The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1912, Page 12

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

worthy example which should be followed by many
in Christian lands? ‘Those poor Africans denied
themselves for the Lord’s sake. They gave willingly
and cheerfully. Are all that read this such cheer-
ful givers for the Lord’s work? Did any one give
as much as that poor blind African woman?”
Remember, “God loveth a cheerful giver.”

Nazareth.

Our picture represents houses in Nazareth as
they are still seen by tourists in Palestine. One
of these tourists, speaking of the Nazareth of to-day,
says : —

a narrow path on the sides for the people to walk,
who must take good heed of their steps or suffer
from the wet.

The town has not only a Greek and a Roman
Catholic church and school, but also a Protestant
ehurch and orphan asylum.

Many places are pointed out in connection with
the early life of Christ, who dwelt in Nazareth with
Joseph and His mother Mary. We were shown what
is said to have been the carpenter-shop of Joseph,
the well where Mary was accustomed to draw water,
the church over the site where the holy family
lived, and even the kitchen of Mary. We listened
to our guide without believing all he said. How

HOUSES IN NAZARETH.

Nazareth is a beautifully situated town, nestled
in the midst of hills. It is clean when compared
with the other towns in this region. Most of the
houses are well built of stone, two stories high,
with flat roofs. ‘They appear neat and comfortable.
The flat roof serves to the householder for more
than a protection from the weather. It is the
piazza, the quiet place of the dweller, and some-
times it becomes his summer residence. There is
one house whose flat roof and outside stairs lead-
ing to the roof reminded me of that historical house
of Capernaum through whose flat roof the poor
palsied man was Jet down by his friends to be
healed by Jesus, the great Physician. The street
and Janes of the town are narrow and crooked,
with a peculiar street arrangement, the water run-
ning through the middle of the streets and leaving

little is left to tell in certain tones of our Lord’s
life in Nazareth !

When the guide had left us, we forgot most of
what he had said, but we remembered what is
written of Joseph and Mary and the Child Jesus
in the second chapter of St. Luke: “They returned
into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. And the
Child grew and waxed strong in spirit, filled with
wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.”
And again we read of the Christ-child: “He went
down with them and came to Nazareth, and was
subject unto them. And Jesus increased in wisdom
and stature, and in favor with God and man.”

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Tue patience which’ can wait is a chief virtue
in. missions. ; tur aT