316 THE HOLY LAND. 
a remnant of the original sepulchre can now he 
ascertained. Yet, with our sceptical feelings 
thus awakened, it may prove how powerful the 
effect of sympathy is, if we confess that, when 
Ave entered into the supposed sepulchre, and 
beheld, by the light of lamps, there continually 
burning, the venerable figure of an aged monk, 
with streaming eyes, and a long white beard, 
pointing to the place " luhere the body of our 
Lord ivasT and calling upon us " to kneel and 
experience pardon for our sins" we did 
kneel, and we participated in the feelings of 
more credulous pilgrims. Captain Culverhoiise, 
in whose mind the ideas of religion and of 
patriotism were inseparable, with firmer emo- 
tion, drew from its scabbard the sword he had 
so often wielded in the defence of his country, 
and placed it upon the tomb. Humbler comers 
heaped the memorials of an accomplished pil- 
grimage ; and while their sighs alone inter- 
rupted the silence of the sanctuary, a solemn 
service was begun. Thus ended our A^sit to 
the Sepulchre. 
If the reader have caught a single spark of 
this enthusiasm, it were perhaps sacrilegious to 
dissipate the illusion. But much remains un- 
told. Every thing beneath this building seems 
