Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
MINNIE MAY DUFFIELD
HOW THE OTHER
WISE MAN FOUND
THE KING.

Lear JuDl0fS:
When Christ was born in Bethle.
hem Of Judea in the time when HeroC
was king there came from the east Of
Jerusalem three wise men. They said
Where is he that is born king Of the
Jews? For we have seen his star in the
east and are come to worship him."
When Herod heard this he was very
puzzled and so were all the people Of
Jerusalem.
King Hesod called together all tn:
scribes and chief priests Of the people
child was to be born. and they said
I'm Bethlehem Of Judea; for thus it is
written by tho prophet"
Then Herod talked secretly with the
wise men and asked them at what time
the star had appeared. He told them to
60 to Bethlehem and seek the Christ
child and when they had found and
worshipped the child to come and tell
him where Jesus was that he might
worship him also.
Then the wise men departed from
Herod and the same star they had
seen in the east went before them till
it came and stood over the place where
the young child was. Then the wise
men went into the stable and found the
Christ child lying in a manger wrapped
i'll swaddling clothes and they fell down
and worshipped him and gave him
gifts Of frankincense. gold and myrrh'
dream not to 60 back to Herod, 30
they departed to their own country in
another way.
The Bible gives a rather meager ac-
count OF tho Magi as to where they
came from and where they went after
the visit to the Christ child. But Lew
Wallace gives us such vivid and
beautiful description Of their meeting
and their journey on their wonderful
most inspired.
Henry Van Dyke tolls the legendary
story Of 1.-THE Other Wise Man. a
wealthy and learned Persian who sod
his magnificent home and his many
possessions for three costly gems
which he meant to present to the
Christ child and started to follow the
star Near Babylon he found a dying
Hebrew by the wayside and spent
several hours ministering to him, So
he missed the three wise men at the
place where they all were to meet and
thus had to part with one Of his gems
to fit himself with a caravan with
which to cross the desert When he
reached Bethlehem Joseph and Mary
had taken the child and started to
Egypt, so that he missed him.
He pxsted with one OF his jewels ID
bride one Of Herod's soldiers to spare
the life Of baby boy.
From this time on he wandered in
search Of the Jews until the day Of the
crucifNon he parted with the last of
his gems to save a beautiful girl from
a life Of slavery.
During the darkness and earthquake
which followed the crucihxion he was
struck with a falling tile from 4
building and as he was dying, the girl
he had saved, bending over him, seme-
ed to hear a voice like still small
music from distance and the other
wise man answered 1t thus: Not SO,
my Lord! For when, saw I thee an
hundred, and fed thee? Or, thirsty and
gave thee drink. When, saw I thee a
stranger. and took thee in? Or naked,
and clothed thee? When, SAW thee
sick or in prison. and came unto thee
Three and thirty years have looked
for thee. but have never seen thy
face nor ministered to thee, my king"
Again. the maid heard the sweet voice
very faint and far away Verify, say
unto thee. inasmuch as thou hast done
it unto one Of tho least Of these, my
brethren. thou hast done it to me-"
The journey was ended. The other
wise man had found the king.
Minnie May Dunield, age II.
Prairie avenue Ottumwa. IA,