Walks and homes of Jesus . n Je-rusalem, beyond the reach of priests who min-istered in his own temple of Zion, must theinfant Messiah be borne, or the earth wouldlose its Saviour, and the stream of salvationbe dried at the fountain. He who came to be the Light of the world,must be carried away by night and hiddenfrom the world in the land of darkness. Thedivine Deliverer of Israel, and of the nations,must go down to Egypt and dwell in the houseof bondage, before he can be permitted to pro-claim liberty to the captives, and the openingof the prison to them that are bound. Of that long and lone
Walks and homes of Jesus . n Je-rusalem, beyond the reach of priests who min-istered in his own temple of Zion, must theinfant Messiah be borne, or the earth wouldlose its Saviour, and the stream of salvationbe dried at the fountain. He who came to be the Light of the world,must be carried away by night and hiddenfrom the world in the land of darkness. Thedivine Deliverer of Israel, and of the nations,must go down to Egypt and dwell in the houseof bondage, before he can be permitted to pro-claim liberty to the captives, and the openingof the prison to them that are bound. Of that long and lonely pilgrimage, whichbegan by night at Bethlehem, and continuedfor many days over the waste of Arabian des- 4 * 42 WALKS AND HOMES. erts, and ended in the deeper night and worsedesolation of exile in Egypt, we know it is much to know that the holy child Je-sus was a fugitive for his life in his infancy,and that the divine Saviour, when his glorywas fully manifested before the world, Avas cru-cified in his NAZARETH He came to Nazareth where he had bceti brought up.—Lukeiv. i6.
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