. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . Jesus at5 a boy at the houbv- -^i ...o iiitrier and mother children of Joseph never took a sleigh-ride and nevercoasted on sleds down the steep hills. If there was a table for their meals, it was very low,less than two feet high; and they sat around it on littlecushions, dipping their hands or pieces of bread into onecommon dish for food. Sometimes the table was just around measure turned upside down; and sometimes themeal was served on the floor, as we serve meals on thegrass at a picnic. 7d n €\)iW^ life in iJa^aretfj When niglit came, they unro
. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . Jesus at5 a boy at the houbv- -^i ...o iiitrier and mother children of Joseph never took a sleigh-ride and nevercoasted on sleds down the steep hills. If there was a table for their meals, it was very low,less than two feet high; and they sat around it on littlecushions, dipping their hands or pieces of bread into onecommon dish for food. Sometimes the table was just around measure turned upside down; and sometimes themeal was served on the floor, as we serve meals on thegrass at a picnic. 7d n €\)iW^ life in iJa^aretfj When niglit came, they unrolled some mats, whichthrough the day were rolled up and stood against thewall, spread them on the floor and lay down upon themto sleep, throwing over themselves the long mantlewhich had been their outside garment through the the door was shut, the house was dark, for itsonly window was a Uttle hole in the wall; and they. Women grinding grain in Bible times lighted it by an oil lamp, which stood either on a tallstand or on a httle shelf. But the house was used little in the daytime, foreverybody lived out of doors, in the open court in front,in the streets and on the hills around. On pleasant daysJoseph took his tools in the court and worked in are apt to think of Joseph as building houses, as inour time that is the chief work of a carpenter. But thehouses were made of clay or rough stone, and the carpen-80 a Cfjilbs; Hife in Ma}avm ter did very little work upon them. His chief businesswas in making wooden plows, yokes for the oxen, theHttle tables, and the peck or bushel measure, which wasto be found in every house, and was also used in place ofa table. One very useful article was either in the house or inthe court—the hand mill for grinding grain, made of tworound flat stones. Our flour comes to us from greatfactories, but in that land each family had its own httlemill. They poured the grai
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