Show r. i 1 The First Christmas I I. I I N NIGHT had descended upon I i the hills Mils of Judea All was W hushed and still the earth and ft II Ji t heavens seemed resting in a a ft f fit great deep calm No o sound T I came to break brenk the stillness I i Even the humble shepherd men fj f 1 Jj- Jj who watched their flocks were ft I f. f fit silent they silent they too felt the tine deep deepA A I thrill and m mystery ster of the night X i i I Humble Bumble and uneducated as they i 3 were they could not fathom f jl what It all meant but In their f W I hearts was a sense of awe nwe and w 1 i I wonderment that kept them si- si sit t lf t lent t. t V- V Then on the darkness of the tho ji ft fit ill night there came out of the j heavens a dazzling light and ft i f fi i the shepherds were frightened ft N But nut an angel of the Lord was wasA A AJit I Jit standing beside them and in a X voice that found its way to their JB fery t f. f Tl very ery hearts told them to fear ft f I II fj I not rather to rejoice instead i i JJ- JJ for lIe he was bringing them tidings tidings tid- tid X fit ings of or great jO joy that the longi long long- i I looked for or l-or Savior had been born ft I JJ that night in Bethlehem of ft I 1 N- N Judea And when this angel had lead X j. j finished speaking the glory glor of t tI I heaven shone brighter all fl I. I J I- I I i them and looking up the they beI be- be ft I 1 X I i held a multitude of the heavenly fj J host praising God and singing ft fit I the song that has lIas echoed since ft t fl I 1 through all the ages Glory to ft t 3 I i God in the highest and on earth earthA A j. j peace to men of good will t tI h I i f A A 41 After the angels had departed t tI l I and the dazzling light hind had van van- j 1 Ii p from the he iu hillside the ine shepherds shep- shep f I herds whispered among thel then them st f selves and they decided to leave I their ilo flocks ls and go to the little f. f V town of Bethlehem as ns the angel ft t 1 W iii I hind had told them Over the hills S SJ J I and valleys they went never neVel fl f. f V pausing until they came to the ft f. f 1 humble stable where the Savior Saylor ft i la lay There they prostrated A themselves at ills His feet praising g II I I God for the thing that had come I K r 1 to pass and telling 1 Mary His ft mother and Joseph of what they I I I had bad s seen een and heard that night Ik IkI I Then T en they departed de arted from His I I presence and vent went their wa way ft i f all nIl whom i the they m met et of tho rho ft i I Saviors Savior's coming Jr i ill So was It at the first Christ- Christ ff t f i mas alas Katherine r.-Katherine Katherine l Edelman delmon ft I c 1927 17 Western Newspaper Union jK |