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himself of all apparent glory". HIs birth is the starting point of his abasement. According to our ideas of fitness he should have been the son of a mighty princess. The place of his birth should have been a magnificent palace, and a king and nobles of the land should have been assembled to receive him whose career was to be glorious and whose empire was to stand over heaven and Earth. Why! He was proclaimed from Eternity as The Lord of Lords and the King of Kings." But such ideas were not realised in a single particular now know the circumstances well. His parents were common people. His birth place was a stable. Bethlehem was a lowly City and his immediate attendants were unknown individuals Who would have supposed that this is he of whose advent and glory prophets had