-half miles In circumference. A leader of tho H Mormon Church has predicted that when tho walls of H Jerusalem are rebuilt, tho day of accounting will bo H near at hand. With tho Christians at last In control, H thero will be a restoring of the Importance of the H city, nnd then great bodies of Christians will begin H to look for tho signs In the heavens. Ogden Stnu- |