| Show JENSQNS TRAVELS I Prld July SrolACter APer1 rulllcss endeaors the day l before to I get n niuleteerunronsonable trrm ton to-n muleteer on reasonable items 10 take me back lo t Nazareth I at Hat btalncd one by waking up fine hotel Servant In the middle ot tin flight bout 4 a in juat at the break or day an Arab with a Frt barge Ppo eko al the hotel door and I being In readiness mounted nl once anti tarl P41 1 on iny return trip to Nazareth but failing a more northerly rout than tile one leading least Mount Tabor After climbing the long hill we trav lul through n broken country to the village of lublch which lies on n hill oC considerable height Immidlatily north nC the village In n narrow Val ey we passed a great number or tin Inhabitants both men and women engaged la harvesting bllle III real 1 oriental fashion iery lllage has Its common Ihreshlng floor anti In every town through which I have vassic eo far In Ilaitptine some oC Ihe people hove been engaged In threhh Ing grain III ancient fashion My mu lotteer Calling Ihlnd UB he was olk fig and Ihe animal I lode wa a good I titiveler I took tho Hong roaoll and hcCote the native could overtake i me 1 had reached the little Milage of Tu ran situated on the north boundary of the plain of lluttnui and surround cd by a greater giovvth of cactus than I hac ever seen up to date In any part of the world Near by however little are noine title Oliva grB Changlnl our course Ave now ciossed the valley or plain men tlond In u southwesterly I direction In doing which I aw the 10ng1 corn Vail that 1 had Bn yet hore were over ileventyfive cantels traveling In a string nuly a mil long front the ova Inland We soon reachd befr Kenna the ancient Cana In Ollllle where Jesus cluingttl 1 water In wine Here I visited tin OINk church when the hvprocrltlca louklnK priest shovvec file among other thing one ter the urthwn jars claim ell II he been used at the time of the miracle Join 2 111 There were nlo u imbc oC 1eautiful Holmes or the church ought Illustrative oC Bible en Cnnn I IS about four miles northeast oC Nazareth Nazar-eth mm lies between the lower hills boiderlng the plain or Iluttauf on the south It has about Inhabitants half of whom are Mus time and the remainder mostly Greet I Chrinthins r with a few Login anti Irotetant Immediately mouth of the lIInge Is the only uprlns of the neigh bothoj from which I drank water and hy which we itsted for a short time If the Kerr Kenrni really I Is the ancient Cann the tradition alleging that from this opting wa nbtlndlh water voli loll Christ turned Into wine Is I undoubtedly correct Fiona Nefer Henna the road leads III Among the billa and after crosoling mev oral tidges anol pOAllIg aeveial vllla n we reachell Nzarth nlul 2130 oc1ok 11 m Among the villages nnml 1lween Cann and Nazo i WM 11 lehhoI tile arelnl Oat IIphr a tovvn In the terrltmj oC Zelulou and the birthplace of the Irpbet JOlloh I J Magic 11 21 The total oC thaI Prophet > Is howlI I hereOn here-On my arrlvill In Nazareth I lIB I misped my muleteer after ulitch I B > enl The nllrnnl taking In the vient oC that town IIrt I visited the Latin Monastery In which the Chlticlt of the Annunciation Is I situ atedcontainx eeernl nllra ono ur which Is I dedicated to the angil Gabriel A handsome light or nrtcctl marble stops descends to n vestibule called the angels chapel Trom hire catice a passage leads otinch the chapel or the Annunciation to which two steps descend de-scend The chapel was originally larger than the angels chapel but Is I now divided b y a wall Into two part the n181 oC which contains the altar oC the AtinunvIntlun with the lanfilptioTt nn tho back Itic vrhum ere ro Cnrlum est Olero tile wo1 wait maM nsh Immodlitcly 1 to Ito left or the entrance are Iwo columns nue 01 hkh marl the Place where tho angel stood while one unit OhnIC feet dlnn is I the columnor Alary It IA really ft frog mnl nC a column depending from Ih rlllng still said to Ile mlrnulouI supported Above tile Spot here tile Virgin rreelved the anlI m in Ih nch hIe Will Ed I lluesnVyp rlhl orlahl tilt malble tin House oC if VIrgin N I relief to have stood Adjoining this chapel I Ia second lark chnmr called the ChQ > el of Ht Joaeih whlih can gains an altar hearing the Inscription I I to ral ullu 1 lhre h became uhjcl 10 thm Frnm till hamlr a tnlrcne goods Into tho momt r Y hut on the way Is still another dark cMmhpruu nM rltrn c ailed the Kllchc 01 the Virgin tho cI1 it hlch IB sold to Ili I lite hlm ney A kind fleininnppeaking monk tool me through