Identifier: arcticsunbeamsor02coxs (find matches)
Title: Arctic sunbeams: or, From Broadway to the Bosphorus, by way of the North Cape
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Cox, Samuel Sullivan, 1824-1889
Subjects: Europe -- Description and travel Middle East -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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f the crusader. Preparationis already made for their religious devotion, and aPrussian hospice is provided for all who need itscare. Even a descendant of the Sultans clears theway by a notable gift for the Teutonic immigrationinto the heart of Jerusalem ! We had already made one hurried visit to theChurch of the Holy Sepulchre. As this is theSabbath-day, we keep it holy by renewing ourvisit. Here are seen Golgotha, Calvary, the tomb,and other unmistakable memorials of the Saviour.Each spot, however apocryphal, is of moment.Hundreds upon hundreds of years, good men,kings and scholars, soldiers and priests, have re-garded them as authentic. From the street wedescend by a flight of steps into a paved court.Here are columns in rows, and chapels abound—Greek, Latin, and Armenian. This is the entrance.A Romanesque fagade is upon the north side ofthe court, with sculptured illustrations of ourSaviours life. We enter the south transept, whichlooks like a vestibule. Here is the stone of unc-
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VISITING HOLY PLACES. ^iZ^ tion. It is a large, red and yellowish slab of mar-ble, inclosed in a railing, directly fronting theentrance. It is adorned with suspended lamps.This is the spot where the body of Jesus wasanointed. We pass into the divisions of thechurch, and enter under the dome of the sepul-chre itself. The dome is blue, and spangled withgolden stars. Over the tomb is a canopy of red-dish marble. It seems old and worn. The pave-ment is glossy and slippery. On either side of thecanopy are two large round holes, used for theholy fire-miracle by the Greeks, who have its mo-nopoly. The Catholics discountenance it, andvery properly. Every volume on Jerusalem has its chaptersdescriptive of this edifice. It has played a greatpart in history, from the time of Constantine,whose mother, Helena, inaugurated the investiga-tions for its verification, and that of its sacredrocks. Whether Golgotha, Calvary, and the tcmbshould be here located or not, has been a themefor quarto on folio o

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