AT BETHLEHEM.
JEWS, ARABS AND GENTILES.
PILGB IMAGE BY MOTOR-CARS. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) JERUSALEM, December 27. A thousand pilgrims in motoi--cars, from all parts of the world, joined a pilgrimage from Jerusalem to the shrine at Bethlehem, led by Greek and Roman Catholic patriarchs. Orient joined with Occident, -aoid Jew with Gentile, while Arabs and Jews, who are usually at daggers drawn, forgot their differences and joined in the journey. The pilgrims all day Saturday crowded the basilica and the grotto, which is lighted by 15 lamps, four lamps representing the Latin Church, five the Armenian, and six the Greek. Following a Mass on Friday at midnight, the patriarchs Jed the congregation through the basilica, depositing the image of the Infant Christ upon the manger at the exact spot where He was born.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10806, 29 December 1926, Page 5
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