Thought for the Day 30 December 2009

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Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
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What were the actual circumstances of His coming? His Mother is a poor woman; she comes to Bethlehem to be taxed, travelling, when her choice would have been to remain at home. She finds there is no room in the inn; she is obliged to betake herself to a stable; she brings forth her firstborn Son, and lays Him in a manger. That little babe, so born, so placed, is none other than the Creator of heaven and earth, the Eternal Son of God.

From the sermon ‘Christ Hidden from the World’ (1837) Click here for the full text (leaves site)