Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-24
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~. ne iatter are knotty ana gnarly. hut
! NE ieayes are of green busted with
9HNer, ana am told they hear frui;
1Photoeraphcd one tree not more than
oo leet high which had trunk MS tbicl;
rs q hoSshcad and branches which
s'' :, q iarGe tract Of ground. The
sVii or Palestine is MS fertile today as
:. WIS When Joshua led the IsraelitGs
across It, and. barring the fences.
doubt not the Landscape is about ,he
same now as it was when Christ vas
born. '''' "te
in THE FOOTSTEPS or THE MAGI.
Every bit of the way from Jerusalem
70 i'etnlchem Is historic ground 1t was
over THIS same road Abraham Travelled
20 Mount Morlah ana that the wise
men OF the east followed the star on
ahelr way to the stable in which Jesus
IL IL porn Ihcy had called upon King
fiSrou ~ Jerusalem to ask about the
NinS of the Jews. He had told them
10 IND where he was born, that he
might come and worship him. Th,.
road goes BY Il well where, it Is said.
these wise men stopped to drink II
Is known rs the "Wcl Of the Magi"
ana 1t is near an olive tree grove ON
the east side of the road It Is covered
with marble stone as big around MS n
hoic has been cut through which tho
water is raised by n bucket and ropo Ia
inc surface. The stone is kept clean
and well polished by the kisses of pil.
grims. ~
Tho story is that the wise mon as
they trudscd along the road in the
gathering twilight sat down on the
margin OF this well to rest. They
stopped forward to draw some woicr
lIpy, tl,.,,s
IKE surface the star. They looked to-
ward the heavens. and then. in the
words of the Scripture:
Lo me star which they saw in the
east went before them, until ii came
ana stood over where the young child
WAS"
THE PLAIN OF THE SHEPHERDS.
1t was not far from here that
caught my first sight of the field where
the shepherds lay that same night when
they saw the star. 1t is said to be the
one which was owned by Boaz upon
which Ruth CLEANED her wheat. II lies
across the valley to the east of Bethlc-
hem. There Is n little village in front
or 1t, and a part of the field Is covered
by an olive grove. I saw the sheer
feeding upon 1t, and rs rode to Beth.
lehem | passed nocks of sheep which
We're being driven to the Jerusalem
markets. They were of the fat-tailed
variety, some of their tails weighing. /
venture, fifteen pounds each.
They were owned by shepherds,
dressed In long gowns and wearing
handkerchiefs about their heads a;
turbans. Some of the shepherds wore
sheepsklns, and it is probable that thoy
were clad much the same as those who
followed the star. There is chapel
now in the field OF the shepherds. and
Tor centuries church and a monastery
stood on the spot.
JUDAS ISCARIOT.
Soon after leaving Jerusalem VIC pass |
n hill. whore, the guide saws. stood tho |
in which Judas Iscariot sold |
his Lord for 80 pieces Of silver. The
site Is at tho left of the road. and not !
far away is AN old olive tree. upon ,
which tho ignorant pilgrims arc told |
Judas hanged himself in his rcmorsr |
after the cruciliXion.
Going onward about four miles from !:
Jerusalem we come to building which /
has just received a fresh coat Of white
wash 1t is known as tho Tomb OF Ra-
chol. and it covers the spot where she
s said to be buried IT is not far from II !,
that David had his fight with Goliath, (
the l0-foot-high giant Of the Scriptures.
am not sure as to tho locality, but I