Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-04
Luke and His Gospel
BRASS TAcKs" ON THE SUNDAY School. LESSON

ed to Christianity. He did not know
I Jesus personally. ~ other disciples
did. but evidently had access to many
writings about the Master from
which he wrote his gospel. as we'll
as hear>;y evidence. He commences
his gospel with. ~
"ForY<much as many h H. taken
in hand to set forth in order de-
claration of those things which are
NEST surely believed among us.
Even Us they delivered them unto
us which from the beginning were
eyeWitne>ScS. and ministers of the
word:
1t seemed good to me also. having
had perfect understanding of all
things from the very first. to write
unto thee in order. most excellent
Theophiil,S." TheophiluS is thought
to be 4 lofty Roman friend who had
embraced Christianity.
ST Luke tells of Zacharias. a priest
of the temple. and his wife, Elizabeth
an aging couple. who were childlcSS.
One day when ZachariaS WAS burning
incense in the temple. which was
one of his duties. an angel of the
Lord appeared before him. ZaChariaS
was frightened. but the angel told
him not to be afraid. Thy prayer
is heard: and thy wife. Elizabeth
shall bear thee Il son, and thou shalt
call his name John.
This son. said the angel. would
bring Joy and 9ludnCSS. he. would be
great in the sight of the L ord filled
with the Holy Ghost from'hiS birth,
and many of the children of Israel
shall he turn to the Lord their God"
Further. he shall make ready peo-
pie prepared for the Lord,
ZachariaS Doubts.
ZachariaS doubted that such
thing could be. and the angel Gabriel
told him that lor his doubt'he would
be stricken dumb from then on I'M
til the child was born. And 50 it was.
he was unable to utter I word. and
after his miniStrationS in the temple
were completed he went home.
Six months after this the angel
appeared to Mary, virgin, in the
town of Nazareth. who was engaged
to be married to carpenter named
Joseph. To her ne announced that
she would nave I son and His name
should be called Jesus. Mary asked
how this could be. as she was not
married. but the angel answered.
The Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee. and the power Of the Highest
shall overShadoW thee: therefore also
that holy thing which shall be born
of thee shall be called the Son of
God" Then he told her of tSzabeth's
coming babe.
And sweet Mary anSWetNd: Be
hold the handmade of the Lord: be it
unto me according to thy word And
the angel departed.
Then Mary arose and went TO the
house of her cousin Elizaheth, and
told her what had happened and
Elizabeth said: Blessed art thou
among women" And Mary answered.:
MY soul doth magnify the Lord,
For He hath regarded the low
estate of His handmaiden: for behold,
from henceforth all generations shall
call me blessed.
or he lfldl II IIlSllty l'S''tt N'Cti~
to me great things: and holy IS HIS
name.
Mary stayed with Elizabeth for
three months and then returned TO
Nazareth. Then came the birth OF
Elizabeth's son. All her nelghbors
and cousins reioiccd with her IN her
happiness. and when the baby was
born all were there. and after the
eiehth day. when name was needed,
they wanted him called Zacharlas,
after his father. But Elizabeth sad
no, the name was to be John. But,
said the friends and relatives, no one
in the family is named John, ana
they called to Zacharias to ask what
he would say.
All this time Zacharias had been
dumb. unable to say a word, as the
angel had said. So when he was ask
cd if he didn't want the child named
after him, he asked for paper and
men and wrote His name is John.
And everyone was surprised.
After that Zacharias' mouth was
onened and his tongue loosened, and
ne spake, praising God. To the child
he said: And thou, child, shalt be
called the prophet of his Highest; Tor
thou shalt go before the face OF the