Show MORE whole world rejoices that tho the infidel has been driven from holy city r ASTER astell will be celebrated in stino ua its never before this y ninny many centuries and all tile the C christian world will celebrate with greater fervor mul and deeper rover once now that tile liand hand of tile infidel turk Is removed it Is 13 exactly icara since tile turk drove out the alio christians christian rind took possession of jerusalem after it had boell been anken by frederick 11 17 1220 9 who v hu crowned himself lung icing of tle latin lOngdo ill in it imitation of that earlier curlier icing or of jerusalem godfrey of bouillon 1009 1099 land of pilgrimage Pal estille lind boen been assigned to the tlc alc emperor of tile east in A D ind wits nominally I 1 nt that thile when pilgrimage to the holy land be aulne almost a cult und and the lie finding of relics became 11 regular ret ular pursuit in till tile ho places Iden tined with tile life ot or jesus this was tile period alint might intent almost be thrived the ho at palestine for had kievel aped f fr I 1 I 1 ir more vigorously ut at iconic and lit in kotlier i er parts of tile tho empire lhnn in the holy annd arid itself up to t this his JI almo me constantine hat had matle andu it t the I 1 ie religion and helena lind had found the truo true cross croaa so that hint more 0 great stirring of interest throughout tile tall inrid mally aenny title churches chur clies were built anti erected tile golden cato rind part of a great church chur cli how lie et el aksa mosque christians persecuted it ans wasla in that Chos roos 11 II king icing pf af persia mado lila ills great inroad per sec securing the lie christians wherever rover ho he found them thein especially in what Is 19 now armenia anti jerusalem tile emperor Iler nellus managed to regain control but lie lind had to fo yield before the might of 0 tile the culloh omar who erected many great structures especially the ho mosque called after him upon tile the great rock which luid had been the site of tile temple of solomon for more than 3 ears tim tbt mo hamm edans hold held sway until ap 0 a result of the crusades godfrey 0 on bouillon liou took possession possess lorl in 1009 1000 tho christinn r rowers powers could not however hold possession for they were lighting fighting among themselves and so Sal adill tile the aligi ity lender leader of the mos borrs ens gain ed it permanent hold over tho the land of palestine iud and jerusalem in 1187 1197 it was during the next century that the christians under tho the leadership of frede 11 gained pot possession session of pal estine tor for the last turi time until our own tiny dut but wilh wah dissension at tiong among tile lie christians of that time it wits was not difficult for tho the turks to regain control in fit 1244 4 4 nud retain it ever since in one form or nn another other surrender of jerusalem tile the surrender of jerusalem to the IrItI british sli forces last december and the subsequent conquest of of much of tile rest of the land now establishes christian control at least for the present and the doubt tins lias been raised whether tiny any christian power even germany will hire to suggest that tile holy places again be turned over to tho the power of the moslem no matter what the terms of peace may be precisely what local changes in privileges V of worship will olne come out of conrge may not be foretold retold Io fo bior r a bolig time a stra ige situation lias has prevailed availed in jerusalem tile the holy sepulcher for example with its relics of christian treasure has been used by brocks armenians Armen ians and li western Vestern chris thins lit in alternation tile control remaining with the tha turkish authorities naturally many disputes have arisen out of so strange a situation this easter significant ahen tile the city was wag capt captured ared by tho lIrI tIsh there wits was great local anxiety as ag to fo what might result with the entry of general le allenby with ills his staff and nil certain french anti and italian off officers leers those these anxieties were quickly set nt t rest the jewish population soon I 1 learned ea r tied that all was to be welt with them ami and other sects secta represented in tile citizenship of tile tho historic place were equally reassured A sense of peace liberty und and security hat had its ira effect and influenced profoundly the preparations for thu the new diew unexampled easter ns as well as for future lila of every sort in pio troubled holy land in jerusalem as aa elsewhere I 1 ean can to appear it 11 conviction that no mo mi or cr how long world peace might bo be ia bayed ua ayed tt ft new spirit was abroad throughout the earth this kiister faster then lia lina a special significance ance in view of all the cen of struggle for holding tho pences con coll d to Christla christianity tilty by the hie activity if its savior |