BETHLEHEM The city of David, which is called Bethlehem Luke 2:4. There is no place in the Bible better known to you than Bethlehem. It is the first place you learn about, because it is the place where Christ was born. But, though that is long ago, Bethlehem even then had had a long, long history.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO ROOM IN THE INN There was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7. Not long before Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea there went out an order from Caesar Augustus, the Roman Emperor, that a census of his subjects should be taken. Now at that time Palestine was under Roman rule, so the people... [ Continue Reading ]
A GREAT AWAKENING Wist ye not that I must be in my Father's house? Luke 2:49. Many of you boys and girls have sat in the gallery of the church on a Communion Sabbath. You thought there was something strangely solemn about the service. You could not quite explain it to yourself, but it seemed like... [ Continue Reading ]