ANGELS ENCAMPED AROUND HIM. 7

he was the King of heaven, who would live here a little
while and then go back to his throne again.
 When they first came on their journey they went to
the city of Jerusalem and began to ask, "Where is the
child that is born a king? We have seen his star and
are come to worship him."
 Herod, the king in that city, heard of their coming,
and why, and was afraid lest he should lose his throne;
he sent for the chief men to come and tell what they knew
of any expected king.
 They said it was written long before, that in Bethle-
ham One should come who would rule. Then the cunning
king sent secretly for the wise men, and told them to go
to Bethlehem and search for the child, and when they
Found him to bring him word that he might go and wor-
ship too.
 A wiser, stronger King was keeping guard; angels
brought messages of safety as well as glad songs. They
whispered in dreams to the wise men, "Go home another
way; take no word to Herod." One said to the father,
" Arise, take the child and his mother to the land of Egypt,
for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."
When the king got no word from the wise men, he was
angry and sent soldiers to destroy every little boy in
Bethlehem.
 There were cries of sorrow in many homes, but the
One he sought was safe under the palm.trees far away.