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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44531 ***
+
+    THE BOYHOOD OF
+    JESUS
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    PUBLISHED BY
+    DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING COMPANY
+
+    Factory and Shipping Rooms, Elgin, Illinois
+
+
+
+
+Try to be like Jesus.
+
+
+    The Bible tells of Jesus,
+        So gentle and so meek;
+    I'll try to be like Jesus
+        In ev'ry word I speak.
+
+    For Jesus, too, was loving,
+        His words were always kind;
+    I'll try to be like Jesus
+        In thought and word and mind.
+
+    I long to be like Jesus,
+        Who said "I am the Truth;"
+    Then I will give my heart to him,
+        Now, in my early youth.
+                     --_Lillian Payson._
+
+[Illustration: THE BABY JESUS.]
+
+
+
+
+    COPYRIGHT, 1905,
+    BY DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING COMPANY.
+
+
+
+
+The Little Lord Jesus.
+
+
+    Away in a manger,
+        No crib for a bed,
+    The little Lord Jesus
+        Laid down his sweet head.
+    The stars in the sky
+        Looked down where he lay--
+    The little Lord Jesus
+        Asleep on the hay.
+    The cattle are lowing,
+        The poor baby wakes,
+    But little Lord Jesus
+        No crying he makes.
+    I love thee, Lord Jesus;
+        Look down from the sky,
+    And stay by my cradle
+        To watch Lullaby.
+                --_Luther's Cradle Hymn_
+
+
+
+
+The Child Promised.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+THERE was once a time when there was no Christmas at all. There were
+no beautiful Christmas trees and happy songs and stockings filled with
+presents. No one shouted "Merry Christmas!" or "Christmas Gift!" No
+one told the sweet story of Jesus, because Jesus had not come into
+the world and so there was no Christmas. You see Christmas is Jesus'
+birthday, and before he came, of course people could not keep his
+birthday. You have heard of how wicked and unhappy the people were long
+ago. Although God loved them and tried to make them do right, they
+forgot about him and did so many naughty, disobedient things that they
+were very miserable. Then God sent a wonderful message to them. He told
+them that some day he would send them his own Son, who should be their
+King and teach them how to do right. He said that his Son would come as
+a little child to grow up among them to love and help them. God even
+told them what they should call this baby who was to be their King. God
+said that Christ would be like a beautiful light showing them where to
+go. It would be as though some people stumbling sorrowfully along a
+dark street should suddenly see a bright light shining ahead of them,
+making everything cheerful and pleasant. They would be joyful like
+people who gather in the harvest. Jesus makes his children happy, and
+he wants them to shine out and make others happy. These people who were
+so unhappy before Jesus came, were very glad to know that some day he
+would come. They talked about him and waited a long, long time before
+he came and brought Christmas light into the world.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE BABE IN BETHLEHEM.]
+
+
+
+
+The Coming of Jesus.
+
+
+LONG ago there lived a good man named Joseph, a carpenter of Nazareth,
+who built houses and made many useful things for people. He also loved
+to read God's Gift Book, and tried to obey its rules. One day the king
+of the land where Joseph lived ordered everyone to write his name in a
+book, and pay a tax, in his own city. So Joseph and Mary his wife got
+ready to take a long journey to their old home, Bethlehem. There were
+no cars for them to ride in, so they must either walk or ride a donkey.
+As the fashion was there, Mary wore a long, white veil which covered
+her beautiful face.
+
+The streets were full of people, walking, or traveling on mules,
+donkeys, or camels--all going to be taxed. It was winter, but in a
+warm country, and they went through valleys of figs, olives, dates,
+oranges and other good things.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+They must have been very tired when they reached Bethlehem's gates,
+for they had come a long distance, and the dust of the road, the
+bustle of traveling, and the strangeness of it all, seemed to add
+to their trials. The people of Bethlehem had opened their homes and
+welcomed the strangers, until every house was full, and still the
+people kept coming. They could scarcely go up the steep hill, they were
+so weary, and Joseph tried to get a place to rest, but there was no
+kind invitation, no welcome in any house for them, and the inns were
+crowded. The inns were not like our hotels for travelers; they were
+flat-roofed stone buildings, without windows. There were no warm rooms
+with carpets, and soft beds for tired travelers to lie on. There were
+only bare floors, and everyone had to bring his own bed and food. The
+courtyard was full of animals--donkeys, mules, camels, sheep and cows.
+
+After Joseph had tried and failed to get a resting place, as there
+was no room anywhere, some kind friend told him of a cave on the
+hillside which was used as a stable, and to this they gladly went.
+Sweet-smelling hay was all around, and the floor was covered with
+straw; possibly mild-eyed cows and gentle sheep were sleeping in their
+stalls. Along the walls were mangers, or boxes to hold the grain and
+hay when the animals were fed. Here Mary and Joseph found a shelter
+and a sleeping place; indeed, they were thankful to be led there to
+rest upon the hay. In the night a wonderful thing took place: God sent
+the baby Gift Child into the world. This gift had been promised long
+before to Adam and Eve, and now it had come--the most beautiful and
+dearest Baby ever held in a mother's arms. The night grew dark, the
+house-lights went out one by one, and the people in Bethlehem slept.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE ANGELS' SONG.]
+
+
+
+
+The Angels' Joy.
+
+
+THE happiest song that was ever sung was sung on the first and best
+Christmas of all. There was a time when there was no Christmas. Can you
+think how glad you would be if you had no Christmas, and then one day
+all at once you had the first and best one of all?
+
+This song was sung and the first Christmas came one night long years
+ago, far over the sea, near a little town called Bethlehem. It did not
+come first to kings and great people, but to some shepherds who were
+sitting up all night watching their sheep.
+
+Outside of the city were beautiful sloping green fields where the
+shepherds let their sheep run about and eat the grass. The weather
+there is very pleasant at Christmas time; not at all like our weather.
+The shepherds can sit out on the grass all night, watching their sheep.
+
+Did you ever see a sheep or a lamb? Do you know that your mittens and
+jackets and nice warm dresses are made of the wool which the sheep have
+to spare for us? The shepherds have to stay out with the sheep all
+night because they are very gentle and timid animals. They cannot fight
+for themselves, and if they were left alone the wolves would catch them.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+One night about 1900 years ago some shepherds were watching their sheep
+in those fields. Very likely the shepherds were some of the people who
+were hoping that Jesus would soon come; perhaps they were talking about
+him, and wondering how they would know if he did come.
+
+All at once a bright light shone about them, and they saw an angel and
+heard him speak to them. Very kind and beautiful the angel looked, but
+the shepherds were frightened.
+
+The angel said to them, "Fear not; for behold, I bring you good tidings
+of great joy, which shall be to all people; for unto you is born this
+day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this
+shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe, wrapped in swaddling
+clothes, lying in a manger."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+As the angel was speaking, the shepherds saw with him a great number of
+beautiful, shining angels. Then was sung for the first time this grand
+song, for Christmas had come. I do not know the tune, but the very
+words are in the Bible: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
+peace, good-will toward men." Glory to God, for the greatest gift that
+ever came; peace on earth, for all who love this Savior.
+
+As soon as the angels finished the song they went back to heaven, and
+left the shepherds alone.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE SHEPHERDS VISIT JESUS.]
+
+
+
+
+The Shepherds Visit Jesus.
+
+
+WHAT would you do if you had been one of those shepherds to whom the
+angels brought the good news of Jesus' birth? I will tell you what they
+did. They left their sheep to take care of themselves, and hurried off
+to Bethlehem, for that was the city the angels meant.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+They went in the gate and at last found the right place. It was called
+a stable.
+
+They soon found the dear little baby Jesus, just as the angels had
+said, lying in a manger, and Mary his mother and Joseph taking care of
+him.
+
+The little manger was in the stable, and there the shepherds stood
+beside it and looked into the face of the babe.
+
+Do you think the dear little baby had a nice bed to lie in? It looked
+like a block hollowed out. It was the box out of which the cows ate.
+
+It was warm and soft, because his mother had put nice soft hay in it,
+and wrapped him all up with a long strip of cloth. They were in a
+stable because so many people were in the city that there was not a bit
+of room left. I think it must have been a clean place, with lots of
+nice, sweet new hay.
+
+When the shepherds saw the baby they knew that he was really Jesus
+their Savior. They knelt at his feet and worshiped him. They were so
+happy that they could hardly say what they felt. They soon went away
+and told the good news to every one they met. They were very glad
+because Jesus had come. He came as a little baby so he would know
+how to love and help all other babies and little children, and be an
+example for them to follow as they grew older.
+
+We are glad Jesus came, and we love to keep his birthday, because he
+gives us joy and peace, fills our hearts with love, and helps us to be
+good and happy here and to get ready to be happy in heaven.
+
+God, our Father in heaven, sent to us this wonderful Christmas Gift.
+Think of the great love he must have for us, to give us his Son. Think
+of the great love Jesus had for us, that he could leave his beautiful
+home in heaven to come and help us and show us how to live. Let us
+thank him every day for his great love. "For God so loved the world,
+that he gave his only begotten Son" to be our Savior.
+
+[Illustration: THE BABY JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.]
+
+
+
+
+The Child in the Temple.
+
+
+JOSEPH, and Mary the mother of Jesus, stayed in Bethlehem for a while.
+When Jesus was only eight days old he received his name; he was called
+"Jesus," as the angel had told Mary. It was the custom of the Jews to
+take their first son to the temple and present him to God, so Joseph
+and Mary went to Jerusalem to present Jesus to God in the temple.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+At the time when Jesus was born, there was an old man, named Simeon,
+living in Jerusalem. He was a good man and was looking and wishing for
+Jesus, the promised Messiah, to come. God's Holy Spirit had told him
+that he should not die until he had seen Jesus. Simeon went up to the
+temple to worship God every day. One day while he was in the temple
+Mary and Joseph brought the child to present him to God. When Simeon
+saw them he knew that the infant in Mary's arms was his Savior. He at
+once took Jesus in his arms, and with a heart full of joy he blessed
+God and said, "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace." He
+had seen the Savior for whom he looked, and had nothing more to wish;
+he was perfectly satisfied to die, now that he had seen Jesus, the
+Savior of the world. When Jesus comes into our hearts we are satisfied,
+and not only ready to die, but we are ready to live and do with glad
+hearts all that God wishes us to do. The best way to praise God for
+his wonderful gift is to _live for him_ and lead others to praise him.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+God's Spirit was upon Simeon, and he rejoiced to see Jesus his Savior,
+whom God had sent to his people. Do you wonder that Simeon's heart was
+full of joy at seeing God's greatest gift to man? Should not we praise
+him for it?
+
+At the time of Jesus' birth, the world was very dark and sinful. People
+did not know much about God or what he wanted them to do. In Jesus,
+Simeon saw a great Light which would lighten the world.
+
+Did you ever try to walk in a dark night where there were no lights to
+shine on the pathway? If so, you were sure to go the wrong road, or to
+stumble and fall. While you were walking in the darkness, did a great
+electric light suddenly shine out, making all light about you? So into
+the dark lives of the people Jesus came to be a Light. We are sure that
+Jesus is a Light to us and to all the world. He lived a holy life, so
+he made a right path for us to follow. He showed us how to live and how
+to die, so that we may live forever in heaven. If we take his love into
+our hearts and do as he tells us, we shall walk in the light. Just as a
+railway locomotive runs in the great light from the lamp that sends its
+bright rays along the track, so Jesus dwelling in our hearts shines his
+light just where we are to travel--that is, he tells us by his Spirit
+and by his Word how we are to act and what we are to do.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+While Mary and Joseph and Jesus were yet in the temple, Anna, a
+prophetess, came in and saw Jesus. Then she, too, praised the Lord
+because Jesus had come to be a Light to the world. She told the people
+that Jesus was the Son of God who had come into this world to live in
+our hearts and be our Light. Jesus in our hearts is like a torchlight
+which we carry with us always, and which never goes out, but gives us
+light wherever we go. We follow this light when we do the things that
+Jesus taught us to do, and when we follow the example that he left us.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE WISE MEN VISIT JESUS.]
+
+
+
+
+The Journey of the Wise Men.
+
+
+THERE were some very rich, wise men living away off in another country.
+God wanted them to know about his Son. He did not send angels to tell
+them; he took another way. He put a strange new star in the sky. These
+wise men spent a great deal of time studying about stars, so when they
+saw this they were very much interested in it. When they saw strange
+stars they thought strange things would happen. They had heard that the
+Jews were looking for Jesus to come and be their king, so they thought
+this star must mean that he had come. They thought very likely that he
+had come to Jerusalem, for that was the great city of the Jews. So
+they started on their long journey.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+They traveled on until they reached Jerusalem. Then they went at once
+to Herod the king and asked him where Jesus was who was born King of
+the Jews. Herod had not heard that Jesus was born, and when he heard
+this question he was troubled, for he was not born king--he had been
+made king. So he was very much afraid that Jesus, who was born King,
+would take his place.
+
+He called in the Jews, who he thought ought to know, and asked them to
+find out where Jesus was to be born. They looked in the Bible and found
+that he was to be born in Bethlehem.
+
+When Herod heard this he told the wise men to go to Bethlehem and look
+for Jesus, and when they found him to bring him word so that he might
+go and worship him. He wanted to kill Jesus, but he did not tell the
+wise men so. They again started out, and they were very much pleased to
+see the same star still shining in the sky.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+This star went before them to guide them to Bethlehem. They believed
+the star would guide them right, so they followed it until it stood
+over a house in the city.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE WISE MEN'S GIFTS.]
+
+
+
+
+The Wise Men's Gifts to Jesus.
