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THE INFANT ST. JOHN.
"In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
"And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
" For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."Matthew iii. 1—3.
"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
"All these are the beginning of sorrows.
"For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
"Immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
"And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory."
Matthew xxiv. 7, 8, 27, 29, 30.
Lo, on the midnight winds a young child's voice
With lofty hymn,
Calling on earth and heaven to rejoice
Along with him.
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