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was born a Saviour, Christ the Lord. Obedient to the
heavenly vision, the shepherds journeyed to the inn at Beth-
lehem, and there they found Joseph and Mary and the babe
in the manger-cradle even as the angels had said. We may
be sure they spoke to Joseph and Mary of the wonders they
had seen.

What seems noteworthy just here is the simple iaith,
the unquestioning trust of these first worshipers of Christ.
The lowliness of Christ’s birth was no hindrance to their
faith. They had heard the message of the angels; they had
found the infant in the manger; they believed and bowed low
before him, and went forth and became the first evangelists
of the new-born King. They told their message plainly and
simply. They had heard the angels sing; they had been
eye-witnesses of the lowliness as well as the glory of the
advent. Luke says: ‘And they came with haste and found
Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And
when they had seen it they made known abroad the saying
which was told them concerning this child. And all they
that heard it wondered at those things which were told
them by the shepherds.”

Meantime the days pass on. Joseph and Mary were
obedient to the laws of the land—though those laws
were made and administered by Romans—or they would
not have been in Bethlehem now. But they were also loyal
to the Lord God of Israel, and obedient to the law of Moses
and so it came to pass that after eight days Jesus was
brought into the Temple.

It is worth while to remember that Christ’s first jour-’
ney was to church. He was taken to church that he might
be made a son of Abrabam after the manner of the Jews,
and that he might receive his name. His name was called