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another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem,



               and see this thing which is come to pass, which


               the Lord hath made known unto us. And they


               came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph,


               and the babe lying in a manger.”





               Departing  with  great  joy,  they  made  known


               the things they had seen and heard. “And all


               they  that  heard it  wondered  at  those  things


               which were told them by the shepherds. But


               Mary kept all these things, and pondered them


               in  her  heart.  And  the  shepherds  returned,


               glorifying and praising God.”





               Heaven  and  earth  are  no  wider  apart  today


               than when shepherds listened to the angels’


               song. Humanity is still as much the object of


               heaven's solicitude as when common men of


               common occupations met angels at noonday,


               and talked with the heavenly messengers in


               the  vineyards  and  the  fields.  To  us  in  the
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