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Title: Six and one abroad
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Thomas, Sidney J., 1868-
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Publisher: (Austin, Tex.) Printed by E.L. Steck
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ed withJewish graves—we followed a beautiful white road in itsdeviation till it finally accomplished the circuit of the moun-tain. On the steep east side of the famous mountain we encoun-tered the village of Bethany. AVhat an unworthy scion of thefirst Bethany that Jesus knew and visited! Oh, I dont know,of course; the little village may have been then, as now, untidyand unbeautiful, and the inhabitants may have been then asnow, to paraphrase the poet, unswept, unhonored and unhung,but I imagine )\Iary and ^Martha were a couple of tidy spinsterswho would not have lived a day in such mean surroundings.The story of these gentle, pious women is one of the prettiestin the Bible, and it was a real delight to stand upon the groundhallowed by their hospitality to the Savior. How often didHe retire to this quiet, congenial home from the tumult of thecity and the activities of His busy career! Of course, thishome, the home of )\Iartha and Alary, is shown—the original 132 Six and One Abroad
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Judei, Dead Sea, and Jordan 183 home slightly disfigured—hut I am inclined to accept the warn-ing of the guide books that it is only another link in the chainof petty graft in Pale-itine. The tomb of Lazarus is anotherplace of interest in Bethany. As I walked down the flight ofsteps into this ancient crypt it recpiired little effort of the im-agination to reproduce the Bible scene of Christ standing in thedoor of the grave, the imperial voice of connnand, the retreatof death, the affectionate meeting of the dead and the living,the latter looking on with startled eyes. Into this tomb, if Laz-arus really slept in it for four days prior to his resurrection,he was no doubt laid again and permanently, and his sisters,too, to await the second coming of their Guest of blessedmemory. At Bethany, our party was joined by an escort of Bedouinsheiks, a couple of terra cotta bucks in startling costume astridegaily caparisoned steeds. In grandmother bonnets and color-banded cloaks, antediluvian m

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