+
+
+WHEN the wise men went into the house they found Jesus there with Mary,
+his mother, and Joseph, her husband.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+As soon as they saw him they knew it was Jesus, whom they had come so
+far to see. They fell down before him and worshiped him. They brought
+him rich gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. These gifts of gold,
+frankincense and myrrh were costly and useful; they must have been of
+great help to Mary and Joseph, who were very poor. These gifts from
+the wise men to Jesus showed their love for him. Those who truly love
+Jesus now will be glad to give of their money to help the poor and
+needy, and to teach those who do not know about him; and what we do for
+his sake he counts as done for him. But the greatest gift that we can
+give Jesus is the gift of our hearts.
+
+While they were there worshiping Jesus, God was looking into the heart
+of Herod, reading his wicked thoughts. He knew that if the wise men
+went back and told Herod where Jesus was, he would come and kill him.
+So when the wise men were ready to go away, God warned them in a dream
+to go back another way and not to go near Jerusalem, where they would
+meet Herod. They believed God in this too, and did as he told them to.
+
+[Illustration: ON THE WAY TO EGYPT.]
+
+
+
+
+The Flight into Egypt.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+WHEN the wise men were gone, God sent an angel to warn Joseph to take
+Jesus and Mary, his mother, and leave Bethlehem. He told him to take
+them to Egypt and stay there until he told them they might return. Why
+do you suppose God told Joseph to leave their home? He knew that Herod
+wanted to kill Jesus, and that it would be dangerous to stay there.
+If they went to Egypt they would be safe, for Herod had no power over
+Egypt. They would find friends there too, for a great many Jews were
+living in Egypt then.
+
+Joseph loved God and believed him, so he proved that he loved and
+believed him by obeying at once. He did not wait until morning, but at
+once arose, got ready, and took Mary and Jesus and they started in the
+night for Egypt. They did not go to some other place instead. They went
+just when God told them to go, and went just where he told them to; and
+they were safe while they followed God's directions.
+
+Jesus was soon safe in Egypt. Herod did not know this, and was still
+making his plans to kill him. He was a very wicked, cruel man. He was
+wicked enough to kill two of his own sons, so you see he did not care
+much about killing a baby.
+
+He did not know just how old Jesus was, but thought he could not be
+over two years old. He did not know where he lived, for the wise men
+did not go back to tell him. But he was bound to kill Jesus, so he
+told his cruel soldiers to go into every house in Bethlehem, even into
+the houses near Bethlehem, and kill every boy baby they could find two
+years old or less.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+So they went around killing all the baby boys. They would go into a
+house, snatch the baby out of its crib, or out of its mother's arms,
+and kill it right before her eyes. That was a sad time in Bethlehem;
+for many poor mothers were weeping for their children. It was very sad
+for the mothers, but the little boys were safe in heaven with God.
+
+God was still watching over and taking care of his Son; so when at last
+Herod was dead, God again sent an angel to Joseph, telling him to take
+Jesus and Mary and go back to the land of Israel, or the land of the
+Jews. So Joseph again set out on a journey. But he heard that Herod's
+son was king, and he was afraid to go back to Bethlehem, so he went to
+Nazareth.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE BOY JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.]
+
+
+
+
+Jesus in the Temple.
+
+
+WHEN Jesus was a very little baby, his mother took him to the temple,
+their church, and gave him to the Lord. I suppose they wrote down his
+name, as we do our Cradle Roll babies. If they did, I think we may call
+Jesus a Cradle Roll baby. I am sure that Mary and Joseph did all they
+could to help the baby to grow up a good, wise, loving boy. The dear
+little babies do not stay babies long; then their toys go and they want
+books, for they must learn a great deal before they are grown-up men
+and women. So Jesus' toys were soon put away, and he began to study
+just as you do. He grew bigger and stronger every day. At last he was
+as big as you; then bigger, until he was as big as your brother or
+sister.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Do you know someone who is twelve years old? At last Jesus got to be
+so old. At that age a boy was no longer a Cradle Roll baby, nor even
+a child. Jesus' mother said that now he could go with her and Joseph
+and their friends when they went up to Jerusalem to church. Did you
+ever go on a journey? How did you go? On the cars. Were you glad to
+go? You got tired, I know. A picture of Joseph and Mary and Jesus on
+their way to Jerusalem would show you that they all walked. It was a
+long, hard journey, for they not only had to walk all the way, but
+they had to carry all their bundles. They went in a company, so they
+had a nice time talking with their friends as they walked. Then when
+tired or hungry, they would stop by the way in the shade of some great
+rocks--for in that land rocks are found oftener than shade trees.
+
+You can make a picture of this journey in your mind. Think of the wall
+of the city of Jerusalem and the open gate; inside the wall is the
+church, or temple; there is a road of sand, and on both sides of the
+road are a few trees and a good many rocks.
+
+At last they all reached the city, and slept and rested and ate their
+food, then bathed and dressed in their best clothes, and went to the
+temple to worship God and hear about his law out of the Bible.
+
+All this was very wonderful and beautiful to Jesus. He began to
+understand that God was his Father, and that he had some very great
+work to do in the world. He was so interested that when it was time to
+start for home he stayed after all the rest left, and went back to the
+temple. Perhaps he had been allowed to go by himself and did not know
+they had started home.
+
+Mary did not miss Jesus for some time. She thought he was with his
+young friends having a good time. At last she became frightened, for
+she found that he was not with any of these friends. Oh, how frightened
+she was! Her beautiful boy that she loved more than her own life, was
+lost! I once knew of a very lovely boy who was lost all night. How his
+mother cried, and how we looked for him all night! In the morning his
+mother was the one to find him, then her sorrow was changed to joy.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Mary and Joseph left their friends and went back to the city. In her
+heart Jesus' mother knew where to look for him. Can you think where he
+was? They found him in the temple talking with the teachers. They were
+talking about God's law. They had their books, reading and studying
+together. These books were made of strips of parchment or paper
+fastened at both ends to round sticks and rolled up.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+When Jesus saw his mother and knew how she had grieved about him, he
+left the teachers at once and went back home with her and Joseph. He
+told them that he knew God was his Father, and that he must be about
+his work. But quickly and lovingly he obeyed his mother and went with
+her, even though he longed to stay.
+
+Do you think Jesus was about his heavenly Father's business when he
+obeyed Mary and Joseph and went home so lovingly with them? He surely
+was, for some of his work that he came to earth to do was to show
+children how to treat their parents. One of the great laws of God is,
+"Children, obey your parents."
+
+Jesus loved to be in the temple, but he quickly and cheerfully went
+home with his mother and Joseph. I think that as he and his parents
+were with many of their dear friends, he was allowed to go around among
+them and with them when they went to the temple, so when his parents
+left he perhaps did not really know when his mother started. Do you
+think she was careless to go off and leave him? No, I am sure she was
+not; she no doubt thought he was coming along with his aunts or cousins
+or his little friends in the company.
+
+[Illustration: THE BOY JESUS IN HIS HOME.]
+
+
+
+
+Jesus in His Home.
+
+
+DO you like cold, dark, stormy days? How do you feel when you get
+up and find the sun shining in your window? You cannot help feeling
+good--some of it gets into your heart and makes you feel happy. You
+make us think of sunny days. Sometimes children are cross, and they
+make us think of stormy days. The gloomy, naughty, selfish child makes
+everything in the house seem sad. But how about the bright, happy,
+laughing, helpful child? When he comes into the room, it seems as if he
+brought some sunshine in. He is a sunshiny boy.
+
+Do you know I am thinking of a boy who I believe was the sunshiniest
+one among all the sunshiny children in the world. Who was he? He was
+Jesus, the dear boy who was so ready to obey his parents. He started
+home with Mary and Joseph, perhaps telling Joseph all about how it
+happened that he was left behind them.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+After their long, hard journey, how glad they were to get home! I am
+sure Jesus did all he could to get everything ready. First he helped
+Joseph bring in all the things they had with them, and Mary stood, at
+the door of the little house, looking at the boy she loved so much, and
+feeling so glad and thankful that he had not really been lost.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Then when they were all settled and rested and Joseph had to go to his
+carpenter work, Jesus would do such little things as he could to help
+him, while Mary was doing her work. Joseph was a carpenter. What do
+you think he made? What tools did he use? Then I think Jesus must have
+learned to use them, too. Perhaps sometimes Mary was sick, and then I
+am sure he did all he could to help and comfort her and make her forget
+her pain. He would bring the jar of fresh water, bathe her head and
+give her a cool drink. If your mamma was sick, what could you do to be
+a blessing to her? I knew a little boy who was a real sunshine boy.
+When mamma was sick he would set the table for papa, and hand mamma a
+cup of tea, and give her a smile and a loving kiss. We can all do so
+much, and many other things. Think of some of them. You can pick up
+your toys and books and keep them tidy, without waiting for mamma to
+talk about it; you can always run to her with a loving kiss when you
+wake up and when you go to bed; you can be very gentle and kind to your
+little brothers and sisters; you can try every day in every way to
+make sunshine in your home--to make your home the most beautiful place
+in the world. Boys and girls who do that can make their homes next to
+heaven.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Jesus did that even when he was very small. As he grew older he grew
+wiser and better. He helped Joseph more and more in his shop, and what
+he did not know, Joseph taught him.
+
+He did not spend all his time in the shop, He perhaps went to school,
+for he loved to study. I think Mary loved to teach a boy who was so
+ready to learn. He would stand beside her while she read to him.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+He liked to play like other boys, but he always did the things that
+other children should do, so they would know just what was right. That
+is why I tell you so much about him. Perhaps children would not know
+just the right way, if Jesus had not been a boy and lived with his
+mother and loved and obeyed and helped her.
+
+
+
+
+Around the Throne.
+
+
+    Around the throne of God in heaven,
+        Thousands of children stand,
+    Children whose sins are all forgiven,
+        A holy, happy band.
+
+    What brought them to that world above,
+        That heaven so bright and fair,
+    Where all is peace and joy and love?
+        How came those children there?
+
+    On earth they sought the Savior's grace,
+        On earth they loved his name;
+    So now they see his blessed face,
+        And stand before the Lamb.
+                     --_Annie H. Shepherd._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Transcriber's Notes:
+
+Page 27, repeated word "him" removed from text. Original read: (praise
+him him for it)
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Boyhood of Jesus, by Anonymous
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+<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44531 ***</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 543px;">
+<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="543" height="800" alt="cover" />
+</div>
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+
+<h1>THE BOYHOOD OF<br />
+JESUS</h1>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 60px;">
+<img src="images/illus001.jpg" width="60" height="156" alt="flowers" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='center'><small>PUBLISHED BY</small><br />
+DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING COMPANY<br />
+<br />
+<small>Factory and Shipping Rooms, Elgin, Illinois</small></div>
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h2>Try to be like Jesus.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='poem'>
+The Bible tells of Jesus,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">So gentle and so meek;</span><br />
+I'll try to be like Jesus<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">In ev'ry word I speak.</span><br />
+<br />
+For Jesus, too, was loving,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">His words were always kind;</span><br />
+I'll try to be like Jesus<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">In thought and word and mind.</span><br />
+<br />
+I long to be like Jesus,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Who said "I am the Truth;"</span><br />
+Then I will give my heart to him,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Now, in my early youth.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 8.5em;">&mdash;<i>Lillian Payson.</i></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 361px;">
+<img src="images/illus003.jpg" width="361" height="450" alt="Mary and Joseph and Jesus and a lamb" />
+<div class="caption">THE BABY JESUS.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<div class='copyright'>
+<span class="smcap">Copyright, 1905,<br />
+By David C. Cook Publishing Company.</span><br />
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h2>The Little Lord Jesus.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='poem'>
+Away in a manger,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">No crib for a bed,</span><br />
+The little Lord Jesus<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Laid down his sweet head.</span><br />
+The stars in the sky<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Looked down where he lay&mdash;</span><br />
+The little Lord Jesus<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Asleep on the hay.</span><br />
+The cattle are lowing,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">The poor baby wakes,</span><br />
+But little Lord Jesus<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">No crying he makes.</span><br />
+I love thee, Lord Jesus;<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Look down from the sky,</span><br />
+And stay by my cradle<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">To watch Lullaby.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;">&mdash;<i>Luther's Cradle Hymn</i></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Child Promised.</h2>
+
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 191px;">
+<img src="images/illus007.jpg" width="191" height="142" alt="manger scene, angel and shepherds" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>THERE was once a time when there
+was no Christmas at all. There were
+no beautiful Christmas trees and happy
+songs and stockings filled with presents.
+No one shouted "Merry Christmas!" or
+"Christmas Gift!" No one told the sweet
+story of Jesus, because Jesus had not come
+into the world and so
+there was no Christmas.
+You see Christmas
+is Jesus' birthday,
+and before he
+came, of course people
+could not keep
+his birthday. You have heard of how wicked
+and unhappy the people were long ago.
+Although God loved them and tried to make<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span>
+them do right, they forgot about him and did
+so many naughty, disobedient things that
+they were very miserable. Then God sent
+a wonderful message to them. He told them
+that some day he would send them his own
+Son, who should be their King and teach
+them how to do right. He said that his Son
+would come as a little child to grow up
+among them to love and help them. God
+even told them what they should call this
+baby who was to
+be their King.
+God said that
+Christ would be
+like a beautiful
+light showing
+them where to go.
+It would be as
+though some people
+stumbling sorrowfully along a dark
+street should suddenly see a bright light
+shining ahead of them, making everything
+cheerful and pleasant. They would be joyful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span>
+like people who gather in the harvest.
+Jesus makes his children happy, and he
+wants them to shine out and make others
+happy. These people who were so unhappy
+before Jesus came, were very glad to know
+that some day he would come. They talked
+about him and waited a long, long time before
+he came and brought Christmas light
+into the world.</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 211px;">
+<img src="images/illus008.jpg" width="211" height="191" alt="The world with God shining on it" />
+</div>
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 457px;">
+<img src="images/illus010.jpg" width="457" height="600" alt="Mary and Baby Jesus" />
+<div class="caption">THE BABE IN BETHLEHEM.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Coming of Jesus.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>LONG ago there lived a good man named
+Joseph, a carpenter of Nazareth, who
+built houses and made many useful things
+for people. He also loved to read God's
+Gift Book, and tried to obey its rules. One
+day the king of the land where Joseph lived
+ordered everyone to write his name in a
+book, and pay a tax, in his own city. So
+Joseph and Mary his wife got ready to take
+a long journey to their old home, Bethlehem.
