Show t i Ii T The First Christmas y pt p I 1 t I INIGHT N NIGHT had descended upon V the lulls hills of or Judea All was y hushed and still sUIl th the earth and I I I heavens IleaH leavens ns seemed resting In la a aI I great deep calm Iso Do o sound r p I came to break the tho stillness h ti i 1 Lien en the humble shepherd men It who watched their flocks were vere I t ii it t they silent silent they too felt the deep j E r thrill thrU and mystery of or the night night ti humble and uneducated as aa they Ik I IT T were they could not fathom 11 ili bd what It all meant but Lut In their b 1 d I hearts was a sense of ot awe ae and and f 1 M wonderment that kept them sl cl f Ili I lent I y Ii t t Then on the darkness of ot the I 1 l I night there came out of ot the ft il I heavens hea a dazzling light and Ii 1 j the shepherds were frightened I 11 J 1 I Ithe But nut an angel of ot the Lord was ns 1 t standing beside lJ them and In a aJ a aI I II III J 1 I oleo that found Its way nay ay to their II fI very ery hearts hents told them to fear jl t tI r I f not rather to rejoice instead I I for tor Le lie was wa bringing them Ud tid Ili t Ings of or great reat joy that the long If t p I looked for tor Savior had been born bornt III I II that night In la Bethlehem or of iI I y Judea And when this angel had tI finished bl e the glory or of II i heaven beaHn shone brighter all nil II JI them and looking up they be I IS held a e of or the heavenly heavenly 1 host praising God nn an 1 I singing J JI y I the tho song that has echoed since I y t through all the tir ages Glory to 1 I 1 j Tj God In the highest and on earth earth I Ili L peace to men of ot good will I J r After the nn angels els had departed I i ll i and the dazzling light had bad hadan an an any anI I Ir Ili y r from the hillside the shop y shep shep- 1 1 fr I herds buds whIspered among them them jt l t aches se and they decided to leave leavey their nocks flocks and go 10 to the little I fh T It town of ot Bethlehem as ns the angel I I 11 had told them Over the hU hills hillsand s sI t I Ii and DUe s they went nevert never I pausing until they came to the t I 1 t humble stable where the Sailor Ca lor IJ h la There they 4 Li lay lai r I 11 1 J 11 themselves at Ills feet teet praising J God for the thing thin that had bad come II t tto to pass and telling tellin Mary lary Ills His If t tl mother and Ind Joseph of ot what they It Il A J had seen teen and heard that night Jt t Then they departed from Ills I I Ii pre presence enco and Vent event their way warf ar Ii 11 l I l all tt-cy tt met mot of the It tf t SavIor Saviors s coming A Ay i J y 1 o So o was It at the first firt ChrIst IIi L y mas mus l I 1 I delman II I l If j U T It-T 7 Western Wet r N w a r U 1 MI If If I Jam j |