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Show I? k k k ' LM k k k k k k k k k k k k fk k k k k k CHRISTMAS DAY King Herod Is Enraged By Reports Find Child Manger Special Staff Correspondent k k k k k k k k k k k k :k IF k Prophecies Fulfilled y Bliraculous Ivent in Little Town of iethleheim Shepherds BETHLEHEM, Dec. 25 (CNS) Joyous cries of Peace on Earth. Good Will k k' k k k k !oy Called Jesus Christ; To Lead World to Peace By QUINTUS OVIDUS . INI DECEMBER 25 In , MTCi ProMO BETHLEHEM OP JUDEA k k k BIRTH SCENE Here is a view of the manger crib in a stable where the promised Jesus Christ, Son of God, was born early today. Sketched by an artist on the scene, the view shows the newborn Saviour, surrounded by his virgin mother, Mary, and her husband, Joseph, a Nazarene carpenter. to Men" rang out early this morning through the crowd ed streets of this ancient town of King David. This correspondent was present when a great crowd of angels appeared in the frosty heavens, announcing NAZARETH, Dec. 25 (CNS) the birth in 4 stable here of husband of the virgin The Savior of the World and Joseph,who gave birth in Bethlehim Prince of Mary proclaiming hem to the child hailed as the Peace. Son of God, owns a small carOriginally I had gone into the shop in this town fields to observe the work of penters nestled in the mountains on the the were tend- Mother's Husband Is Nazarene Carpenter JERUSALEM, Dec. 25 -Sources close to (CNS) Herod, King of Judea, reported great concern in the royal household over the birth today in Bethlehem of a boy heralded as King of All. Rumors coming from the palace today said Herod fears the possibility of a new leader rising from the Jewish nation to Birth Brings New Hope For World Peace BETHLEHEM, Dec. 25 (CNS) Righteous scholars in this city of David today acclaimed the birth of the d Saviour of Peace. They saw In this arrival of the prophesied Son of God the great hope for true peace in the world. The Glorious One, the scholars say, will give to the world precepts, prayers and beatitudes, the teaching and practice of which will bring everlasting peace to the entire world. The scholars also claim that through His teachings, men everywhere will become better fitted for the everlasting life. On His life, they say, will be built the foundations for a way of life precious to all mankind. , Infant Is Hailed As 'New King7 BETHLEHEM, Dec. 25 (CNS) Birth of a baby boy to a young virgin woman was reported here today. Scholars immediately proclaimed it the fulfillment of ancient Jewish prophecy. ' According to the records of religious men, it was prophesied many years ago that the Son of God would some day be bom to a virgin. The child has long been promised as c head a revolt against his rule. It was indicated that the agents of Herod were leaving no the New King whose teachings stone unturned to uncover the and wisdom would bring peace facts surrounding the childs - , to all mankind. birth. Palace sources said Herod The divine birth took place, rewas nearly out of his mind with behind the ports say, in a stable rage because all his information ' inn here. ", V, thus far was based on rumors. The mother of the child le a A secret conference was imNazarene by the name of Mary, mediately called by Herod with ROYAL VISITORS Three Wise Men from the East are Her husband, Joseph, a carpenthe chief priests and scribes, pictured .as, they neared Bethlehem today In their search for shepherds. They ter, substantiates het report of one source reported route between Europe trade busy the hew bom Saviour. They are following the rays of the un- ing their flocks. The night was and Asia. the Immaculate conception. Official pronouncements from usually bright star which guided them to the birthplace of the clear and cold. , Jesus Christ is the name from the palace, however, attack This is a noisy, boisterous little Jesus in a Bethlehem stable. i a Suddenly brighter light little city, constantly teeming given the child, reported by all the story of the birth as a lie than I had ever seen before with the who have seen him as extracaravans which pass by revolutionaries to spread blazed in the sky. The form 7 arouse the people of Judea ordinarily different in appear- its main thoroughfares. along of an angel appeared in the ance from any other newborn i the Roman government. The inhabitants depend alagainst center. And a voice told us most reliable . source rebaby. on these daily visiAnother solely not to be afraid. . tors for their latest news from Herod suffered a According to reports front the that ported All of the group the shepstable, Joseph and Mary arrived outside world. It was with serious attack brought on by the 25 Dec. (CNS) JERUSALEM, herds and your correspondent great wonder learned of anger at news announced by his Students of the prophets said here yesterday after a laborious were stunnetj by this strange the miraculous they spies about the visit of. three today that the child bom today journey from Nazareth. They happening in happening. Bethlehem. strangers. In a stable in Bethlehem might came to pay their taxes. The voice,continued speaking The kings agents said the well be the Finding all lodging places Mary, the mother of the Mesto us. comes from an newborn filled, Joseph finally persuaded strangers were wise men from siah. I bring you great news. For extremely Jesus, BETHLEHEM, Dec. 25 (CNS) without reporting back to the east who had arrived in All of the prophecies concern- the innkeeper to let him and his religious family. Three great men, kings In Herods palace. this day is bom to you a Savior Her is genthe capital with four camels ing the coming of the Promised wife stay in the stable. Shortly Joachim, father, who their own right, rode into this They also is Lord. Christ the The erally considered a sort of sage and had been asking questions One apparently have been ful- after their arrival, the divine reported that during on camels, bringing their conference with Herod, the child is