+There were no cars for them to ride in, so
+they must either walk or ride a donkey. As
+the fashion was there, Mary wore a long,
+white veil which covered her beautiful face.</div>
+
+<p>The streets were full of people, walking, or
+traveling on mules, donkeys, or camels&mdash;all
+going to be taxed. It was winter, but in a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span>
+warm country, and they went through valleys
+of figs, olives, dates, oranges and other
+good things.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 161px;">
+<img src="images/illus012.jpg" width="161" height="186" alt="Traveling to  Bethlehem" />
+</div>
+
+<p>They must have been very tired when
+they reached Bethlehem's gates, for they
+had come a long distance,
+and the dust of the road,
+the bustle of traveling,
+and the strangeness of it
+all, seemed to add to their
+trials. The people of
+Bethlehem had opened
+their homes and welcomed
+the strangers, until every house was full,
+and still the people kept coming. They
+could scarcely go up the steep hill, they were
+so weary, and Joseph tried to get a place to
+rest, but there was no kind invitation, no
+welcome in any house for them, and the inns
+were crowded. The inns were not like our
+hotels for travelers; they were flat-roofed
+stone buildings, without windows. There
+were no warm rooms with carpets, and soft<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span>
+beds for tired travelers to lie on. There
+were only bare floors, and everyone had to
+bring his own bed and food. The courtyard
+was full of animals&mdash;donkeys, mules, camels,
+sheep and cows.</p>
+
+<p>After Joseph had tried and failed to get
+a resting place, as there was no room anywhere,
+some kind friend told him of a cave
+on the hillside which was used as a stable,
+and to this they gladly went. Sweet-smelling
+hay was all around, and the floor was
+covered with straw; possibly mild-eyed cows
+and gentle sheep were sleeping in their
+stalls. Along the walls were mangers, or
+boxes to hold the grain and hay when the
+animals were fed. Here Mary and Joseph
+found a shelter and a sleeping place; indeed,
+they were thankful to be led there to rest
+upon the hay. In the night a wonderful
+thing took place: God sent the baby Gift
+Child into the world. This gift had been
+promised long before to Adam and Eve, and
+now it had come&mdash;the most beautiful and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span>
+dearest Baby ever held in a mother's arms.
+The night grew dark, the house-lights went
+out one by one, and the people in Bethlehem
+slept.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 281px;">
+<img src="images/illus014.jpg" width="281" height="120" alt="flower decoration" />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a><br /><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 372px;">
+<img src="images/illus016.jpg" width="372" height="484" alt="Angel speaking to the shepherds" />
+<div class="caption">THE ANGELS' SONG.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Angels' Joy.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>THE happiest song that was ever sung
+was sung on the first and best Christmas
+of all. There was a time when there
+was no Christmas. Can you think how
+glad you would be if you had no Christmas,
+and then one day all at once you had the
+first and best one of all?</div>
+
+<p>This song was sung and the first Christmas
+came one night long years ago, far over
+the sea, near a little town called Bethlehem.
+It did not come first to kings and great people,
+but to some shepherds who were sitting
+up all night watching their sheep.</p>
+<div class="figright" style="width: 218px;">
+<img src="images/illus018.jpg" width="218" height="140" alt="Angels singing in front of the shepherds" />
+</div>
+<p>Outside of the city were beautiful sloping
+green fields where the shepherds let their
+sheep run about and eat the grass. The
+weather there is very pleasant at Christmas<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span>
+time; not at all like our weather. The
+shepherds can sit out on the grass all night,
+watching their sheep.</p>
+
+<p>Did you ever see a sheep or a lamb? Do
+you know that your mittens and jackets and
+nice warm dresses are made of the wool
+which the sheep have to spare for us? The
+shepherds have to stay out with the sheep
+all night because
+they are very gentle
+and timid
+animals. They
+cannot fight for
+themselves, and if
+they were left
+alone the wolves would catch them.</p>
+
+
+
+<p>One night about 1900 years ago some
+shepherds were watching their sheep in
+those fields. Very likely the shepherds were
+some of the people who were hoping that
+Jesus would soon come; perhaps they were
+talking about him, and wondering how they
+would know if he did come.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span></p>
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 188px;">
+<img src="images/illus019.jpg" width="188" height="150" alt="Heavenly host before the shepherds" />
+</div>
+<p>All at once a bright light shone about
+them, and they saw an angel and heard him
+speak to them. Very kind and beautiful
+the angel looked, but the shepherds were
+frightened.</p>
+
+<p>The angel said to them, "Fear not; for
+behold, I bring you good tidings of great
+joy, which shall be to all people; for unto
+you is born this day in the city of David a
+Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And
+this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find
+the babe, wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying
+in a manger."</p>
+
+
+
+<p>As the angel was speaking, the shepherds
+saw with him a great
+number of beautiful,
+shining angels. Then
+was sung for the first
+time this grand song,
+for Christmas had
+come. I do not know
+the tune, but the very words are in the
+Bible: "Glory to God in the highest, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span>
+on earth peace, good-will toward men."
+Glory to God, for the greatest gift that
+ever came; peace on earth, for all who love
+this Savior.</p>
+
+<p>As soon as the angels finished the song
+they went back to heaven, and left the
+shepherds alone.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 282px;">
+<img src="images/illus020.jpg" width="282" height="109" alt="decoration" />
+</div>
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a><br /><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 367px;">
+<img src="images/illus022.jpg" width="367" height="470" alt="Shepherds visiting Jesus in stone building with bars on the window" />
+<div class="caption">THE SHEPHERDS VISIT JESUS.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Shepherds Visit Jesus.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>WHAT would you do if you had been
+one of those shepherds to whom the
+angels brought the good news of Jesus' birth?
+I will tell you what they did. They left their
+sheep to take care of themselves, and hurried
+off to Bethlehem, for that was the city
+the angels meant.</div>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 196px;">
+<img src="images/illus023.jpg" width="196" height="145" alt="Same picture as the last but as a drawing: Shepherds visiting Jesus in stone building with bars on the window" />
+</div>
+
+<p>They went in the
+gate and at last
+found the right place.
+It was called a stable.</p>
+
+<p>They soon found
+the dear little baby
+Jesus, just as the angels had said, lying in
+a manger, and Mary his mother and Joseph
+taking care of him.</p>
+
+<p>The little manger was in the stable, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span>
+there the shepherds stood beside it and
+looked into the face of the babe.</p>
+
+<p>Do you think the dear little baby had a
+nice bed to lie in? It looked like a block
+hollowed out. It was the box out of which
+the cows ate.</p>
+
+<p>It was warm and soft, because his mother
+had put nice soft hay in it, and wrapped him
+all up with a long strip of cloth. They were
+in a stable because so many people were in
+the city that there was not a bit of room
+left. I think it must have been a clean
+place, with lots of nice, sweet new hay.</p>
+
+<p>When the shepherds saw the baby they
+knew that he was really Jesus their Savior.
+They knelt at his feet and worshiped him.
+They were so happy that they could hardly
+say what they felt. They soon went away
+and told the good news to every one they
+met. They were very glad because Jesus
+had come. He came as a little baby so he
+would know how to love and help all other
+babies and little children, and be an example<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span>
+for them to follow as they grew older.</p>
+
+<p>We are glad Jesus came, and we love to
+keep his birthday, because he gives us joy
+and peace, fills our hearts with love, and
+helps us to be good and happy here and to
+get ready to be happy in heaven.</p>
+
+<p>God, our Father in heaven, sent to us
+this wonderful Christmas Gift. Think of
+the great love he must have for us, to give
+us his Son. Think of the great love Jesus
+had for us, that he could leave his beautiful
+home in heaven to come and help us and
+show us how to live. Let us thank him
+every day for his great love. "For God so
+loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
+Son" to be our Savior.</p>
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 365px;">
+<img src="images/illus026.jpg" width="365" height="471" alt="Baby Jesus before Simeon" />
+<div class="caption">THE BABY JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Child in the Temple.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>JOSEPH, and Mary the mother of Jesus,
+stayed in Bethlehem for a while. When
+Jesus was only eight days old he received
+his name; he was called "Jesus," as the
+angel had told Mary.
+It was the custom of
+the Jews to take their
+first son to the temple
+and present him to
+God, so Joseph and
+Mary went to Jerusalem to present Jesus to
+God in the temple.</div>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 184px;">
+<img src="images/illus027.jpg" width="184" height="128" alt="Drawing of Jesus and family before Simeon and Anna" />
+</div>
+
+<p>At the time when Jesus was born, there
+was an old man, named Simeon, living in
+Jerusalem. He was a good man and was
+looking and wishing for Jesus, the promised
+Messiah, to come. God's Holy Spirit had<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span>
+told him that he should not die until he
+had seen Jesus. Simeon went up to the
+temple to worship God every day. One day
+while he was in the temple Mary and Joseph
+brought the child to present him to God.
+When Simeon saw
+them he knew that
+the infant in Mary's
+arms was his Savior.
+He at once took Jesus
+in his arms, and with
+a heart full of joy he
+blessed God and
+said, "Lord, now
+lettest thou thy servant depart in peace." He
+had seen the Savior for whom he looked,
+and had nothing more to wish; he was perfectly
+satisfied to die, now that he had seen
+Jesus, the Savior of the world. When
+Jesus comes into our hearts we are satisfied,
+and not only ready to die, but we are ready
+to live and do with glad hearts all that God
+wishes us to do. The best way to praise<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span>
+God for his wonderful gift is to <i>live for him</i>
+and lead others to praise him.</p>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 194px;">
+<img src="images/illus028.jpg" width="194" height="191" alt="Different drawing of Jesus and family with Simeon" />
+</div>
+
+<p>God's Spirit was upon Simeon, and he rejoiced
+to see Jesus his Savior, whom God
+had sent to his people. Do you wonder
+that Simeon's heart was full of joy at seeing
+God's greatest gift to man? Should
+not we praise him for it?</p>
+
+<p>At the time of Jesus' birth, the world was
+very dark and sinful. People did not know
+much about God or what he wanted them
+to do. In Jesus, Simeon saw a great Light
+which would lighten the world.</p>
+
+<p>Did you ever try to walk in a dark night
+where there were no lights to shine on the
+pathway? If so, you were sure to go the
+wrong road, or to stumble and fall. While
+you were walking in the darkness, did a
+great electric light suddenly shine out,
+making all light about you? So into the
+dark lives of the people Jesus came to be a
+Light. We are sure that Jesus is a Light
+to us and to all the world. He lived a holy<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span>
+life, so he made a right path for us to follow.
+He showed us how to live and how to
+die, so that we may live forever in heaven.
+If we take his love into our hearts and do
+as he tells us, we shall walk in the light.
+Just as a railway locomotive runs in the
+great light from the lamp that sends
+its bright rays along the track, so Jesus
+dwelling in our hearts shines his light just
+where we are to travel&mdash;that is, he tells us
+by his Spirit and by his Word how we are
+to act and what we are to do.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 175px;">
+<img src="images/illus030.jpg" width="175" height="183" alt="Simeon, Jesus, Mary and Anna" />
+</div>
+
+<p>While Mary and Joseph
+and Jesus were
+yet in the temple,
+Anna, a prophetess,
+came in and saw Jesus.
+Then she, too, praised
+the Lord because Jesus
+had come to be a Light
+to the world. She told
+the people that Jesus was the Son of God
+who had come into this world to live in our<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span>
+hearts and be our Light. Jesus in our
+hearts is like a torchlight which we carry
+with us always, and which never goes out,
+but gives us light wherever we go. We
+follow this light when we do the things that
+Jesus taught us to do, and when we follow
+the example that he left us.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 293px;">
+<img src="images/illus031.jpg" width="293" height="124" alt="Decoration" />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 364px;">
+<img src="images/illus032.jpg" width="364" height="472" alt="wise men traveling" />
+<div class="caption">THE WISE MEN VISIT JESUS.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Journey of the Wise
+Men.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>THERE were some very rich, wise men
+living away off in another country.
+God wanted them to know about his Son.
+He did not send angels to tell them; he took
+another way. He put a strange new star
+in the sky. These wise men spent a great
+deal of time studying about stars, so when
+they saw this they were very much interested
+in it. When they saw strange stars
+they thought strange things would happen.
+They had heard that the Jews were looking
+for Jesus to come and be their king, so they
+thought this star must mean that he
+had come. They thought very likely that
+he had come to Jerusalem, for that was the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span>
+great city of the Jews. So they started on
+their long journey.</div>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 224px;">
+<img src="images/illus034.jpg" width="224" height="128" alt="Wise men still traveling" />
+</div>
+
+<p>They traveled on until they reached Jerusalem.
+Then
+they went at once
+to Herod the king
+and asked him
+where Jesus was
+who was born
+King of the Jews. Herod had not heard
+that Jesus was born, and when he heard
+this question he was troubled, for he was
+not born king&mdash;he had been made king.
+So he was very much afraid that Jesus, who
+was born King, would take his place.</p>
+
+<p>He called in the Jews, who he thought
+ought to know, and asked them to find out
+where Jesus was to be born. They looked
+in the Bible and found that he was to be
+born in Bethlehem.</p>
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 192px;">
+<img src="images/illus035a.jpg" width="192" height="183" alt="wise men following the star" />
+</div>
+<p>When Herod heard this he told the wise
+men to go to Bethlehem and look for Jesus,
+and when they found him to bring him<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span>
+word so that he might go and worship him.
+He wanted to kill Jesus, but he did not tell
+the wise men so. They again started out,
+and they were very much pleased to see the
+same star still shining
+in the sky.</p>
+
+
+
+<p>This star went before
+them to guide
+them to Bethlehem.
