The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-19
Legends of Child Jesus.

In the nigat 10 Egypt. Joseph and Mary
stopped in q dense wood All the trees
bent toward the child Jesus In homage
10 him. save one. the aspen, which was
too proud With a look of pity more thar
anger. The baby set the tree trembling and
:, has tremblei ever since.
On the journey into Egypt In the desert
south Of Bethlehem. two robbers besst
Joseph and Mary and the child. One Of
the robbers Was Dysmas and he. with
much effort. begged the othsr robber to
let the travellers 30 free. Dysmas was az
terward crucihed with Christ. who prom
issd This day thou shalt be With me in
Paradise
On the return trip to Galilee Joseph and
Mary and Jesus camped under a sycamore
tree. The child was playing a short DIS
tanee from His mother in the sand. sud
denly He arose to HIS feet and with out
stretched arms toidled towards her. This
was the first time She had seen HIM walk.
but she was more startled by a s,gn-for
His posture threw on the sands the shadow
Of crcss.
During the stay in Egypt a woman
brought the boy to the Child, who placed
His tiny hand upon the afflicted one. Ths
evil spirit was cast out. although the boy
was thrown into commissions Mediaeval
legend. with a design makes out this frs;
recipient of miraculous aid 10 be Judas
Iscariot.
Ore day Jesus went down TO the village
in a humorous mood. lie asked a certain
woman where her sons were. Jesus was
POOR and the woman didn't want her little
boys TO pay with Him. She said they
were not at home. Just then He heard a
litter. He asked about it. The woman said
1t was kids rustEng in the straw" Then
Jesus cried in voice OF command: Come
out here. o kids. to your shepherd" The
children changed to Kids. rushed out. ter
rorizing their mother. and forcing her TO
beg Jesus pardon for her falsehood
Come, boys. let US go and play" cried
Jesus. whereupon they changed back TO
their natural condition.
One day His piaymates suggested the
game Of king and chose Jesus 10 act in
that capacity. giving Him a scep;er. While
this game was n progress. two men came
along bearing boy who. in thrusting his
hand into nest to steal eggs. had been
struck by a serpent and rendered uncou-
seious. The child Jesus demanded that
all follow Him back TO the place. The
men protested that they had not the time.
The children We're glad to follow because
they had seen Jesus do wonders before
AT the tree the Child called forth the SER
pent and said: Go and suck out all the
venom which you have injected into the
boy" The serpent did this and the boy
recovered.
One day many children were playing on
the nat roof OF house. \ boy fell of
and lay as dead. The excited parents
eager TO blame some one charged Jesus
with having pushed their boy OF Jesus
obstinately refused 10 deny the charge. At
last His mother arrived and begged Him
to demonstrate That He was not guilty.
Jesus turned to the dead child and said:
''Zeno, rise and tell me; did east thee
down. Zeno at once arose TO his feet
and answered: Nay. Lord. Thou hast
not cast me down. but raised me up"
These legends are apocephal. OF course.
and were invented in ages Of superstition
10 supply popular demand for details IN
the child life of Jesus, so sinsularly lack
ing in authentic works
But buried in the Vastly deep OF unrecord-
ed history as It is. st,n must the child
hood of such glorious manhood have
been marvellous, indeed