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Show " 30 THE INTERMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC , by the spectacle which met their gaze. The angels gave them a sign by which they could recognize the Infant Saviour. The sign, though prejudicial to the Infants claim, the truthtelling evangelist tells in all its simplicity. Note that sign which, to the world of pride, would be a passion and pleasure-seekinscandal and stumbling block. Here is the sign by which they were to recognize God You shall find the invested in mans attire. Infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid Luke II. 12). in a manger. If this narrative were an invention, we would expect that at the arrival of those simple shepherds they would find angels hovering around the stable and paying homage Babe. How He, Who to God, the new-boris to redeem the world and thereby give glory to God and bring peace to men, should Himself be dishonored as He is artlessly and sincerely described by the evangelist vouches for the truth of the narrative as it does for the apparition of the angels to the shepherds. There is no room for doubting what the inspired historian relates. What happened after the arrival of the shepherds in Bethlehem? They made a profession of faith. They understood the word that had been spoken to them. They fully realized the truth of the angels announcement that a Saviour was born, and in their simple, earnest manner they were And all impressed with the same belief. that heard wondered; and at those things that were told them by the shepherds. That was how the mustard seed of the Christian faith, proclaimed by angels and attested by shepherds, began to grow. It is true, as may be easily proven, that everything occurred according to the prophecies made hundreds and thousands of years before; yet the splendor of the divinity is concealed beneath the weakness of the humanity, and the first witnesses are men without power or influence. They announced the great truth and all who hear them wonder. It is simple, guileless shepherds who are pleading Gods cause and planting the seed of divine faith, and no sooner do they announce it than it begins to fructify. The world, represented by Herod and pagan dominion, tries to nip g, Foreign and American Marble and Granite Monuments The Standard Marble and Granite Co. Yard and Office, Phone Was. 1879. Cleaning 156-16- 117-11- & West Broadway Salt Lake Gty, Utah 9 Dyeing Co. E. 2nd South 0 Was. 580 n Walker Electric ' 15 East Broadway Was. 4703 Home of the Woodrow Washer Make Your Christmas Money Get You the Most We Carry a Complete Line of Electric Appliances Satisfaction Guaranteed J. W. OBrien, Mgr. Southgate the Tailor Riding Breeches and Hahits Military Uniforms Suits and Overcoats Clerical Suits 465 7th Avd Salt Lake City, Utah |