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■ PAGE TEN . \ THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. R. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1929 Solemn Scenes of Easter Week at Jerusalem believed the Christ was seen to have risen. Old and young olike then take a squatting position In the ^ass, and the children, with branches of olive 1 trees and palms waving gently in I rhythmic motion, sing: “Blessed is i He That Cometh in the Name of the 1 The Arab festival, which comes dur , . ^. . . . . tog tUe Oirlstlan Easter week. Is ■f"’’ . known as "Nebl Musa,” Arable (or tlmt tbe ceremony fa over and the "Prophet Moses." It Is of compara* people rise and slowly follow, gently tively recent origin, and In reality Is chanting, as they escort a political rather than a religious fes- | priests In the descent from the tival started by the Sultan Saladln abopt the time of the Crusades, be- j They take the roml which leads to cause he felt that too many Christians i church of the Holy sepulcher, an^ were coming to Jerusalem for Easter' | ^hen they reach there they find who might outnumber the Moslema i sides of the quadrangle court be- He instituted this festival to coin- i place lined with venders and j clde with the orthodox Easter, which i fakir* selling sticky sweets, all kinds . would bring a host of Moslems intq ! relics, holy pictures, brllilant cpl- j Jerusalem. Thq Arabs pouring into I glass bracelets, mother-of-pearl Jerusalem for the “NebI Musa" festi- crosses from Bethlehem and other | val present a kaleidoscope of color ‘ *aiall ornaments made of olive wood | that is quite dazzling. The Bedouin Jerusalem. I k- liromen. In their red and yellow coarse- i Symbolic Picture.' ly embroidered finery, are particular- : During the night, before the crowd ly striking. begins to assemble, a platform, upon The large body of Uebronite Arabs which are two benches, is placed in make their way around the outside i the courtyard. On each bench . Is 8 , of the city walls, dancing and whin- ' row of six cushioned seats. On a ing a weird chant, accompanied by dais, gained by a step and carpeted the beating of tom toms and clapping In red and 'gold, stands a gilt throne. i of hands in a measured beat, their in front of which are placed a great leader performing gyrations with a ewer, a gold tray and a very large ; huge curved sword. white towel, .\galnst the wall -of the ! The banners carried in the proces court, near the platform, there Is a Sion are- blessed and brought from flight of wooden steps painted green, Jdecca each "year, and they are blessed which lead to a small pulpit. In the again by the Mufti on the top of the center of the pulpit is a picture of . l^lount of Olives, after which the pa Jesus washing the feet of the 12 tade moves on. The flutes break into Apostles. | a melancholy walling this time and ' By morning the pavements are echo- the dancing dervishes revolve and re ing with ceaselessly tramping'fejt and volve, their skirts opening out like an 1 everyone and everything has tile ap- , umbrella. This performance takes | pearance of the great festive occa- ; place at frequent intervals and lasts ' slon that is about to take place. At ! about 20 minutes, and the dancers ! nine o’clock comes a crash of bells look like spinning tops as they whirl and, fairly blazing with Jewels, the around until some of tliera foam at 1 Greek patriarch emerges from the the mouth. The whole pilgrimage Is"! church, attended by his bishops and ' made on foot and lasts about three i priests. The procession ascends the days, during which time they do not partake of food. When Jericho is reached they place the blessed banners on the supposed grave of Moses. In spite of the fact that the e.xact whereabouts of the burial place of .Moses Is distinctly di^^ claimed in the Bilile. Deut. chap. 34, V. 6, “And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab over against Betl^-.i peor; but no man knoweth of his ■ pulcher unto this day.” Beginning Easter Week. dais and in a loud voice a high otfi- clal reads from the Gospel of St. John the account of Jesus washing IJis Disciples’ feet. That night the way to the Garden of Gethsemane Is lighted with can- ^ dies and the people pass along the different stages of the cross, until the garden is reached. Easter Long before the Christian religion gave Easter to the world to be ob- The first day of Paschal or Easter | served as the day of Christ’s^ resur- week for the Christian starts with j rectlon, there had been an Easter to Palm Sunday at cock crow. All night,; mark the return of spring, the annual long the weary pilgrims have walked i resurrection of nature, np and down the courtyard of the i (’hrlstlaniiy gave a new meaning to church of the Holy sepulcher and the day, but the underlying theme is over the rough cobblestones of the i the same as it has been for thou.sands narrow streets In Jerusalem, while j and thousands of years. Easter is the the clanging of the great bell on the , embodiment of hope. It promises re church continues until daybreak. But In the words of the Psalmist: “Weep Ing may endure for a night, joy com eth in the morning," When the sun conies up over the mountains the peo ple, weary and worn with vigils and j fastings, march slowly into the churqh I and offer special prayers. | Many are /overeohie' ‘^wlth emotion i and with hearts ready to break and i with weeping eyes they sob out: I “I’ve seen the holy of holies," for they believe their own hands have touched the very place where for three days the Master lay in the flesh Services at the church of the Holy sepulcher la.st until noon hour, when the people hurry fuune to th^r limn- hie lodgings to eat only such food as the restrictions of I.eot permit. On the Mount of Olive^. Al tiie seventh hour tlie clergy, with men women and children folli»wing. clinih the Mount of (Mlves, ulung pntliSjiortlet'eil hy aneinones und shad «»\ved Uy silvery olive trees, until tl»e> retich the simitnit, und for two ttyiiiiis are sung and chanted, aftet which tlje iieople priK-eed t« the stt»ii) oew'ed fruitfulness of the earth, as it has for ages. It promises, in addition renewed splrltuaf growth, as it has -for 1,928 years. Religion I MWvc ill oiirnclM For I havt ttea ii mow. And I beliav* In God Fot I tiave watchad a aaodl tatd grow From out the ground wbara DOthiag was Into a Golden Glow I —Kathleen MUIay la Harper’s Baser. .of ascmirtcii. from which place H if tf, , Truths Brought Horn* ' The intiniathms of luiiiiortullt\ dwelt upon by poets, reasoned about by philosophers, fluttering In out hearts, again and again chilled by tb< eol(f winds of doubt, eclipsed by th< fogs, are made to stand forth clearly In the light of Easter day. 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