The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-23

and. like most Of the holy spot h..
Palestine, it has many converts -
churches. 1t was here tina, Ioes,
worked at the carpenter trade and
here the boy Jesus played about VII
His fellows as the little Nazsr.rs.
do today. 1t was here that les
came after He had been baptizee :,
the Jordan. and here He preached n
the synagogue when the NazarerD
cried out: lis not this Joseph's sor
and in their anger were about "a
throw him from the brow OF The hlu
~whereupon h city was built. "hu,
He, passing through the mi!s, a..
them, vent His way That hin i
still shown to tourists. 1t is abou,
mile and a half from the town. In
the middle of Nazareth is a fountain
or spring which supplies the water
for the community. The women "a
to the spring and carry the watef .9
jars on their heads to their houses
Mary undoubtedly used that spring
for her family water supply. and he
boy Jesus must have drunk there.
The surroundings Of Nazareth ar.
beautiful. l doubt whether there IS
more beautiful scenery to be found IN
England or Scotland, or even In the
Blue Ridge mountains Of Virginia
for which God mas lone much. one
can stand in the city or near il and
lOOh OUT over the pam OF ES0rdelOn.
and by climbing the hills he can See
Mount Carmel, where Elijah bid the
prophets and later on slew the false
prophets of Baal. It is only d few
hours ride in a carriage from Naza-
reth over the hill to the Sea of adj
lee, where the Nazarene boys even
now sometimes go fishing.
1t was from Nazareth that Joseph
and Mary went every ye to Jerusa-
lem. They tra1nped over the hills o.
Galilee, across the plain Of Esdraelon
and then climbed the mountains Of
Samaria- There is q regular tran. a
part of which las lately been turned
into macadamized road. Such
trips were usually made in large com
panies, n when l crossed Samaria.
a short time ago, / met scores OF
these people from Galilee on Their
sisted Of men, women and children.
most OF whom were on foot. Now
and then n oun a woman riding
a donkey, with her husband trudgIng
beside her, and sometimes whole
families on donkeys. 1t was in one
OF such parties that Jesus went 10
Jerusalem when He was about twelve
years of age. He was then thought
to be old enough to take care Of Him
!. self, for the Bible relates that when
:. they departed Jesus tarried behind II
Jerusalem, and Joseph and His moth
er knew not of it. They had already
; gone a days journey before He was
missed. and they then turned back to
find Him. 1t was only after three
, days hat He was discovered IN The
, temple sitting in the midst Of the
!, doctors, both hearing them and ash
: ing them questions.
! And all that heard him were As
!, tOnished at his understanding and
answers.
and when they saw him they were
, amazed. And his mother said unto
I him: Son, why hast tho thus dealt
r with us? Behold, thy father and
4 have sought thee. sorrowing.
And He said unto them: How IS }
\ that re sought me? WiS ye not tina
! I must be about my fathers business
4 And they understood not the say
ing which he spake unto them. Ano
q He went down with them and cams
h to Nazareth, and was subject unto
4 them. But his mother kept all these
= saying in her heart.
And Jesus increased in wisdom
\ and stature and in favor with God ant
- FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
. MACKAY is PLEASED