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Title: True stories for little people..
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Richmond, E. J. (from old catalog)
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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TORIES FKOM THE BOOK. slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, andin all the coasts thereof, from two years oldand under. Foolish king ! He tried to measure strengthAvith Jehovah. Joseph and Mary and the youngchild were safe in Egypt, while in all the homes ofBethlehem mothers were crying for their mur-dered children. The gifts of the wise men, probably, made theway easy for them; and the cruel king was cutdown in a year, and the angel told them to returnto Israel, where they found that the son of thecruel Herod reigned. Led by his never-failing guide, Joseph wentfarther north into Galilee, and there made the cityof Nazareth holy ground. Joseph and Mary littledreamed that the humble city which was theirrefuge should be a sacred shrine to which thou-sands of pilgrims should come in the future years. And in the lowly home of Joseph the carpenter,the child grew strong in spirit and in wisdom. He w^as the Son of God — the King of kings;yet He gave a perfect example of how a child i
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THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. 155 should live. Every little child has a perfect jjat-tern in His life. When at twelve years of age He went up withHis parents to Jerusalem, He found more pleasurein the temple, hearing the learned doctors, thananywhere else; and His parents had gone a daysjourney on their return home when they missedHim. They went back to the city, and soughtthree days before they found Him. Then they went into the temple, and there theboy sat among the learned doctors, - both hearingthem, and asking them questions. And all thatheard Him were astonished at His understandingand His answers. Mary, like any mother, said to Him, — Son, why hast thou dealt thus with us ? be-hold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.He answered her, ^^ Wist ye not that I must beabout my Fathers business ? Yet He obedi-ently returned to )Nazareth with them, and •• wassubject unto them. The commandment, ^Children, obey your par-ents in the Lord, He kept truly, and increased lot) TRUE ST

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