The Wingham Advance Times, 1935-12-19, Page 2PAGE TWO'
Christian World To Hear Bells of
Bethlehem, But Holy Land Churches
Won't observe December 25th
Modern radio science to invade sacred precincts of Church of Nativity,
WINGI-IAM AD TANCE-TIM S
This year, radio will bring to the
Christian world, the bells of the
Church of Nativity in Bethlehem.
The ABOVE 'layout portrays how
the Holy Land looks on Christmas
Day. TOP, Mount Zion looking
northeasterly toward the Mount of
Olives. In the foreground, the south
wall of modern Jerusalem. BELOW
view of the city of Nazareth from a
picture taken on a Christmas risorn=
ing.
Thursday, Dec ;' ber 1, 135
anada Will Contribute to Lmplre
Program - I Iis .Maj.esty to be Inrp-•
duced
by Small Girl in New Zealand
Ottawa an?;a, ..
Greeting ..,;�o: :tlne World
, • '• it in' Bless the Ruler of this House," it heard. 1?'"roni India, whereat thetime will nbe'3.00 . His o'clock Christmas after"-
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Ottawa, Dec. 19-A globe ciicl g
broadcast that will• bring to listeners then will switch to Canada awound �ng,liwilbl be broadcast
desctbe late ''iptions of i- s the' rooms of Ili s , seated in count'ry, home at
the ed by K day message to be ede- mei C s oChristmas
a family, seated an adult Sandringham,
be m , the company of all the
"'`" •i -e' b I�?n '.•;forge, and greet their Christmas •tree in Ottawa, will formal
worclipic:turetjof lia will Sandringham, will" read k}is message.
dirge d Y.•.
x1I;s frond. faiiiiles�r'Xhr.auilout the send greetings to relatives in Eng-
"`'"� `�"''d in frorXi land, Ireland, and Australia and give Christmas party and reference to the members o£ the Royal imily .who
9'iapire, Wi 1, be hEi'in which Christmas was spent each year gather there 4,..;:c hristmas-
9.30 to 10'QQ a inr: EST; qui �eceil'l�er � brief, description of how they are way
�..there'. The time in Australia will be tide._ � •
-25'' over,, the national ne hulk • of file celebaat ng the day. shortly after midnight. `
' "Papa, what is an egotlat?"
Canadial0 adi' omin)i sa3'on, . ii::::4,'S ,S Otlher Sound Pictures
announced today_ ` Cl) pi ogranl in Small Girl to Introduce King „An egotist, my boy, ii man wilo
which an Ottawa Tania y "rvill,I, a'itici- Five othea '`:"sound pictures" of the
To a small girl in New Zealand, tells those things, himselfy ;which you
Pate, is to be known a's "This •C�teat ssiie nature Will follow from Eng- to late, intended to tell him abai yourself,"
Family," a phrase used by the Kingeratiri �r'vith oneind aiea 1fro and alSc{iti will beho ige orded the�honqur f intro- Vit^
during ills broadcast last year. g Australia, and Neta Jea : dicing His Majesty to the world.
Three hundred million people will Africa, India,
Hostess: "I've heard agreat deal
distant of., the Dominions, about you." '
be on the.circuit of tills colossal land. mouth Africa a narratorxv�lk` he;,:time in New' Zealand, which is Politician: "Possibly, b'• you can't
broadcast as it makes its way around describe the summer weather anal Jhe toe most, Day, „ t�;
the world., Staiting in London, Eng- festivities taking place the lr nsie will be early Clgining of•Boxing
the time Prove anything
land, where carollers will, sing- "God from a/native compound also••'vx;i"i, be December 26 Th England
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By ARTHUR SETTEL + The western , world,, millions of, married women being distinguished
Central Press Canadian Writer
I Christians in every land, are expect- by a tall white coif.
ed to hear the chimes which 'reach is thBethlehem's
Basil ca oftthelNativiionument
y erect d
over the traditional birthplace of Je-
sus. It is the oldest Christian church
still in use and although restored and
enlarged by Justinian in the sixth
ventury, is essentially the one with
the basilica built by Constantine in
300.
Shared by All
Like the Church of the Holy Sepul-
chre in Jerusalem, the Church of the
Nativity in bethlehein is shared by
the orthodox, Latin, Armenian, Jac-
obite, Abyssinian and Coptic com-
munities. In the extensive grotto be-
low the church is shown the tomb of
St. Jerome, who dwelt for' many
years in Bethlehem and died there in
420.
