Article August 20, 1960 Issue

Signs of the Times

Ida B. Alseth

Christian Herald

Ida B. Alseth in the Christian Herald New York, New York

In Jerusalem ... in the Garden of Gethsemane ... I met ... the Keeper of the Tomb, J. Solomon Mattar [an Arab Christian]. Answering our queries he said,... "[Jesus'] friends came here on that early Sunday morning and found the tomb empty.... A miracle? Yes. But miracles happen even today."... And sitting there on a stone bench only a few steps from the tomb where the most remarkable miracle of all time took place, he gave us his proof.

"With my wife and our eight children I lived on our 100-acre olive grove near Cana of Galilee. In addition to the income from the grove, I had a salary from a British-managed bank near Haifa where I worked.... Suddenly, in the spring of 1948, everything changed.... Fighting between Arabs and Jews began.... We escaped with only our clothing and the little food we could snatch as we rushed from the house....

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