+They believed the
+star would guide
+them right, so they
+followed it until it stood over a house in the
+city.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 295px;">
+<img src="images/illus035b.jpg" width="295" height="121" alt="decoration" />
+</div>
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 356px;">
+<img src="images/illus036.jpg" width="356" height="464" alt="THE WISE MEN'S GIFTS." />
+<div class="caption">THE WISE MEN'S GIFTS.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Wise Men's Gifts to
+Jesus.</h2>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 212px;">
+<img src="images/illus037.jpg" width="212" height="172" alt="Boy Jesus in temple" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>WHEN the wise men went into the
+house they found Jesus there with
+Mary, his mother, and Joseph, her husband.</div>
+
+<p>As soon as they
+saw him they knew
+it was Jesus, whom
+they had come so
+far to see. They
+fell down before
+him and worshiped
+him. They
+brought him rich gifts of gold, frankincense
+and myrrh. These gifts of gold, frankincense
+and myrrh were costly and useful;
+they must have been of great help to Mary
+and Joseph, who were very poor. These<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span>
+gifts from the wise men to Jesus showed
+their love for him. Those who truly love
+Jesus now will be glad to give of their
+money to help the poor and needy, and to
+teach those who do not know about him;
+and what we do for his sake he counts as
+done for him. But the greatest gift that
+we can give Jesus is the gift of our hearts.</p>
+
+<p>While they were there worshiping Jesus,
+God was looking into the heart of Herod,
+reading his wicked thoughts. He knew
+that if the wise men went back and told
+Herod where Jesus was, he would come and
+kill him. So when the wise men were ready
+to go away, God warned them in a dream to
+go back another way and not to go near
+Jerusalem, where they would meet Herod.
+They believed God in this too, and did as
+he told them to.</p>
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a><br /><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 362px;">
+<img src="images/illus040.jpg" width="362" height="465" alt="Traveling to Egypt" />
+<div class="caption">ON THE WAY TO EGYPT.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Flight into Egypt.</h2>
+
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 217px;">
+<img src="images/illus041.jpg" width="217" height="174" alt="traveling to Egypt" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>WHEN the wise men were gone, God sent
+an angel to warn Joseph to take Jesus and
+Mary, his mother, and leave Bethlehem.
+He told him to take them to Egypt and
+stay there until he told them they might
+return. Why do
+you suppose God
+told Joseph to leave
+their home? He
+knew that Herod
+wanted to kill
+Jesus, and that it
+would be dangerous
+to stay there. If they went to Egypt
+they would be safe, for Herod had no
+power over Egypt. They would find friends<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span>
+there too, for a great many Jews were
+living in Egypt then.</div>
+
+<p>Joseph loved God and believed him, so he
+proved that he loved and believed him by
+obeying at once. He did not wait until
+morning, but at once arose, got ready, and
+took Mary and Jesus and they started in
+the night for Egypt. They did not go to
+some other place instead. They went just
+when God told them to go, and went just
+where he told them to; and they were safe
+while they followed God's directions.</p>
+
+<p>Jesus was soon safe in Egypt. Herod did
+not know this, and was still making his
+plans to kill him. He was a very wicked,
+cruel man. He was wicked enough to kill
+two of his own sons, so you see he did not
+care much about killing a baby.</p>
+
+<p>He did not know just how old Jesus was,
+but thought he could not be over two
+years old. He did not know where he lived,
+for the wise men did not go back to tell
+him. But he was bound to kill Jesus, so he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span>
+told his cruel soldiers to go into every
+house in Bethlehem, even into the houses
+near Bethlehem, and kill every boy baby
+they could find two years old or less.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 169px;">
+<img src="images/illus043.jpg" width="169" height="186" alt="awful scene" />
+</div>
+
+<p>So they went around killing all the baby
+boys. They would go into a house, snatch
+the baby out of its crib, or
+out of its mother's arms,
+and kill it right before
+her eyes. That was a
+sad time in Bethlehem;
+for many poor mothers
+were weeping for
+their children. It was
+very sad for the mothers,
+but the little boys were safe in heaven
+with God.</p>
+
+<p>God was still watching over and taking
+care of his Son; so when at last Herod was
+dead, God again sent an angel to Joseph,
+telling him to take Jesus and Mary and go
+back to the land of Israel, or the land of
+the Jews. So Joseph again set out on a journey.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span>
+But he heard that Herod's son was
+king, and he was afraid to go back to Bethlehem,
+so he went to Nazareth.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 293px;">
+<img src="images/illus044.jpg" width="293" height="112" alt="decoration" />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a><br /><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 483px;">
+<img src="images/illus046.jpg" width="483" height="366" alt="Boy Jesus in temple" />
+<div class="caption">THE BOY JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>Jesus in the Temple.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>WHEN Jesus was a very little baby, his
+mother took him to the temple, their
+church, and gave him to the Lord. I suppose
+they wrote down his name, as we do
+our Cradle Roll babies. If they did, I think
+we may call Jesus a Cradle Roll baby. I am
+sure that Mary and Joseph did all they
+could to help the baby to grow up a good,
+wise, loving boy. The dear little babies
+do not stay babies long; then their toys
+go and they want books, for they must
+learn a great deal before they are grown-up
+men and women. So Jesus' toys were soon
+put away, and he began to study just as
+you do. He grew bigger and stronger every
+day. At last he was as big as you;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span>
+then bigger, until he was as big as your
+brother or sister.</div>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 266px;">
+<img src="images/illus048.jpg" width="266" height="180" alt="Family traveling" />
+</div>
+
+<p>Do you know someone who is twelve
+years old? At last Jesus got to be so old.
+At that age a boy was no longer a Cradle
+Roll baby, nor even a child. Jesus' mother
+said that
+now he could
+go with her
+and Joseph
+and their
+friends when
+they went up
+to Jerusalem
+to church.
+Did you ever go on a journey? How did
+you go? On the cars. Were you glad to
+go? You got tired, I know. A picture of
+Joseph and Mary and Jesus on their way to
+Jerusalem would show you that they all
+walked. It was a long, hard journey, for
+they not only had to walk all the way, but
+they had to carry all their bundles. They<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span>
+went in a company, so they had a nice time
+talking with their friends as they walked.
+Then when tired or hungry, they would
+stop by the way in the shade of some great
+rocks&mdash;for in that land rocks are found
+oftener than shade trees.</p>
+
+<p>You can make a picture of this journey
+in your mind. Think of the wall of the
+city of Jerusalem and the open gate; inside
+the wall is the church, or temple; there is a
+road of sand, and on both sides of the road
+are a few trees and a good many rocks.</p>
+
+<p>At last they all reached the city, and
+slept and rested and ate their food, then
+bathed and dressed in their best clothes,
+and went to the temple to worship God and
+hear about his law out of the Bible.</p>
+
+<p>All this was very wonderful and beautiful
+to Jesus. He began to understand that
+God was his Father, and that he had some
+very great work to do in the world. He
+was so interested that when it was time to
+start for home he stayed after all the rest<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span>
+left, and went back to the temple. Perhaps
+he had been allowed to go by himself
+and did not know they had started home.</p>
+
+<p>Mary did not miss Jesus for some time.
+She thought he was with his young friends
+having a good time. At last she became
+frightened, for she found that he was not
+with any of these friends. Oh, how frightened
+she was! Her beautiful boy that she
+loved more than her own life, was lost! I
+once knew of a very lovely boy who was lost
+all night. How his mother cried, and how we
+looked for him all night! In the morning
+his mother was the
+one to find him,
+then her sorrow
+was changed to joy.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 204px;">
+<img src="images/illus050.jpg" width="204" height="155" alt="Jesus teaching in temple" />
+</div>
+
+<p>Mary and Joseph
+left their friends
+and went back to
+the city. In her heart Jesus' mother
+knew where to look for him. Can you
+think where he was? They found him in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span>
+the temple talking with the teachers. They
+were talking about God's law. They had
+their books, reading and studying together.
+These books were made of strips of parchment
+or paper fastened at both ends to
+round sticks and rolled up.</p>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 184px;">
+<img src="images/illus051.jpg" width="184" height="119" alt="Jesus found in temple by his parents" />
+</div>
+
+<p>When Jesus saw his mother and knew
+how she had grieved
+about him, he left the
+teachers at once and
+went back home with
+her and Joseph. He
+told them that he
+knew God was his Father, and that he must
+be about his work. But quickly and lovingly
+he obeyed his mother and went with
+her, even though he longed to stay.</p>
+
+<p>Do you think Jesus was about his heavenly
+Father's business when he obeyed
+Mary and Joseph and went home so lovingly
+with them? He surely was, for some of
+his work that he came to earth to do was to
+show children how to treat their parents.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span>
+One of the great laws of God is, "Children,
+obey your parents."</p>
+
+<p>Jesus loved to be in the temple, but he
+quickly and cheerfully went home with his
+mother and Joseph. I think that as he
+and his parents were with many of their
+dear friends, he was allowed to go around
+among them and with them when they went
+to the temple, so when his parents left he
+perhaps did not really know when his mother
+started. Do you think she was careless
+to go off and leave him? No, I am sure
+she was not; she no doubt thought he was
+coming along with his aunts or cousins or
+his little friends in the company.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a><br /><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 368px;">
+<img src="images/illus054.jpg" width="368" height="477" alt="Jesus in home" />
+<div class="caption">THE BOY JESUS IN HIS HOME.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>Jesus in His Home.</h2>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 165px;">
+<img src="images/illus056.jpg" width="165" height="201" alt="Jesus in crowd" />
+</div>
+<div class='drop-cap'>DO you like cold, dark, stormy days?
+How do you feel when you get up and
+find the sun shining in your window? You
+cannot help feeling good&mdash;some of it gets
+into your heart and makes you feel happy.
+You make us think of sunny days. Sometimes
+children are cross, and they make us
+think of stormy days. The gloomy,
+naughty, selfish child makes everything in
+the house seem sad. But how about the
+bright, happy, laughing, helpful child?
+When he comes into the room, it seems as
+if he brought some sunshine in. He is a
+sunshiny boy.</div>
+
+<p>Do you know I am thinking of a boy who
+I believe was the sunshiniest one among all
+the sunshiny children in the world. Who<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span>
+was he? He was Jesus, the dear boy who
+was so ready to obey his parents. He
+started home with Mary
+and Joseph, perhaps
+telling Joseph all about
+how it happened that he
+was left behind them.</p>
+
+
+
+<p>After their long, hard
+journey, how glad they
+were to get home! I am
+sure Jesus did all he
+could to get everything
+ready. First he helped Joseph bring in all
+the things they had with them, and Mary
+stood, at the door of the little house, looking
+at the boy she loved so much, and feeling
+so glad and thankful that he had not really
+been lost.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 161px;">
+<img src="images/illus057.jpg" width="161" height="188" alt="Boy Jesus working with Joseph in carpentry" />
+</div>
+
+<p>Then when they were all settled and
+rested and Joseph had to go to his carpenter
+work, Jesus would do such little things as
+he could to help him, while Mary was doing
+her work. Joseph was a carpenter. What<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span>
+do you think he made? What tools did he
+use? Then I think
+Jesus must have learned
+to use them, too. Perhaps
+sometimes Mary
+was sick, and then I am
+sure he did all he could
+to help and comfort her
+and make her forget her
+pain. He would bring
+the jar of fresh water, bathe her head and
+give her a cool drink. If your mamma
+was sick, what could you do to be a blessing
+to her? I knew a little boy who was a
+real sunshine boy. When mamma was
+sick he would set the table for papa, and
+hand mamma a cup of tea, and give her a
+smile and a loving kiss. We can all do so
+much, and many other things. Think of
+some of them. You can pick up your toys
+and books and keep them tidy, without
+waiting for mamma to talk about it; you
+can always run to her with a loving kiss<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span>
+when you wake up and when you go to bed;
+you can be very gentle and kind to your little
+brothers and sisters; you can try every day
+in every way to make sunshine in your
+home&mdash;to make your home the most beautiful
+place in the world. Boys and girls who
+do that can make their homes next to
+heaven.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 246px;">
+<img src="images/illus058.jpg" width="246" height="194" alt="Boy Jesus working with Josheph in carpentry some more" />
+</div>
+
+<p>Jesus did that even when he was very
+small. As he
+grew older he
+grew wiser and
+better. He
+helped Joseph
+more and more
+in his shop, and
+what he did not
+know, Joseph
+taught him.</p>
+
+<p>He did not spend all his time in the shop,
+He perhaps went to school, for he loved
+to study. I think Mary loved to teach a
+boy who was so ready to learn. He would<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span>
+stand beside her while she read to him.</p>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 222px;">
+<img src="images/illus059.jpg" width="222" height="190" alt="Boy Jesus reading scrolls in temple" />
+</div>
+
+<p>He liked to play like other boys, but he
+always did the
+things that other
+children should
+do, so they would
+know just what
+was right. That
+is why I tell you
+so much about
+him. Perhaps
+children would not know just the right way,
+if Jesus had not been a boy and lived with
+his mother and loved and obeyed and helped
+her.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a><br /><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>Around the Throne.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='poem'>
+Around the throne of God in heaven,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Thousands of children stand,</span><br />
+Children whose sins are all forgiven,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">A holy, happy band.</span><br />
+<br />
+What brought them to that world above,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">That heaven so bright and fair,</span><br />
+Where all is peace and joy and love?<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">How came those children there?</span><br />
+<br />
+On earth they sought the Savior's grace,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">On earth they loved his name;</span><br />
+So now they see his blessed face,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">And stand before the Lamb.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 8.5em;">&mdash;<i>Annie H. Shepherd.</i></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<div class='tnote'><b>Transcriber's Note:</b> Page 27, repeated word "him" removed from text. Original read: (praise him him for it)</div>
+
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+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 543px;">
+<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="543" height="800" alt="cover" />
+</div>
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+
+<h1>THE BOYHOOD OF<br />
+JESUS</h1>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 60px;">
+<img src="images/illus001.jpg" width="60" height="156" alt="flowers" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='center'><small>PUBLISHED BY</small><br />
+DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING COMPANY<br />
+<br />
+<small>Factory and Shipping Rooms, Elgin, Illinois</small></div>
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h2>Try to be like Jesus.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='poem'>
+The Bible tells of Jesus,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">So gentle and so meek;</span><br />
+I'll try to be like Jesus<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">In ev'ry word I speak.</span><br />
+<br />
+For Jesus, too, was loving,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">His words were always kind;</span><br />
+I'll try to be like Jesus<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">In thought and word and mind.</span><br />
+<br />
+I long to be like Jesus,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Who said "I am the Truth;"</span><br />
+Then I will give my heart to him,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Now, in my early youth.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 8.5em;">&mdash;<i>Lillian Payson.</i></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 361px;">
+<img src="images/illus003.jpg" width="361" height="450" alt="Mary and Joseph and Jesus and a lamb" />
+<div class="caption">THE BABY JESUS.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+
+<div class='copyright'>
+<span class="smcap">Copyright, 1905,<br />
+By David C. Cook Publishing Company.</span><br />
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h2>The Little Lord Jesus.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='poem'>
+Away in a manger,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">No crib for a bed,</span><br />
+The little Lord Jesus<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Laid down his sweet head.</span><br />
+The stars in the sky<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Looked down where he lay&mdash;</span><br />
+The little Lord Jesus<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Asleep on the hay.</span><br />
+The cattle are lowing,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">The poor baby wakes,</span><br />
+But little Lord Jesus<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">No crying he makes.</span><br />
+I love thee, Lord Jesus;<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Look down from the sky,</span><br />
+And stay by my cradle<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">To watch Lullaby.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 6em;">&mdash;<i>Luther's Cradle Hymn</i></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Child Promised.</h2>
+
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 191px;">
+<img src="images/illus007.jpg" width="191" height="142" alt="manger scene, angel and shepherds" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>THERE was once a time when there
+was no Christmas at all. There were
+no beautiful Christmas trees and happy
+songs and stockings filled with presents.
