. The story of Jesus Christ; an interpretation . ough ; but visi-tors ! And now ! She winced when the intruders,all speaking fast in their excitement, juislied theirway towards her. Their e^cs were fastened eagerlyupon one object. She heard exclamations and an-swers, and the low, controlled rei)lies of saw the great, tanned fingers of the men jjoint-ing at the baby. She heard one say to another : — That was the sign ! And another answer : — In a manger ! There he is ! Then the shepherds spoke all together, their sen-tences falling over each other. But iNIary — for herear was delica
. The story of Jesus Christ; an interpretation . ough ; but visi-tors ! And now ! She winced when the intruders,all speaking fast in their excitement, juislied theirway towards her. Their e^cs were fastened eagerlyupon one object. She heard exclamations and an-swers, and the low, controlled rei)lies of saw the great, tanned fingers of the men jjoint-ing at the baby. She heard one say to another : — That was the sign ! And another answer : — In a manger ! There he is ! Then the shepherds spoke all together, their sen-tences falling over each other. But iNIary — for herear was delicate and quick — made out as much asthis : in their i)astures, a mile or more out of Beth-lehem, these strong, not untender men, iron of listto wolves and robbers, silken of touch to shee]) andlambs, — men wakeful of eye and ear by profession,apt to see or hear what others slept thiough, sud-denly, in the deej) of the night, had seen the skyblossom with celestial forms and faces, and heardthe ether ring with celestial tongues and f-fr
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