beautiful light.

And, at that very moment, the Christ Child opened His eyes--for He had
been asleep--and as the lovely light fell upon Him He smiled.

Every year people keep the dear Christmas Child's birthday by giving
gifts to each other, and every year, in remembrance of His first
birthday, the Christmas Angel places in every house a fir tree, also.
Covered with starry candles it shines for the children as the stars
shone for the Christ Child. The Fir tree was rewarded for its
meekness, for to no other tree is it given to shine upon so many happy
faces.

[*] From "For the Children's Hour," by Bailey and Lewis. Used by
permission of the authors and also the publishers--Milton Bradley
Company.




THE MAGI IN THE WEST AND THEIR SEARCH FOR THE CHRIST[*]

A Tale for the Christmas-Tide

By Frederick E. Dewhurst


[Sidenote: The Mountain of Vision]

Now, it happened a long time ago, in the year ----, but the exact year