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

girl, was good illustration of them.
and was very much the kind of girl
Judge Mary of Nazareth was in the long
ago. Mr.. William l.. Curtis says or
these Nazarene girls:
"Their .turbans and scanty garments
are of gay colors; brass and silver brace
lets are worn around their wrists and
ankles. some Of them with bells at
tached. which tinkle as they walk. They
wear head-dresses of elaborate design
and workmanship, loaded with coins,
which are their dowry. A Nazarene girl,
instead of gong to a savings bank, hangs
her money to her head-dress, which
she wears on festive occasions, so that
her suitors may know the amount of her
dot" 4
This will serve to illustrate why it was
the woman in the parable was so dis
tressed over the piece of money which
she had lost, and why she hunted for 1t
so diligently until she found it. and then
called in her friends and neighbors to re-
joice with her over its recovery. (See
Luke 15:S-10). 1t was no ordinary piece
of money she had lost. 1t was a part
of her dowry. 1t helped to determine
her standing in society, and to decide
what kind of husband she would secure.
AS boy, Jesus must often have come
to this fountain and have drunk of it's
waters. though there is no specific rec
ord of his having done so, as there is
of his being at Jacobs well. Altogether
it is a most interesting spot.
A CLIMB UP THE HILL.
AS | said. Nazareth is situated on a
hillside itself about LOO feet high, while
the hill rises some 500 feet above it. Its
situation in the time of Jesus must have
been just about as it is now, on account
of the spring.
Cd nv Wicker q number of
climbed this HILL We went almost
straight up through the city, along the
narrow streets, about six feet wide, paw
ed with stone, with a gutter in the mid
die up sometimes through front yards,
up and up street or no street, path or
no path. Some young Arabs were at
tracted by us and Joined the upward
procession. Every now and then they
would volunteer advice as to the best
way to go. But Dr. Wicker would usu-
ally disregard the advice and keep
straight on and up. Like Longfellow's
youth our motto was Excelsior-higher
and higher still. At last exhausted, out
of breath, we reached the. top, and were
A WORLD VISION.
To the north is Mount Hermon, lifting
it's snow-capped head nearly 10000 feet
in the air. To the east is the deep de-
preston of the Jordan valley in which
lies the Sea of Galilee. and beyond 1t
the highlands of Bashan and of Gilead-
To the south is the great plain of Es-
draelon. with Main. Endor. Jenin and
otner historical towns on it's poruers, ana
the mountains of Samaria beyond To
the west is Mount Carmel, lying like a
sleeping lion with its head in the sea,
beyond Mount Carmel the sea and beyond
the seattle world.
AS a boy, and as a young man Jesus
eli hot mr.
have obtained that view. What were his
thoughts as he cast his eyes upon Mount
Hermon, upon one of whose peaks he
was to be TRANSPORTED? What as he
looked upon the river Jordan, where he
was to be baptized; upon the Sea of Gal
lice, whose blue waters he was to sail
so often, and on whose shores he was
to perform so many mighty WORKS? VIVA,
as he looked toward Jerusalem, the cap
itai of the country. the seat of the tenn
ple where he was to teach and finally
to be crucifed? What, as he looked Out
upon the Mediterranean sea, whose wa
tiers washed the shores of the three then
known continents-the western shores OF
Asia the northern shores of Africa, and
the southern shores of Europe? 1t was
a world vision he had from that HILL Did
1t suggest world thoughts to the noun
tain boy? Did he think then what he
said afterward to Nicodemus, that "God
so loved the world that he gave his only
begotten son, that whatsoever believeth
on him should not perish, but have eter-
nal life? John 3:16). Did he think that
some day he would gather a band OF
disciples together and, standing upor
some mountain tor in Galilee which pre-
scented a similar vision he would say u
them, Go We into all the world anc
preach the gospel to every creature
go preach to every man, woman and
child in all the world the good news,
the glad tidings that unto men is born a
Savior. which is Christ the Lord, anJ