+No one shouted "Merry Christmas!" or
+"Christmas Gift!" No one told the sweet
+story of Jesus, because Jesus had not come
+into the world and so
+there was no Christmas.
+You see Christmas
+is Jesus' birthday,
+and before he
+came, of course people
+could not keep
+his birthday. You have heard of how wicked
+and unhappy the people were long ago.
+Although God loved them and tried to make<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span>
+them do right, they forgot about him and did
+so many naughty, disobedient things that
+they were very miserable. Then God sent
+a wonderful message to them. He told them
+that some day he would send them his own
+Son, who should be their King and teach
+them how to do right. He said that his Son
+would come as a little child to grow up
+among them to love and help them. God
+even told them what they should call this
+baby who was to
+be their King.
+God said that
+Christ would be
+like a beautiful
+light showing
+them where to go.
+It would be as
+though some people
+stumbling sorrowfully along a dark
+street should suddenly see a bright light
+shining ahead of them, making everything
+cheerful and pleasant. They would be joyful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span>
+like people who gather in the harvest.
+Jesus makes his children happy, and he
+wants them to shine out and make others
+happy. These people who were so unhappy
+before Jesus came, were very glad to know
+that some day he would come. They talked
+about him and waited a long, long time before
+he came and brought Christmas light
+into the world.</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 211px;">
+<img src="images/illus008.jpg" width="211" height="191" alt="The world with God shining on it" />
+</div>
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 457px;">
+<img src="images/illus010.jpg" width="457" height="600" alt="Mary and Baby Jesus" />
+<div class="caption">THE BABE IN BETHLEHEM.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Coming of Jesus.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>LONG ago there lived a good man named
+Joseph, a carpenter of Nazareth, who
+built houses and made many useful things
+for people. He also loved to read God's
+Gift Book, and tried to obey its rules. One
+day the king of the land where Joseph lived
+ordered everyone to write his name in a
+book, and pay a tax, in his own city. So
+Joseph and Mary his wife got ready to take
+a long journey to their old home, Bethlehem.
+There were no cars for them to ride in, so
+they must either walk or ride a donkey. As
+the fashion was there, Mary wore a long,
+white veil which covered her beautiful face.</div>
+
+<p>The streets were full of people, walking, or
+traveling on mules, donkeys, or camels&mdash;all
+going to be taxed. It was winter, but in a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span>
+warm country, and they went through valleys
+of figs, olives, dates, oranges and other
+good things.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 161px;">
+<img src="images/illus012.jpg" width="161" height="186" alt="Traveling to  Bethlehem" />
+</div>
+
+<p>They must have been very tired when
+they reached Bethlehem's gates, for they
+had come a long distance,
+and the dust of the road,
+the bustle of traveling,
+and the strangeness of it
+all, seemed to add to their
+trials. The people of
+Bethlehem had opened
+their homes and welcomed
+the strangers, until every house was full,
+and still the people kept coming. They
+could scarcely go up the steep hill, they were
+so weary, and Joseph tried to get a place to
+rest, but there was no kind invitation, no
+welcome in any house for them, and the inns
+were crowded. The inns were not like our
+hotels for travelers; they were flat-roofed
+stone buildings, without windows. There
+were no warm rooms with carpets, and soft<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span>
+beds for tired travelers to lie on. There
+were only bare floors, and everyone had to
+bring his own bed and food. The courtyard
+was full of animals&mdash;donkeys, mules, camels,
+sheep and cows.</p>
+
+<p>After Joseph had tried and failed to get
+a resting place, as there was no room anywhere,
+some kind friend told him of a cave
+on the hillside which was used as a stable,
+and to this they gladly went. Sweet-smelling
+hay was all around, and the floor was
+covered with straw; possibly mild-eyed cows
+and gentle sheep were sleeping in their
+stalls. Along the walls were mangers, or
+boxes to hold the grain and hay when the
+animals were fed. Here Mary and Joseph
+found a shelter and a sleeping place; indeed,
+they were thankful to be led there to rest
+upon the hay. In the night a wonderful
+thing took place: God sent the baby Gift
+Child into the world. This gift had been
+promised long before to Adam and Eve, and
+now it had come&mdash;the most beautiful and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span>
+dearest Baby ever held in a mother's arms.
+The night grew dark, the house-lights went
+out one by one, and the people in Bethlehem
+slept.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 281px;">
+<img src="images/illus014.jpg" width="281" height="120" alt="flower decoration" />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a><br /><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 372px;">
+<img src="images/illus016.jpg" width="372" height="484" alt="Angel speaking to the shepherds" />
+<div class="caption">THE ANGELS' SONG.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Angels' Joy.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>THE happiest song that was ever sung
+was sung on the first and best Christmas
+of all. There was a time when there
+was no Christmas. Can you think how
+glad you would be if you had no Christmas,
+and then one day all at once you had the
+first and best one of all?</div>
+
+<p>This song was sung and the first Christmas
+came one night long years ago, far over
+the sea, near a little town called Bethlehem.
+It did not come first to kings and great people,
+but to some shepherds who were sitting
+up all night watching their sheep.</p>
+<div class="figright" style="width: 218px;">
+<img src="images/illus018.jpg" width="218" height="140" alt="Angels singing in front of the shepherds" />
+</div>
+<p>Outside of the city were beautiful sloping
+green fields where the shepherds let their
+sheep run about and eat the grass. The
+weather there is very pleasant at Christmas<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span>
+time; not at all like our weather. The
+shepherds can sit out on the grass all night,
+watching their sheep.</p>
+
+<p>Did you ever see a sheep or a lamb? Do
+you know that your mittens and jackets and
+nice warm dresses are made of the wool
+which the sheep have to spare for us? The
+shepherds have to stay out with the sheep
+all night because
+they are very gentle
+and timid
+animals. They
+cannot fight for
+themselves, and if
+they were left
+alone the wolves would catch them.</p>
+
+
+
+<p>One night about 1900 years ago some
+shepherds were watching their sheep in
+those fields. Very likely the shepherds were
+some of the people who were hoping that
+Jesus would soon come; perhaps they were
+talking about him, and wondering how they
+would know if he did come.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span></p>
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 188px;">
+<img src="images/illus019.jpg" width="188" height="150" alt="Heavenly host before the shepherds" />
+</div>
+<p>All at once a bright light shone about
+them, and they saw an angel and heard him
+speak to them. Very kind and beautiful
+the angel looked, but the shepherds were
+frightened.</p>
+
+<p>The angel said to them, "Fear not; for
+behold, I bring you good tidings of great
+joy, which shall be to all people; for unto
+you is born this day in the city of David a
+Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And
+this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find
+the babe, wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying
+in a manger."</p>
+
+
+
+<p>As the angel was speaking, the shepherds
+saw with him a great
+number of beautiful,
+shining angels. Then
+was sung for the first
+time this grand song,
+for Christmas had
+come. I do not know
+the tune, but the very words are in the
+Bible: "Glory to God in the highest, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span>
+on earth peace, good-will toward men."
+Glory to God, for the greatest gift that
+ever came; peace on earth, for all who love
+this Savior.</p>
+
+<p>As soon as the angels finished the song
+they went back to heaven, and left the
+shepherds alone.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 282px;">
+<img src="images/illus020.jpg" width="282" height="109" alt="decoration" />
+</div>
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a><br /><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 367px;">
+<img src="images/illus022.jpg" width="367" height="470" alt="Shepherds visiting Jesus in stone building with bars on the window" />
+<div class="caption">THE SHEPHERDS VISIT JESUS.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Shepherds Visit Jesus.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>WHAT would you do if you had been
+one of those shepherds to whom the
+angels brought the good news of Jesus' birth?
+I will tell you what they did. They left their
+sheep to take care of themselves, and hurried
+off to Bethlehem, for that was the city
+the angels meant.</div>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 196px;">
+<img src="images/illus023.jpg" width="196" height="145" alt="Same picture as the last but as a drawing: Shepherds visiting Jesus in stone building with bars on the window" />
+</div>
+
+<p>They went in the
+gate and at last
+found the right place.
+It was called a stable.</p>
+
+<p>They soon found
+the dear little baby
+Jesus, just as the angels had said, lying in
+a manger, and Mary his mother and Joseph
+taking care of him.</p>
+
+<p>The little manger was in the stable, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span>
+there the shepherds stood beside it and
+looked into the face of the babe.</p>
+
+<p>Do you think the dear little baby had a
+nice bed to lie in? It looked like a block
+hollowed out. It was the box out of which
+the cows ate.</p>
+
+<p>It was warm and soft, because his mother
+had put nice soft hay in it, and wrapped him
+all up with a long strip of cloth. They were
+in a stable because so many people were in
+the city that there was not a bit of room
+left. I think it must have been a clean
+place, with lots of nice, sweet new hay.</p>
+
+<p>When the shepherds saw the baby they
+knew that he was really Jesus their Savior.
+They knelt at his feet and worshiped him.
+They were so happy that they could hardly
+say what they felt. They soon went away
+and told the good news to every one they
+met. They were very glad because Jesus
+had come. He came as a little baby so he
+would know how to love and help all other
+babies and little children, and be an example<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span>
+for them to follow as they grew older.</p>
+
+<p>We are glad Jesus came, and we love to
+keep his birthday, because he gives us joy
+and peace, fills our hearts with love, and
+helps us to be good and happy here and to
+get ready to be happy in heaven.</p>
+
+<p>God, our Father in heaven, sent to us
+this wonderful Christmas Gift. Think of
+the great love he must have for us, to give
+us his Son. Think of the great love Jesus
+had for us, that he could leave his beautiful
+home in heaven to come and help us and
+show us how to live. Let us thank him
+every day for his great love. "For God so
+loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
+Son" to be our Savior.</p>
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 365px;">
+<img src="images/illus026.jpg" width="365" height="471" alt="Baby Jesus before Simeon" />
+<div class="caption">THE BABY JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Child in the Temple.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>JOSEPH, and Mary the mother of Jesus,
+stayed in Bethlehem for a while. When
+Jesus was only eight days old he received
+his name; he was called "Jesus," as the
+angel had told Mary.
+It was the custom of
+the Jews to take their
+first son to the temple
+and present him to
+God, so Joseph and
+Mary went to Jerusalem to present Jesus to
+God in the temple.</div>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 184px;">
+<img src="images/illus027.jpg" width="184" height="128" alt="Drawing of Jesus and family before Simeon and Anna" />
+</div>
+
+<p>At the time when Jesus was born, there
+was an old man, named Simeon, living in
+Jerusalem. He was a good man and was
+looking and wishing for Jesus, the promised
+Messiah, to come. God's Holy Spirit had<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span>
+told him that he should not die until he
+had seen Jesus. Simeon went up to the
+temple to worship God every day. One day
+while he was in the temple Mary and Joseph
+brought the child to present him to God.
+When Simeon saw
+them he knew that
+the infant in Mary's
+arms was his Savior.
+He at once took Jesus
+in his arms, and with
+a heart full of joy he
+blessed God and
+said, "Lord, now
+lettest thou thy servant depart in peace." He
+had seen the Savior for whom he looked,
+and had nothing more to wish; he was perfectly
+satisfied to die, now that he had seen
+Jesus, the Savior of the world. When
+Jesus comes into our hearts we are satisfied,
+and not only ready to die, but we are ready
+to live and do with glad hearts all that God
+wishes us to do. The best way to praise<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span>
+God for his wonderful gift is to <i>live for him</i>
+and lead others to praise him.</p>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 194px;">
+<img src="images/illus028.jpg" width="194" height="191" alt="Different drawing of Jesus and family with Simeon" />
+</div>
+
+<p>God's Spirit was upon Simeon, and he rejoiced
+to see Jesus his Savior, whom God
+had sent to his people. Do you wonder
+that Simeon's heart was full of joy at seeing
+God's greatest gift to man? Should
+not we praise him for it?</p>
+
+<p>At the time of Jesus' birth, the world was
+very dark and sinful. People did not know
+much about God or what he wanted them
+to do. In Jesus, Simeon saw a great Light
+which would lighten the world.</p>
+
+<p>Did you ever try to walk in a dark night
+where there were no lights to shine on the
+pathway? If so, you were sure to go the
+wrong road, or to stumble and fall. While
+you were walking in the darkness, did a
+great electric light suddenly shine out,
+making all light about you? So into the
+dark lives of the people Jesus came to be a
+Light. We are sure that Jesus is a Light
+to us and to all the world. He lived a holy<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span>
+life, so he made a right path for us to follow.
