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Title: The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Foster, William A. (from old catalog)
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n of Elizabeth, the wife ofZacharias, and was descended from king David. When Mary saw the angel, shewas troubled, for she knew not why he had come. But he said, Fear not, Mary;for God has greatly blessed thee. Thou shalt have a son, and shalt call his nameJESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of God. And God willmake him king over those who love him, forever. To thy cousin Elizabeth,also, God has promised a son. Mary answered the angel, saying, I am theservant of the Lord, let it be done to me as thou hast said. And the angeldeparted from her. God gave to Zacharias and Elizabeth, the son he had promised them. They called him John, as the angel had told Zacharias to do; the boy grew,and the Lord blessed him, and he lived in the lonely wilderness, away from therest of the people, until he was a man, and the time had come for him to preachto the Jews, and tell them about Jesus. For this little child, whom God hadgiven to Zacharias and Elizabeth, was John the Baptist. 216
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THE AXGEL GABRIEL APPEARS TO MARY. 217 St. Luke I. 28. T Joseph and Maky Go to Bethlehem. T THE Jews were servants to the Romans: they had to obey whatever theemperor of Rome commanded. And now he made a decree that all theJews should be enrolled, or have their names written down, and hecommanded each one of them to go to the city where his fathers had lived, sothat the Roman officers might take down his name there. Therefore every onewent to his own city. And Mary, -with Joseph her husband, went out of Nazareth, where theirhome was then, to Bethlehem, where David used to live, because they weredescended from king David. When they came to Bethlehem, there was no roomfor them at the inn: it was. already full, and they went into the stable to sleep. And while they were there, God gave to Mary the son which the angelhad promised her. It was in the stable in Bethlehem that the infant Jesus wasborn. And Mary his mother, wrapped him round with swaddling clothes, orbands, and laid him in a m

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