abroad these wonderful things, con cerning the birth of CHRIST the LORD. And all who heard them were astonished. JESUS presented in the Temple, and mude known as the SAVIOUR to SIMEON and ANNA. On the eighth day after his birth, the HOLY CHILD was named JESUS, as the Angel who appeared to Mary be fore his birth had said. And shortly afterwards Mary and Joseph brought him to the Temple at Jerusalem,* to present him to the LORD; and behold, there was a good man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and it had been revealed unto him by the HOLY GHOST, that he should not die before he had seen the LORD'S CHRIST. And Simeon went, by the guidance of the HOLY SPIRIT, into the Temple, when Mary and Joseph brought in the child JESUS, to present him, and to make an offering of two Turtle Doves, or two young Pigeons, according to the Law of Moses. *Map of Canaan, 2 D. Then Simeon, knowing by the HOLY GHOST, that the child JESUS was the CHRIST, took him in his arms and blessed GOD, and said, LORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation. And there was also a very good woman named Anna, who spent much time in the temple, in Prayer and Fasting; to her, also, it was revealed by the HOLY SPIRIT, that the child JESUS was the CHRIST, and she spoke of him to all the good people she knew, who were expecting, from the prophecy of Daniel, that CHRIST would soon come into the world, to redeem his people from their sins, and bring salvation. |