Show prosperous CITY OF EAST She chern or as it Is now nov called site of impressive scents scene in biblical history A prosperous oriental city nestled in a a a fertile valley between two moun bains and surrounded by gardens and allva allro groves shechem or as it la Is now called occupies the site of some borne of tho the most impressive scones scenes in bible history says tho the christian herald ald here abraham pitched ills his tent and made the first stopping place in his migration to tho the country of which the lord said unto thy seed will I 1 give this land here joseph divided the israelites into two hosts one of which encamped on the slope alope of mount ebal on the north and the other on the slope lope of mount on the south walto the levites read the law of moses which was to be the constitution of tile the infant nation Slie Sli echem chern seems to have been a sort of capital for the hebrew nation even after david had bad established his residence at jerusalem as a we read in I 1 rings kings 12 that all israel assembled at She shechem chern to crown the separatist elements of the nation sought to legitimatize their acts by making shechem a temporary capital although tho the residence of oc the northern kings was established at a point about six miles northwest ind and called samarra Sn Sa marla She shechem chern Is nowhere mentioned by name in the new testament though elther either it or suburb appears la in john 45 under the name of sachar and it was wag here at jacobs well that tho the samaritan woman met christ and first heard tho the of lifis ill s universal gospel jacobs well Is still pointed out and Is almost the only undisputed land mackof anik of our aur lords earthly life e the elty city now contains about inhabitants nallus contains a small colony cabout ot fa about bout persons who claim to be thet the descendants of the israelites of thi the northern kingdom they accept anly the ove books of f moses as being ot of authority and hold mount blount Gerl ilat to be the seat of their roll rell glou glon instead of jerusalem |