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' Text Appearing After Image: BETHLEHEM, But thou, Beth-ieliem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah,vet out of thee shall He come forth unto me that is to be Ruler in Israel; whose goings forthhave been from of old, from everlasting.—Micah v. 2. Upon the side of yonder hill, then, -which rises out of the midst of a fruitfulvalley, is set that little city which cannot be hid from the eyes of the Christiantraveller, nor shut out from the heart of the Christian world. At the distancefrom Jerusalem of twenty stadia, according to Josephus, or two hours by thecomputation of Eastern journeys, or six miles by our measurement, we now lookupon the very place where the most stupendous event in the annals of the worldtook place. Before we enter the gates, let us pause with affectionate reverence,and say to ourselves. This is Bethlehem ! Here was 1 God manifest in the flesh! 2s~o wonder that this little city was named Ephrath, the fruitful; for it hasteemed with Life for the sons of men; that it shoul
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