+He showed us how to live and how to
+die, so that we may live forever in heaven.
+If we take his love into our hearts and do
+as he tells us, we shall walk in the light.
+Just as a railway locomotive runs in the
+great light from the lamp that sends
+its bright rays along the track, so Jesus
+dwelling in our hearts shines his light just
+where we are to travel&mdash;that is, he tells us
+by his Spirit and by his Word how we are
+to act and what we are to do.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 175px;">
+<img src="images/illus030.jpg" width="175" height="183" alt="Simeon, Jesus, Mary and Anna" />
+</div>
+
+<p>While Mary and Joseph
+and Jesus were
+yet in the temple,
+Anna, a prophetess,
+came in and saw Jesus.
+Then she, too, praised
+the Lord because Jesus
+had come to be a Light
+to the world. She told
+the people that Jesus was the Son of God
+who had come into this world to live in our<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span>
+hearts and be our Light. Jesus in our
+hearts is like a torchlight which we carry
+with us always, and which never goes out,
+but gives us light wherever we go. We
+follow this light when we do the things that
+Jesus taught us to do, and when we follow
+the example that he left us.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 293px;">
+<img src="images/illus031.jpg" width="293" height="124" alt="Decoration" />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 364px;">
+<img src="images/illus032.jpg" width="364" height="472" alt="wise men traveling" />
+<div class="caption">THE WISE MEN VISIT JESUS.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Journey of the Wise
+Men.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>THERE were some very rich, wise men
+living away off in another country.
+God wanted them to know about his Son.
+He did not send angels to tell them; he took
+another way. He put a strange new star
+in the sky. These wise men spent a great
+deal of time studying about stars, so when
+they saw this they were very much interested
+in it. When they saw strange stars
+they thought strange things would happen.
+They had heard that the Jews were looking
+for Jesus to come and be their king, so they
+thought this star must mean that he
+had come. They thought very likely that
+he had come to Jerusalem, for that was the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span>
+great city of the Jews. So they started on
+their long journey.</div>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 224px;">
+<img src="images/illus034.jpg" width="224" height="128" alt="Wise men still traveling" />
+</div>
+
+<p>They traveled on until they reached Jerusalem.
+Then
+they went at once
+to Herod the king
+and asked him
+where Jesus was
+who was born
+King of the Jews. Herod had not heard
+that Jesus was born, and when he heard
+this question he was troubled, for he was
+not born king&mdash;he had been made king.
+So he was very much afraid that Jesus, who
+was born King, would take his place.</p>
+
+<p>He called in the Jews, who he thought
+ought to know, and asked them to find out
+where Jesus was to be born. They looked
+in the Bible and found that he was to be
+born in Bethlehem.</p>
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 192px;">
+<img src="images/illus035a.jpg" width="192" height="183" alt="wise men following the star" />
+</div>
+<p>When Herod heard this he told the wise
+men to go to Bethlehem and look for Jesus,
+and when they found him to bring him<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span>
+word so that he might go and worship him.
+He wanted to kill Jesus, but he did not tell
+the wise men so. They again started out,
+and they were very much pleased to see the
+same star still shining
+in the sky.</p>
+
+
+
+<p>This star went before
+them to guide
+them to Bethlehem.
+They believed the
+star would guide
+them right, so they
+followed it until it stood over a house in the
+city.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 295px;">
+<img src="images/illus035b.jpg" width="295" height="121" alt="decoration" />
+</div>
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 356px;">
+<img src="images/illus036.jpg" width="356" height="464" alt="THE WISE MEN'S GIFTS." />
+<div class="caption">THE WISE MEN'S GIFTS.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Wise Men's Gifts to
+Jesus.</h2>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 212px;">
+<img src="images/illus037.jpg" width="212" height="172" alt="Boy Jesus in temple" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>WHEN the wise men went into the
+house they found Jesus there with
+Mary, his mother, and Joseph, her husband.</div>
+
+<p>As soon as they
+saw him they knew
+it was Jesus, whom
+they had come so
+far to see. They
+fell down before
+him and worshiped
+him. They
+brought him rich gifts of gold, frankincense
+and myrrh. These gifts of gold, frankincense
+and myrrh were costly and useful;
+they must have been of great help to Mary
+and Joseph, who were very poor. These<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span>
+gifts from the wise men to Jesus showed
+their love for him. Those who truly love
+Jesus now will be glad to give of their
+money to help the poor and needy, and to
+teach those who do not know about him;
+and what we do for his sake he counts as
+done for him. But the greatest gift that
+we can give Jesus is the gift of our hearts.</p>
+
+<p>While they were there worshiping Jesus,
+God was looking into the heart of Herod,
+reading his wicked thoughts. He knew
+that if the wise men went back and told
+Herod where Jesus was, he would come and
+kill him. So when the wise men were ready
+to go away, God warned them in a dream to
+go back another way and not to go near
+Jerusalem, where they would meet Herod.
+They believed God in this too, and did as
+he told them to.</p>
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a><br /><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 362px;">
+<img src="images/illus040.jpg" width="362" height="465" alt="Traveling to Egypt" />
+<div class="caption">ON THE WAY TO EGYPT.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>The Flight into Egypt.</h2>
+
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 217px;">
+<img src="images/illus041.jpg" width="217" height="174" alt="traveling to Egypt" />
+</div>
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>WHEN the wise men were gone, God sent
+an angel to warn Joseph to take Jesus and
+Mary, his mother, and leave Bethlehem.
+He told him to take them to Egypt and
+stay there until he told them they might
+return. Why do
+you suppose God
+told Joseph to leave
+their home? He
+knew that Herod
+wanted to kill
+Jesus, and that it
+would be dangerous
+to stay there. If they went to Egypt
+they would be safe, for Herod had no
+power over Egypt. They would find friends<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span>
+there too, for a great many Jews were
+living in Egypt then.</div>
+
+<p>Joseph loved God and believed him, so he
+proved that he loved and believed him by
+obeying at once. He did not wait until
+morning, but at once arose, got ready, and
+took Mary and Jesus and they started in
+the night for Egypt. They did not go to
+some other place instead. They went just
+when God told them to go, and went just
+where he told them to; and they were safe
+while they followed God's directions.</p>
+
+<p>Jesus was soon safe in Egypt. Herod did
+not know this, and was still making his
+plans to kill him. He was a very wicked,
+cruel man. He was wicked enough to kill
+two of his own sons, so you see he did not
+care much about killing a baby.</p>
+
+<p>He did not know just how old Jesus was,
+but thought he could not be over two
+years old. He did not know where he lived,
+for the wise men did not go back to tell
+him. But he was bound to kill Jesus, so he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span>
+told his cruel soldiers to go into every
+house in Bethlehem, even into the houses
+near Bethlehem, and kill every boy baby
+they could find two years old or less.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 169px;">
+<img src="images/illus043.jpg" width="169" height="186" alt="awful scene" />
+</div>
+
+<p>So they went around killing all the baby
+boys. They would go into a house, snatch
+the baby out of its crib, or
+out of its mother's arms,
+and kill it right before
+her eyes. That was a
+sad time in Bethlehem;
+for many poor mothers
+were weeping for
+their children. It was
+very sad for the mothers,
+but the little boys were safe in heaven
+with God.</p>
+
+<p>God was still watching over and taking
+care of his Son; so when at last Herod was
+dead, God again sent an angel to Joseph,
+telling him to take Jesus and Mary and go
+back to the land of Israel, or the land of
+the Jews. So Joseph again set out on a journey.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span>
+But he heard that Herod's son was
+king, and he was afraid to go back to Bethlehem,
+so he went to Nazareth.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 293px;">
+<img src="images/illus044.jpg" width="293" height="112" alt="decoration" />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a><br /><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 483px;">
+<img src="images/illus046.jpg" width="483" height="366" alt="Boy Jesus in temple" />
+<div class="caption">THE BOY JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>Jesus in the Temple.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='drop-cap'>WHEN Jesus was a very little baby, his
+mother took him to the temple, their
+church, and gave him to the Lord. I suppose
+they wrote down his name, as we do
+our Cradle Roll babies. If they did, I think
+we may call Jesus a Cradle Roll baby. I am
+sure that Mary and Joseph did all they
+could to help the baby to grow up a good,
+wise, loving boy. The dear little babies
+do not stay babies long; then their toys
+go and they want books, for they must
+learn a great deal before they are grown-up
+men and women. So Jesus' toys were soon
+put away, and he began to study just as
+you do. He grew bigger and stronger every
+day. At last he was as big as you;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span>
+then bigger, until he was as big as your
+brother or sister.</div>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 266px;">
+<img src="images/illus048.jpg" width="266" height="180" alt="Family traveling" />
+</div>
+
+<p>Do you know someone who is twelve
+years old? At last Jesus got to be so old.
+At that age a boy was no longer a Cradle
+Roll baby, nor even a child. Jesus' mother
+said that
+now he could
+go with her
+and Joseph
+and their
+friends when
+they went up
+to Jerusalem
+to church.
+Did you ever go on a journey? How did
+you go? On the cars. Were you glad to
+go? You got tired, I know. A picture of
+Joseph and Mary and Jesus on their way to
+Jerusalem would show you that they all
+walked. It was a long, hard journey, for
+they not only had to walk all the way, but
+they had to carry all their bundles. They<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span>
+went in a company, so they had a nice time
+talking with their friends as they walked.
+Then when tired or hungry, they would
+stop by the way in the shade of some great
+rocks&mdash;for in that land rocks are found
+oftener than shade trees.</p>
+
+<p>You can make a picture of this journey
+in your mind. Think of the wall of the
+city of Jerusalem and the open gate; inside
+the wall is the church, or temple; there is a
+road of sand, and on both sides of the road
+are a few trees and a good many rocks.</p>
+
+<p>At last they all reached the city, and
+slept and rested and ate their food, then
+bathed and dressed in their best clothes,
+and went to the temple to worship God and
+hear about his law out of the Bible.</p>
+
+<p>All this was very wonderful and beautiful
+to Jesus. He began to understand that
+God was his Father, and that he had some
+very great work to do in the world. He
+was so interested that when it was time to
+start for home he stayed after all the rest<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span>
+left, and went back to the temple. Perhaps
+he had been allowed to go by himself
+and did not know they had started home.</p>
+
+<p>Mary did not miss Jesus for some time.
+She thought he was with his young friends
+having a good time. At last she became
+frightened, for she found that he was not
+with any of these friends. Oh, how frightened
+she was! Her beautiful boy that she
+loved more than her own life, was lost! I
+once knew of a very lovely boy who was lost
+all night. How his mother cried, and how we
+looked for him all night! In the morning
+his mother was the
+one to find him,
+then her sorrow
+was changed to joy.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 204px;">
+<img src="images/illus050.jpg" width="204" height="155" alt="Jesus teaching in temple" />
+</div>
+
+<p>Mary and Joseph
+left their friends
+and went back to
+the city. In her heart Jesus' mother
+knew where to look for him. Can you
+think where he was? They found him in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span>
+the temple talking with the teachers. They
+were talking about God's law. They had
+their books, reading and studying together.
+These books were made of strips of parchment
+or paper fastened at both ends to
+round sticks and rolled up.</p>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 184px;">
+<img src="images/illus051.jpg" width="184" height="119" alt="Jesus found in temple by his parents" />
+</div>
+
+<p>When Jesus saw his mother and knew
+how she had grieved
+about him, he left the
+teachers at once and
+went back home with
+her and Joseph. He
+told them that he
+knew God was his Father, and that he must
+be about his work. But quickly and lovingly
+he obeyed his mother and went with
+her, even though he longed to stay.</p>
+
+<p>Do you think Jesus was about his heavenly
+Father's business when he obeyed
+Mary and Joseph and went home so lovingly
+with them? He surely was, for some of
+his work that he came to earth to do was to
+show children how to treat their parents.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span>
+One of the great laws of God is, "Children,
+obey your parents."</p>
+
+<p>Jesus loved to be in the temple, but he
+quickly and cheerfully went home with his
+mother and Joseph. I think that as he
+and his parents were with many of their
+dear friends, he was allowed to go around
+among them and with them when they went
+to the temple, so when his parents left he
+perhaps did not really know when his mother
+started. Do you think she was careless
+to go off and leave him? No, I am sure
+she was not; she no doubt thought he was
+coming along with his aunts or cousins or
+his little friends in the company.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a><br /><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 368px;">
+<img src="images/illus054.jpg" width="368" height="477" alt="Jesus in home" />
+<div class="caption">THE BOY JESUS IN HIS HOME.</div>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>Jesus in His Home.</h2>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 165px;">
+<img src="images/illus056.jpg" width="165" height="201" alt="Jesus in crowd" />
+</div>
+<div class='drop-cap'>DO you like cold, dark, stormy days?
+How do you feel when you get up and
+find the sun shining in your window? You
+cannot help feeling good&mdash;some of it gets
+into your heart and makes you feel happy.
+You make us think of sunny days. Sometimes
+children are cross, and they make us
+think of stormy days. The gloomy,
+naughty, selfish child makes everything in
+the house seem sad. But how about the
+bright, happy, laughing, helpful child?
