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Show The First Christmas ;'i "JIr'HT had descended upon .- j,' the hills of Judea. All was .; hu.-hed aud still; L;e earth and t! V- heavens seemed resting la a jt t great, deep calm. No sound -J jt came to break the stillness. ' .'j Even the humble shepherd men f. who watched their llocks were j' !,'. silent they, too, felt the deep jl thrill and mystery of the night. . Humble nnd uneducated as they J.. . were, they could not fathom t' what It ad meant, but In their " hearts was a sense of awe nnd - j Jl wonderment that kept them si- ' :; lout ij Then on the darkness of the ij night there came out of the l jl heavens a dazzling light and ! ( the shcdicrds were frightened. y I'ut an nngcl of the Ixrd was -J . statidliig beside them nnd In a !j ' J voice that found Its way to their jl very hearts told thorn to fear i .j not, rather to rejoice instead, j J. for lie was bringing them tld- t lugs of great Joy, that the long- l jt looked-for Savior had been born t! 'j that nlgl-.t l:i r.cthlcliem of Jl Judea. And when this angel had - J t. tlnishcd speaking the glory of 'v j heaven shone brighter nil tbout l! jt them, and looking up they be- j) , held a multitude of the heavenly ' J- host praising Cod nnd singing Jj the song that lias echoed since . jl through nil the ages: "Glory to JJ . God In tho highest and on earth Jicace to men of good will." ,' j t! After the nngels had departed jl and the darr.llng H-ht had van- :( Isluvl from the hillside the shop- '.') ij herds whispered aniong them- .j selves, and they decided to leave .'.' J.- their lloeks ami go to the little t t( town of Bethlehem, as the angel j jj had told them. Over the hills -J J and valleys they went, never imuslng tinlil they came to the . humble stable where the Savior i' jl lay. There they prostrated -J ,' themselves :it His feet, praising .' fonl for the thing that had come J,. to pass, mid telling Mary, Ills ti j mother, nnd Joseph of what they j'l had seen and heard that night. -J ,'(- Then they departed from His .' ), presenco and Went their way, I t( tellng nil whoi.i tl.ey met of 'he jl Savior's cicilng. .j So was It at the first Christ- I' . mas I Kathei iue lolclinan. ) t. (A I TT. W.-Mrtn N ''pprr Villi -11.) I |