BETHLEHEM

[s. 99] : 1. A town in Palestine, near Jerusalem. The birthplace of Jesus Christ. Station of the CMS (1899), with 4 mi ionary women, a village school and a high school. Also station of the Jerusalem Union of Berlin (1861), with 8 mi ionaries, men and women, 13 native workers, men and women, 3 outstations, 1 chapel, 1 orphanage and 5 village schools. 2. A village in the Santal Parganas, Bengal, India; station of the Bethel Santhal Mi ion (1884), with 1 mi ionary woman (physician), 3 native workers, 1 chapel, 1 Sunday school, 1 village school, 1 high school, 1 orphanage, a dispensary, a hospital and 50 communicants. 99