+When he comes into the room, it seems as
+if he brought some sunshine in. He is a
+sunshiny boy.</div>
+
+<p>Do you know I am thinking of a boy who
+I believe was the sunshiniest one among all
+the sunshiny children in the world. Who<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span>
+was he? He was Jesus, the dear boy who
+was so ready to obey his parents. He
+started home with Mary
+and Joseph, perhaps
+telling Joseph all about
+how it happened that he
+was left behind them.</p>
+
+
+
+<p>After their long, hard
+journey, how glad they
+were to get home! I am
+sure Jesus did all he
+could to get everything
+ready. First he helped Joseph bring in all
+the things they had with them, and Mary
+stood, at the door of the little house, looking
+at the boy she loved so much, and feeling
+so glad and thankful that he had not really
+been lost.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 161px;">
+<img src="images/illus057.jpg" width="161" height="188" alt="Boy Jesus working with Joseph in carpentry" />
+</div>
+
+<p>Then when they were all settled and
+rested and Joseph had to go to his carpenter
+work, Jesus would do such little things as
+he could to help him, while Mary was doing
+her work. Joseph was a carpenter. What<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span>
+do you think he made? What tools did he
+use? Then I think
+Jesus must have learned
+to use them, too. Perhaps
+sometimes Mary
+was sick, and then I am
+sure he did all he could
+to help and comfort her
+and make her forget her
+pain. He would bring
+the jar of fresh water, bathe her head and
+give her a cool drink. If your mamma
+was sick, what could you do to be a blessing
+to her? I knew a little boy who was a
+real sunshine boy. When mamma was
+sick he would set the table for papa, and
+hand mamma a cup of tea, and give her a
+smile and a loving kiss. We can all do so
+much, and many other things. Think of
+some of them. You can pick up your toys
+and books and keep them tidy, without
+waiting for mamma to talk about it; you
+can always run to her with a loving kiss<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span>
+when you wake up and when you go to bed;
+you can be very gentle and kind to your little
+brothers and sisters; you can try every day
+in every way to make sunshine in your
+home&mdash;to make your home the most beautiful
+place in the world. Boys and girls who
+do that can make their homes next to
+heaven.</p>
+
+<div class="figleft" style="width: 246px;">
+<img src="images/illus058.jpg" width="246" height="194" alt="Boy Jesus working with Josheph in carpentry some more" />
+</div>
+
+<p>Jesus did that even when he was very
+small. As he
+grew older he
+grew wiser and
+better. He
+helped Joseph
+more and more
+in his shop, and
+what he did not
+know, Joseph
+taught him.</p>
+
+<p>He did not spend all his time in the shop,
+He perhaps went to school, for he loved
+to study. I think Mary loved to teach a
+boy who was so ready to learn. He would<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span>
+stand beside her while she read to him.</p>
+
+<div class="figright" style="width: 222px;">
+<img src="images/illus059.jpg" width="222" height="190" alt="Boy Jesus reading scrolls in temple" />
+</div>
+
+<p>He liked to play like other boys, but he
+always did the
+things that other
+children should
+do, so they would
+know just what
+was right. That
+is why I tell you
+so much about
+him. Perhaps
+children would not know just the right way,
+if Jesus had not been a boy and lived with
+his mother and loved and obeyed and helped
+her.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a><br /><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>Around the Throne.</h2>
+
+
+<div class='poem'>
+Around the throne of God in heaven,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Thousands of children stand,</span><br />
+Children whose sins are all forgiven,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">A holy, happy band.</span><br />
+<br />
+What brought them to that world above,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">That heaven so bright and fair,</span><br />
+Where all is peace and joy and love?<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">How came those children there?</span><br />
+<br />
+On earth they sought the Savior's grace,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">On earth they loved his name;</span><br />
+So now they see his blessed face,<br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">And stand before the Lamb.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 8.5em;">&mdash;<i>Annie H. Shepherd.</i></span><br />
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<div class='tnote'><b>Transcriber's Note:</b> Page 27, repeated word "him" removed from text. Original read: (praise him him for it)</div>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Boyhood of Jesus, by Anonymous
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
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+Title: The Boyhood of Jesus
+
+Author: Anonymous
+
+Release Date: December 28, 2013 [EBook #44531]
+
+Language: English
+
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOYHOOD OF JESUS ***
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+Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online
+Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
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+
+    THE BOYHOOD OF
+    JESUS
+
+    [Illustration]
+
+    PUBLISHED BY
+    DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING COMPANY
+
+    Factory and Shipping Rooms, Elgin, Illinois
+
+
+
+
+Try to be like Jesus.
+
+
+    The Bible tells of Jesus,
+        So gentle and so meek;
+    I'll try to be like Jesus
+        In ev'ry word I speak.
+
+    For Jesus, too, was loving,
+        His words were always kind;
+    I'll try to be like Jesus
+        In thought and word and mind.
+
+    I long to be like Jesus,
+        Who said "I am the Truth;"
+    Then I will give my heart to him,
+        Now, in my early youth.
+                     --_Lillian Payson._
+
+[Illustration: THE BABY JESUS.]
+
+
+
+
+    COPYRIGHT, 1905,
+    BY DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING COMPANY.
+
+
+
+
+The Little Lord Jesus.
+
+
+    Away in a manger,
+        No crib for a bed,
+    The little Lord Jesus
+        Laid down his sweet head.
+    The stars in the sky
+        Looked down where he lay--
+    The little Lord Jesus
+        Asleep on the hay.
+    The cattle are lowing,
+        The poor baby wakes,
+    But little Lord Jesus
+        No crying he makes.
+    I love thee, Lord Jesus;
+        Look down from the sky,
+    And stay by my cradle
+        To watch Lullaby.
+                --_Luther's Cradle Hymn_
+
+
+
+
+The Child Promised.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+THERE was once a time when there was no Christmas at all. There were
+no beautiful Christmas trees and happy songs and stockings filled with
+presents. No one shouted "Merry Christmas!" or "Christmas Gift!" No
+one told the sweet story of Jesus, because Jesus had not come into
+the world and so there was no Christmas. You see Christmas is Jesus'
+birthday, and before he came, of course people could not keep his
+birthday. You have heard of how wicked and unhappy the people were long
+ago. Although God loved them and tried to make them do right, they
+forgot about him and did so many naughty, disobedient things that they
+were very miserable. Then God sent a wonderful message to them. He told
+them that some day he would send them his own Son, who should be their
+King and teach them how to do right. He said that his Son would come as
+a little child to grow up among them to love and help them. God even
+told them what they should call this baby who was to be their King. God
+said that Christ would be like a beautiful light showing them where to
+go. It would be as though some people stumbling sorrowfully along a
+dark street should suddenly see a bright light shining ahead of them,
+making everything cheerful and pleasant. They would be joyful like
+people who gather in the harvest. Jesus makes his children happy, and
+he wants them to shine out and make others happy. These people who were
+so unhappy before Jesus came, were very glad to know that some day he
+would come. They talked about him and waited a long, long time before
+he came and brought Christmas light into the world.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE BABE IN BETHLEHEM.]
+
+
+
+
+The Coming of Jesus.
+
+
+LONG ago there lived a good man named Joseph, a carpenter of Nazareth,
+who built houses and made many useful things for people. He also loved
+to read God's Gift Book, and tried to obey its rules. One day the king
+of the land where Joseph lived ordered everyone to write his name in a
+book, and pay a tax, in his own city. So Joseph and Mary his wife got
+ready to take a long journey to their old home, Bethlehem. There were
+no cars for them to ride in, so they must either walk or ride a donkey.
+As the fashion was there, Mary wore a long, white veil which covered
+her beautiful face.
+
+The streets were full of people, walking, or traveling on mules,
+donkeys, or camels--all going to be taxed. It was winter, but in a
+warm country, and they went through valleys of figs, olives, dates,
+oranges and other good things.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+They must have been very tired when they reached Bethlehem's gates,
+for they had come a long distance, and the dust of the road, the
+bustle of traveling, and the strangeness of it all, seemed to add
+to their trials. The people of Bethlehem had opened their homes and
+welcomed the strangers, until every house was full, and still the
+people kept coming. They could scarcely go up the steep hill, they were
+so weary, and Joseph tried to get a place to rest, but there was no
+kind invitation, no welcome in any house for them, and the inns were
+crowded. The inns were not like our hotels for travelers; they were
+flat-roofed stone buildings, without windows. There were no warm rooms
+with carpets, and soft beds for tired travelers to lie on. There were
+only bare floors, and everyone had to bring his own bed and food. The
+courtyard was full of animals--donkeys, mules, camels, sheep and cows.
+
+After Joseph had tried and failed to get a resting place, as there
+was no room anywhere, some kind friend told him of a cave on the
+hillside which was used as a stable, and to this they gladly went.
+Sweet-smelling hay was all around, and the floor was covered with
+straw; possibly mild-eyed cows and gentle sheep were sleeping in their
+stalls. Along the walls were mangers, or boxes to hold the grain and
+hay when the animals were fed. Here Mary and Joseph found a shelter
+and a sleeping place; indeed, they were thankful to be led there to
+rest upon the hay. In the night a wonderful thing took place: God sent
+the baby Gift Child into the world. This gift had been promised long
+before to Adam and Eve, and now it had come--the most beautiful and
+dearest Baby ever held in a mother's arms. The night grew dark, the
+house-lights went out one by one, and the people in Bethlehem slept.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE ANGELS' SONG.]
+
+
+
+
+The Angels' Joy.
+
+
+THE happiest song that was ever sung was sung on the first and best
+Christmas of all. There was a time when there was no Christmas. Can you
+think how glad you would be if you had no Christmas, and then one day
+all at once you had the first and best one of all?
+
+This song was sung and the first Christmas came one night long years
+ago, far over the sea, near a little town called Bethlehem. It did not
+come first to kings and great people, but to some shepherds who were
+sitting up all night watching their sheep.
+
+Outside of the city were beautiful sloping green fields where the
+shepherds let their sheep run about and eat the grass. The weather
+there is very pleasant at Christmas time; not at all like our weather.
+The shepherds can sit out on the grass all night, watching their sheep.
+
+Did you ever see a sheep or a lamb? Do you know that your mittens and
+jackets and nice warm dresses are made of the wool which the sheep have
+to spare for us? The shepherds have to stay out with the sheep all
+night because they are very gentle and timid animals. They cannot fight
+for themselves, and if they were left alone the wolves would catch them.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+One night about 1900 years ago some shepherds were watching their sheep
+in those fields. Very likely the shepherds were some of the people who
+were hoping that Jesus would soon come; perhaps they were talking about
+him, and wondering how they would know if he did come.
+
+All at once a bright light shone about them, and they saw an angel and
+heard him speak to them. Very kind and beautiful the angel looked, but
+the shepherds were frightened.
+
+The angel said to them, "Fear not; for behold, I bring you good tidings
+of great joy, which shall be to all people; for unto you is born this
+day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this
+shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe, wrapped in swaddling
+clothes, lying in a manger."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+As the angel was speaking, the shepherds saw with him a great number of
+beautiful, shining angels. Then was sung for the first time this grand
+song, for Christmas had come. I do not know the tune, but the very
+words are in the Bible: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
+peace, good-will toward men." Glory to God, for the greatest gift that
+ever came; peace on earth, for all who love this Savior.
+
+As soon as the angels finished the song they went back to heaven, and
+left the shepherds alone.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE SHEPHERDS VISIT JESUS.]
+
+
+
+
+The Shepherds Visit Jesus.
+
+
+WHAT would you do if you had been one of those shepherds to whom the
+angels brought the good news of Jesus' birth? I will tell you what they
+did. They left their sheep to take care of themselves, and hurried off
+to Bethlehem, for that was the city the angels meant.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+They went in the gate and at last found the right place. It was called
+a stable.
+
+They soon found the dear little baby Jesus, just as the angels had
+said, lying in a manger, and Mary his mother and Joseph taking care of
+him.
+
+The little manger was in the stable, and there the shepherds stood
+beside it and looked into the face of the babe.
+
+Do you think the dear little baby had a nice bed to lie in? It looked
+like a block hollowed out. It was the box out of which the cows ate.
+
+It was warm and soft, because his mother had put nice soft hay in it,
+and wrapped him all up with a long strip of cloth. They were in a
+stable because so many people were in the city that there was not a bit
+of room left. I think it must have been a clean place, with lots of
+nice, sweet new hay.
+
+When the shepherds saw the baby they knew that he was really Jesus
+their Savior. They knelt at his feet and worshiped him. They were so
+happy that they could hardly say what they felt. They soon went away
+and told the good news to every one they met. They were very glad
+because Jesus had come. He came as a little baby so he would know
+how to love and help all other babies and little children, and be an
+example for them to follow as they grew older.
+
+We are glad Jesus came, and we love to keep his birthday, because he
+gives us joy and peace, fills our hearts with love, and helps us to be
+good and happy here and to get ready to be happy in heaven.
+
+God, our Father in heaven, sent to us this wonderful Christmas Gift.
+Think of the great love he must have for us, to give us his Son. Think
+of the great love Jesus had for us, that he could leave his beautiful
+home in heaven to come and help us and show us how to live. Let us
+thank him every day for his great love. "For God so loved the world,
+that he gave his only begotten Son" to be our Savior.
+
+[Illustration: THE BABY JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.]
+
+
+
+
+The Child in the Temple.
+
+
+JOSEPH, and Mary the mother of Jesus, stayed in Bethlehem for a while.
+When Jesus was only eight days old he received his name; he was called
+"Jesus," as the angel had told Mary. It was the custom of the Jews to
+take their first son to the temple and present him to God, so Joseph
+and Mary went to Jerusalem to present Jesus to God in the temple.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+At the time when Jesus was born, there was an old man, named Simeon,
+living in Jerusalem. He was a good man and was looking and wishing for
+Jesus, the promised Messiah, to come. God's Holy Spirit had told him
+that he should not die until he had seen Jesus. Simeon went up to the
+temple to worship God every day. One day while he was in the temple
+Mary and Joseph brought the child to present him to God. When Simeon
+saw them he knew that the infant in Mary's arms was his Savior. He at
+once took Jesus in his arms, and with a heart full of joy he blessed
+God and said, "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace." He
+had seen the Savior for whom he looked, and had nothing more to wish;
+he was perfectly satisfied to die, now that he had seen Jesus, the
+Savior of the world. When Jesus comes into our hearts we are satisfied,
+and not only ready to die, but we are ready to live and do with glad
+hearts all that God wishes us to do. The best way to praise God for
+his wonderful gift is to _live for him_ and lead others to praise him.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+God's Spirit was upon Simeon, and he rejoiced to see Jesus his Savior,
+whom God had sent to his people. Do you wonder that Simeon's heart was
+full of joy at seeing God's greatest gift to man? Should not we praise
+him for it?
