Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-01-19
CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
As Sung al the Tomb Of the Gentle Savior In
Bethlehem OF Judea.

As Sung az the Tomb Of the Gentle Savior In
Bethlehem OF Judea.
Bethlehem Of Judea. although under
Turkish dominion, is almost wholly
Christian town Of about five thousand
inhabitants, these Christians belonging
chiefly TO the Roman Catholic, Greek
and Armenian Churches. There are
also about two hundred Protestant con
yerts. 1t is not one day that is com
memorated in Bethlehem; for the Pro-
testants and Catholics observe it ON the
25th of December, the Greek Church
twelve days after, and the Armenians
celebrate theirs two weeks still later.
Thus Bethlehem j. crowded with specta-
tors and worshipTers for about four
weeks, rs Bethlehem is now, even a. it
was then, the resort If thousands Of pill
grims and strangers from every part Of
the globe. These visitors, differing
from ore another in ideas. manners.
language and costume, have yet Ger
tain unity in the purpose for which they
nave assembled Il is customary for
numbers OF the residents Of Jerusalem
to spend Christmas eve at Bethlehem
especially as the Roman Catholics cele-
brate it there with great pomp and cere-
mony. lhose belonging to that Church
90 as wor,hippers, and hundreds be-
longing L. other creed> 20 rs spectators
There are no vehicles Of ANY Kind IL
thu, country, 80 people come on horses.
mules, donkeys, or camCls Numbers
VI people walk u Bethlehem from the
lioiF titS-a distance Of about five
miles, and rs We glance dow u the road |
we sec hundreds of pede u.ians and |
eque9irIans IN almost every imaginable /
costume The sun is shliu- brightly, !
anu the deld, aja green; the roadside il |
hncd with pink and white Cf0udaes; the /
road has gay appearance. for the ma
lives are aii dressed in their bright holt /
day costume. We also notice long 1
inc II hor-cmeu. 1t is the Catholic I
Fhtnarch from Jerusalem. A squad Of /
Gally attired policemen, Bedouins on |
their Arabian -1eeds, and calalvmen. /
bcad This procession. The Patriarch, /
IN a purple cloak, is mounted on a
white horse, and large company o.
bishops, priests, deacons, Jews, Turks
and lniidels follow, mounted on any
animals they can obtain. Betblehemites
OF both sexes, gaily dressed. meet this
procession halfway, and salute them
with songs, firing Of guns, beating of
drums, and tinkling of cymbals They
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