. Christian herald and signs of our times . THE GERMAN COLONY AT KHAIFFA, PALESTINE. ingly describes, and where Christian mis-sionaries are now doing a wonderful work. Khaiffas German Colony. Of the many colonies that have settledin Palestine in recent years, one of themost interesting and successful is thatfounded by a number of substantial Ger-man immigrants near Khaiffa. A photo-graph of the colonys lands and buildingsis given on the opposite page. The housesare substantial structures of brick andstone, and the colony—a little town in it-self—is laid out with broad avenues andneat, regular
. Christian herald and signs of our times . THE GERMAN COLONY AT KHAIFFA, PALESTINE. ingly describes, and where Christian mis-sionaries are now doing a wonderful work. Khaiffas German Colony. Of the many colonies that have settledin Palestine in recent years, one of themost interesting and successful is thatfounded by a number of substantial Ger-man immigrants near Khaiffa. A photo-graph of the colonys lands and buildingsis given on the opposite page. The housesare substantial structures of brick andstone, and the colony—a little town in it-self—is laid out with broad avenues andneat, regular gardens, in marked contrastto the straggling and tortuous streets andthe dilapidated dwellings of the averagenative town in Palestine. The Germancolony is said to be fairly a small party of pioneers came outand decided upon a location, the home or-ganization meanwhile paying the expensesof the journey. This first experiment rep-resented a great deal of self-denial on thepart of those who were left at home. By-and-by th
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