Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1902-06-05
NAZARETH.
BY wAIrrn WILLIAMS IN oOLunBA HERALD

Isituation as well as rich in association.
1t is a place Of some enterprlse-as en-
terprlse goes in Palestine. Its people
are above the average in intelligence.
A most charming picture was pre-
sented here in the afternoon when the
\ women Of Nazareth came with water
pots upon their heads, asmany did In
olden time, to the spring still called ln
her honor, the Virgins Fountain,
This Is the one undoubted size IN
Nazareth directly associated with the
life OF the Child Jesus, Here Mary
brought the Babe as we saw other
mothers carr their children, for this
fountain has been ever the uufailing
and only water supply for Nazareth.
The water is fresh and sweet and
wholesome. Here as at Jacobs well
we tread in the very footsteps Of the
Master. We went into an old shop
and saw boy working with his father
at the carpenters bench. Did the
Boy work thus with Joseph?
From the ridge directly behind the
saucer-like basin In which Nazareth
rests is an extensive panoramic view
rightly praised by every traveller.
Northward it includes the mountains
of Naphtali ard the snowy heights Of
of Hermon; eastward the Plateaus Of
Gilead and Bashan; southwark Tabor,
Little Hermon, Gilboa, the Esdraelon
plain, the long ridge OF Carmel and
the highlands Of Samaria as far as
Ebal; westward to the sea. Nazareth
is quiet, secluded city, shut in from
the outside world but at the foot Of
the ridge near by sweeps the great
caravan route and military road. 1t
can not be doubted that Jesus many
times climbed this mountain ridge
and looked out upon this Lwondrous
beauty of earth and sky and sea. We
behold the same fair picture that
met his eyes-but a picture colored
into added beauty by memory Of His
deeds and death.
ON AND ABOUT THE SEA OF eALILEE.
Possibly If the Glass would vote the
day which appealed the most strongly
to its various members and which has
left the most inetfaeeable impression
it would be that passed upon the Sea
of Galilee. We had climbed the Horns
OF Hattin, the traditional mount from
which Jesus pronounced the Beati-
tudes to His disciples, we had
visited the battlefield where Saladin,
the mastery Saracenic chieftain,
overthrew the Crusaders hosts, we
had passed, earlier In the day, through
Cana where the first miracle Of the
Master was wrought. The scenery was
not particularly interesting, the ride
was a long one. We made detour to
visit the ruins of the castle which
Herod built above Tiberias and, as the
path assembled the hill, the waters Of
blue iGalIlee came into full view, a
picture OF which no adequate repre-
sentation has been given on canvas
anywhere. That evening we camped
without the gates of the yet-walled
city Of Tiberias and the next day we
spent upon the waters and walking on
the shores of the lake. A delightful
day it was in every way. There was
the charm of the lakes beauty, the
historic association, the pleasure Of
the Glass study amid such surround
ings-a combination to charm and
inspire
Galilee is but twelve miles in length
by six or seven in width, though it
seems larger While in other places
some one or two objects suggest the
Savior, here everything is eloquent re-
garding Him. Here He die so many Of
His wonderful works. "He went
about doing good" Yonder is the
field where he fed the five thousand.
Upon that mountain-ridge is Safed,
1.-THE city set upon HILL" Yonder,
or still further on the same shore, is
Capernaum, ellis own city," to which
He came for rest. Here many of His
disciples dwelt. Here Zebedee's chill
dren mended their nets; upon this
water He walked and the tempest
which stirred these clear depths He
stilled by the simple word, peace" "
Magdala, from which the woman,
whom the world has slandered with an
evil name, is on the lake shore, at the
edge of the rich little plain Of Genes
saret. To this lake the dispirited
fishermen returned with Simon Peter
to their old occupation after the
Lords death and here, early in the
morning, He appeared to them and
prepared that breakfast, of which
John so graphically tells. "And there
are also many other things which
Jesus did" on Galilee, "the which, III
they should be written every one, !
suppose that even the world itself,
could not contain the books that
should be written"
We took a boat and rowed around
the western shore of the lake and
visited the spots of historic interest.
OF Capernaum littleremains and of
others of the rich and fourishing cities
Of the days of Jesus scarcely 50 much.
1t is a curious fact that OF all the
cities on the Lake Of Galilee which
were in existence when the Lord lived
upon earth only one now stands and
that one, so far as the written record
goes, He never visited. All have be-
come desolate and where temples,
palaces, synagogues and homes stood
there are green fields OF stony heaps.
1t does not require very vivid imag-
inatiOn to repeople the scene, however,
and to see in the minds eye the busy
thrOng which moved along these
shores when Jesus walked and talked
with men.
The Glass had a fine quartette, and
as the boat came into harbor, after
the day on the blue lake, they sung
several Of the songs In which the
hymnologistS have weaved the Cali
leean imagery. Coming to the ancient
landing place we saw signs OF a gath
ering storm and here, one OF the half
clad boatmen girt his fishers coat
about him, as did a certain disciple,
but, this time, merely to safely fasten
the little craft The sun is sinking.
The lake fades into the night. But