The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-12-23
The J INST Christ mas
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uays EHlat ttnere went 0Hts q; de-.
cree froma asaag Augtstus, that
all the wpr1d should be taxed.
and all went to be taxed every !,
one into hE own city, Joseph
went o,1tsat, Nazareth. 4 unto
Judea, e bethlehem to be taxed, :
J with: MarX. $his espeaed wife,
who Was great with , child.
While they were thereithe days
!. were aecomplished that / she
should be- elixered; and she
brought forth her first, born SON
and wrapped. him In aYaddlipg
clothes, and laid him in q man
ger. because there was NO room '
for them III the Inn. : *, y, =, 4
There was In the same coun-
try shepherds abiding. In the
field, keeping watch over their
flock by. night; and 10, the an
gel OF the5 Lord came upon them
and the glory Of tho Lord shone
round about them; and they
were sore afraid. And the. an
gel said ,1nto them: Fear not;
for, behold. I bring you,ggood
tidings of}gfeat Joy, which shall
be to all the people, Fer unto
you is born this day, IN theScity
of David; Savior, which is
Christ, the Lord And this
shall be a sign unto you; :Ye
shall find the baby ,wPapped In
swaddline clothes, lying in a
manger!''.i -. =
And suddenly there was with
the angel a multitude f. of the
heavenly host praisingSGad, and
saying: Glory, to God in the
highest and on earth; Z peace,
good will toward. menu -. -
And,;it: came to pass as the
angels were gone away, from
them into heaven. the sheIl11
herds, said, one to another; LET:
VS. now gp4stntp: Bethlehem, III; ssasks
see this thug (which has, came
to .;spass, NSs t;isGh the Lordas6aas}
hAde knowh 81 bss,; ~ * ~ ~, s3s f fs'
! And they Sam&a Wits haste,
and found Mary and Joseph.
and the sbabeelying in the man
ger; and wheh they, had sean it
they nade known abroad the,
sayfn g which yvasSsss ala -,%them.,
concerning TIE q >enffd, y A1r they
that heard It wondered at those
things. which were told them
by. the shepherds; but Mary
kept All these things and pom
dered them in her heart, and
the Shepherds returned gloric',
flying and praising, God forteslI
the. things they had heard yana ,
. seen, as It was told unto them. ,
-, " When 'the eight days were:
accomplished, the child's name
was called JESUS, and when
the days Of publication were ac-
!complished, they brought him
TO Jerusalem, to present him
to the Lord and offer O. sacri-
flee according to that which Is
said In the law of the Lord
a pair Of turtledoves, or two
young pigeons. I:
And behold, there was O. man
In Jerusalem, whose name WAS
Simeon; and the same man was
just and devout, waiting for the
consolation of Israel. It was
revealed unto him by the Holy
Ghost that he should not see
death before he had seen the
Lords Christ. And he came by,
the Spirit unto the temple;
and when the parents brought
In the child jesus, to do for
him after the custom OF the
law, then took he him up in
his arms, and blessed God and
said: Lord, now lettest thou
thy. servant depart In peace, &C.
cording to thy word. For mine
eyes have seen thy salvation
Which thou hast prepared be-
. fore the face of all people,
a light to tighten the Genfiles
and the glory Of thy people Is-
rael."
Joseph and his mother mar
yelled at those ! things which
were spoken Of him, and Sine
on blessed them and said unto
Mary, Els mother, Behold this
child Is set for the fall and
rising again Of many In Israel.
and for sign which shall be
spoken against! Yea, a sword
Of fire shall pierce through
thine own soul also, that the
thoughts Of many hearts may
be revealed" So
And there was one Anna a
prophecies, the daughter OF
Pbanuel Of the tribe Of Aser:
she was of great age, widow
Of about four score and four
years, which departed not from
the temple, bat served Cod with
HASTINGS and prayer night and
day. And she coming ia that