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VIA DOLOROSA. 269
be made the subjects of trickery and deception. Bet-
ter had they been utterly locked up by Moslem power,
and been rendered forever inaccessible to Christian
feet, than that their names should be affixed to spots
in no way identifying them.
We know from Scripture that our Lord was cruci-
fied without the gates of Jerusalem. From the loca-
tion now shown as Calvary and the Tomb, they could
not have been without the walls of the ancient city.
They are some distance within the walls now and
must have been then. I had indulged some faint hope
notwithstanding all I had read on the subject, that on
visiting Jerusalem, I should be enabled to satisfy my-
self of the location of Calvary, if not of the Tomb.
But this I found impossible. We are unable to learn
from Scripture, on what side of the city Calvary was
situated. We know not in what direction they took the
Savior to crucify him. The most natural conclusion
would be, that the place was near a great road leading
from one of the gates. Such a spot would only be
found on the western or northern side of the city, on
the roads leading towards Joppa or Damascus. Prob-
ably Calvary is one of the small eminences either to
the north or north-west of Jerusalem, as there are,
near by, several such in those directions.
The street called the Via Dolorosa, extends east-
ward from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the
gate of St. Stephen. On this street monkish tradition
has concentrated nearly all the scenes connected with
the crucifixion ; and their legends embody much more
than is recorded by the Evangelists. On this street
they point the stranger to Pilate's palace, now occu-
be made the subjects of trickery and deception. Bet-
ter had they been utterly locked up by Moslem power,
and been rendered forever inaccessible to Christian
feet, than that their names should be affixed to spots
in no way identifying them.
We know from Scripture that our Lord was cruci-
fied without the gates of Jerusalem. From the loca-
tion now shown as Calvary and the Tomb, they could
not have been without the walls of the ancient city.
They are some distance within the walls now and
must have been then. I had indulged some faint hope
notwithstanding all I had read on the subject, that on
visiting Jerusalem, I should be enabled to satisfy my-
self of the location of Calvary, if not of the Tomb.
But this I found impossible. We are unable to learn
from Scripture, on what side of the city Calvary was
situated. We know not in what direction they took the
Savior to crucify him. The most natural conclusion
would be, that the place was near a great road leading
from one of the gates. Such a spot would only be
found on the western or northern side of the city, on
the roads leading towards Joppa or Damascus. Prob-
ably Calvary is one of the small eminences either to
the north or north-west of Jerusalem, as there are,
near by, several such in those directions.
The street called the Via Dolorosa, extends east-
ward from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the
gate of St. Stephen. On this street monkish tradition
has concentrated nearly all the scenes connected with
the crucifixion ; and their legends embody much more
than is recorded by the Evangelists. On this street
they point the stranger to Pilate's palace, now occu-