Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1951 — Page 20

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I > r i ! ’ '• ■ ‘ ! • . By RUSSEL RAYMOND VOORHEIS I Central Press Cofrespondevit j THERE WERE LOTS of things that were different in Bethlehem, j Everybody did: not notice ,them, I but Samuel, onfc of the stable men B|t the inn, did.: , , ■ There was a sereneness About J the coolness oft the evenings that 1 he had never noticed before, i The I oranges seemed bigger than usual this year. And they went brighter. The lemons, tod. were a more brilliant hue and glistened in the noon day sun. ’ - The vines 'had mostly been pruned but this year’s pruning | had not seemed to destroy !their beauty as ini pthdr years. Even the asses that Samuel tended I seemed to be imuch more gentle than ever. For all the ’many, many years that Samuel had been one of,the stable nlen at the inn in Bethlehem , he had never rioticed so many tie things that- were different. It made him wonkier and as he won- j dered he hopejd. He had always hoped that it ; would happen In his lifetime, a hope that he sometimes felt was selfish. -But I am npt selfish.” he would say to himself when these thoughts , came to bother him. ”It is not that I am selfish that I want it to happen in myi lifetime, it is just , that 1 believe.? ■ - ' i The days and nights wore on in ( Bethlehem. Iti seemed as if every- * where that Samuel looked he saw new indications that things were different. Sometimes as he lay in his comer in the stable he was sure he could hear a soft voice saying to h(m: ••‘You shall see and be exceedingly glad.” J 0 But he was.'nex er sure whether he had heard, a volee saying this to him 4 pr whether it had been just a dream. But regardless he kept his faith and kept hoping. • \ No More Rooms ! It had been a hard day at the inn. Guests Itad seemed to come from everywhere so that there were no more . rooms available. Samuel had been busy all day and into the evening caring for the asses and other animal* of the 4 guests who had arrived. J He hadn’t minded it because his club foot had < not hurt him at all that day. Thit was another thing that he had noticed of late. His foot had hurt b* m ess than it used * to hurt. He even wondered, sometimes, if he could walk without his: ’/ cane. - He even tried but found that this, just a hope and I ‘ a wish. I , Tired but Happy. Samuel, went i to his little place in the stable for • a well earneifi.night Hf sleep: He had hardly ikin down when the master of the|,inn was at his side awakening hifa. . •>’ •’Arise. Samuel, arise,” the muster of the inn said to him. “There ( are more guests and we must care for them. The woman is with child?’’ I '< ’>' ! Samuel quickly arose and began to prepare the stall for the late ar, riving guests,| a man and his wife. Samuel first hiade them comforiable in the stMilvand then he took their nss and .cared for it. i

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>| ■ ’ ■ ' ' I. When, this extra work was finished Samuel found a nook in the stable and tried to sleep. But he hasn’t sleepy. He wasn't even tired, although a short time before j Jii? had «>een ready to sleep. A As he lay in his little nook trying to sleep with unwilling eyes he sensed something of which he knew not. For there had been lots of things that Samuel had noticed as different- And 'tonight there wai? something in the cool night air itself that was different. : -It has happened.” It was a soft vdice that spoke j to Samuel. Yes, he ha 4 fallen j asleep-. He plainly heard the voice as he awoke. He listened. People ; Seemed to be moving about. There was excitement in the air. *. “It has happened,” the voice i liaid again?Samuel arose and took his cane. i “It has happened.” ■ ? Gifts to the Stable Samuel looked oyt. He saw poo- i pie hurrying to the other end of the stable. In their hands many Carried boxes that looked like gifts of Apices and things. Not sure that his hope had been fulpfllJed but hoping that it had. Sam- | i yel hobbled ou| with his cane as a , - helm V I He walked over to one of the Grange trees in the, yard of the inn picked off some large’, colorful dranges. They seemed larger than s|ny he had ever .seen on the trees. They shone brightly in the mounhght. \'■ » Slowly he hobbled over to the other end of the stable. There ( Were people there, some coming I Hod some going, all bringing gifts of one srt pg another. Slowly Samuel started to enter. , , -It has happened.” i It wns the same voice again.

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Samuel hobbled in and saw in the stable the man and wife, who had arrived lat«. But'now’ there were three. A little babe lay in ; the stable w’ith his mother, nestling close to her after the fashion cf babes. With bowed head Samuel humbly hobbled in and laid the gift at the feet of the 1: ttle Jesus, for Jesus was the name of the little babe. f Others wer£ coming in with tlyeir gifts, too, so Samuel turned and went out of the stable. \ ’A Mother's Smile i “The mother (looked at me and i smiled,” Samuel mused to himself , rs hQjJurned his way to the end of I the stable wher * he had found a ! corner in which to rest. \ ■ He walked up a few steps. \ “And the babe smiled at me, i tco,” Samuel said half to himself. He went on steps more. ' -My cane, my cane,” he suddenly exclaimed half to himself. For the i first time he had noticed that he had dropped it when he had looked dow-n at the babe in his mother's arms and had walked out of the •stable without it. Samuel stooped and looked down. I His club foot war, no more. It was | like his other foot. He took another xtep. ?He could walk. His ! foot didn't He could again without a cane. He could I walk like otocr men. In gratefbtriess he sank to his ; knees there in the yard bf the ipn before the stable to thank God for j the miracle that he had worked. As tears ,of happiness rah in rivulets down his cheeks he heard the soft voice again. “It has been done?’ Samuel listened with a prayer , in his heart. l ‘Tc has been done. You believed.”

—W BI xv t7^ ? (1/ ° Our sn<^s naigu'-ors we offer our sincere wishes for a very Merry Chr.stmas. . j J " • A 7- ' To you, our we extend our thanks for your \ friendliness in the past year. J And (or all of us we add the hope for a peaceful | X IM and bountiful New Year. Alva Lawson Plumbing & Heating 5 Phone 3-9475 , W ¥ , Slir J ■ ' OPe y<>U en J°y every minute of f ‘ / every hour of every day of glorious ‘ Holiday Season. A 'Merry Christmas and’ A Happy New Year to all. k a? * ' \ ■ Knapp, Service Station ' i. ■ ■ ‘ j. s \'» ■ ' - ..' . » z- Aaa A a 1 \\ .&■ Um vWte ? ' - During this Yuletide Season and , throughout the New Year, may you enjoy—i/P* The CAadncss of Christmas . u’/itcA is hope, Jis4 • W, '■ which is peace; / t J.» li. Tlcart of Christmas wk , * wAtcA is/orc. I v VICTORY ’’’U A\... i sJWßffr ' ■ ><z ■ L ’vjk "w >—gSia—inr h ir-Tr irir-ir x’ir>r irSr - Tr-"K' 9r-4r -•:-it > _». f 1 I. *' *~ry¥l' *-‘*'-*

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