Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-01-01
Then came a handsome overcoat presented by

Then came a handsome overcOat presented by
the Lodge of Good Templars, and also PAIR
of valuable winter gloves. On the same day
q nice and valuable winter hat, presented
with the compliments of Mr.. james e.
French. our gentlemanly and accommodating
postmaster Mr.. French has on hand con-
stantly, at the head of State street, a full
supply of the best of dress goods for gentle
men. Next came barrel of -four on which
was a card inscribed as follows " Rev. L.
B. Taylor,-a Christmas present from his
friends These unknown friends will please
accept of his most hearty thanks. Another
/" token " much esteemed, presented by one
who says, I" Let not thy right hand know
what thy left hand doeth," was beautiful
and valuable fur collar ; and from another
friend equally esteemed, a splendid worsted
6. muffer,'' the handsomest I ever saw ; and
last, though not least. the theological works
of Rev. DIR. Boguc of England
The Christmas festival was under the care
of the Superintendent, Mr.. d l.. Fuller.
who is always prompt, and on the lookout
for the interest of the School. There were
also three curiosities from Palestine present
ed and explained as follows. by the pastor of
the Church
CURIosITIES FROM PALESTINE
| have here three curiosities from Pales-
tine. /. Some bread that was baked in the
city of Jerusalem for the use of Jewish wor-
shippers in their observance of the g Feast
of the Passover The devout Jew still re-
members that dark and doleful night in
which destroying Angel held in his hand
the scepter of DEATH and passed with such
awful strength through the land of Egypt,
shifting down the first-born in every house
on the door-posts of which the blood of the
Paschal Lamb was not sprinkled The Lamb
was slain just the sun was passing beyond
the western hills, the blood was caught in a
basin and with sprig of hyssop was
sprinkled on the two posts of the door and
the Intel. The Lamb was then to be roasted
whole and eaten with bitter herbs and I'M
leavened bread. The character and appear
ance of the bread you will sec in this little
box, SO that you will be able to say, " have
seen some of the real unleayened bread
baked in Jerusalem to be used by the Jewish
worshippers in the feast of the Passover. :"
And it will be a much happier saying, and
much more important if you can say,
" Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for US,
and ! enjoy his love in my heart every
day"
.. The next that shall explain is the
Lentiies. Called g Ad-a-shim : in the He
brew text. There are three or four kinds of
Lentiles, all of which are still much esteem
ed as an article Of food in those countries
where they are grown. They abound in the
south of Europe, Asia. and North Africa.
The red Lentile is still an article of food much
esteemed in the East. When husked they
are sold in the markets of India. The mod
ern Arabic name of this plant is identical
with the ancient Hebrew 1t is known in
Egypt, Arabia and Syria, by the name Of
4das, as we learn from the testimony of sew
eral travellers. Among the poor in Egypt it
is eaten as bread. 1t is used mostly in Pal
istine for making kind of soup which is
rich and nutritious. You will see it in this
vial, in which you will see there are two
varieties of seeds. The Lentile is the smaller
of the two The other is by far the more in
teresting.
). | will now proceed TO explain this last
article. In the matchless parallels of the
Saviour He tells us of father who nad TWO
sons, one of which was as | take it, what we
would calm this age of the world {,
fast young man" take it that he was fond
of fast horses, and fast women the drinking
saloon, the gambling den, etc When he
grew up he despised the restraints of home,
as the most young men do, and demanded
the full share OF the estate, which it was a
law of that time and country, should be
given before the death of the father, in Ger
tain cases. and took his departure into q
far country" (probably into Syria,) 'swast-
ed his substance with riotous living" And
this we are informed was with harlofs =
the readiest way in the world t. exhaust the
body, debase the mind, ruin the Sout, and des-
troy the substance. After he had spent all
this he compelled to hire himself out to
= a citizen of that country and he = sent
him into the field to feed swine" He be-
came so near starved that he was about to
die of starvation, and would gladly have sat
istied the demands of nature by eating the
- husks " upon which the swine did feed
What these were you may see in this little
bottle,-they are the large, fiat, dark-looking
seed that You with the Lentiles
You will remember that the small seeds
are the Lentiles, and the larger ones the
husks. The original Greek word signifies
the fruit of the Cherub tree This kind Of
fodder is now much used in Syria for feeding
swine. When you have an opportunity read
the fifteenth chapter of Luke, where you vii
find this sad story most touchingly told
These curiosities will remain in the Sab
bath School for the inspection of all who
may wish to examine them