▁State ▁Church ▁of ▁Pr uss ia ' s ▁older ▁Provin ces , ▁represent atives ▁of ▁other ▁German ▁and ▁Swiss ▁Protest ant ▁church ▁bodies ▁( Bra un ▁for ▁Wür ttemberg ), ▁of ▁the ▁Luther an ▁Church ▁of ▁Norway ▁and ▁Church ▁of ▁Sweden ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁of ▁other ▁Protest ant ▁churches ▁in ▁Hung ary , ▁Italy , ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁and ▁the ▁US , ▁altogether ▁ 4 5 ▁women ▁and ▁men ▁of ▁the ▁imperial ▁deleg ation . ▁From ▁the ▁local ▁not ables ▁Christoph ▁Hoff mann ▁II ▁( j un .), ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Temple ▁Society , ▁and ▁represent atives ▁of ▁the ▁Evangel ical ▁con greg ations ▁in ▁Beth le hem ▁in ▁J ude a , ▁Bir ▁S alem , ▁Ha ifa , ▁and ▁Jerusalem ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁ceremony . ▁Braun , ▁court ▁pre acher ▁of ▁King ▁William ▁II ▁of ▁Wür ttemberg , ▁held ▁the ▁speech ▁at ▁the ▁ceremony ▁and ▁don ated ▁himself ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁marks ▁The ▁actual ▁corner stone ▁included ▁the ▁de ed ▁of ▁foundation ▁and ▁se eds ▁of ▁gra in ▁and ▁veget ables , ▁symbol ising ▁the ▁fert ility ▁of ▁the ▁Sh aron ▁plain . ▁ ▁The ▁project ed ▁overall ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁marks ▁were ▁much ▁too ▁little , ▁so ▁some ▁months ▁later ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁Association ▁with d rew ▁from ▁co - fin ancing ▁the ▁project , ▁it ▁regarded ▁to ▁be ▁non ser ious . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁Vo igt ▁declared ▁the ▁site ▁to ▁be ▁too ▁small ▁for ▁a ▁community ▁centre