The Indian Advocate (Sacred Heart Mission, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 16, No. 9, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 1, 1904 Page: 26 of 32
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303 THE INDIAN ADVOCATE
Whilst her husband is away she educates and brings up her
children and augments the family purse. Vice is unknown
to her and her fierceness shelters her from all kinds of dan-
gers. They are often seen in Jerusalem with graceful jars of
oil or baskets of fruit on their head walking through the
streets going here and th'jre to buy or sell. In the evening
when their work is done they pay a visit to the Holy Se-
pulchre say a prayer and return quietly to their home in groups
of five or six. The people of Bethlehem say this is all a gift
of the Divine Child. The Christmas feast is grand there are
pilgrimages from all parts of Palestine and the neighboring
countries. The large Church of St. Mary's is erected over
the traditional birthplace of Jesus. St. Justinus Martyr lo-
calises the birth of Jesus in this Cavern.
The Emperor Hadrian to insult the Early Christians de-
stroyed a church which stood on this sacred spot and erect-
ed a temple of Adonis on its site. In 330 the present basilica
was' erected by the Empress St. Helena mother of Constan-
tine. Of all the churches she erected in the Holy Land this
is the only one which remains well preserved. The Moslems
destroyed almost every other church in Palestine and tried
to drase every sign of Christianity. In 1101 on Christmar
Day Baldwin was crowned king here. The church is very
simple in its style of architecture but the genera) lines are
beautiful and harmonious. It resembles the early Roman
basilicas but the atrium has been destroyed; it is about 60ft.
wide by 120ft. in length but the transept and apse are con-
cealed by a wall erected by the barbarous Greeks in 1842: so
now on entering but the nave and two aisles are seen; still a
person is struck by its grand simplicity. The columns rest
on square slabs and the capitals are Corinthian; a cross is en-
graved at the top of each. The walls were covered with mo-
saics but unfortunately very little has been preserved. Two
staircases descend into the Chapel of the Nativity. One is
natural the other was cut through the solid stone by the
Greeks. On the floor under the Altar at the left is a star with
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