English Orphanage: Nazareth
English Orphanage: Nazareth The thirty years from the time of the return from Egypt to the beginning of the ministry of our Savior are passed over by St. John and St. Mark in absolute silence. St. Luke tells us that “The child grew and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.” Two or three times we have been permitted to look at this Orphanage. It is a Protestant memorial on a sacred site, commanding a charming view and serving a philanthropic, a Christian purpose. It connects the thought of childhood in our day with the childhood of Jesus. One almost envies the good people who are permitted in this place to do this work. Farrar says: “The education of the Jewish boy of the humbler classes was almost solely Scriptural and moral, and His parents, as a rule, were his sole teachers.” Marion Harland says: “Those who have Christian parents think and speak of Him as do the children of other Christian countries. The rest know little of Him, an...