+
+At the time of Jesus' birth, the world was very dark and sinful. People
+did not know much about God or what he wanted them to do. In Jesus,
+Simeon saw a great Light which would lighten the world.
+
+Did you ever try to walk in a dark night where there were no lights to
+shine on the pathway? If so, you were sure to go the wrong road, or to
+stumble and fall. While you were walking in the darkness, did a great
+electric light suddenly shine out, making all light about you? So into
+the dark lives of the people Jesus came to be a Light. We are sure that
+Jesus is a Light to us and to all the world. He lived a holy life, so
+he made a right path for us to follow. He showed us how to live and how
+to die, so that we may live forever in heaven. If we take his love into
+our hearts and do as he tells us, we shall walk in the light. Just as a
+railway locomotive runs in the great light from the lamp that sends its
+bright rays along the track, so Jesus dwelling in our hearts shines his
+light just where we are to travel--that is, he tells us by his Spirit
+and by his Word how we are to act and what we are to do.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+While Mary and Joseph and Jesus were yet in the temple, Anna, a
+prophetess, came in and saw Jesus. Then she, too, praised the Lord
+because Jesus had come to be a Light to the world. She told the people
+that Jesus was the Son of God who had come into this world to live in
+our hearts and be our Light. Jesus in our hearts is like a torchlight
+which we carry with us always, and which never goes out, but gives us
+light wherever we go. We follow this light when we do the things that
+Jesus taught us to do, and when we follow the example that he left us.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE WISE MEN VISIT JESUS.]
+
+
+
+
+The Journey of the Wise Men.
+
+
+THERE were some very rich, wise men living away off in another country.
+God wanted them to know about his Son. He did not send angels to tell
+them; he took another way. He put a strange new star in the sky. These
+wise men spent a great deal of time studying about stars, so when they
+saw this they were very much interested in it. When they saw strange
+stars they thought strange things would happen. They had heard that the
+Jews were looking for Jesus to come and be their king, so they thought
+this star must mean that he had come. They thought very likely that he
+had come to Jerusalem, for that was the great city of the Jews. So
+they started on their long journey.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+They traveled on until they reached Jerusalem. Then they went at once
+to Herod the king and asked him where Jesus was who was born King of
+the Jews. Herod had not heard that Jesus was born, and when he heard
+this question he was troubled, for he was not born king--he had been
+made king. So he was very much afraid that Jesus, who was born King,
+would take his place.
+
+He called in the Jews, who he thought ought to know, and asked them to
+find out where Jesus was to be born. They looked in the Bible and found
+that he was to be born in Bethlehem.
+
+When Herod heard this he told the wise men to go to Bethlehem and look
+for Jesus, and when they found him to bring him word so that he might
+go and worship him. He wanted to kill Jesus, but he did not tell the
+wise men so. They again started out, and they were very much pleased to
+see the same star still shining in the sky.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+This star went before them to guide them to Bethlehem. They believed
+the star would guide them right, so they followed it until it stood
+over a house in the city.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE WISE MEN'S GIFTS.]
+
+
+
+
+The Wise Men's Gifts to Jesus.
+
+
+WHEN the wise men went into the house they found Jesus there with Mary,
+his mother, and Joseph, her husband.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+As soon as they saw him they knew it was Jesus, whom they had come so
+far to see. They fell down before him and worshiped him. They brought
+him rich gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. These gifts of gold,
+frankincense and myrrh were costly and useful; they must have been of
+great help to Mary and Joseph, who were very poor. These gifts from
+the wise men to Jesus showed their love for him. Those who truly love
+Jesus now will be glad to give of their money to help the poor and
+needy, and to teach those who do not know about him; and what we do for
+his sake he counts as done for him. But the greatest gift that we can
+give Jesus is the gift of our hearts.
+
+While they were there worshiping Jesus, God was looking into the heart
+of Herod, reading his wicked thoughts. He knew that if the wise men
+went back and told Herod where Jesus was, he would come and kill him.
+So when the wise men were ready to go away, God warned them in a dream
+to go back another way and not to go near Jerusalem, where they would
+meet Herod. They believed God in this too, and did as he told them to.
+
+[Illustration: ON THE WAY TO EGYPT.]
+
+
+
+
+The Flight into Egypt.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+WHEN the wise men were gone, God sent an angel to warn Joseph to take
+Jesus and Mary, his mother, and leave Bethlehem. He told him to take
+them to Egypt and stay there until he told them they might return. Why
+do you suppose God told Joseph to leave their home? He knew that Herod
+wanted to kill Jesus, and that it would be dangerous to stay there.
+If they went to Egypt they would be safe, for Herod had no power over
+Egypt. They would find friends there too, for a great many Jews were
+living in Egypt then.
+
+Joseph loved God and believed him, so he proved that he loved and
+believed him by obeying at once. He did not wait until morning, but at
+once arose, got ready, and took Mary and Jesus and they started in the
+night for Egypt. They did not go to some other place instead. They went
+just when God told them to go, and went just where he told them to; and
+they were safe while they followed God's directions.
+
+Jesus was soon safe in Egypt. Herod did not know this, and was still
+making his plans to kill him. He was a very wicked, cruel man. He was
+wicked enough to kill two of his own sons, so you see he did not care
+much about killing a baby.
+
+He did not know just how old Jesus was, but thought he could not be
+over two years old. He did not know where he lived, for the wise men
+did not go back to tell him. But he was bound to kill Jesus, so he
+told his cruel soldiers to go into every house in Bethlehem, even into
+the houses near Bethlehem, and kill every boy baby they could find two
+years old or less.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+So they went around killing all the baby boys. They would go into a
+house, snatch the baby out of its crib, or out of its mother's arms,
+and kill it right before her eyes. That was a sad time in Bethlehem;
+for many poor mothers were weeping for their children. It was very sad
+for the mothers, but the little boys were safe in heaven with God.
+
+God was still watching over and taking care of his Son; so when at last
+Herod was dead, God again sent an angel to Joseph, telling him to take
+Jesus and Mary and go back to the land of Israel, or the land of the
+Jews. So Joseph again set out on a journey. But he heard that Herod's
+son was king, and he was afraid to go back to Bethlehem, so he went to
+Nazareth.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE BOY JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.]
+
+
+
+
+Jesus in the Temple.
+
+
+WHEN Jesus was a very little baby, his mother took him to the temple,
+their church, and gave him to the Lord. I suppose they wrote down his
+name, as we do our Cradle Roll babies. If they did, I think we may call
+Jesus a Cradle Roll baby. I am sure that Mary and Joseph did all they
+could to help the baby to grow up a good, wise, loving boy. The dear
+little babies do not stay babies long; then their toys go and they want
+books, for they must learn a great deal before they are grown-up men
+and women. So Jesus' toys were soon put away, and he began to study
+just as you do. He grew bigger and stronger every day. At last he was
+as big as you; then bigger, until he was as big as your brother or
+sister.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Do you know someone who is twelve years old? At last Jesus got to be
+so old. At that age a boy was no longer a Cradle Roll baby, nor even
+a child. Jesus' mother said that now he could go with her and Joseph
+and their friends when they went up to Jerusalem to church. Did you
+ever go on a journey? How did you go? On the cars. Were you glad to
+go? You got tired, I know. A picture of Joseph and Mary and Jesus on
+their way to Jerusalem would show you that they all walked. It was a
+long, hard journey, for they not only had to walk all the way, but
+they had to carry all their bundles. They went in a company, so they
+had a nice time talking with their friends as they walked. Then when
+tired or hungry, they would stop by the way in the shade of some great
+rocks--for in that land rocks are found oftener than shade trees.
+
+You can make a picture of this journey in your mind. Think of the wall
+of the city of Jerusalem and the open gate; inside the wall is the
+church, or temple; there is a road of sand, and on both sides of the
+road are a few trees and a good many rocks.
+
+At last they all reached the city, and slept and rested and ate their
+food, then bathed and dressed in their best clothes, and went to the
+temple to worship God and hear about his law out of the Bible.
+
+All this was very wonderful and beautiful to Jesus. He began to
+understand that God was his Father, and that he had some very great
+work to do in the world. He was so interested that when it was time to
+start for home he stayed after all the rest left, and went back to the
+temple. Perhaps he had been allowed to go by himself and did not know
+they had started home.
+
+Mary did not miss Jesus for some time. She thought he was with his
+young friends having a good time. At last she became frightened, for
+she found that he was not with any of these friends. Oh, how frightened
+she was! Her beautiful boy that she loved more than her own life, was
+lost! I once knew of a very lovely boy who was lost all night. How his
+mother cried, and how we looked for him all night! In the morning his
+mother was the one to find him, then her sorrow was changed to joy.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Mary and Joseph left their friends and went back to the city. In her
+heart Jesus' mother knew where to look for him. Can you think where he
+was? They found him in the temple talking with the teachers. They were
+talking about God's law. They had their books, reading and studying
+together. These books were made of strips of parchment or paper
+fastened at both ends to round sticks and rolled up.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+When Jesus saw his mother and knew how she had grieved about him, he
+left the teachers at once and went back home with her and Joseph. He
+told them that he knew God was his Father, and that he must be about
+his work. But quickly and lovingly he obeyed his mother and went with
+her, even though he longed to stay.
+
+Do you think Jesus was about his heavenly Father's business when he
+obeyed Mary and Joseph and went home so lovingly with them? He surely
+was, for some of his work that he came to earth to do was to show
+children how to treat their parents. One of the great laws of God is,
+"Children, obey your parents."
+
+Jesus loved to be in the temple, but he quickly and cheerfully went
+home with his mother and Joseph. I think that as he and his parents
+were with many of their dear friends, he was allowed to go around among
+them and with them when they went to the temple, so when his parents
+left he perhaps did not really know when his mother started. Do you
+think she was careless to go off and leave him? No, I am sure she was
+not; she no doubt thought he was coming along with his aunts or cousins
+or his little friends in the company.
+
+[Illustration: THE BOY JESUS IN HIS HOME.]
+
+
+
+
+Jesus in His Home.
+
+
+DO you like cold, dark, stormy days? How do you feel when you get
+up and find the sun shining in your window? You cannot help feeling
+good--some of it gets into your heart and makes you feel happy. You
+make us think of sunny days. Sometimes children are cross, and they
+make us think of stormy days. The gloomy, naughty, selfish child makes
+everything in the house seem sad. But how about the bright, happy,
+laughing, helpful child? When he comes into the room, it seems as if he
+brought some sunshine in. He is a sunshiny boy.
+
+Do you know I am thinking of a boy who I believe was the sunshiniest
+one among all the sunshiny children in the world. Who was he? He was
+Jesus, the dear boy who was so ready to obey his parents. He started
+home with Mary and Joseph, perhaps telling Joseph all about how it
+happened that he was left behind them.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+After their long, hard journey, how glad they were to get home! I am
+sure Jesus did all he could to get everything ready. First he helped
+Joseph bring in all the things they had with them, and Mary stood, at
+the door of the little house, looking at the boy she loved so much, and
+feeling so glad and thankful that he had not really been lost.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Then when they were all settled and rested and Joseph had to go to his
+carpenter work, Jesus would do such little things as he could to help
+him, while Mary was doing her work. Joseph was a carpenter. What do
+you think he made? What tools did he use? Then I think Jesus must have
+learned to use them, too. Perhaps sometimes Mary was sick, and then I
+am sure he did all he could to help and comfort her and make her forget
+her pain. He would bring the jar of fresh water, bathe her head and
+give her a cool drink. If your mamma was sick, what could you do to be
+a blessing to her? I knew a little boy who was a real sunshine boy.
+When mamma was sick he would set the table for papa, and hand mamma a
+cup of tea, and give her a smile and a loving kiss. We can all do so
+much, and many other things. Think of some of them. You can pick up
+your toys and books and keep them tidy, without waiting for mamma to
+talk about it; you can always run to her with a loving kiss when you
+wake up and when you go to bed; you can be very gentle and kind to your
+little brothers and sisters; you can try every day in every way to
+make sunshine in your home--to make your home the most beautiful place
+in the world. Boys and girls who do that can make their homes next to
+heaven.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Jesus did that even when he was very small. As he grew older he grew
+wiser and better. He helped Joseph more and more in his shop, and what
+he did not know, Joseph taught him.
+
+He did not spend all his time in the shop, He perhaps went to school,
+for he loved to study. I think Mary loved to teach a boy who was so
+ready to learn. He would stand beside her while she read to him.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+He liked to play like other boys, but he always did the things that
+other children should do, so they would know just what was right. That
+is why I tell you so much about him. Perhaps children would not know
+just the right way, if Jesus had not been a boy and lived with his
+mother and loved and obeyed and helped her.
+
+
+
+
+Around the Throne.
+
+
+    Around the throne of God in heaven,
+        Thousands of children stand,
+    Children whose sins are all forgiven,
+        A holy, happy band.
+
+    What brought them to that world above,
+        That heaven so bright and fair,
+    Where all is peace and joy and love?
+        How came those children there?
+
+    On earth they sought the Savior's grace,
+        On earth they loved his name;
+    So now they see his blessed face,
+        And stand before the Lamb.
+                     --_Annie H. Shepherd._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Transcriber's Notes:
+
+Page 27, repeated word "him" removed from text. Original read: (praise
+him him for it)
+
+
+
+
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