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232 EISTORY OF TRJE NEW TEBTAMENT.
QUESTIONS.
1. What were some shepherds doing by night in the neigliborhaod
of Bethlehem? Who appeared suddenly before .them l
With what tvero thcy eeized? What dirl Clie angel tell ihern? 2.
Who accompanied llie nngcl'l 'Il'hat were the n~~gels ~ingitlg?
\jThen they had dienppenred, whnt did the ~l~epherd~ ay onc to the
ether P What did they find ill tile gtablc? Q. What did tliej? t11c?n
do? What was done after cight days ? IVliat naruo did the child
receive?
' CHAPTER VII,
The Deeired of nll nations shall come; and I will fill this house
with glory.-Agg. R, 8.
FORTY di~ys nftcr His_ birth, Msry and Joseph brought
- dcsus to Uie templc of Jerusalem topresent Him to tl~e
I,ord, as the law of 3Joscs p~cscribed.' They carried 1~itl1
i11m the usual tlflcri~lg of the pOI11'-lb pir of turtle-dovo8.
There 1~:~s at that time in Jerusalcln n just and Cod-fearing
man named Simeon. He was looking ni~xiously for the cowing
of tlie Mcssina, the IIoly Spirit linving rcvenlcd2 to liilrl
that he sl~ould not die till he had sccn thc Christ of Qe
Lord.
2. T,ed by the spirit, he came that diiy to the temple, and
seeing the child brought in by Msry and Joseph, he tnnlr
Him in his arms, and blessed God, eaying : '' Now Thou dost
dismiss Thy servant, 0 Iiord, according to Thy word in
peace: Because my cpcs have men TIly sxlvat.ion, wlvllicll
Thou hnst preparod before the face of all people8 ; a light to
the revclation of thc Gentiles, and tl~c Glory of Thy yeuple,
Jsracl."
3. lie thert blessed Joueph and Blary, :tnd to Mnry Ije
said : Behold, tlli~j cbilci is aet for Ule fall and for the resur-
Prescribed, directed ; laid down 8s a rulg. 2 Revealed, mnaeknown.