. Cheerful to-days and trustful to-morrows . o his. Thus are we ^madepartakers of the divine nature ;^ thus are we, inthe end, ^filled with all the fullness of God/ ^^ In the ISTew Testament we find the angels inconstant ministry upon our Lord. An angelannounced to the Virgin the honor of her com-ing motherhood: ^Tear not, Mary: for thou hastfound favor with God.^^ A choir of angels sangin the hearing of the shepherds on the night ofImmanueFs birth: ^^And there were shepherds in the same coun-try abiding in the field, and keeping watch bynight over their flock. And an angel of theLord stood by
. Cheerful to-days and trustful to-morrows . o his. Thus are we ^madepartakers of the divine nature ;^ thus are we, inthe end, ^filled with all the fullness of God/ ^^ In the ISTew Testament we find the angels inconstant ministry upon our Lord. An angelannounced to the Virgin the honor of her com-ing motherhood: ^Tear not, Mary: for thou hastfound favor with God.^^ A choir of angels sangin the hearing of the shepherds on the night ofImmanueFs birth: ^^And there were shepherds in the same coun-try abiding in the field, and keeping watch bynight over their flock. And an angel of theLord stood by them, and the glory of the Lordshone round about them: and they were soreafraid. And the angel said unto them. Be notafraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings ofgreat joy which shall be to all the people: forthere is born to you this day in the city of Davida Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And thisis the sign unto you; Ye shall find a babewrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a inanger. And suddenly there was with the angel 196. The Annunciation. (After the Painting by D. G. Rossetti.) Trustful To-jmokrows a multitude of the heavenly host praising God,and saying, ^^Glory to God in the highest, ^^And on earth peace among men in whom heis well pleased. ^^And it came to pass, when the angels wentaway from them into heaven, the shepherds saidone to another. Let us now go even unto Beth-lehem, and see this thing that is come to pass,which the Lord hath made known unto us. Andthey came with haste, and found both Mary andJoseph, and the babe lying in the manger. Andwhen they saw it, they made known concerningthe saying which was spoken to them about thischild. And all that heard it wondered at thethings which were spoken unto them by theshepherds. But Mary kept all these sayings,pondering them in her heart. And the shep-herds returned, glorifying and praising God forall the thino;s that thev had heard and seen, evenas it was spoken imto them. ^^And when eight days were fu
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