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Show All Turn to Jerusalem S'I Sacred Scenes of Crucifixion and Resurrection Attract Pilgrims in Thousands at Easter Time TSra YPICAL. of the pass- 'yOws w Wwi ana of tlle conlills Y fM ot summer splendor, l&Jjl4 J fat was Easier J$M5v3&j from the beginning, ?'wlftC 11,8 vel'Y embryo of 'wfH&.tS-'S i nature study, the spontaneous expression expres-sion of man's delight in the ever joyful joy-ful and beautiful anuual miracle of U13 springtime. "A thousand hills"' in verdure ver-dure clad, rare valleys spangled with wee wildliugs, nurtured in natures endless chain of gardens; vaBt forests for-ests putting on robes of spring and those trees which in their fruition offer of-fer feasts to humanity, first holding out their flowery offerings to their'de-ities; their'de-ities; flawjess skies with cloudlets by way of making the blue dome more radiant that was the world's pagan springtime up to that springtime of springtimes, that Sunday of Sundays, which we now celebrate as the chief "eslival of the resurrection of Christ rnd .of the Christian era, Easter! gloriou3 Easter! Herald of nature's year, symbol of life eternal! eter-nal! Upon Easter all the Christian churches the wide world over hold commemorative services. Millions of moires are raised in praise; millions of heads are bowed in worship. In the pnmiUve cnurcb It was one ! of Lhe special days lor baptism. The j Latin name of the Octave, or the 1 following Sunday, Dominicus in albis, j preserves the memory of the custom of the newly-baptized, wearing their I white robes throughout the entire : Week. Russian Christians, who now make pilgrimages to the Holy Land, however poor they may be, and however how-ever much they may need the room for food and extra clothing, carry with them one precious parcel which contains con-tains the while robe for the baptism in the Jordan, to which they go after celebrating Easter in Jerusalem. After this bapLium the robe is never put on again until it serves as a shroud. Going down to Jericho from Jerusalem Jerusa-lem and returning two or three cora- panics of pilgrims will be met, thou-' thou-' sands of them in each group, walking ' single tile as a rule, though some ol ihcin ride on donkeys. However, compelling in interest other parts of Palestine may be at Lester, the thoughts of the Christian world, as well' as the steps of pilgrims, pil-grims, turn Jerusalemward. And of all lue places of overw helming interest In JeruLalcm those connected with the cruciiixion and the resurrection are ot the most vital and compelling interest. in-terest. The various sects have shed biood following their arguments over sacred matters hereabouts, but, according ac-cording to the guide-book, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher covers the trar dilional spot of both. Reached through narrow, croolcd, ncne too clean streets, this church tills the visitor with mingled emotions. Squatting on the stone-paved space before the south entrance are sellers of beads, evil eyes and souvenirs of olive wood. Once inside, one finds armed Moslem Mos-lem custodians, who are necessary to keep the peace between the jealous Christian pilgrims from various parts of, the world, some of them half-starved half-starved faualics, who have sacrificed everything except life itself to get there. And here one finds hanging any number of beautiful metal lamps. The Greeks are. allowed a certain number, the Armenians so many, and so on. Almost as soon as the guard is passed "the large "Stone of Anointment" Anoint-ment" is reached. On this the body of Jesus is said to have lain when il was anointed by Nieodemus. The principal prin-cipal part of this building is the rotunda ro-tunda of the sepulcher. The chapel of the,sepulcher is about six feet each way, and very low, 43 precious lamps hanging from the ceiling. It is here on the split marble slab, which serves I as an altar, that the members of the Catholic church (Latin, Greek, Arme- I nian chiefly), or their friends, have I 1 1 f W- i x - Traditional Tomb of Christ in vne Church of the Holy Sepulcher. blessed rosaries and crucifixes. It is entered through the vestibule called the Angels' chapel. In 1894 the site known as the Garden Gar-den Tomb was purchased for $10,000 by Church of England people, this body believing it to be the site of the entombment. It is a beautiful spot with quantities of fragrant rosemary wands forever swaying along with the rosy-fruited racemes of the pepper trees. It is very near to Gordon's Calvary, which is best seen from the entrance to Solomon's quarries; though just outside the Damascus gate, these quarries extend under the city to a distance of 70 I f"et |