Letters from foreign lands . the image of the in-fant Christ, the crucifixes, the emblems ofthe sacrament, etc. The entire floor of thecrypt was covered by kneeling figures busytelling beads and praying Most of themwere women and many of them nuns. Anarrow space was kept clear for the processionto pass. The Greeks got through their ser-vices first so had the first right of way to themanger. The Roman Catholics followed andhad the pleasure of seeing the soldiers prod-ding the dallying Greek priests so as to hurrythem out of the way of the second proces-sion. Before these soldiers were placed he
Letters from foreign lands . the image of the in-fant Christ, the crucifixes, the emblems ofthe sacrament, etc. The entire floor of thecrypt was covered by kneeling figures busytelling beads and praying Most of themwere women and many of them nuns. Anarrow space was kept clear for the processionto pass. The Greeks got through their ser-vices first so had the first right of way to themanger. The Roman Catholics followed andhad the pleasure of seeing the soldiers prod-ding the dallying Greek priests so as to hurrythem out of the way of the second proces-sion. Before these soldiers were placed here,on Christmas eves the conflicting Christiansfrequently met in deadly conflict contestingeach others right to first descent. Now theMohammedan soldiers keep the peace. Allthe worshippers, on passing the manger, bow,cross themselves, use the holy water thereprovided, and utter prayers as they such a crowd present the air was, asmight be expected, stifling. At the closeof the ceremonies we returned to Jerusalem,. 35 and just as we passed into our hotel the cityohimes rang out 3 oclock in the morning. Seeing Jerusalem is taking a most thor-oughly comprehensive lesson in Bible his-tory. Every street, every corner, every hill,every spring, every church, every valley,every gate, every mosque, every hospital,andalmost every object one meets is replete withhistorical connections. Myth and fact areso closely intertwined that it would not bepossible for any person to fully separatethem. There are places the tales told ofwhich are evident fables while there areothers the facts of which are fully attestedand of undoubted verity. Every tourist issure to visit the Mount of Olives, look off inthe south and west where lie the JordanRiver and the Dead Sea, enter the Gardenof Gethsemane, pass through the Valley ofJehosaphat, make a careful inspection of theMosque of Omar and the Mosque El Aksa,see the many stations where Christ is sup-posed to have performed certain acts whilebear
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