Word: jerusalem
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Church of the New Jerusalem. Rev. T. F. Wright, Ph.D. Sunday, 10.30 A. M.; Bible Classes, 12 M. Evening as announced...
...unusual interest are three large models of well known Jewish and Egyptian buildings, the work of the German archaeologist, Dr. Contra Schick, which have been placed on exhibition in the Palestinian room and in the hall of the top floor. One, the copy of the Haramesh-Sherif at Jerusalem, which is the result of actual measurements and careful observation, represents the present condition of the plateau where once stood the ancient Temple of Solomon, and also shows the Mosque of Omar, which, it is believed, occupies the site of Solomon's altar of burnt offerings. Another model is a representation...
Since graduating from Harvard, Mr. Sampson has travelled extensively in the Rocky Mountains and in the Mediterranean countries, visiting Jerusalem and Damascus and crossing the desert to Palmyra. In 1903 as U. S. game preserve expert under the Biological Survey he made a tour of nearly 1300 miles, visiting forest reserves in California and Washington with the object of selecting certain areas where large game shall be protected. He has had an extended experience as a hunter in the West and Northwest and was until recently secretary of the Boone and Crockett Club...
...report enumerates important acquisitions of the year, among which have been an original Assyrian inscription from King Assurnazirkal (9th century B. C.) on an elaborate slab about three feet square, and three models made at Jerusalem by Dr. Schick, a German archaeologist, who lived and studied in that city for fifty years. The model of chief value is one of Haramesh-Sherif, nine feet by eleven, and is an exact representation of the mosques and other buildings occupying the site of Solomon's Temple and Palace. The second model, of the same size, is a restoration of the Temple...
Professor Lyon will devote part of his lecture to a description of the Church of the Holy Sepulcre of Jerusalem, which he did not speak on in his last lecture. He will then speak about Bethlehem, the Church of the Nativity, the River Jordan, and the Sea of Galilee, and will show views of places of interest connected with these localities...