Show christmas in older people if not so buoyant feel happier and their hearte ll if saddened and hardened liar Jeneil by tho the world trials off toward each other und had a feeling of love toward all immunity humanity is is kindled is la their bosoms whoa when thoyl they lunk think of the saviour who eighteen bundred years ago eo do humbled himself fot for tho the io lovo vo lie ho bore isuru toward u ui ai i to bo be born bom in a Lu atiga lit at bethlehem which Is ia only in interest iut prout it lu boru L lent and the site aito of the wondrous event which had haa given it 14 biama to tn our erit era neither history nor tradition loua loaid sight ot of a BI memorable a village villi ige therefore we wa 11 in go gulo to and boo boil how IA atoll there Botill chom is in an almost entirely cerii th city of 0 lire five thousand inhabit atit these christiani Christia tV belonging to the be R giomun okiku tUt liolio oriole and es there beina bun only about una ono hundred protestants who lire are converts oon verta f from aront these churches arwe aa we near the town ou christmas uro ere we boo the iho road front from jerusalem coveted covered with hundreds ot of pedestrians and equestrians in almost ivory every imaginable coe they tire are bound fot at bethlehem lid i it la 18 for great numbers ol of the residents of jerusalem to spend christiana there where the it oman catholia Oath Cath olio church celebrates it with great ceremony iho go there as ai worshipers worship eri while ot of others go goal aa spectators of the carols caroms nies lucro being no volt ioles of any kind between those two places people i havo have to got get there on horses donkeys males und and camels camela numbers ol of peo pan plo pie walk wulla to as iti it ii joul jy a distance of five miles the ilio road has haa a gay appearance on this utter boon the sun sail is i shining brightly and tho the fields are covered with white and pink croo unes there RO go a party of 0 ladies and aad gentlemen emea mount oil ed on horseback a 11 company of 0 desert arabs araba with largel filix li linaker WON on oa their heads tie 1 on with black rope made of camela u hair somo some russum dian pilgrims pil grima sheepskin dress droba ea with the wool josedel 1 thua then a luge large party of native moll men anil and women astride donkeys without stirrups tho the saddles buddies having a large in front to keep tho he rider from rom flying over his bis head when the donkey stumbles which is in often an and d name stubborn ones on oa trot ting near tile the edge of a deep ravine down a hill or on slippery rooks rocks every donkey lins hns bolls belle around his nook and it boy to rua babina and poke hira him up lip with it i sharp tick or long needle our notice is attracted to a long lino line of horsemen bot Bomen it is is the catholin it a roll of jerusal jerusalem am going to this pr pro coiBion la is very grand forgo bull and variegated A equal of mounted gayly attired head the tha procession cavalry Bedou De donina ins on their arabia steeds the iho patriarch is clothed in III his purple cloak and cardinal hat bat A great greali company of bishops biB hopa priests and deacons aro are in his bia suite then fol low ow a company of jews jens turks infidels aal dressed in fan fantastical ta sta oriental garments c on al any east beast they could got gat hold of Uan dreda of of loth both boxes nil all in gay holiday attire butira now meet this procession aalon tail and salute tb them e mi with songs bonga firing of gans and drumming on drums kettles tin tia pina pans moil anil some boma bearing ey oyt mbale abal they head tho the procession dancing singing clapping their heir hands till they enter bethlehem and aind as they pass through the streety they aro greeted with cheers cheera and with doug from rom the windows and bottea tops y 1 the h women anti and children byl tho h catholia Oath Cath olio greek and Arol onlan monas loricia still end the groat complex plex church of tho the nativity aro are nil I 1 under one root roof which covers coverd the supposed oBed table cave cavo where christ was crad cradle leJ 1 they rhey all form fora a great fortress liko odi edi ioa ace in front of which I 1 la it a large open square which is ia now crowd I 1 with leople I 1 almost of every disruption ola soldiers Bol diers ranged gouged is in lines and A procession of monks and priests gorgeously who meet tho the jerusa lem em patriarch with a groat great deal deaf of ceremony then nil all the tha enesta gnesta olter tho the convent where thoy they aro are received tho the church of the nativity was built by j the empress helena ila ia the fourth century in the nth fifth it was doot whon when it was restored restated ia A 1 D by I 1 tha bee emperor justinian it isi Is a magnild cent building of very fine architecture the grand service begins about I 1 midnight nid night Us church being brilliantly r lit up flowers Ilif fora anil and evergreens ever greens adorn the tho altar pillars and chandeliers the crowd browd is so BO grea great t that there is is barely boora and aad mes most t of ilio people fire are holding lighted wax copers topers some boma of which are adorned with th sprays of f flowers it is a marvel that they dout dont set fire bocach to each other the service Is ia conducted by lia he patriarch during which several 1 i lonks appear dressed dro saBit in furs fare representing tho the shepherds A tong song of glorious harmony suddenly ead denly bursts out from the hundreds of pr priests ices assembled singing the 11 gloria in E ex 1 balsis 11 it is caught up by the wor shi the a few bomonti is thrilling the service continues con till til about three whom it ia 13 ended by a procession in in which tho the patriarch carries a waxen imago image representing christ in 10 a gold golden s n crib it ii akan down into the grotto or manger which is hewn in tie natural rook and sup suppose posea 1 to bo be the tha manger in which jeam was wan laid gold end silver lauas jamrs are suspended ans aus nil all over the place chich are kept burning night eight anil and dy day at an othet other ceremony is ia performed in the grotto laying the image into the manger and anat tie patriarch wraps it up in in swaddling clothes alter after which a hymn of praise praiano is sung and the bells belli buret out in merry ch chimes inies announcing jog the glad tid ings the monks and priests embrace each other saying 1 peace peace the crowd of worshipers I 1 lo do the and amid songs of oioi the chimes of bells and the rich peals peala of the iho organ the tha people disperse wishing bac each b other a merry christmas the protestant community also have a service in their chapel which Is deia dee orated with evergreens ever greens and it ii jo do lightf nl til to attend divine worship there on christmas day still and join aia with the congregation of natives la in commemorating the birth in the ety town bo was born inand in and sing wit alii them the anthem brkl tho the herald bagels angels sing which is ia sung oung in in arabio arabic A great many people spend part of LL IL morning at the fields of the Shep jer la an md d the glory to god clod in the iho high hiigli c iet li is sung by the tha wor it is ia a charming picture being aias a very iry tranquil and grassy spot aid aids the to sea tile scene berne told in dikke if but bat it ie ii not only one christmas that I 1 ii in bethlehem r for of lweln ia lays ya litter later the greek church I 1 I 1 it with wilh berb evea e more pomp than the Catholic I 1 theu heu two liter later tho armenians Armen ians observe theirs llie ira so BO that bethlehem id it crowded with thousands thoua amla 0 of spectators and war chipera for 0 o about four foul lydia BI finkelstein in the independent |