Garland Globe | 1906-04-28 | Page 7 | Little Change in Bethlehem

LITTLE vCHANQE IN BETHLEHEM Polntt of 8acred Interest Have Been Well Preserved. Tho hills of Bethlehem nro full of caves natural and artificial and many of them have historic significance. signifi-cance. There Is tho Milk Grotto, In which Joseph and Mary are said to have concealed themselves beforo their flight Into Egypt to escape tho ovll designs of Herod. Tho snowy whiteness of the eoft chalk out of which it Is hewn Is ascribed to the sp' A of a few drops of tho Virgin's IP hen sho nursed tho Infant Jo nother grottu la pointed on' as tn which St. Jerome, for moro than thirty years, lcl the I'f? of n hermit, when bitter factional dissensions dissen-sions had forced him to leave Home. On a western hl'.l a rock-strewn plateau, around which stately terebinths tere-binths stand guard, marks a place where the ancient Hebrews brought their sacrifices unto tho Lord. It Is a solemn pbec. well fitted to excite devout thoughts a place whore a man might well keep communion with his Maker. In lt3 broader features Bethlehem Is almost unchanged elnco tho days of K.vld. From "In Ilethle-i Ilethle-i n," by Krtnk Crurcer, In Four-Track Four-Track News.