| Show tit tiie E S this trace irace wiil probably erelong have ceased to exist as it has long been gradually but surely diminish in ing at the present time the thi whole tribe consists bis is ot of not more than one hundred and fifty persons and as their laws forbid them to marry e except copt among their own people there are now twelve young men who cannot find wives they dwell at shechem ia and every easter gp up with their tents to mount blount geri zim where they keep the passover with wilh precisely the ame same ceremonies which accompanied its celebration two thou thousand sana sand years ago like the jew jev they slay the paschal lamb iamb and with loins birde d and staffin staff in hand they eat it with bitter herbs unlike the modern jews ti with t h whom they have no dealings whatever they y have their high pries priests and this office has ever descended in the same amily family the present venerable old man will be succeeded by his ti ethew who is nowa rabbi two officiating priests there are six slayers whose duty it is to kill the sacrificial lambs 1 not oni only y i is a the passover celebrated as of or old but eve every r y r rite 1 te mentioned in the bible is adhered to with the greatest exactitude and minuteness nut eness |
