The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10

do not know, but that tits quite Old Is
evident from it structure and general ap-
pearance. 1t Is said to be alitheltlc
porttcoed house of stone with g dome,
Shaped roof upon It, a boited. iron-faced
door stopped up the entrance e y, So
remains Of the mother of Joseph. Now,
when Bethlehem is spoken OF, people 81
h 's1y.s isea 4sk are Of ap tne IT, t ,hass. y Is 3 sG shis
might all very properly be dome. but fd
suggest chat they SO Just q little farther
ma put or t Rsss1 Win ca 9esres Il pi II th en d sasi,
that Is IL they are reckless enoush to &c
into the town. In fact. all these Oriental
Ky sns same 1ss1', way-Beshiehem. Jersuaiem,
Nazareth and Bethany, what holy mem.
cries their names suggest and what
sights and sounds n smells their pres
Jersey CITY has been berated for It's
streets, and the head Of the Street Clean,
BEEN abused for the condition OF
tapn, but shades of Herculese and OF
less, and New York. in the Five Points
region, Is -irreproachable when put I'm
sanitary relations with any OF the above
towns.
New that I've seen their condition. It
Doesn't amy longer seem strange that
the Lord was able to get up q three
days pestilence for the punishment on
Dsvas at very short netiee. Il there sEea Is
! apd In the warnings and exhortaNsons
so8 the health boards of moderu csyEtza-
stten. then it isn't any longer q mystesy
! Lord,s ' mercies that We are not all com
ssuIped." and yet the people seem e. De
fRaAa4fhy. That they do die Is evddent
s1ssan Che grave y afss ma sza nsor AZ snd tshen
bcholds, but THAT they live and Eve long,
and enjoy Il, IS equally evident from wdnat
snsse daily Heholds, U how fnatr eonni-
taqy science are to be ~resOnriled, do
not know. unless on the theory that a
&et4e dirt is deadly, but THAT lois OF
with regard to fevers. and 50 on, that
aunncuia5tion has on the mar. who Is ex-
Dssed to the. evils of s~nalfpox-it IN
Bnf I cannot do justice to this sub
&ect. and leave it to the .c~onsideraJte n
erudite consideration of those learned d.
vines who know all about Passaac wa
ter and either denominations.
IBethleheru, in ONE sense IS qufle wei
built town. that is, dts houses are ptlstl
of stone, and while its stores are narrow
and dirty and Ml-snelling, there ~ an
apuearance Of solidity about It which
bids fair ito perpatuate the real town, as
the Bible does the ideal. Its most CON
Church of the Nativity. said to cover the
site Of the manager IN which the4Chrtst
was b~orn-that He was born
q Z vicinity .s ! Is ws au' born c1ass what
the roof now covers Is about a. eapanie
of proof as that Bacon wrote SNAKES.
peare. 1t is quite a comm01aoa aha
Greeks, the Latens and the Arnenians
iSaving a sort of joint ownership in Vt.
That these sects have mot yet apprecaa~
ed ,fhe Father that His people might
eu he one. is evident from the fact thar
their adherants get into SO many spas
over the merits Of 5taelr r e sne s aiaIbIe
1N1lpk has to keep soldiers constantly on
guard inside the building to keep the
sanity Christians an order r,,ra,,.h
soldiers stod at q present arms ~ une
Hrmeniam charpeI which stands etwee
{he Greek chapel on the 9 anu
presents a pretty solid front
~ arrressive movements of fol,
lowers OF the Q is NOT at ma an
fat. I do not re1lember seeing q single
oner-but / saw i&any evidences 81 the
.Jrwish spirit. They all seemed 70 Ds
on the make, Daasering amo bev have
us to buy the various tniheS .Aes A"
Back of the town, and beneath Y, are
the fields which the ymnologiss probably
had in mind when he wrote:-- -,
HAs shepherds watched their HOOKS Dy
night,
All seated on the ground.
The angel of the Lord came doWn'
And glory shone around.'
Sc we walked through the dirty strets
to the SPOT which commanded q view
cchapter ct LuKe's Gospel. Song and
story have surrounded these enetos 2
other places Of sacred interest with q
glamor which q Visit to 80 I dasheS sot to the
ground and our idols are broken. me
fields about Bethlehem are just e. coMn5
Monplace and as uninterestine Sfats
think, has been more or less Of q aisap.
p~ointrnent to the most OF the crusauers ,
probably their own fault-sn Illustration
81 What Mrs. Browning had In mind when
M s.Ea rfh's crowned with Heaven, ~
I And every omon bush aflame with God;
They culy see who take on their Shoes,
The rest sit round and eat blackberries.
- put aye !. Is Is .a south to sr end aysl Pai sathus'a It
Is such q desolate, bleak n barren piece
az earth and rock that 4 ana AFRAID quite
~ remrt with the Uniyersaiist minister
y 4ao a1 re c % Sis See why the Lord made Il
because He was IN need 81 little
The irreyerent joked about Its desola-
ton, and h spious wondered how the
Lord could speak Of It as 9 lsna OWNS
50 far rs to a that Moses hadn't missed
mjch Slwhen God closed the gates OF
Canaan againAt him. .lA
az well sasstos my fellow travellers, Y
/ didn't AXE the view SEINE OF them
took Of tt When Moses looked on Y
1.-THE country must have beehs well wood,
ed; and water must c~onsequSntly nave
been more abundant, though there Is no
Indication at present that such mas ever
= Jerusalem we returned from Beth