The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-01-27
biblical RecOrder.)

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heavens must nave oeeh hd'l'Y less
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anu the s','g .! inc h'fd' "hiCh &C
com '"''e'' - 'i0''.e'dhce- nc VISION
d 'he ages 'nat 81 an anger III the
B'''y u 'he h''d anu t''e heavenly
h''l f"ui'u ABOUT p'a''ih2 ''m; tIe
SIDIi'nes' H'us'' ever N"'t9d - 'nS ear
VI 'he'' '''~ '-'''''' ~ '''0 &" - wan '''0
dH6e'' "l' greater la '''"h '"e'e '"e
message - mt anger anu INC meaning
o 'ht song 81 the hNaFehlJ most.
no" I"he' no" many ana No"
weary me }e"'N since the nope OF the
plohi'oe AdI l'el III the hedf' OF l'fae'-
"feace on eaf'h IS uaa'ti"h OF the
ia,fefs' one 81 '''e ShephefnS had
Said. 'N'"d VIII to"afH men IS the
"I'aHi 81 d '"'l''' HIS coup anon
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"o'ln' INC n''' o''''''''''c''' ''''efe IS
no use hoping ''r peace; there must be
s'fIe ana c"ihpe'''l"h' u course, Tor
men are human. eyes, returned
''''' "'''ef' NC S'l'u''i oe 'hahkin' II IS
a. II - ''''' - s'c1' in'e'' we
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work on, 8ooo' Ana inc o. eI con
clu'led the 'l''''e' WI II eSce'iTht I"gIc'
''re"ce IS not iof human oe'hs' any
way s'fi- an" competition are 'he
h"'ufa' e!e'hen'' III hl'hah me- ana
o''C "''' ''oN' ''' '''y 'l''h6 p9''e' .
dreamer. l I'e man "ll' goes on any
'"oh OASIS - uohhd - otc'thS pau
per. ne i1'hefa must nave been very
unreasonable TO expect heaven On earth.
any one 1t seems u me, would know
tnat II we nave peace AMI 6pod VIII
here, there will be nothing to look for
hereafter. We wou!dn want TO 60 to
heaven, would we
God IN heaven heard them. Their
conversation IS Su1Ceniy broken nto:--
"And 10, the angel of the Lord
came up N them, and the glory of the
LORD shone round about them; and
they were sore afraid
DO YOU "onGer that they were
AFRAID, those pam shepherds, whose
minds were upon sheep, not angels
"And the angel SAID unto them,
rear mol: for, behold, bring you good
tldlngS OF great JOY, which shall be 10
all people. For unto you IS born this
day IN the CITY OF David Saviour,
which Is Christ the Lord. And this
snail be sign unto you; yc shalt find
the babe wrapped in swaddllng clothes,
lying IN manger.
"Anu suddenly there was with the
anger multitude OF the heavenly host
| praiaihS Hoh, saying, Nlory to God IN
the highest, and on earth peace, good
viii toward men.
y sublime scene that, but a greater
ana SuOiIntr message. And when
the shepherds mad heard 1t, they went
and saw the sign, and returned to their
places 8iorifylng and pralSing God for
all the Things that they had heard and
seen.
What they heard was the important
| thing. They Saw what they saw only
because 1t was necessary that they see
II III ofoef 'hat they should believe
"'l'' '"ey heaiu.
Spectacle & 10 tt3r
the message caused them to marvel.
Gle has really come, the Messiah,
SAID the onf. "And how wonderfully
has ne come, SAID the other; 81 would
think 1t was dream, If had not seen
the sign as the angel told us
"But the wonder of 1t is, that He is
TO Drlng feace on earth, Good will to-
ward men, said one of them thought
fully. "Peace on earth. SAall there
lie no more wa? What will Caesar
Augustus say, and l1erod? VIII they
not make wal? Good will toward
men.-wnat does that mean? And
dId not the angel say the udlngs were
10 az people
hen spoke another OF them who had
SorfowfuIIy heard his companions for
mer conversation, and though moved
had not the heart to attempt TO gainsay
them. ole has come, the Lord and
Saviour OF US all; lie has come for all
the peoples as was propheSled; He has
come to establish the kingdom Of God,
which the prophets foretold and the
fathers prayed Tor; He has come 10
give men peace, to bring them to their
rather and make US all brothers again;
re HAS come win Sood VIII rom the
Father. HOW lie snail do Al! | know
not, but the Almighty has sent Him.
Ana there snail be glory to God in the