Identifier: childslifeofchriholm (find matches)
Title: A child's life of Christ : in words of one syllable
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Holmes, Prescott
Subjects: Jesus Christ
Publisher: Philadelphia : H. Altemus
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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hischild should reign in the hearts of men, and, byhis own life on earth, should teach them howthey ought to live. But the Jews thought theymeant that he would be a great king like Da-vidand Sol-o-mon, and would free them from alltheir foes and make them rich and great. Foryears they looked and longed for this child tocome, and wise men in all lands watched for anew star which it was said would make knownhis birth. Near the time that Ma-rys babe was born,while he was still quite young, some wise andrich men from a far off land came to Je-ru-sa-lem and said, Where is he that is born King ofthe Jews ? for we have seen his star in the East,and have come to see him and pay our vows tohim. He-rod was vexed when he heard thesewords, for he knew the Jews did not like him,and would be glad to have some one else rulethem, and he feared this new king would oneday take his crown from him. He made up hismind to get rid of the child at once, and to thatend he asked his scribes and priests where it
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JE-SUS IN THE CAR-PEN-TER SHOP 11 12 A CHILDS LIFE OF CHRIST. was that Christ should be born. They told himin the town of Beth-le-hem. He bade the wisemen from the East to go and find him; and toldthem when they had seen the boy to come backand tell him where he was so that he, too, mightgo to see him and bring gifts, and give himpraise. So the wise men set out once more, and lo,the bright star they had seen in the East wentin front of them till it came to the spot wherethe child was. Then it stood still, while theywent in and bowed to Je-sus (that was thebabes name) and gave him the gold and myrrhthey had brought for him. God warned them ina dream not to let He-rod know where Je-suswas; so they went home by a new way. Whenthey were gone, an an-gel of the Lord came toJo-seph, in a dream, and said, Take the wifeand babe and flee to Egypt, and stay there till Ibring thee word; for He-rod will seek the youngchild to slay him. So Joseph fled to Egypt,and stayed there as long as He-rod liv

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