sword, now. I tried it on a Moslem, and clove him in twain like a

doughnut. The spirit of Grimes was upon me, and if I had had a graveyard

I would have destroyed all the infidels in Jerusalem. I wiped the blood

off the old sword and handed it back to the priest--I did not want the

fresh gore to obliterate those sacred spots that crimsoned its brightness

one day six hundred years ago and thus gave Godfrey warning that before

the sun went down his journey of life would end.

Still moving through the gloom of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre we

came to a small chapel, hewn out of the rock--a place which has been

known as "The Prison of Our Lord" for many centuries. Tradition says

that here the Saviour was confined just previously to the crucifixion.

Under an altar by the door was a pair of stone stocks for human legs.

These things are called the "Bonds of Christ," and the use they were once

put to has given them the name they now bear.

The Greek Chapel is the most roomy, the richest and the showiest chapel

in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Its altar, like that of all the

Greek churches, is a lofty screen that extends clear across the chapel,

and is gorgeous with gilding and pictures. The numerous lamps that hang

before it are of gold and silver, and cost great sums.

But the feature of the place is a short column that rises from the middle

of the marble pavement of the chapel, and marks the exact centre of the

earth. The most reliable traditions tell us that this was known to be

the earth's centre, ages ago, and that when Christ was upon earth he set

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