Identifier: lettersoftravelj00sher (find matches)
Title: Letters of travel : journey in the Bermudas, England, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France, 1894 : in Mexico, 1896, in Canada, 1898 : in Egypt, Holy Land, Turkey, Greece, Italy and France, 1900 : in Morocco, Spain, Algiers, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Holland, Belgium and London, 1903
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Sherrick, Johnson
Subjects: Voyages and travels
Publisher: (Canton, Ohio : J. Sherrick)
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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overnor, nor can one see the rock, the only vestigeleft of the old temple, without putting on Moham-medan shoes and entering through a guardeddoor of the finest Mohammedan mosque in theworld. In the center of this fine Moslem worship-ing place and fenced in to prevent it from beingtrod upon, lies this huge rock which the Moham-medans consider too sacred for either Christianor Jew to tread upon. This morning we ascended Mount Olive,almost four hundred feet above Jerusalem, andviewed the spot where it is said Jesus ascended toHeaven. In the not far appearing distance thequiet Dead Sea glistens in the sunshine. The riverJordan was in sight and the blue range of theMoab mountains lined the misty horizon beyond,altogether making a beautiful picture from thehighest point in or around Jerusalem. We sawthere the tomb of the Virgin Mary and the rockyspot where it is said Judas betrayed his master andmany other traditional places in which Jerusalemabounds. We halted by Rachels tomb which is 264
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in possession of the Jews, on our way to Bethle-hem, and the Pools of Solomon. While in Bethlehem we visited the ancientChristian church of St. Mary, which is built on thespot where Christ was born. In one part theCatholics were holding service and in the mainchapel the Russian pilgrims were worshiping inthe Greek faith. Most of the people in Bethlehemare Christians, but here in Jerusalem the Moham-medans are the most numerous, but the Jews ownmost of the property and they are now buildingsome good house and making a part of thecity appear more modern. But the old andfar-famed Jerusalem lies buried beneath the rub-bish of the new. So much of its wonderful historyis purely traditional, and the true character of theseancient people so imperfectly understood, that re-ligious contentions and consequent wars and blood-shed have unfortunately resulted. It is the birth-place of the Christian religion, and while it hasmade little progress here in the east it has spreadwith wonderful rapidity

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