JERUSALEM.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 698, 26 August 1914, Page 7

JERUSALEM.

AS IT LOOKS TO-DAY. Jeruc&tem, standing on its two bills, is alone amongst cities. It is holier than Rome, or Moscow, or Mecca, or Medina. Ordinary standards lot comparison avail nothing. Stripped of its unforgettable past, it would be no more than a dirty city, badly drainsd, b.adly lighted, overrun by the sons of Israel and Hamburg, and packed with beggars. Yet of what account are such drawbacks to him who can wander down the steep Street of David, or listen to the Jews wailing beside their Temple, or linger in the ghostly shadow of the Sepulchre ? True, a .dreadful note of d'iscord is struck by the presence of .Moslem guards in th 6 churches,, and the tourist may be so filled with righteous indignation on Ending that these unbelievers are not even withdrawn iiuring divine service, that he resolves to write to the papers at home to condemn such outrage. Alas! He will be fortunate if he stays a weclc without learning the truth, seeing rival • processions of Greeks and Latins in actual conflict, with lesser broil of Copts, Nestorians, and other sects unable ,to bury the theological hatchet even beneath the sacred fane. By way' of contrast .with this turmoil of thi churches, the philosopher may fl»d aternal peace in the Mos : tu« of Omar on the hill where once stood th« Temple of Solomon. Beaeath the glorious mosaics of its cupola lies, ao .Mohammedans bslieve, the veritable stone on'which Abra ham made ready to sacrifice Isaac -R\ G. Aflalo, in the "Outlook."