Telegram-herald., 1890-11-24
wHEEE CHRIST WAS A BOY.


All Chriss's boyhood was spent in this
village and It's surroundings. There IS the
very well called "The Fountain OF the Vir-
gin. I" 70 which by his mothers side be
trotted along holding her hand. 70 doubt
about it, It is the only well in the village,
and Il has been the Only we'll for three
thousand years. This morning we visit it,
and the mothers have their children with
them now as then. The work of drawing
water ia all ages in those countries has
been uomens work Scores OF them are
waiting for their turn at IL, three great
and everlasting springs rolling out into
that we'll their barrels, their hogsheads
OF water in floods gloriously abundant.
The well ia surrounded by olive groves aud
wide spaces in which people talk and chill
dren. wearing charms on their heads as
protection against the EVIL eye" arr play
ing. end women with their strings Of coin
on either side Of their face. and Ia skirts OF
blue and scarlet and white and green
move on with water jars on their heads.
Mary, suppose, almost always took Jesus
the boy With her, for she had no one she
could leave him with, being in humble cir
cumstanc-s ahd having no attendants. |
do not believe there was one OF the sur
rounding fifteen hills that the boy Christ
did not range from bottom TO top, or one
cavern in their sides be did not explore,
or one species of bird Gying across the
tops that h> could not call by name. or one
Of All The species OF fauna browsing on
those sleeps that he bad not recognized
You sec IL all through his sermons Ifs
man becomes a pu5lio speaker, in bis ora
tons OF disoours>s you discover his early
wheresbout. What b0y sees between
: and II always sticks % him. When
the spsssls Peter breaches you see
the fshing nets With which he had from
his earliest DAYS been familiar. Ard when
Amos delivers his prophecy you hear ia it
sac bleaunz Of the herds which be had a
boghcod sttcadcd Ard in our Lord scr
mons ard convgvsatious Jon see ell the
phases ~ village lie and ths mountain
Gus ire surrounding It, They raised tbeir
own chickens in Nakarsth, and in after
time be cries. 20 Jerusslerni Jsrusaiemi
how oftea roold I have gathered thee a.
a ben zatherssh her chickens nader her
winrsg' Re 6sd seen his rnother open ~
family wardrobe AZ she clese q suuar1sr and
the meth zfilsrs ayinz or hsviax de-
stroyed the Ssrrncass. and 10 ,sf-sT yesrs Ia
savs. LAY net up for yourselves treasures
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chfishocd he hsd seen a une x Sewers.
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