Show announcing the birth of a king and savi IN I 1 N FACT and fancy walk by nigh the squat walled streets of old cihil bethlehem A bright star hangs a bar the bousa of dald t the lie old inn 0 i chitham Chim ham homes ho mes are emptied will fright and awe the people stand gaz gas ing at the flaming herald to thi th south and west a cloud of 0 fire hat lowered over the fields ot of boaz when once ruth gleaned barley behind th alx re apers the night air Is burdened with silent melodies the strong starlight mantles the village with i stranger happiness strange omen crowd the he hour people are gathering down by UK tb old inn they stand in silence men are as voiceless as the night onia the few have dared to whIsP whisper cr A man comes out of the inn now and then he presses its ills lips against a neighbors ear and whispers stran gers from nazareth a child Is born 1 now the people fall back to maki room tor for a company of night watchers from the sheep flocks their be grimed faces bright with excitement and wonder they are from the boas hills they tell excitedly the story of angels singing praises to god and announcing noun cing the birth of a king and savior they have come to see follow them through the old house into the adjoining eaves caves where even meek eyed beasts share the wonder of the night there are the strangers from nazareth and there in the manger their newborn new born child the simple shepherds kneel before the child and tell the story of the sky they declare the child is a king scarcely are the shepherds gone before a slight commotion heralds the coming of bearded strangers travel stained but richly garbed they had seen the star months before and they had followed from the east it was a king they had come to find the they y bow down and worship they PH pile e gold beside the file swaddled babe and fill the c calp aap with the odor ot of incense an elder from the synagogue brings a scroll and reads and ills his name shall be called counselor the mighty god the everlasting father the prince ot at peace then understand you hare witnessed the mightiest miracle ot of earth here Is the place where divinity became humanity that humanity might become divinity william L 1 gaston 0 1927 western newspaper union |