OCR Text |
Show I & CfjUii ?as JBorrr : I r By Shirley Ancell 3? ft SECOND PRIZE ESSAY jj lie began journeying about Jerusalem, Jeru-salem, spreading His gospel and promoting faith in God. His teachings were made up of par-ables--short stories illustrating His message. An illustration of His direct simple approach ia Christ's conversation to some busy fishermen. ."Come with me," He said "and I will make you fishers of men." "Fishers . . that was a word they could understand . . . fishers of men ... that was a new idea . . . what was He driving at . . . it sounded interesting . . . well, what is it, anyway?" The idea was interesting; they listened and were converted A child was born. Heaven opened open-ed its gates. to admit to earth the soul which was to be a ray of hope in a dark and dreary world. In a lowly stall filled with a glorified heavenly light, the child was born. Many shepherds came to worship Him. Wise men and kings honored hon-ored Him with precious gifts. When the Frince of Love entered the world that He was to save, He indeed was recognized. Though this child, Jesus, grew physically like any young boy, He seemed to understand life more fully than any of His friends. His childhood was as rich and beautiful beauti-ful as were His teachings of later life. When He grew to be twelve years old, He often visited the temple and talked with the preachers preach-ers and prophets who were congregated con-gregated there. He was a thoughtful thought-ful young person and began His teachings when He was still very young. " As He grew, He developed His teachings. At the age of thirty |