The land of promise: or, The Bible land and its revelation: Illustrated with several engravings of some of the most important places in Palestine and Syria . mployed with domestic duties, they manu-facture fancy articles, and make relics out of pearls, olive-wood, cherry-stones and sea-stones; these they find ready sale for at the relic stores,and to tourists. As soon as it is known that strangers are approachingtown, the young men who deal in souvenirs hasten to meet them, pre-sent their business cards, and endeavor to secure their promise to givethem a call, and buy from them whatever goods
The land of promise: or, The Bible land and its revelation: Illustrated with several engravings of some of the most important places in Palestine and Syria . mployed with domestic duties, they manu-facture fancy articles, and make relics out of pearls, olive-wood, cherry-stones and sea-stones; these they find ready sale for at the relic stores,and to tourists. As soon as it is known that strangers are approachingtown, the young men who deal in souvenirs hasten to meet them, pre-sent their business cards, and endeavor to secure their promise to givethem a call, and buy from them whatever goods they wish. It is of nouse to tell them you dont want anything, for unless you are reallywithout money, it will be next to an impossibility to leave Bethlehemwithout purchasing a number of articles. They have an eye to busi-ness, and know how to display their goods to make them inviting andsalable. But few, if any, leave the town without making a the great attraction in Bethlehem is the church of the HolyNativity. It is regarded as one of the most sacred sites in is said by Jerome, who lived in the town a short while after the. X w XHUJCQ S;o S LiJ h >Z d: h o Xocc D n: u FROM JERUSALEM TO BETHLEHEM. 169 erection of the cliurcli, It was really built upon the site of the khanor inn at Bethlehem. It is also known that these khans, situated ongreat caravan highways, were always stationed (as is the case at thepresent day) at certain distances as nearly as possible, and retainedtheir respective positions from one century to another ; therefore, theancient inn at Bethlehem, in the time of Jerome, was known to havebeen located on the grounds upon which the church of the HolyNativity was built; and on this same spot occurred the mysteriousbirth of the Saviour of the world, on the night Joseph and the Virginlodged there. Justin Martyr, who wrote concerning it in the second century, said: The stable of this inn was a rock-cut-cave. These ancient rock-cutstabl
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