The palm tree . mples and to types—tlieSaviour of mankind himself has come ! Star-crowned Bethlehem has rejoiced inthe fulfilment of the promise made to herseven centuries before, tliat slie should bethe earthly cradle of the Lord of Glory. Thehome of David the shepherd-king was alsothe appointed birth-place of the Good Shepherd, whose flockshould be gathered out of all nations, whose fold should bethe Paradise of heaven. The moon-lit air of hill-side Bethlehem caught the sweetechoes of the herald angels song,— Glory to God in thehighest; on earth, peace, good-will toward men. The star-crowned
The palm tree . mples and to types—tlieSaviour of mankind himself has come ! Star-crowned Bethlehem has rejoiced inthe fulfilment of the promise made to herseven centuries before, tliat slie should bethe earthly cradle of the Lord of Glory. Thehome of David the shepherd-king was alsothe appointed birth-place of the Good Shepherd, whose flockshould be gathered out of all nations, whose fold should bethe Paradise of heaven. The moon-lit air of hill-side Bethlehem caught the sweetechoes of the herald angels song,— Glory to God in thehighest; on earth, peace, good-will toward men. The star-crowned village beheld the lovely Babe receive the homageof the Eastern sages, types of the Gentile world, tlie wideChristendom that was to be. Nazareth looked on the child-Hfe of Jesus, increasing inwisdom and stature, in favour with God and man. The wilderness witnessed the mystery of the smiling shores of Galilees bright sea, the streets ofJerusalem, and all the cities and villages around, each in. 424 BETHANY— HOUSE OF DATES, tlieir turn, had been the scene of our Lords graciousministry. At length, in a certain village, taking its name from itsgroves of Date Palms, Jesus has found a home—a place oftemporary rest between his toilsome journeyings to andfro! Bethany, Village of Palms, thy glory has out-lived that ofthe stately City of Palm-trees. Of Irhat-temarim, or Jericho,the City of Moon-worship, not a stone remains to tell of its fenced walls. But Bethany, sweet \illage, snnlcs safely still. A wildmountain hamlet, screened by an intervening ridge from theview of the top of Olivet, perched on its broken plateau ofrock, the last collection of liuman habitations before thedesert hills which reach to Jericho, this is the modern villageof El-Azarieh, which derives its name from its clusteringround the traditional site of the one house and grave whichgive it an undying interest.* Time hath passed lightly over the consecrated groundwhere last the feet of Jesus tr
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