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arc magnificent in their proportions and decorations. 

 The sepulchre looks very much like a small marble 

 house. It stands quite alone, directly under the aper- 

 ture in the centre of the dome. 



THE JEWS' PLACE OF WAILING. No sight meets the 

 eye in Jerusalem more sadly suggestive than the wailing- 

 place of the Jews, in the Tyropean, at the base of the 

 wall which supports the west side of the Temple Area, 

 where some ancient stones still mark the old walls of 

 the temple. In past ages the Jews have paid immense 

 sums to their oppressors for the miserable satisfaction 

 of kissing these stones, and pouring out lamentations at 

 the foot of their ancient sanctuary. With trembling 

 lips and tearful eyes they sing: "Be not wroth very 

 sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity forever ; behold, 

 see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. Thy holy 

 cities are a wilderness; Jerusalem is a desolation. Our 

 holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, 

 is burned up with fire, and all our pleasant things are 

 laid waste." 



THE GOLDEN GATE AT JERUSALEM. In former days 

 the gates of towns were of the utmost importance; they 

 were the means of ingress and egress, and usually had 

 rooms over them, and, above these, watch-towers, so 

 that the approach of an enemy mi-ght be seen before- 

 hand. The Golden Gate, in the east wall of the Temple 

 Area, is ancient, and the interior of it ornamented with 

 rich and elaborate carving in good Grecian style. It is 

 now walled up. 



GARDEN OP GETHSEMANE. "Then cometh Jesus to a 

 place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, 

 Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder." Matt. 26 : 36. 



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