tile whole Find ex retained tilt to 1 I < IlI Iled Iho United Greek church m hero I wum flow Illl 011 SYII aogu lu hlh lalllon allege that Chrlt lrahOI Till tllllllon IA trn ce able ne far Imek Am the year 00 The building has experienced many Mclssl tulle In the thliteenth centurj It was I cnnvrlUI Into I Il huroh nnol loan loll elltrnl Allunllon al different Irlod Aly next visit NN us tu the Chunh Of lnhII or the Church of the Annunciation of the oithodox orb which Is I foully I under ground Under the nltnr Is I u uell unor connected with n spring Situated north i of the church which spring Is I the Bull ply source or MarA well noil hy Iretk pilgrims use the water draw upI fir up-I the priestly attendant from under the Ile for bathing their eyes and hnls hut hPing thhsty I drank wli great relish the cup offeinl me Once of the priests aftel being told that I WIIA Com America noticed nw II I was n Ionnon Hcolvl n reply In the 111rinative lie hII it consultation ilth neveill of hI rouow priests tile uh I olive CI of which I never lnrn1 lut lie must have met sm of our 111 hlr Though he poke Oreok Iln1 I UngEllsh we managed tn vohnngo Inglh vlel s on different points among hlh tho mol nl hnllm 1 linnieralon hlh tile Olek leave always main tabled ae the Irolr 10M lie Pnwd plad vilien I made hIm understand that I also tolleved In that form Unit ronlpnn1 sprinkling ns being no i lent rlnlUnl tlsm al nil A large anti rather richly LinliellKhed hpllmal flint 1 hlh 1 ex aml1 might ronhlerahl Interest gave 10nBlon for their marks Rt Mnrys miogt situated nar ilia Church or Gabriel Rallille I the whole town NItll veftil 7 0 aprinit I A also known no Jesus Slrlng stool Oohrll Spling Ilnol a number oC ltTronl to d Itionn are eonrt1 with I AS this IS I the only plng that lite Loon ionic Fesn II Is I nU fiat crtln flint Ih child Ju And tits mother were onro among Its regular frequentere Towar1 evening nn Is hleh uns tile flint I visited the wU n mettle throng molly women hn1 roUe 11 nrnund tile Spring uniting for theIr turn I In gel water The center Is brought In a conduit from thet I priM Rome oIltam UI the hill to tilt fork oC lire rend where nil arch oC meonry ling Ien j hul I front ilia I tront of which the water now regularly regu-larly In tvv email atriums tlirouRh Ill I pen Phlood 1 sulllclently high up In the I uU for the Jar or water vessels 10 he Placed under them for I niiin II less cry Into listing to me 10 watch the womn nine oC whom were reaUy good looking coming and nlngcarry Ing Ihlr ntr vessels on Ihell heads just i its 1 used to Bee I Illustrated In lomll Bbl wl1n 1 leas n tiny Thus the Interest oC > the An was gnntly enhanced bj the thought that rt was probably I yl similar to that I which might have been witnessed In I sme placy upwards of eighteen centuries ago From St Marj well I returned to 11 Latin IMnolry from ulieto n servant with keys nreomlanhd 100 10 the house or workshop of Joseph v let re stands a little Chanel built In 1SS < if9 The tradition to the effect that thin Is the spot where Joseph had hU workshop dales flora the beginning begin-ning or the seventeenth century The Franciscan monks obtained possession or this spot In the mloldlo oC last 1 Pen fury Ne t we crossed the market rind proceded to u Latin ohalel Situated ni tho wt Bide oC the town In whlh 19 Bhown the Balled table ot ChAt I consists oC a bloom > or hard tlmlk I fePt long well lo j fact r1 on which Christ IA said toi he dined ivlth Ills disciples both bifi nnot IC ter the unUoI The tradition I 11 riot Iracol further back than the severitiffli century liencip fig I nol billeed In by my excel let the Latin In1 Irhars 11 conscientiously a vn by thct I Iot 01 all I visited the fig otnnl hurch Nun I Ell Is 1 not mcnlkned In the Old Testament at nil and In the time 1m oC our LordU was an unimportant Ml ige In Gollllec John 146 Tho flame of Nazareno WaA applied no Ill 111 ni epithet or dcrl lon tlrstto ChrlVt Himself and then to Ills disciples Math 2 S3 Acts 21 1 1 The Oriental Chr 11101 Poll Ihmlw Nar The Ilm oC Ito Ware IA nbn nre id I In the motrn nnm fit In Naslra Th first historians Nslin I men lnn Elio tow file Iuhlu uno Jrom Down to the time or Constnntlne Sa ganglion Jews only occupied the Ml I age About the Year A I > COO a large basilica stood here but the bishopric I was not Yet founded In CDquure or the Muslim Vonquif nNaiarui again dnlnlled dovvn to a mere Ml lam In 170 It wai taken ly the I luck emperor Zlmhrra but 1 before It come Into the possession or the Trunks It