The Mosque of Omar from the South
The Mosque of Omar from the South On the eighth day after the birth of Christ the ceremony of circumcision took place, when he received the name of Jesus . Forty days after his birth the family went from Bethlehem to Jerusalem to present him in the temple in accordance with the requirements of the Jewish law. It is probable that the ceremony of the redemption of the first born son and that of the purification of the mother both took place at this time. The first pilgrimage, therefore, of the little wanderer was to Jerusalem—a sleeping babe in his mother’s arms. It was a journey of five or six miles. The Mosque of Omar is to-day on the site of the old Jewish Temple. As you look from one of the southern gates of the city you see the dome of the Mosque rise beyond. We shall visit it again and again during our journey in the East. We shall study the area of thirty-five acres on which the Mosque stands and recall some of the associations in connection with it, for...