Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-27

know The visitor is shown
THE CARPENTERS SHOP OF JO-
- SEPH.
While this is not the original shop, OF
course, yet It we'll illustrates the kind OF
shop in which Joseph worked. and In
which Jesus must often have worked with
him with it's rude. bench and it's crude
carpenters tools The Roman Catholics
have built a chapel over 1t, as also over
great block of hard chalk, II IL by
1-2 feet, upon which Christ is said to,
have dined with his disciples both be-
fore and after the crucitixion.
While there is nothing about any OF
these places to indicate their authenticity.
ii is entirely possible that what is claim
ed to be the site of 49,
THE SYNAGOGUE
in which Christ preached is genuine. A
Catholic church has been built on the site,
X is said that the pillars standing in
front of synagogue were there in the time
of Christ. as also a pillar inside of the
synagogue. The site of this synagogue
may be traced back to the fifth century.
There is more uncertainty with regard to
the
HILL OF PRECIPITATION.
You remember the record says that his
old neighbors were filled with wrath as
he preached to them in the synagogue,
land they rose up, and cast him forth
out of the city, and led him unto the
brow of the hill wherein their city was
built, that they might throw him down
headlong" duke 4:39). Just where the
brow OF the hill' is, cannot certainly
be determined. There are several places
which might answer the description.
Two are shown the vlsitC-. One is about
half d mile away froHt izS present city. ]
Presenting that the city stoo,i then about
where 1t is now, which 1 think very prob
able. this place is too far away. Another
place much nearer ard not far from the
synagogue is shown. 1t Is a steep preci-
piee, some 80 or 10 feet high. 1t is not
at all impossible that this may have been
the very place where they tried to throw
him down headlong'' person thrown
down here would have been dashed to
death.
But. whatever uncertainty may attach
to various sacred places in Nazareth. of
which / have spoken, there are two places
which are beyond question genuine. One
is the
FOUNTAIN OF THE VIRGIN, OR
MARY'S WELL.
This is on the side of the hill on which
Nazareth is built, and near the center of
the city 1t is a bold spring, large
enough to furnish water to the whole
city. In fact, it is the only source of
water supply for the city, and the whole
city must depend upon it for drinking,
cooking and bathing purposes. 1t was
this spring which determined the loca-
ton of Nazareth. just as the location
of the homes of our fathers and grand
fathers was determined usually by a
spring, just as the location Of Nashville
was determined by sulphur spring and
the location of Huntsville, Ala, by the
big spring there.
I, Running water never changes, and this
spring has existed just where it is. and
has sent forth about the same volume
of water, during all the ages. To this
spring the women of Nazareth have come
to get water all through the centuries
Here Mary, the mother of our Lord, must
often have come; just as the women have
always done, just as they do now. There
are no daily papers In Nazareth, or pa
pers of any kind for that matter The
people of the city must depend on mouth
information for news. And so
they meet at the spring in the after
Moons as the common gathering place, to
hear and tell the news of the day and
to pass around the gossip Oh the commun-
ity. The girls and women come espe-
cially, to get water. They bring a large
earthen jar, urn-shaped, and with two
handles near the top. inis they fiji
with water at the fountain and then
carry the filled jar on their heads just
as you have seen many negro woman
In the south carrying a pail of water on
her head from the spring or we'll. After
standing for some time and watching the
girls fill their water jars, 1 got good
snap shot of one of them as she was
starting away with her water jar on
her head. l could easily imagine that she
was Mary, except that she was not so
good looking as presume Mary to have
been, The women of Nazareth have a
wide reputation for beauty. having
stately carriage, bright eyes, warm COM
plexions. regular features, ruddy lips
and coquettish manners. Marie, the lace