was destrojed by I the Aiabs In came Into the possession or the Franks UA a Hef The Ciusadcts afterward trertid churches hero and transpired hither the bishopric of Scjthopolls CIr the battle of llntlln Ralodln took IHisscsslon n Naraicth In July 1IS7 In the middle ages Nitiarcth xvns much MslKd by pilgrims In 1229 the Kmperoi rrederlck II rebuilt the place and In ozfrr was Mulled I by Louis IX o Fiance Uhen the Im nIt were filially driven nut or IAle tine Nntir th I lo lo much or Its h tN1 I the conquest or Palestine bj the Turk I In 1517 the Christians were compelled 110 leave the place At length 1 In 1520 the rrnnclscnns aided by the povverfu Drum chief rakhreddln established themielves at Nazareth and the fare hgan 10 regain Its former Importance though still a poor village and frc quently Inrnssed by the quarrels oC tile Arab chlers and the pdotory nt Ink or the lledulns In the middle of tile 18th century the place recovered n short or Its rot ni i prosperity under the MO shekh ahr elAmr In 1733 thn Ill modern nrh Nanped 10 I NIurlh In Arable Is I Signaled In n baoin on the south slope let the Jolter elhlkh nand hill or considerable eight n-and if lime formation The appeal or the little town especially In olrhlP I wh1 its dazzling vvhlto walls are emboom1 In a green ramework oC cactuhedg fig and olive trees I very pleaolno 1001 The population numbers about I out namely 1110 Muslm I 2900 Or 1 I Iholo Cracks 9r I Ullt reeks U1 Lull 20 Inron lies filter 200 Protestants Protest-ants lost oC the Inhabitants are an ageol In farming And gsrd enlng anti I 1 ROm IIC thom In hnllcrl still In I the colon nn1 grain trade Tile In WIN goings tire noted for their turbulent I I disposition Many p Petty women are 10 10 I sevil Th district Is I comparative II I rich And the Christian farmers have retnln1 nuny peculiarities oC custom I which am least obn0 al weding I On Csllul the women wr Kay mhrohlr1 jackets and have IhIr CorchIA still lerenoto lon lh coin hil tho riding rllmI I which forms an Indispensable feature In such a pro cnn IA smartlY caparisoned with ihawU and strings of coins I 11 a I a rec Ih to all rhrHtlans li the mOt I loerloginir town In Galilee 1 Is I the scat of the knllnokam anti the chief I town of a district I I Oalllce alter tho captivity write I Inlnn Coleman In his Historical i Hook and Atlas or Biblical Geography 1001 AIA I had I wen settled by n mixed race of Ii COelnerA anti Jane Iwo great car I Vat routes passed through this coun ty one from the Euphrates through I omlcu 10 Ugpt andone from tho 11 11 onme region 11 10 tile oBI of the INI om r 11tiet I Itrunan I wns Mon near the great I cnlrB or lraol nnol tommerve on the I Mediterranean 2 nt Tjre and Sidon I which In the days 1 of Christ were still cities of considerable trade and at tho i more modern city of Ptolcmnls Acre 4 The northern part ot Galilee com pilslng the hill country north of thn l hi counll I > thk pHIn of IMiaelon was In the I days of 11 Christ termed heathen < ale or 1 lulllop of the Gentiles Mal 4t It I I bectouve among the Jewish population ellle Imonl thor terp Intermingled man foreign r ro uch As nlclnnsSyrlans eireekl 11 an1 Aralm I Im their Intercore and admix ure w ith foreigners the Galileans I I lend cqulr1 n strong provincial char actr unit dialect hlch mao hm particularly obnoxious 10 the Jw Their language had become corrupted 4 by 1 foreign Idioms so as to I lietrny them I ns was charged upon Peter Matt 28 I 1 7V Mark II 70 Vor the same pren I Ping ierivons tho Oallnns were I 1 1 blotl titan the Jens of Judea ant I more tolerant toward Chost no an apparent ap-parent Innovator of their religion Ile accordingly I passed the greater part oC his public ministry ns well ns of Mon I private lire In Galilee nnd chose blell I If fnl disciples from lids country hre hi x I disciple rond tip ructioum excited less I I hostility than nt Terullem I hntl lln 1 Jisephij expatinten at length on thp extreme Jnsphu rertlllly eif Oalllee and nil tie tme confirm him I epresenta t tons In proof 01 Ila populnnn II Im I re lateei by Joiephus that here were In I this country comprising scarcely thirty saliva each square containing 200 tnn 11000 and Inhabitants vilingeo I He himself In n short time Pained I lODOOO volunteers for the war against the Itomans Surrounded he odds i by so many Inroundd Onlan I itrllke enter I hnckwnlln wro n ever < lke Prison nc or supplying men for the don do-n oC Ihe country They nere nu nernu and nrutomoI 10 iar from their Infancy 1 Ii I ANDltHW JENSON i |
