The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 29, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 December 1968 — Page 9

WISE MEN REPORT Birth of Child Wan Fnrtold Bethlehem, Judea This little t wn wiut thrown in an uproar ttxtoy when it was learned that all male Jewish babies twn vrar* oki and under .h<.uM be put t > death. From residents of the village, thi** reporter inquired Concerning the degree and the rinse of it. An oil inn keeper was mght • ait as ne who seemed to know * mething ait the whole thing. A< < cling to the mn ke. per, the village h id b< < n crow |.-d fob ■ 4 citizen* who h id come to t wn ;n a<coid in«' with a decam fr- m Augu ho •' «o ■ requiring them t> be rmolh | for t ovate n He t it»’ I that la’r last < v«nm i Hebrew hearing the name of J a- < ph. n arp. nt* • of Nazar, th. ap}died at the inn .'nr 1 dgtng. He 'm l a kin*! \ fare md enurtenm manner indicating that he was of finely bred family His young wife had a fare of Indrcnbble ' harm and sweetness The H* brew revealed that he wxa • s. n to become a mother, and s i! they had only < me uWay from home he. ause of Car mt s di r. < All o* the roams of the Inn were already occupied, the inn MMM MMM M« M ; Reason’s £ « Greetings J ' V w J Ml 1 \ 4 A fl ! ■ / wlr \ fl I \ k * ; //-vvvvvC ! AW \^\\\ K ■ MWs J Ringing in I best wishes for you! $ ’ i J Bill’s » I Auto Hospital * ? *

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keepe- stated, and there was yet a long line seeking acrommodn* ti n Out <4 sympathy f n the kindly muplr nd their dire ne. the inn keper gave them i pl in tar table attached t > tie iin which he chwned. It made fairly compilable quartern, the man stated. The Inn keeper'** Story I^ste in the evening, according to the inn keeper’s story, be was aroused by a commotion m the stable yard A strange bright light -hone above the .dubk A group of shepherd men we e stan nng in the court yard axserting that they had tn'ormatim that a mystery balw had been Hun here who was to be the long sought deliverer of th. Hebrew people The, bowed in I >w’y ad rub in before the manger, wlm h now contained the newly bom babe, * ucfuilv watered by the young n .th* and her hu d and F n i'te ward, orne u'i\ Ie ned m-T nr rived with precious gi ts for the baby. Before the day wag far spent, the inn keeper mated, ah the people, mdu hng the Hebrew" an I his wife, disappeared. In a # ew hour the soldiers arrived and went fnwn door to door killing all mule Jewish babies two years old and under, before the very eyes of their horror-stricken mothers. That was all the Information the mn keeper could give and »o this reporter made htr way down to Jr-u .dem, where he contacted a tax collrctor by the name o' Mathew, who had been running events and had the following statement to make: Mathew’s Statrfnrnt Last night there were some Wise Men from the East ( me into JeriKihun inquiring about a baby that had been born King <jf the Jews. They stated they had followed a star of Bethlehem. When Herod, the Km: heard of this he was gre itly excited and ent P>r the XV m- Xhn and asked them wfwi* time the Star appeared. He sent them to Bi-thlehem to find the chi! I and to report back to him "t‘ I may come and woi hip Him also.’’ The Wise Men th. n went to Bethlehem and f’mn! ’he child They gave it costly gifts tin I w r hipped It But being su - pi iou of old He.(»! they di ! m-t return to Jerusalem, but turned back into the country by a different route. After they had gone, Joesph and his wife took the baby and have not been seen since. Herod, according to Mathew, apparently* ularmed by this fru« tration of hl* plan* and leter mined not to be thwarted, haued the axt ou nd mg decree thnt aH Jewish male babies In Bethlehem and vicinity of the age nt tw yrwrs and under .should be put to tenth

Having learned tne cause o' Herod dire act from M dhew. the reporter next . onlracted I>r Luke i n< ted ,n wh gave his vef im of th* incident and concluded with th< me • which he st ited, woul 1 >u ‘ ilong as tun* it elf Unto y u is born th>- day in the city of David, a Savior which US Uhl..st th*' L-rd Christmas Has But One Meaning Probably, if all the w rds tl.it huve bcm u »'d t> 1. a. rib.- th. meanmg of Ch -mtn t w< re Hid •ni to end, side i v »id< . tin y would form .. .i. ui'i bi: i.;. f: m hete t Bet' h ■ m Thr-m. h -ut th. world, in ever', c-mei '< Chri'tiar;;’.y, f’hristm i h THE ho’?! umvcr allv celr hr ’• i umv i -di-. re< >gr j Because of the fact that many h ive written -o mu* h ibout (’lm-tn h and its meaning. it i.s remarkable thu’ the stO“y of the N itivity h.n remained su*"h a simple and im affected narrative . . . • E >r <; -1 Si L ved the World. He Gave His Only Begotten Son " In this modern w rl I that we live in. und the pace age t which we have directed our b*-st minds and gr. itest tahml*. it should be a we Icon. »• change for every man. woman .nd child to seek the «errxie solitude of the Masters House arrd there meditate, with reverence, unashamed, upon the true meaning <»f the holiday that we celebrate Chri.Htmaa. event which look place nearly 2000 years ago. B*-c iu.*e God So

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festiviti* s, the far ding .nd the pre .. n > ,m»- mn dill ‘ and in the hath w of th*- mn entoiis Away f >rn the la’igh’er u ! I . •' ■ a 1 H- •: ' B« de. a. i, H nh • n S : . bringing the p: >nu r eternal salvation. The tru* meaning of <’ rix’.'n • Im ne,’her hidden nm it obs< nr*- it i« *m ; u» A ■ 1 %in not oe ignored This i why it beb >1; z . t, nu<l f ill •u e* every corner of the w : 1 And thia i- why each and • ver', ne must carry the m* nmg .» Chr i stm «* wh;n . i • ml build hu own brcH- lo It « eterr, tl HOW TO IHSII.M AN ENBO ( URI* I M\< vAKI^ When < ’hr; । > d ’ * .tart comiu-. w■ rnj • but often wl.« n th* y b. n • it i ;\m gr> at er nam • st H k Up in f< I z tier | Plan asp. . ill tm • a Ja . perhaps at ti.e dmr.ei tab>, t» bok at th. day G umuia’i u of cud 1 * ur.d remmi «e ibout old friends. 'Ug„- t * Ez* . Johnson. Purdue I n.ver lay r* tension home furnishings q . ia isL After you've looked at the cards, asxiifn one of the > h.ldren to r. >rd the name of the .end* then use the card is p irt of your holiday decorations Mi*s Johnson offers wver *1 de ^rntlve alternatives to tapm.: card helter-sk* ’er around window .nd d<«« frame* A coat hanger nd ah- makes a clever display with carls tip ! or pinn.-J on Th.- mobile, when carefully bthan rd will move with air current so • a > I it . di sp’ay.

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