Daily British Whig (1850), 19 Jan 1918, p. 16

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rey oA i" x THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, 3 : 4 ee "Let 1 us Go into Jerusal the Mosque of the A 1 Crea scension. The central part of the building takes the form of 8 I 8 5 y be : ) 2 he | Silsileh (Gate of A corner. of the Garden of Gethse ; chapel containing the footprint of Christ, the C A #& the easte tr to t tram Enclosure, sur occupies about a third of an with stucco, It is under th nt olive trees of great age, which may well have X roundipg the Dome of the those which were there in the time of Christ. 3 of the Chain. / mE Ea i The Allies /, the Brit: "We eaptur- few prisoners in patrol en = I w outside Jesrusalem. The pools are three huge ge ns wf masont; . : rp ners recently taken by name from a passage in Eccle " ols of water, to water therewith t yd t ngeth forth trees." t Mosque El Aksa in Jerusalem. Th maghificent basilica, built by Justinian in sifrition seem to belleve that Hin< thus described in Lewis 'Journal of a Visit to Je pn": » popls are at the head of the Valley of Urtas, and are distant about $ ces il remain of the original building. The porch still eontains two niches for statues? ng desires the end of the war eight miles from Jerusalem. At the north-east corner of ti est pool was an aqueduct which brings the water from the chamber at : . "On as possible. ~All are vague- the north-west of the Upper Pool and conveys it to Bethlehem." Originally it was brought as far as Jerusalem. . vecting some dazzling new H ' : ; dung stra tte of the Agony where Judas gave the kiss of beyfayal. The Grotto of the Agony is a cave in the The ancient mulberry tree at Siloam and the where blind man. The | origivally : fock, and it was there, accarding to tradition, that the discyfles slept while Christ prayed on the Mount of the remains of a fifth century chapel. Close by 8 post ed and withered friak of an ancient al Yas Srigibally square, and nea ' and where on His return to His slegfing ples Judas gave Him the kiss of betrayal. declare it marks the spot where the Prophet Isaiah was martyred by King Masasseh, . " . ; W Is

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