El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20

AsHuSGTON, D. c., Dec. 20
w come with me for a walk in
the footsteps Of Jesus the
child. During my several trips to Pal
estine I have spent many weeks in
travelling over the country, taking pic
lures and making notes Of the places
I have visited Bethlehem, where the
Savior was born, and have lived for
days in Nazareth, where his Doyhood
was spent. / have gone over much OF
the road that Joseph and Mary Travelled
when they carried the child INTO Egypt
and have crossed the mountains Of
Samaria from Galilee to Jerusalem,
where he went as a boy Of i years and
was found teaching the doctrine IN SOL
OmOn's temple
have even climbed the hills ana
gone into the wilderness where our
Lord was tempted of the devil after
those 90 days Of hunger and thirst, and
at Capernaum I saw the recently eX-
caTated marble synagOg where some
q BIS first preaching was done. /
have climbed to the top Of the hill
above the sea Of Galilee, where He de-
liFered the Sermon on the Mount and
have picked flowers from the rolling
EreenEWard below, where the miracle
u the l0aves and fishes occurred Not
Ear from that place on the opposite side
u the water, may be seen a steep HILL
down which the swine ran when our
savior had cast the devils out of the
man and they entered them 1 have
been In Bethany, where lived Mary and
Martha. and have sat under the trees in
the garden Of Gethsemane, where
Christ spent that night of terrible
agony before He was betrayed by
Judas with a kiss. 7 have also seen
the various places which the several
authorities have picked out as the
scene Of the crucifiEiOn. In this letter,
however, 7 shall write only Of the
places associated with Jesus the child.
Many Places Have Not Changed.
Many Of the localities are about the
same as they we're when Christ was
alive some haze been covered with
churches and converts, but the warning
sects Of Christians have not been able
70 change the bright sky. Nature is
the same now as IL was then. The
same flowers bloom and the same birds
sing. and besides IL is not so long,
after all Jesus was born in Bethle-
hem only 1913 years ago.
The Town OF Bethlehem.
We shah start on our travels at Beth
lehem- II is a little town situated in
the mountains, about 25OO feet above
the sea and within 40 miles Of the
Eediterranean- 1t is about IA miles
from the Dead sea and not very far
from where the sandy wastes Of the
Arabian desert begin The country is
limestone The greater part of it is
covered with rocks, with patches OF
green showing out Of the stone. Here
and there the rocks have been gath
cred together and you see pastures and
fields The field upon which the shep-
herds lay and watched their fIocks
when the star appeared is from a GUAR
ter 10 a half mile from the town
proper. II lies far below it. and the
shepherds had TO climb to get to the
stable where Jesus was born.
The holy city Of Jerusalem is at the
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have ridden IL on horseback in less
than an hour Ny last trip between
the two places was made in q carriage.
and a boy on q donkey galloped beside
as almost all the way. The road has
been macadamized- IT is uphill and
Gown, but the most Of il is so smooth
that with a good motor car you could
easily make the distance from Jeru-