The Holy Land and Syria . During the day the low cavelike shop of the Jerusalem shoemaker opensdirectly upon the street. At night it is closed by two swinging doors onrude hinges. rV^ .*-* •>? ©U fi,U Christs happiest hours were spent with his friends at Bethanx, thevillage where He lived when He was teaching in Jerusalem near b\. Herethe tomb of Lazarus and the house of Martha and Mary are pointedout to the traveller AMONG THE MONEY CHANGERS left of the olives after the oil has been pressed out ofthem. But let us go to market at the Jaffa Gate and see whatthe people have brought in from th
The Holy Land and Syria . During the day the low cavelike shop of the Jerusalem shoemaker opensdirectly upon the street. At night it is closed by two swinging doors onrude hinges. rV^ .*-* •>? ©U fi,U Christs happiest hours were spent with his friends at Bethanx, thevillage where He lived when He was teaching in Jerusalem near b\. Herethe tomb of Lazarus and the house of Martha and Mary are pointedout to the traveller AMONG THE MONEY CHANGERS left of the olives after the oil has been pressed out ofthem. But let us go to market at the Jaffa Gate and see whatthe people have brought in from the country for are scores of women with baskets of vegetablesbefore them. They have lettuce and eggplants and beau-tiful cauliflowers with heads as white as snow. Theyhave lemons and oranges from Jaffa and apples andpears from the highlands of Judea. Many of the sellersare Bethlehem girls. Here are people selling beads, al-though most of the bead sellers are about the Church ofthe Holy Sepulchre. Many of the beads are of glass andcome from Hebron, not far from the cave which is Abra-hams tomb. Hebron is the chief town of south Pales-tine and is a manufacturi
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