Letters from the Holy land . in its steep, narrow,slippery stone lanes, utterly unfitted for a drove at once to the Franciscan Convent andthen to the Church built over the site of theNativity, and had the happiness of kneeling atthe sacred spot where the manger stood, which isshown in the rocky vaults below, and marked witha white star inlaid in the floor. The cave was richand lovely with votive lamps and gold and silvergifts. Little by little the dislike I had to the tooprecise localisation of the events we love most inthe Bible is disappearing. Speaking for myself, Ifind that, on
Letters from the Holy land . in its steep, narrow,slippery stone lanes, utterly unfitted for a drove at once to the Franciscan Convent andthen to the Church built over the site of theNativity, and had the happiness of kneeling atthe sacred spot where the manger stood, which isshown in the rocky vaults below, and marked witha white star inlaid in the floor. The cave was richand lovely with votive lamps and gold and silvergifts. Little by little the dislike I had to the tooprecise localisation of the events we love most inthe Bible is disappearing. Speaking for myself, Ifind that, on the spot, the mind demands it. ButI know that many people regret it. I only wishthat, in their separate and individual ways, all BETHANY The locality of the Tomb of Lazarus is marked by alittle domed tower to the extreme right of the of chapel built over site of house of Lazarus,Martha, and Mary are in centre of village. The roadto Jerusalem of Our Lords time passes over the browof the hill to the right. LETTERS FROM THE HOLY LAND 33 who come here may feel the happiness thatI do. In a very dark niche in the rocks close towhere the white star shone out in the floor Iperceived the figure of a Turkish sentry, breech-loading rifle and all, standing on his little woodenstool, motionless. Well, do you know, though myeyes saw him my mind was not thereby disturbedany more than it was by the Turkish guard at thedoor of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Icould not bring my thoughts down to that figureand the reason of its being there. We visited St. Jeromes Cave, close by, wherehe worked, near the scene of his Redeemers birth,giving to the world the translation into theVulgate of the Holy Scriptures. Then we walkeddown to the field of Boaz, full of waving greenwheat, in the midst of which stands the sheepfoldsurrounded by a stone wall. You must imaginethe shepherds looking up to Bethlehem from thereon that Christmas eve. The little city is seenfrom the sheepfold hig
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