FAR OFF.

PART I.

ASIA.

Of the four quarters of the world—Asia is

the most glorious.

There the first man lived.

There the Son of God lived.

There the apostles lived.

There the Bible was written.

Yet now there are very few Christians in Asia:

though there are more people there than in any other quarter of the globe.

B

THE HOLY LAND.

Of all the countries in the world which would you rather see?

Would it not be the land where Jesus lived? He was the Son of God: He loved us and died for us.

What is the land called where He lived? Canaan was once its name: but now Palestine, or the Holy Land.

Who lives there now?

Alas! alas! The Jews who once lived there are cast out of it. There are some Jews there; but the Turks are the lords over the land. You know the Turks believe in Mahomet.

What place in the Holy Land do you wish most to visit?

Some children will reply, Bethlehem, because Jesus was born there: another will answer, Nazareth, because Jesus was brought up there; and another will say, "Jerusalem," because He died there."

I will take you first to Bethlehem.