Show no amount of retelling can add to lustre of this greatest story hero here la is a story that has como come down to us through centuries of war var and pence and life and death as an eternal message of liopo hope and falth faith it has been told and told again in diverse languages and strange tongues yet it has remained forever forever the me same the simple story a of a king among men men alen lived and died long before the coming of this king icing yet the world began anew and manicini manIt manI lnA cInd story pago 6 0 col 2 story from pago page 8 3 col 7 has since marked all time in his name I low ilow grand and glorious it might seem to say that trumpets announced his arrival and court criers were sent forth into the hills to awaken the sleeping multitudes with the great news Y yet e t centuries of retelling by th the e greatest of orators and writers have added no worldly lustro lustre to the life and death of this king no trumpets preceded him he had no credentials but himself no guards or royalty accompanied compa nied the humble pair that had journeyed to bethlehem this man joseph weary and footsore searching every inn asking at every doorway becoming more determined each time he was wag told there was no room for a poor carpenter and his expectant wife this woman mary palo pale and tired from a journey too long for a woman in her condition resting uncomfortably upon the back of an ass whose plodding footsteps echoed through the night there was no palace merely a stable where joseph finally found refuge from the cold of the night no trumpets only a star which brought three chosen wise men from tho the orient no nc court criers only the soft voices of angels waking the sleeping shepherds on the hillside in the simplest of surroundings was born this king and in such did he live dwelling not in marble halls sitting not upon a worldly throne wearing no crown other than a wreath of thorns for 30 years he lived quietly following the humble trade of a carpenter for three years he walked among the people preaching a strange new message of love faith and hope nineteen wide centuries have come and gone yet even today the simple birth life and death of this thi one king covering a span of os merely thirty years and three remains and shall remain the greatest gift mankind has ever known for almost 20 centuries this simple story has been repeated time and again it has been the subject for the worlds greatest prose poetry and music through mans struggles with himself and with his neighbor in his constant battles with the elements of nature in times of war and in days of peace this simple story has brought to generation upon generation new hope for eternal salvation and a greater faith in god it is truly the greatest story ever told |