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By “Lewis Milligar

The other evening I attended,
a public lecture by an American!
astronomer on the solar system.
The lecturer had spent his adult

the great telescope at the Wilson
Observatory, of which he ,is a
staff’ member. He told us

our solar system was merely one
of millions in the Milky Way—
and beyond, The only new thing
that I learned, from the lecture

twin-planets.
Coming away from the lecture
I looked up. and there was the!
moon emerging from .the rim of;
a black ‘cloud, f
“Then felt I like some watcher;
of the ‘skies,
When. a new , planet swims in-
‘to his ken:
As. aT “walked home*eastward a)
bright star appeared in a Tift in
the clouds, and, ‘at the Christmas,
season -was approaching, I felt
like those Wise Men of the East
when they. beheld that new Star|
which: was to lead them to-a
jiew. born Babe ir Bethlehem.
They were astrologers who had|
mapped -and studied ‘the stars.

there as comets seen;. the! of Mrs,
heavens themselves. blaze- forth 16th, A tree and festive decora-

tions gave the Christmas atmoi-
To the Three Wise Men this phere to: the’ social: held after

the death of princes.”

new Star was no passing :wan- a
derer in distant space. It had no

lifetime gazing at the stars, and! streaming tail, but was full-or-' ¢ were 4
latterly surveying them through poq ang moved majestically, and eed. Julius rae aan
seemed to beckon them. to fol- yrs, J. J; Reimer, ‘Agriculture:
low. Convinced that it was the and Mrs. W. J. Hale; Social Wel-
herald of the rise of'a new and fare; the siembers decided | to
powerful potentate they loaded adopt a child from the, Solarium,
their camels with provisions for Cobble Hill and the secretary
the pilgrimage and, as was the were requested to write to the
tne that the moot 7is nota custom of the East, they brought solarium ‘asking for clothing
Waite that it was a” planel et! 7 aa jets as tribute. and peace’
which had wandered out of its) What” must have been "thet!
orbit around the ‘sun, and that}. surprise

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at thé home
P. ‘Warkentin, Décember

brief business meeting. After
the it.

and
the earth and the “moon 9re when they found their jong and Lae being “collected by. members:

weary journey brought them to! |
a. village inn! There.|must be! for-scrap books to ee Sent fo the

some mistake. They made, an-|

that it stood still right over this

other, obsérvatior of .the Star’s
position. There was no doubt member an the" ovlgin of 2

Chri ‘cards are

During the social hour, each

Carols were- sung to the aC~
of

common hostel in a lonely vil- |

But those dumb creatures were

breathing heavily in sleep. | +
The Three Wise Men decided
to follow. the le. of the

lage lane. They stared. at each’ =.
other in the dim starlight, They Svea “the. contoatd were, en-
turned to the camels as though| cara prize ‘went to: Mrs. A.
they would: remount, and, return.! roch and the Christmas card

Pl
wiser than they. Tired out with ‘Mrs. The
their, tramp across the. desert, by eat wan won red
they lay down in the roadway w. J. Hale.

NSN i ect Des

To all'our friends, we extend, our.

heaviiest wishes: for gladness and good fortune. |
for Christmas and the tiew Year,

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For fai or a

camels: ‘They entered othe inn.

They believed that ‘the p
and destiny: of mankind, and
even of individuals, were writ-
ten in the heavens. One night as
they were seanning . the firma-
ment ‘a new ‘and -brilliant star
appeared low’ in the east. At,
first they thought it was. an
optical illusion for. it seemed to

apologies. He was very «sorry,
pall. he could offer them was a
bed. of straw in the stable, but
he warned them that a child-had
just been born there and: they
must—, “Is it-a man-child?” ex-

The they Mrs.
were rich visitors, was full of comin pina ris Julies

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claimed ‘the Wise Men in unison.

be” slowly.

They had many ‘times seen show-
ers 'of7meteorites high in the
zenith and, occasionally a large
meteor sweep low across the sky,

ct disappear.’: A : Comet wag’ a| mang

‘Without waiting for a reply they
hastened to the stable where, ‘in:
Speechless amazement, . they. “be-
held a pale mother. tending: jer
new-born Babe in a straw-beded
er. Was this the great mon-

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found’ a:-mystery. A-Star had
brought : the ‘soul. of this Child
from heaven.

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