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BETHLEHEM.
of the side of the rock, and may once have been connected with a dwelling-house or a stable,
or had some access for cattle, though the whole site has been so altered in shape by building
that it is difficult to form any decided opinion. Very often in the ruined cities of the hill
country we find several rooms hewn out of the side of the hill, and a large open cavern
adjoining, evidently intended for the cattle. In some, as at Tekoa, and across Jordan, near
IN THE SHEPHERDS' FIELD, BETHLEHEM.
A shepherd watching a flock of the long-eared and long-tailed sheep common in Palestine.
Arak el Emir, the mangers still existing leave no doubt as to their use. The caravanserai
which may have stood here was probably the very one founded by Chimham, son of Barzillai
(Jer. xli. 17). It is pleasant to believe, when we reasonably may, in the identity of traditional
sites, and for this one much may be said. It is at least far older than the time of Constantine,
which cannot be affirmed of many of the holy sites. So far back as the days of Justin Martyr,
in the earlier part of the second century, the place of our Lord's birth was pointed out in
of the side of the rock, and may once have been connected with a dwelling-house or a stable,
or had some access for cattle, though the whole site has been so altered in shape by building
that it is difficult to form any decided opinion. Very often in the ruined cities of the hill
country we find several rooms hewn out of the side of the hill, and a large open cavern
adjoining, evidently intended for the cattle. In some, as at Tekoa, and across Jordan, near
IN THE SHEPHERDS' FIELD, BETHLEHEM.
A shepherd watching a flock of the long-eared and long-tailed sheep common in Palestine.
Arak el Emir, the mangers still existing leave no doubt as to their use. The caravanserai
which may have stood here was probably the very one founded by Chimham, son of Barzillai
(Jer. xli. 17). It is pleasant to believe, when we reasonably may, in the identity of traditional
sites, and for this one much may be said. It is at least far older than the time of Constantine,
which cannot be affirmed of many of the holy sites. So far back as the days of Justin Martyr,
in the earlier part of the second century, the place of our Lord's birth was pointed out in