In .the floor there is a star, and
rot
ind it a Latin inscription which
says: "Here Jesus Christ was born
of the Virgin Mary." The removal
of this star 'years ago led to a quar-
rel between France and Rnssia'which'
blazed into the Crimean war.
Beneath the churchis a warren of
underground passages. In one of
.
k
chamber, St Jer-
ence" written across a signboard 'sus- narrow and picturesque .streets. them, a dark c keen controversies
;pended over it from the• ceiling. Noteworthy is the medieval dress ome cond
jEhted his ard by Christians Everywhere still worn by the Bethlehem women, and translated the Vulgate.
Jerusalem, Dec_ 17—In a high-ceil-
inged room, newly whitewashed and
outfitted with the highly complicated
apparatus for triple -wave broadcast-
ing, half a dozen Englishmen will on
Christmas Day send out the chimes
of the Church of the Nativity in Beth-
lehem over the earth's surface for
people in every land to hear, and
worship.
Outside of the room, along the
the ears of high church dignitaries
everywhere and which will be heard
by his majesty the King of England
in Buckingham Palace.
The eastern churches, will be priv-
ileged to listen in, but as their. Christ-
mas doesn't fall until Jan. 5, accord-
ing to the Julian calendar, they un
doubtedly will 'confine their worship
to this day -without, of course, the
chimes o fthe Nativity to. add lustre
and dignity to their prayers.
stone -flagged corridors of the Nativ I3ethlehern is 5'j miles south -of the
ityy Monastery, the monks attached capital (Jerusalem), is a fascinating
to the church will "stand in long rows little town with 6,200 iuhabitants,
in positions of :.devout attention as the most of whom are Christian Arabs.
telling sound of 'tile bells will signal . The birthplace of Jesus and of King
the advent of Christmas.
The presence of. the microphones,
placed in strategic positions along the
same corridor, will be the only pro-
saic reminder that the vibrations of
the bells are being' heard over vast
distances. One of these microphones,
which magnifies the sounds a million
times before being sent out to Cairo
and then to London, is to be marked
in white with the word„D Sil s "Danger, -
David takes its place from the Ar-
a
abic "Beit a1-Lahm,” which means the
House of Meat, an appellation going•
back to the earliest times.
Medieval Customs`
:Bethlehem provided the setting for
the Book of Ruth and since the time.
of Constantine is remarkable for the
number of its churches and religious
institutions of all periods which sur-
round an agglomeration of ancient,
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Radio will this year plan an import-
antP art in 'Christmas celebrations
when the Canadian Radio Commis-
sion's national network brings to lis-
teners two outstanding broadcasts on
December 25th Froin 9.30 to 10.00
a.m. EST., will be heard the B.B.C.
Empire, broadcast featuring the mes-
sage from King George, From 3.00
to 5.00 p.in. the C.R.C. will offer an
b rogram called • ."Canada
Celebrates < Christmas". During this
presentation eight choirs across the
Dominion' will synchronize in song.
His
Excellency the Governor Gener-
al will speak, and•other important in-
novations will be heard. In the above
illustration are shown (centre, top)
His Majesty King George; (centre civ
bottom) Baron Tweedsmuir:;; .(top',
left) Wakeharn B'ay, oiie of 'the far
,rhern uosts where the broadcast
will be received; (top right) the,
Peace Tower' on Parliament Hill
from where.will come a brief caril-
lon recital; (top, extreme right) a
skiier, 'representative of - Canadian
p
s ort . In direct centre is shown one
of the. airplanes which flies between
ilzation and Canada's 'far northern
.regions, and one of those which will
be heard landing at Edmonton air -
ort.' Lower left shows ships riding
p
•
at anchor in Vancouver Harbour,
where 'a CRC "Enquiring Reporter
will interview the sailors. During the
broadcast a Commission announcer
will await the iarrival of a trans -Can-
ada westbound trails. at Field, B.C.
(lower right), at which time he will.
speak with the passengers and train
crew. He will board the dining car
rs. what ' is on the
and tell listeners
lmenu.
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p.1.0 1:).Y by t:ic Brtttsh .:3t•oadcasting C i gram iS entitled "This Great drily."
glia, South Africa, i poratioii on C,hristinas Day. The tiro- I (Photos by courtesy 13,13 ).
anada and IrtEtia will all cgn,�will be bloadcat throughout the end-