The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-12-23
BY AGNES MYERS

Ysa Many hundreds years ago there place called
Shepherds Field of the little town of Beth
lehem and fertile district There many
small hills and valleys In places orchards and vines
had been planted in the past perhaps when David had watched
and fed his sheep oks of sheep about this coun
try and the shepherds who tended them gentle and kind
They them just the way and the sheep fol-
lowed shepherd would always stay with his flock, even
through the coolest nights protecting them from wolves and
wild animals and watching that they did nov 60 astray
At little lambs brought the church special
holy days give people brought the best lambs
flock they God The shepherds who raised
the church lambs always good men who loved God
During the night when the ocks would be sleeping in the fields
the shepherds would talk together and tell stories They knew
mysteries the sky where large and small bnked
over their lighted the way until morning brought the
They loved the life in the open under the blanket Of
sky they could hear Nature breathing freely out
there fields with the stars the dew and the perfume
AS they watched they sang Shepherds Psalm
1.-THE My Shepherd for they of faith humble
men dressed clothes with big crooks in their hands
They King Glory who would earth some
Surely the King would to fulfill the promise Had
the prophet Micah told them the Bible that the Ruler
would spring Bethlehem And thus they talked wondering
the Saviour would really their humble little town; and
they just poor Shepherds would the King Of Glory for
whom all the people had been watching.
WI LAS asleep and little woody lambkns were Struggled in
% their mothers eecy hush had settled over the
flock broken only by the voices of Shepherds talking and ed
tatng their way Suddenly wondrous light came out OF
the heavens Gorousy beamed down upon them AT that
moment Angel of the Lord appeared.
The shepherds upon their knees and bowed their heads
for they Then the angel sad Fear not for behold
bring you good dngs great JOY which shall be to all people
you born this day Bethlehem Saviour which is
Lord And be find
the Babe wrapped swaddlng Clothes lying in manger
Then sky became brighter STILL if the gates of heaven
had opened Many many angels their RIGOROUS
fight heradng birth of the Babe with their joyous music
singing hymn which the world has loved Glory God
in the Highest Earth Peace Good Will Toward Men, To
all they telling the story Of their glad tdngs: He
that shall BORN The angels sang of the glory
of the and the that God had placed above
the manger in the east.
Slowly great light faded away and the voices of angels
became hused quiet the night For moment the shep
herds speak They still felt the presence that great
heavenly host which had disappeared into the blue of the sky
awakened intense joy they cried out to
other he King has comet Let 60 at to Bethlehem
And away they eagerly the frosty road their sheep
now all awakened, followed them
y@ In great they arrived in Bethlehem There they
found the little Child with Mary and Joseph old
stable where they had taken shelter The Christ Child
whose cradle manger, lay the hay warmed by the
breath and donkeys He wrapped in soft pieces
of cloth called swaddng clothes, which Mary His mother had
put Him This the sign the Angel of the Lord had given
to the shepherds, so they knew He was the King.
The shepherds upon their knees the stable wor
shipped the Child the manger had into the
world make everybody good and happy The Shepherd
Mankind Jesus Saviour.
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