The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-03-18
Mary's Well

DiDle. IL Is lUudy as IL was III lHe
time of Christ, the only well in
the town and there is no question
but that Jesus carried water from
here to his humble abode, where.
Joseph his foster-father, conduct
ed a carpenter shop. A fine
church is erected over the spot
where the angel appeared to Mary
and announced that she was to.
give birth to a son; also some 200
yards back of the church IS an
other one marking the site of
Joseph's carpenter shop. From
here our journey takes US on the
way to Jerusalem we take lunch
at Neblus, here is where Christ
met the good Samaritan and asked
for a drink of water at Jacobs
well. This we'll is in operation
toady and it was u good fortune
to partake of its water. There
are now in this little town about
$50 direct descendants of these
Samaritans, who annually of
fer their sacrifice from the noun
tains as in the days of Christ.
Before reaching Jerusalem we
cross Thu cold road to Egypt which
has been in use for 5000 years;
we are fortunate to overtake a
caravan of loaded camels on their
plodding way to market; here it
was that Joseph was sold into
Egypt by mis- brothers.
Jerusalem
The setting sun bids us welcome
into the Holy City. Space will Tot
permit us to go into details with
respect to the many historical
places visited. The present city
of Jerusalem with its $4,000 peo-
pie is fully 80 feet above the soil
upon which Jesus walked. The
city has been destroyed at least
eight times and the man-made
structures and wall have crumbled
and fallen until today n is high
above the old streets. Only about
ten per cent of the inhabitants are
Christians. The Church of the
Holy Sepulchre is perhaps the most
interesting spot in the city; 1t IS
supposed to cover the entire area
of the crucifixion, the anoint-
ment and the burial of Our Lord.
Five different Catholic branches
have their place of worship in this
church, the Roman, Greek, Coptic,
Armenian and Syrian. Other in
teresting spots visited were the
Mount of Olives, Garden Of Geth-
semane, and Mount Moriah upon
which was bui t King Solomon's
temple. one thousand years before
Christ and also upon tais rock
Abraham offered sacrifices. The
rock is So feet by A feet. 1t
is now covered by a magnificent
Mohammedan mosque called the
Dome Of the Rock. Three tiers
of rock of the original temple
still remain and this is now the
"Wailing Place of the Jews
where on any day of the week one
may see the line Of Jews weeping
over the loss of their power.
Sacred Scenes
I
We also visited Bethlehem and
the grotto in which u Lord was.
born. A very fine church is erect
ed on the spot, called the Church
of the Nativity. Our journey al
SO took us to the Dead Sea, a body
of water some 900 feet below the
level Of the sea and very salty.
The river Jordan flows into it
from the north. The Jordan was
visited and the spot where Jesus
was baptised is marked by a re-
freshment stand where Jericho
oranges are served. A trip across
the Jordan valley brings us to the
ancient town of Jericho, where
lunch is served and more of TIE
finest oranges in the world are
eaten. Then we proceed on again
to the Holy City and slumber amid
the scenes of the stored past.
In the morning we board The
train for Cairo in Egypt. where
we will tarry three days and then
proceed up the Nile some 700
miles. Of this trip we may find
time to write later, so for the.
present we leave you in Jerusa-
lem and hope you will see enough
merit in this letter to let your
readers have it in print.
Respectfully,
sCHNITZLER AND HUXS0L.
Jerusalem, Feb. 19, 1926.
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