Article December 21, 1899 Issue

Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh

BY JESSAMINE GLESSNER CHILDS.

As the time of year draws nigh in which we commemorate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the greatest teacher of Love the world has ever known, we ofttimes look back over the vista of years and see in though those wise men of the East scanning the heavens for a sign from God.

They read those starry skies as we read a well-loved book, and in those silent watches their minds reached out for higher thoughts, gaining inspiration from look into those windows of Heaven.

Rewarded when they least expected it, one night their Star of Hope appeared in the East. It beckoned them to journey far and to bring their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, those gifts that nothing but self-sacrifice could make their own to give, and lay them at the feet of him whom they had long looked for, their King, the Messiah.

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