Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-08-12

Dlr. OOOD.S O1lcidi udS StitCteut Tue mOSL
judicious mode Of improving his reputa-
lon. Very respectfully yours
/ STEPHEN D. DHLAYE
I Holy Places.
| Mr.. Williams, of the Ut;ca Herald;
writes Of his visit to Bethlehem, and other
places of interest thereabout, thus;
Bethlehem you know is Christian
town. The people are quito unlike the
common Arabs of the country They are
far winter, and cleaner, and saucier. Many
of the women are very beautiful.
/ But it was not It's tidy streets, nor its
well built houses, nor its hardy men, nor
I its lovely women that claim the tribute of
my grateful reverence Here a"God made;
manifest in the flesh" descended from heay-
en- to become the lowest of the low. Up
on these hills and shining valleys, His in
FAINT eyes first looked -those eyes whose
lustre was to be quenched on Calvary. I
fastened TO the spot which tradition. fixes
as the Nativety. Entering the Latin Con-
vent, was led down a flight of stairs into
q grotto. 1t was brilliantly illuminsted;
reminding one rather of the Palace of the
Genii in tho Arabian Nights, than.,ths
humble cot where the meek and lowly Je-
sus was born. Gold and silver lamps we're
burning, and the air was heavy with incense.
Beneath gorgeous altar was semi-circu-
lar excavation in the rock, where was told
the Nativety occurred. 1t was faced with
marble, with the exception Of a SINGLE point
about an inch square, where The black and
rugged rock was visible Near by was
shown pillar against which the Virgiif
leaned when she presented the infant Christ
to the adoring Magi. Some few feet to,
the right was another gorgeous altar, be-
meath which was the manger in which He
was laid. This too was faced with marble,
and reflected the glitter of the gold and
silver lamps. Oh priestly proclamation, thus
to deck the holiest spot on all the earth
with gewgaws! 1t needed not your gold
and silver, your gorgeous altars, and your
precious incense, to make it sacred. He
was born in poverty; and yet you have
made His Nativity grander than kingly pal
aces. He was humble; and you have
turned his humility into ostentation: He
w a. 1,seA au's lou M anu YOU nssve Deaaup.
~ ,;a.als I M;n pGau - 10 ~ ".A ssu. gaad
ns,a 'ss,s. ..s A'ot : s. po. =. .ins
level of a vulgar hero, b. your idle decorsr
tions and your hollow honorss Away with
the glittering censers; away WITH the daz-
A'ilg ai'ais, away VIII WI. tais' u'afoie case-
m. l,en a"ay m'sn sue 1ossly P,csaress ..
uNe Us .ne ioMiy COZ ana sne nnmDle man
ger, lessole 'ne paugtss .@ poverty py
" mniGG ne was snrTounueo' II. give US paek
sle Na.ls.sy ~ ti;m , VINO naa no pace
ts,a mneie - G "a: ms ne''u,wno was lhe
ne.hoies' nun :. 'iie iu,l'ple and inc poorest
Vi sne poor
an noSr anu nan lroln Desalehem' ana
l !, was AT ooion'on $ roofs. oelisve, mat
tnere tles Is no question tnas snese ielnarkabie
reservoirs are .he VOTES Of - Inc great Alng
whose name they Dear. inefe are tnrse
IN number the largest Of which as IS some Sss
1ses long oy zoo Droaa. iney are omls
upon an mcmahon, rising one above the
other, ana connected the one wlth the other
ny an aqueouc1- FROM them the water y
conveyed oy means ol aqueducts' 70 Jeru.
salem. Inc greatest one mas Q dePtn OF
oo lee., ano yes sney fes. on arenes: iney
were nlied WIN wa.eI I, wnen ! saw 'nen,
and ana amazed MAJ me oy .neir III great size and
,.e., p;esel, aston 1ney ne IN peau-