Christ's Death Place. What is Shown as Calvary in Jerusalem.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 332, 9 January 1889, Page 6

Christ's Death Place. What is Shown as Calvary in Jerusalem.

Tin onl} lcpicscntathe site foi L'aluii'y now ofleied pilgiim* in .leiuaalem is found in a couplu of 100m 1 - inside \ho old edifice; one is owned, and exhibited hv the (Irceks, annllicr bv 'lie Latins. Thc-e shaie I lie sure disability ; bo*h --^lico the chuuh is alieadv *-o tull of tiadii T on t on the j'lound llooi -hud to ;_jo up a lliijhl. ot stairs into fiec -ikico nearer the toof And Lheie it \- , auiid-t tau dt y <iiiLim-> and guilt hedi/en nienl'- of candle.? and altai-ilu nw 1 -, (Ji,i(. t nih ancient spot upon wliieh I lit- cio---, oS J^-n-. v_'!n if t ic-tod i-i pointed out, and lhc\oritaMo hole 1^ -hown in v hirh it \v«i-> plant rd. Vnd tlio thi(\<^' eio-^e^ — a dccoiou- ln;l, inthci inad< '[iia'i; diitanci 1 of I'm- feet between them on ihe uu,\\t and leH, ot t lie ituddlo o!,o — aic iai)»(.'d t iloi»^=idt\ Ar.d down underneath, U\r liolow, aeioss t-omo int^rxeuinjx space left by giacb'i^ aw.iy t'ne a Hual .-soil of tlic hill, mj vc .ho •-.'molj told, U the j>ia\c ot Adam ' Tradition ha-s iclaled that at thy t ruci!i\ion <>l •le^us =omcdiop- vi blood lelltluou^!) upon Adam's skull and raised him suddenly to liie ; and there aie comment atois who fio-t-laiethatso the propheev fiuorod bv the npot-tlo l^aul (Lphe^ian- v. , 14) w.i-^ well luliillcd 'Awake, tlinti Lhj(. (Jot thus the forinei veitions lead in the Le\t), and ri.-e fiom tho dead, for C'hri'it f-hall touch bhec.' The aifc jieople say that thib is the origin of the tact that in thooe early mcle lcpref-entationa of tlie death ot our Loid a skull is introduced. Can any man of sensibility b9 blamed if lie makes an imperious demand that bliinfr niore — something else at least -shall greet him in answer to his question, Where was our Lord crucified V [f theic should bo no other advantage gained by the acceptance of a now site a-> now proposed, this would bo enough ; it. would put an end to the awkward and oflens-ive impostures daily exhibited under the roof of the filthy old church. They are a standing mockeiy of fihe Cluisbianity thoy profess to uphold. Tho-e ceremonies of faster at the tomb ■where our Loid is declared to ha\obcen biu'iedareacarieatureofan evonfcso t^lad and holy. Tho .struggle around the ilamcs that arc chemically forced out ol the smoky hole in the bcpulehre, '-o that devotees in frantic zeal may light their lamp 5 , brings death from the trampling of thousands, fills the house with bowls that pub heathenism to hhame, and ?endb true belie\ern away with an infinite diegnst and horror deep in their hearts. How lon» must such a t- caudal be patiently cnduicd? - 'Century' for No- \ ember.