Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-13

spring some distance up the hill to
the forks Of the road where an arch
of masonry has been built, from the
front OF which the water flows reEu-
larry in two small streams through
pipes placed sufficiently high up In the
wall for the jars or water vessels to he
placed under them for filling. II was
very interesting to me to watch the
women, some of whom were really
good looking, coming and going, carry
ing their water vessels on their heads,
lust as l used TO see 1T Illustrated In
family Bibles when | was boy.
Thus the interest Of the scene was
greatly enhanced 10y the thought that
It was probably very similar to that
which might have been witnessed In
the same place upwards of eighteen
centuries ago.
From ST. Marys well returned to
the Latin monastery from where
servant with keys accompanied me to
the house or workshop of Joseph.
where stands little chapel built In
1s5S-59 The tradition to the effect
that this is the spot where Joseph had
his workshop dates from the begin
ming of the seventeenth century The
Franciscan monks obtained possession
Of this spot in the middle of last CEN
| fury.
Next we crossed the market and
proceeded to a Latin chapel situated
ON the west side OF the town, In which
| Is shown the su-cullcd table of Christ.
! II consists of q block of hard chalk,
| llia feet long and 9la feet broad, on
! which Christ Is said To have dincd
| with His disciples both before and at
ter the resurrection. The tradition Is
! rot traceable further back than the
| seventeenth century; hence is not
| believed In by any except the Latins
and perhaps not conscientlously even
by them. Last Of all / visited the
| Protestant church.
| Nazareth is not mentioned In the
Old Testament at all, and in the time
Of our Lordit was an unimportant viii
| age in GallilCe (Johu 1:4G) The
! name Of Nazorcuc was applied as an
epithot OF derislon, first TO Christ
Himself and then TO His disciple,
tMath. .: %; Acts "a: ~. The Orienta
Christians call themselves Nasara.
The name Of the place is also nre
served in the modern name Of En-
Nasira. The first historians who men
tion the town are Euschlus and jerome
Down to the time Of Constantine, Sa
maritan Jews only occupied the vii
! lagc. About the year A. ID. 600 larg
bnsilica stood here; but the bshopri
was not yet founded. In consequence
of the Muslin conquest Nazaretl
again dwtndled down to mere vii
lage. In $40 1t was taken by tn
Greek emperor, LllnlSCeN, nut Deiple
came into the possession OF the frank
It was destroyed by the Arabs. L
came into the possession Of the Frank
as hef. The Crusaders afterward
erected churches here, and transferre
hther the bishopric OF Scythopoll'
After the battle of Hnttin. Saladln too
possession of Nazareth i'm July. us
In the middle ages Nazareth wa
much visited by pilgrims. In 1929 tn
Emperor Frederick II rebuilt the place
and in 1850 1t was visited by Louis l.
of France. When the Franks wer
finally driven out Of Palestine, Nazai
eth lost much of its Importance. Aftt
the conquest of Palestine by the TURK
= in 1911. the Christians were compelle
, to leave the place. At length, in l62
the Franclscaus. aided by the powerfl
, Druse chief, Fakhreddin, establishe
themselves at Nazareth, and the la,
% began to regain It's former importanc
p though stil a poor village and fir,
"a uuently harassed by the quarrels
4 the Arab chiefs and the predatory a
tacks of the Bedulns. In the midd
q Of the 18th century the place recover,
L. a share of its former prosperity und
% the arab shekh, Xahr cl-Amr. In II
. the French cncampcd near Nazareth.
Il The modern Nazareth en- Naslr
Il I'm Arabc) is situated In n basin
v the south slope of the Jehel el-Sikh,
r. Hill of considerable height and of lin
II formation The appearance of the lit
Is town, especially In spring when
e dazzling white walls are embossom