JESUS LAID IN A MANGER

Is this the King of glory? This is He. And is this ''Child Wonderful'' that Abel and Noah and Abraham and Moses and Isaiah waited for? This is He. A great poor King and the Son of God, laid in a manger,- is He so poor Very poor for our sake, to save us and to make us rich. Where is the manger? in Bethlehem. Who is the mother? Mary , the blessed Virgin. The Heavenly Father smiles for joy on his son in that manger. He sent his son. The son wished to come to us. Was ever such a love as the love of God? He gives us his only-begotten son! Other King's sons are born in palaces. This son of the Most High King lies on straw where the sheep are bleating. He has now Crown now, this little King. But he will have a crown, when He has saved His people from their sins.
Joseph is to be like a father for the little Child. And Joseph became the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Here is the happiest family in all the world : Mary, Joseph, ----and Jesus.

"I love to hear the story
Which angels voices tell,
How once the King of glory
Came down to earth to dwell."

"It is the thing most wonderful,
Almost too wonderful to me."