JERUSALEM. 
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been shown as that made by our Saviour at his ascension.^ 
Over this, Helena constructed one of her churches.f It is 
not our intention to add a single syllable to all that has been 
already written upon this subjectthose who can receive 
amusement or edification from the legend, in its most interest¬ 
ing form, may be referred to the entertaining work of Mons a 
de Chateaubriand, from the perusal of which the reader rises 
as from a pleasing romance.? So fully is this miracle believ¬ 
ed, even at this hour, that it is mentioned in the certificate 
given to pilgrims at the Franciscan convent, as one of the 
proofs of the sanctity of the place.|[ 
As we descended from the mountain, w r e visited an Olive- 
ground, always mentioned as the Horius Oliveti,** or Gar¬ 
den of Gethsemane. This place is, not without reason, 
shown as the scene of our Saviour’s agony the night before his 
crucifixion, both from the circumstance of the name it still re¬ 
tains, and its situation with regard to the city .ft Titus, it h 
true, cut down all the wood in the neighbourhood of Jerusa¬ 
lem ;and were this not the case, no reasonable person would 
regard the trees of the place as a remnant of so remote an 
' age• notwithstanding the story of the olive formerly shown 
p The account of which is thus given by Adrichomius— Credat Judaeus A pel la 
kon ego ! “ Atque ex hujus summitate coram astantibus et intuentibus diseipuliv 
dataeis benedictione, inccelum ascendit, facie (ut etiai?i ex ultimis pedum ejus 'vcs- 
tigiis adtantffi rei memoriam petroso monti, instar ceras, impressis, etiamnum evL 
denter oolligitur) ad occidentem versus Catholicam ex gentibus Romanarri spectans 
Ecclesiam, adquam Ipse ejus caput, tanquam gemlnos et lllustres ocuTos D. retrum 
suum in terris vicarium Pastorem ae apostolorum coriphaeum, gt D Paulum gen¬ 
tium doctorem, missurus erat.” Adrichomii Theatrum Terr. Sanct p. 17Q> Colon* 
1628. 
f Ibid. 
\ The reader wishing to examine the history of this marvellous impression, in it& 
utmost detail, may consult Doubdan, and the authors by him cited. (See Voyage de 
la Terre Saincte, ch. xxvii. p. 277. Paris, 1657-) Doubdan’s account ia full of the 
miracles that have taken place upon the spot—“ Miracles',” says he, “ qui aujourd’huy 
ont cesse—la Divine Providence agissant de la sorte, pour ne pas jelter les perles 
devant les pores.” 
5 Mons. de Chateaubriand, from Gregory Nazianzen and others, even describes tfte 
attitude of our Saviour during his ascension: from Adrichomius he derives the par¬ 
ticular point of the compass to which the Messiah’s face was turned, as he rose. See 
“ Travels in Greece, Palestine,” &c. p. 49. Lond. 1811. 
|| These are the words; “ MonsOliveti, ubi videntibus discipulis, ad ccelos asceii- 
dit Dominus, suorum pedum vestigia in asternam relinquens memoriam.” 
** Matt. xxvi. Mark xiv. Luke xxii. John viii. It is mentioned by St. Jerom. 
(Vid. Hieron. in Loc. Heb. Lit. G.) Adrichomius distinguishes “ Gethseinani, villa 
ad radices Montis Oliveti,” frern the “ Hortus Oliveti although they are both con¬ 
tiguous, “ Hortus erat in Monte Oliveti non longe a Gethsera&ni rupi cuidam con¬ 
cave adhaerens ..Ubi setate Hieronymi desuper Efeclesiaerat aeriiiicata, quae 
adfcuc ostenditur.” Adrichomii Theat Terr. Sanct. p 170. Colon, 1628. See also 
Brocard. Itiner. 6. Breidenbach. 14. Jul. Sol. tom. IX. cap. 2- &e. &c. 
ft Upon the subject of this garden, Doubdan offers a genuine specimen of Monkish 
writing. * 4 C’est la oil croissent les lys de 1’innocence entre les espmes dela dou- 
lour, le cypresedoriferent dela devotion, et la rrtirrhe dela componction, les pon*- 
sues d’ord’un sensible amour de Dieu,” etc. etc. Voy. de la T. S. t*, fm. iter. 
Joseph, de BplU Jud. lib, viL c, Colon. IGflL 
