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jp Volume XXVII. Number 24.
THE CHRISTMAS STORY
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Now when Jesus war horn in Bethlehem of
And there were in the same country shep- ><y .. .. ... . . , u l u
7 r J*r' i* ■%■ Judaea in the days of Hr rod the king. behold,
herds abiding in the field, keeping watch , ' . *' . . it . , _
, 18 ~ there tame wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
over their flock by night. And, 10, the angel y. £ S . . . „ • , .
7 * " . sy*\>' ■ saying, Where is he that is born King of the
of the Lord came upon them, and the glory •' . _ ......... .
r . -> - *. Jews? ;or we have seen his star in the cast, and
of the Lord shone round about them: and -•< ,<-< S'Ser' ' • -- -v . . , v ,, , ...
- . . are come to worship him vt lien Herod the
they were sore afraid And the angel said ■' » .. li«.,i
, r . ....... +■ >->' v ' f king had heard these things, he was troubled,
unto them, Ltar not: for, behold, I bring ~ -S"-" •> r- . ... , , , . . . .
. * , ...... y- - - and all Jerusalem with him And when he l ad
you good tidings ol great loy, which shall he <. '■ -. iVb' . j.- - ....... . , . ...
.. ■ . . . * ■ s ig? r gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the
to all people. Lor unto you is horn this day , >' / 4AI . . , , . . . ....
. ,r. , c . . . „ - As4&'j2(2 /'s/{ &> people together, he demanded of them where
in the city of Das id a Saviour, which is „■ ' ■+■ i/ JwSJamL* 1 Jfcwwl V.. . ... . , , . •, . . _
?• ' , J/K.' /'/ .‘/fl Christ should he born And they said unto him.
Christ the Lord. And this sha be a sign , . s') ''lMw/ 'Jgli ,•# » ...... ... . . ■
.......... . > ‘ - Vvir llrxtr-- In Bethlehem of Judaea for thus it is written
unto you; le shall find the babe wrapped , -■ TS b he prophet And tho i Bethlehem in the
in s SSaddling clothes, lying in a manger. %fhirfL. SJ. t IT Jr i '<C 3 land of Juda, art not the least among the princes
And suddenly there was with the angel a J&W JWr T / „,v £ lvr .... . . , ~ , „
i . . . . . . ".. . < Ul ly of Juda: for oi-t of thee shall come a Governor,
multitude of the heavenly host praising God. * H / \l * f if .-M ..... , . ,
. ... /.. . . . flu ' m , \'/W rtiL.-- '■ 4 i that shall rule mv peofile Israel I hen Herod,
and saying. Glory to God in the highest, f > . B \ * 4 ii’AV'ji-a -5# 'l I
, * 7 . ... , W >■ Am when he had privily called the wise men. en
and on earth peace, good will toward men. ■ 4 _j£l /jV < ■ LR . , , , .
... f 8 . . • | 9 1 '•' ' ouired of them diligently what time the star
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone W i I A ... n . , . .
. . 1 . ..... V\\X.J i LI4 appeare<f. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and
• away from them into heaven, the shepherds T /
. . . f t \Aj □ '.t »,d. Go and search diligently for the young
said one to another. Let us now go even M 'SM A A Be 7 • TiC# . . . . , . ,
u ~ . . . , . . . ’t&jJtT ■s' f ' j: '-r'' .ilKt child, and when ye have l«>ond him, bring me
unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is *T T 1 a., w » i f . . , . -
. , ■ ill. I :4 r# Jl 1 .] U word again, that I may come and worship him
come to pass, which the Lord hath made iwe. 1 f '[% , .
a a u . , d ; .1 ■ 1 }M also When they had heard the king, they de
known unto us. And they came with haste, •II .'1 L ijF lTf’ u A ¥-4 - j i']u? . . . . , u .
, , ... . , . . . . . tfl 1“a 14k r y ■:■*£ :Ui parted and, io, the star, which they saw in the
and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe a. \ [Ar » ..... i t
A 4 i , , . ' A aidy ~i t 4» east, went before them, nil it came and stood
lying in a manger. And when they had seen I' H JI -: x A L . ...
u i l i | , 'X IS. W 3 \u'". • r over where the young rliMci was.
it, they made known abroad the saying *JS -• gj JM-X aJHifci v fta *
which was told them concerning this child. 'J And when they were “>mc mu. Mm muse,
And all they that beard it wondered at ' Ay.WfiM ' .WRTiBWfW'IOiS,; they saw the young child with Mary his mother,
those things which were told them by the 1 T ’-A.f fws . * l*H down, nd worshipped f i ,e ”
shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, /,y )V)
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j'' I;' \ | | And it came to pass in those day*, that
‘» . I f\ jjyjf j ' f/i I i taxed. (And this taxing was first made L, W j’ (1 I \/{{ '. \
yy J; 'i 1 / <l, J ' It/' GZM I when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) /\vfTi .\\ \ 1' \ ' "V' !“ ' i
»’siL/ j V 7H 29 And all went to be taxed, every one into isl UaV •>/: IV V\ " r \| ' iWm' 'A A
A'W UfMW i his own city. And Joseph also went up /! \j '' U "\—L, Wtpf I/-
**■'’ i i 'y-\. Iki, Wfnßb ii( 111 from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, jj S / I’ \ 'J* , ' \
-- into Judaea, unto the city of David, i ' K - 7 ‘ \\
which is called Bethlehem; (because he . 7 , )/J,
• was of the house and lineage of David:) « _ ' A / - -
.. .V- to be taxed with Mary his espoused w ife, l _ r ~ \
Z~' being great with child. And so it was, __ A *> L>C\ \ \\
'fwir >ii that, while they were there, the days ,/ ,/// jl
jf "fg vXi delivered. And she brought forth her , I ft. ,'jjff / / \ A
3e£.'.. first-born son, and- wrapped him in / V\
-X* jfcy - v 7- f * swaddling clothes, and laid him in a ” / j V !
' manger; because there was no room for
the flight ‘
-v:. --:- 4 - -«j, And when ihey were dep»ne«l. hchold ihc «n,rt of the hr the young child and his mother by night, and \ f nlrik (
_ T ** > Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream. va>irig. Arise, mod _ departed mio Eg)pt; And was there until the death of • JUt i V I
1- ... l. * v u |, e ,he young child and h.s mother, and flee into Egypt, - Herod ihai .1 might be fulfilled which was spoken of Eev* .. . a 'i
[V 3—. ■j.r - >Li and be thou there until 1 bring ihee word for Herod the Lord by rhe prophet, saying Out of Egypt have I . f / \\ %ft l * '- - /
/ ? will seek the young child to destioy bun When be arose, called m> son. "
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