Volume 2

204 Life of Jesus Christ
Seeing this confusion, Jesus disappeared in the crowd,
left the city, and took a steep byway into the nl0untains
where there was a solitary place. His three disciples
followed, but after long seeking found Him not till night.
He was praying. They asked Him how they, too, should
occupy thenlselves in prayer, and He gave them in few
words some petitions of the HOur Father," for instance:
HHallowed be Thy Name! Forgive us our trespasses as
we forgive those that trespass against us, and deliver us
from evil!" He added: HNow say these words and put
them in practice," and He gave them on this point sonle
admirable instructions. They were very faithful in following
His injunction whenever He did not converse with
them or when He walked alone.
The disciples always carried with them now some food
in pouches, and when other wayfarers passed, even off on
the byways, they hurried after them in obedience to the
words of Jesus, and shared with them, especially if they
were poor, whatever they needed.
Engannim was a Levitical city. It was built on the
declivity of a valley that extended toward Jezrael across the
claw of a mountain range that ran in an easterly direction.
A brook flowed northward through the valley. The inhabitants
carried on spinning and the manufacture of cloth for
priests' vestments. They made also tassels, silk fringes, and
balls for trimming the borders of these robes, upon which
the women sewed. The people here were very good.
Jesus passed Jezrael and Endor, and toward evening
arrived at Nairn. He went unnoticed to an inn outside the
city.
The widow of Nairn, the sister of the wife of James the
Greater, had been informed by Andrew and Nathanael of
Jesus' near approach, and she was awaiting His arrival.
With another widow she now went out to the inn to
welcome Him. They cast themselves veiled at His feet.
The widow of Nairn begged Jesus to accept the offer of