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T THE SUN, .SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1917. . I 7X771 Cbe Story of Betbkbem and Other Biblical g MMHHMaHHHHHHHBBHSgj a '3 UV -!!'' RfvhTshepherds at the manger in Bethlehem "and the angel said Y V - 1 rfMjLaMI K-l i hry untothem, And this shall be a sign unto you. Ye shall find j the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." St. Luke. C Capture of Zion by David sHjKj5L Destruction of Sodom. " v The angels hastened Lot I Y PJS. But she became a 1HAm pillar of salt." Genesis, xix:is, a6. . - t. r. - Motes in the bullrushea. "And thedaughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river and when the saw the ark among the flags, sne tern her maid to fetch it." Exodus, 11 :s. Judgment of Solomon "Then the King an swered, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: She is the mother thereof." I. Kings, iii;37. nah nf Ahaalnm "anH Ahsalnm rode UDOtl a mule and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak. and his head caught hold of the oak." II. Samuel, xviiiiq. l-'nnn ohhIh miHlclleil Uy l, .Mmi-IiuIiiiiiii