wrapped in swaddling in the vicinity. The devotion of city today of everyone about the birth of filled in the manner of His birth, birth took place. of gifts myrrh, frankincense and King of Judea called on his court clothes and lying in a manger. the mother, Anna, to her child a fabulous child who is to one scholar of the word of God Details of occurrences leadThen the whole sky seemed to is gold for the babe born in a stable astrologer, Marto, for an explathe take throne. the throughout ing up to the miraculous event declared. to the virgin Mary, wife of the nation of the star which the split apart. Through the opening were related by Joseph to visiHerod asked his agents When community. of God the promise we saw a great crowd of angels. A cousin of Nazarene carpenter, Joseph. Wise Men have been following. what else the strangers had said, toRecalling by the name King David more than 1000 tors to the stable. The three called Wise Men by Marto is said to have ex- They were all singing with joy. of Elizabeth, Mary, This sectional is the wife of a LOCATION he was told they had announced years that the Saviour During the period of betrothal, ago Glcrv to God in the highof the area shows the localocal residents who talked to plained to Herod that there had had seen the childs star In would he of his house, one he reported the angel Gabriel priest in Ain Karim, a suburb of map tion of Bethlehem where the - they them, are named Caspar, Mel- recently appeared a remarkable est and on earth peace, good Jerusalem. the east and had come here to genealogist quickly checked appeared to Mary one night and chior and Balthazar. They ex- conjunction of Jupiter, Saturn will toward men. This woman, the daughter of promised Saviour of the World, worship him, the lineage of the Infants told her that she had been selectwas to Jesus down The born traveled had their Christ, Mary shepherds put plained they froip and Mars, a condition that would Herod then reportedly struck parents. He announced that ed by God to give, birth to the Anas older sister, also gave birth ' of Nazareth sticks and left and their sheep. They to a child a few months ago today. Asyria 'Babylonia, following not recur in more than a million his informants and ordered them Joseph, the husband of Mary, Holy Child. a star which had been pointed years. It was this phenomenon, ran into Bethlehem, with your under unusual circumstances. executed. His rage grew until is a 27th This so startled Mary that she Golden-beardeand generation descendto as premaout them in visions and Marto told Herod, that the Wise correspondent following fast After 40 years of childless marhe began gasping and ant of King suddenly left her home with41st David and immediately a Is Men had mistaken for a myster- as his short legs would take him. riage, Elizabeth and her hus- turely bald, Joseph, prophecy. was forced to lie on a couch. The descendant of Abraham. out saying anything either to studious reserved. and At first we wondered how we Before arriving here, the trio ious star. told was called. He by royal physician band, Zacharias, were She the proph- Joseph or her parents. stopped at Herods palace in During his recitation, how- could find the place of the mir- the angel Gabriel that they His home is simple. Before his administered special sedatives to etsAmong is Isaiah. Scholars pointed stayed for several months with of a consisted cot it marriage, Jerusalem to have an audience' ever, Marto appeared exceeding- aculous birth. would have a son. The boy has in a cousin in another town. out that two of his the back of his shop and a calm the stricken ruler. But then we saw the star a been named John. Prophets with the King of Judea. ly nervous, according to the Later, Mary returned to Nas-areprophecies were fulfilled yesterThey reported Herod ap- three Wise Men. He stuttered star ten hundred times brighter have announced that he is the simple grate on which he cooked and told Joseph she was seemed to fill the entire country- day: meals. his over than other the Its in the childs sky. any peared agitated or messenger of the and stammered,- constantly reconceive going to have a baby. side. a shall "Behold worka virgin a to Although poor only down in birth. He gave them instruc- ferring to his papers spot pointed child born today in Bethlehem. man, and astro- rays They are most respected in and bear a son and shall call his On the night of Marys return the town. We followed its guidJoseph always has been tions to seek out the child, logical charts. While most of the towns- proud to trace his ancestry bacw their community. There is no name ImmanueL For unto us a to Nazareth and the breaking of found the stable and ing light Jesus, and report back to him. He as a man almost behind the inn. people here tend to be rowdy, to David and beyond that to sense of doubt as to the pro- child is bom, unto us a son is her news to Joseph, he had a Concern has been expressed out appeared of his mind, the Wise Men phetic meaning of last nights given; and the government shall dream. In it the angel of the We went inside. Sure enough Marys husband, Joseph, isn Isaac and Abraham. for the safety, of the three known as a dreamy, So hard did he try there was be upon his shoulder, and his Lord came to him and told him The home of Marys parents Is event. newborn the baby, strangers because they failed to reported. to man, more the scholar more pretentious. Constructed away a phenomePeople of this community seem name shall be called Wonderful, not to be afraid to take Mary as lying on straw in a manger. bring presents for King Herod nonexplain which he plainly didnt The father was there keeping than the craftsman. Indeed, of mountain stones, covered with to take it for granted, with an Counselor, the Mighty God, the his wife, that the child had been but presented gifts instead to understand that he made a watch. He told us his name was many have called him vision- plaster, it has a second floor for attitude that they "knew it was Everlasting Father, the Prince of conceived by the Holy Spirit, the new son born to Mary. because he avoided such living quarters. This mess of the whole thing. Peace. that the child would be called of the going to happen all the time. This act is unprecedented and sorry Joseph and his home was in Naz- ary as gambling with home opens onto a part Jesus and that He was to save on garden is said in official circles to be Finally Herod dismissed Jiis areth. The mother, Mary, was pastimes caravans of travelers mankind from sin and bring the hillside In the rear. asleep in another corner of the and found hispassing cause for a break in trade rela- astrologer in a raving rage. conin pleasure The lower floor is usually clutpeace to earth. , 4 tions between Judea and the When the Wise Men left Her- stable. his with neighbors. tered with the familys livestock: ods palace they intuitively knew Joseph told'us that his wife, a versation eastern lands. Joseph then married Mary. some a chickens and small followed be would the He goals, tovisited the had been obthey by described their life by virgin, The three Wise Men told servers they were alarmed king's agents. Holy Spirit and informed she had found space in the stable flock of sheep. gether as a perfect companionto Since took the where was marriage Son birth to to of the Marys place. However, they cleverly eluded give birth about the attitude of King ship, the yearning of soul for We looked at the child. His Joseph, the home has become soul. Herod. Reportedly they advised Herods spies. They found this God. more for the a not was red and wrinkled meeting place Although time for the great Joseph to take his wife and town, the inn and the stable. I asked him how they hap- face was very smooth and white. devout. Here neighbors gather event was drawing near when the newborn child home by a Observers say that when they pened to be in this lowly stable. but their and the order came from the Roman Joseph explained that Mary His expression was of such great for evening prayers secret route. They also inti- entered the place of the Holy Caesar Augustus, that mated that they themselves Birth, Caspar, Melchior and and he had traveled to Beth- innocence and affection that we religious rituals. are considered Emperor, families all inhabitants must gather In Intended to leave under cover Balthazar knelt and their eyes lehem to pay their taxes. knew he had come into the world BothYet has been a proBethlehem to be counted for taxof darkness, to return to their were full of worshipful glory as When they arrived, the inn to give everything and take noth- poor. sensethere of contentment that found was overflowing. Finally they ing. ation, Joseph and Mary were countries by a circuitous route, they looked at Marys baby. afraid not to obey. Bo it happened that their journey here and the Holy Birth coincided. Word of the great event spread quickly through this city. The courtyard of the Inn has been beth would have a child who was that he and his aged wife would tioned for a writing table and spoken to her at once as the (CNS) HEBRON, Judea crowded ever since. some John. ordered he named be that of Lord. a mother By my When word arrived here of the to be called John, Inasmuch as have child, Zacharias reportedGroups of the curious have was found Zacharias stricken dumb by the Immediately strange method, God had made birth in Bethlehem of a child to he was to be great in the sight ly on the etreete- - disgathered voice his Lord. again. known to Elizabeth the great ft virgin, residents immediately of the Lord. the reports. Many said cussing This happened more than a People In the temple at the According to local reports, miracle he had wrought in' her recalled a siinilar miracle, rethey bad seen an unusually new- cousin. the mother of the fact time that the confirmed Mary, the the when local ago Zacharias, year a priest cently involving bright star that appeared to priest, was in the temple offer- priest was in normal health born Jesus in Bethlehem, is a Mary stayed here with Elizaand his wife. move across the sky and come cousin ' of Elizabeth. he the entered when sanctuary incense. Zaching About six months ago, to rest over the stable, where beth for almost three months. visited cousins home her word a could not but after Mary that the Zacharias speak reported a arias, the priest, and his wife, the child Jesus was resting la was soon after her departure It few a at months here which out. ago, would son him his told coming TOWN EXCITFD News of the miraculous birth In a BethleElizabeth, both quite old and angel a John was bom. manger. that she time too, time that In due unto Elizabeth of fathers she, turn reported gave the hearts hem stable today brought throngs of curious Inhabitants childless, became the parents of Best informed sources said son. When it had been visited by the angel Now at Bethlehem the second their children and the incredu- birth to a ft son whom they named John. around where the stable the promised Son of God" that shepherds in nearby fields crowding the Gabriel who told her she would promise of the angel . Gabriel Just as in the case of Mary, lous to the wisdom of the just, came time tor the naming, was born to a virgin from Nazareth. were first to learn of the birth. fulfilled. been to Son has God. to birth of the started apparently give mother of the newborn- - Jesus, to prepare unto the Lord a per relatives gathered and They were quoted as saying an named child is born to when Even The arrived call the child Zacharias, after Mary Mary first Copyright, 1(52, by the N E 8. the angel Gabriel appeared to feet people." angel appeared in the heavens Permlmion to to or have Jesus. reprint ny all of this page must Zacharias and, told him Eliza Because he expressed doubt his father. But the priest mo here. Elizabeth is said be secured by tbs copyright owaers. nxs., Sui linguae, Calif. and told them the great news. 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