Court-Yard of the English Orphanage
Court-Yard of the English Orphanage We know but little of the wonderful childhood of Christ in Nazareth save that “He grew and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.” Here were passed the years of the ripening manhood of our Lord, and here he came in the early days of his ministry to declare his high calling to his old neighbors and companions. Little remains of the old Nazareth which can be identified, but the surrounding hills and the distant sea, upon which the Savior so often gazed, remain the same. Truly it was “a central spot in the world which He came to save.” Some fine buildings have been erected of late years. Among these is an institution for orphan girls, sustained by the “Female Educational Society” of England. We have already in these pages seen a fine picture of Nazareth from the esplanade of the orphanage. It is pleasant to remember that He who loved to gather the children about Him, and who taught one of His most heaven...