We passed on，and halted before the tomb of Melchisedek!You will remember Melchisedek，no doubt；he was the King who came out and levied a tribute on Abraham the time that he pursued Lot’S captors tO Dan，and took all their property from them．That was about four thousandyears ago，and Melchisedek died shortly afterward．However，his tomb isin a good state of preservation． When one enters the Church of the Holy Sepulchre，the Sepulchreitself is the first thing he desires to see，and really is almost the firstthing he dose see．The next thing he has a s~ong yearning to see is thespot where the Saviour was crucified．But this they exhibit last．It is thecrowning glory of the place．One is grave and thoughtful when he standsin the 1ittle Tomb of the Saviou—e could not well be otherwise in sucha place--but he has not the slightest possible belief that ever the Lord laythere，and SO the interest he feels in the spot is very，very greatly marredby that reflection．He looks at the place where Mary stood，in another partof the church，and where John stood，and Mary Magdalen；where the mobderided the Lord；where the angle sat；where the crown of thorns wasfound，and the true cross；where the risen Saviour appeared--he looks atall these places with intel’est，but with the same conviction he felt in thecase of the Sepulchre，that there is nothing genuine about them，and thatthey are imaginary holy places created by them monks．But the place ofthe Crucifixion affects him differently．He fully believes that he is lookingupon the very spot where the Saviour gave up his life．He remembersthat Christ was very celebrated，long before he came to Jerusalem；heknows that his fame was SO great that crowds followed him all the time；he is aware that his entry into the city produced a stirring sensation．andthat his reception was a kind of ovation；he can not overlook the fact that when he was crucified there were very many in Jerusalem who believedthat he was the true Son of God．To publicly execute such a personage was sufficient in it self to make the locality of the execution a memorable place for ages；added to this，the storm，the darkness，the earthquake，the rending of the vail of the Temple，and the untimely waking of the dead．were events calculated to fix the execution and the scene of it in the memory of even the most thoughtless witness．Fathers would tell their sons about the strange affair，and point out the spot，the sons would transmit the story to their children，and thus a period of three hundred years would easily be spanned．一at which time Helena came and built a church upon Calvary to commemorate the death and burial of the Lord and preserve the sacred place in the memories of men；since that time there has always been a church there．It is not possible that there can be any mistake about the locality of the Crucifixion．Not half a dozen persons knew where they buried the Saviour，perhaps，and a burial is not a startling event，any how；therefore，we can be pardoned for unbelief in the Sepulchre，but not in the place of the Crucifixion．Five hundred years hence there will be no vestige of Bunker Hill Monument left．but America will still know where the battle was fought and where Warren fell．The crucifixion of Christ was too notable an event in Jerusalem。and the Hill of Calvary made too celebrated by it，to be forgotten in the short space of three hundred years．I climbed the stairway in the church which brings one to the top of the small inclosed pinnacle of rock，and looked upon the place where the true cross once stood，with a far more absorbing interest that I had ever felt in anything earthly before．I could not believe that the three holes in the top of the rock were the actual ones the crosses stood in．but I felt satisfied that whose crosses had stood SO near the place now occupied by them，that the few feet of possible difference were a matter of no consequence．