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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1958 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE 1 B Magi Relate To Herod Date The Star Appeared By GEORGE CORNELL Associated Press Religion Write! Propped up with cushions. King Herod the Great watched with can ny eyes as the bejeweled curtains parted and the three Eastern phil osophers were ushered before him. They bowed in their accustomed manner, stretching forth their hands at kner level. After an ex change of amenities, Herod leaned forward, entwining his veined fin gers. Perspiration beaded his fore- bead as he spoke: "At what time, my astute doc tors, did ye observe the 'astar Theios' this Divine star?" Taut lines creased his ashen countenance. The Magi, whether they realized It or not, were in a precarious position. Their report of a new born prince had stirred up all Jeru salem, and caused consternation among authorities. For less than this, Herod often had lopped heads. In the 36 years since the Roman Senate gave him Judea's throne, his reign was strewn ' with . victims suspected of sedition, including sons, wife and other relatives. Now a deathly sick, half-mad man of 69 still tortured .with fear of insurrection and assassination plots, he had acted with charac teristic vehemence to trace this latest unrest. - Before summoning the Magi to a private audience, he had ob tained a full account of their claims from informers, and had ordered Judea's foremost scholars brought before htm for question- .tng. These had included leadine mem bers of the Jewish religious and civil court, the Sanhedrin the chief priests and experts on reli gious law, the scribes all of them obviously in fright. Knowing Herod's blood-letting habits, they must have stood there white and rigid as he demanded they give details of the prophe- cied Christ. What do the books say? Where is this Godly king supposed to De Dorn? ' "In Bethlehem of Judea,' qquaking counselor had said. "For thus it is written by the prophet: " 'And thou Bethlehem art not the . least among the princes of Juda: ior out of thee shall come a gov ernor, that shall rule my people Israel. So nervous had the man been that he somewhat misquoted the Prophet Mich who had written 700 years before: But thou, Bethlehem, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth that is to be ruler in Israel: Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlast ing. . . . "And he shall ... be great unto the ends of the earth. And this man shall be the peace." In any case, Herod, after as certaining the geographical locale foreseen for the event, turned his attention to the Magi, the Persian ALMOST 500 YEARS OLD, this picture shows the Magi on their way to Bethlehem. The woodcut is from John of Hieldesheim's story of the three kings, published in 1484. The rare book is carefully preserved-at the Pierpont Mor gan Library in New York. Photo courtesy Pierpont Morgan Library Christian! Jewish Pupils Schedule Tolerance Lesson Comedian Plans To Fete Soldiers ,L'LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bob Hope is off on his eighth Christ mas tour to entertain American ; servicemen overseas. ' Leaving with him on an 18,000 mile tour were Jerry Colonna, : Elaine Dunn, Mollie Bee, Randy ; Sparks and Les Brown and his ; orchestra. On Christmas Day they will en tertain troors of the NATO com- - mand in Naples. They also will appear vin Iceland, Germany, Spain, Morrocco and the Azores. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Christian and Jewish students here will have again today their annual lesson in tolerance. Their lesson will stem, accord ing to Principal Charles Loomis, from the action of the officials of the Nathan Clifford Grammar School who decided 10 years ago "weve got to have understand ing in a school where nearly half the students are -Jewish. The idea is, he said, to "let Jewish children have a holiday, too." As a result, December is a busy month. First, there's Hanukkah, the Hebrew festival of .lights that starts Dec. 7 and goes on for eight days. Then, there's Christ mas. Mrs. Mae R. Glassford handles most of the arrangements. A Bap tist mother of four, she heads the art and music programs at the Nathan Clifford and at the He brew Day School and teaches Sun day school besides. The pageant "could be a hot seat for sure," said Mrs. Glass ford. But each year it works out with adherents of one faith learn ing a .little more about the beliefs 01 me omer. Jewish students will present "The First Hanukkah." They'll explain with readings and music what it means to those of the Hebrew faith to remember the end of the Maccabean wars; the cleansing of the temple of the paganism of Antiochus and the "miracle of the oil" when the temple lamos burned eight days even though there wasn't enough oil to fill them for all that time. The Christian students will pre sent their traditional Christmas tableaux with carols and "living Christmas cards," including the nativity scene. interlopers who had rekindled the whole business. What steps should he take? To execute them could bring grave political repercussions, for they held royal rank, and carried "safe conduct tablets from Persia s bel licose Parthian ruler, Phraates IV. Next to the Romans, the Par tisans then were the world's hauti est military power. Their famed horsemen and archers had over whelmed many an elite corps and Phraates had exchanged tokens of peace with the Roman Emperor Augustus. So Herod nad them called cere moniously into his presence. They were regal-looking figures, straight and keen eyed, dressed in costly robes. "Atharvans," they were titled, "guardians of the fire," clerks of astronomy, said to have once been of Persia's tribe of Medes. As the interview began. Herod restrained himself carefully. "Ye have spoken in the shops and streets of a new kingly son," he said, "yet there has been no issue of late in this household. He smiled grimly. "I can well vouch safe for that." Then he leaned forward, and in confidential tones, inquired at what time the star had appeared, for this would determine the momc.it of nativity, and the present age of tne child. The senior magus, Melchior, studied Herod for a moment, then precisely set forth the month, day and hour of the heavenly sign. He also recounted the time that had elapsed since in preparation and travel. Altogether it apparently had been more than a year since the star's appearance, as indicated by the length of the trip, and Her od's subsequent action against Bethlehem children up to two years of age. His meeting with the Masi prob ably came near his tinal, disease ridden year of life, for he died in 4 B.C., hi a maniacal rase alter learning the Magi had circumvent ed him. Thus, the likely date of the star was 6 B.C. After getting this information, Herod, hoping to use the Magi's abilities to leaJ him to the speci fic child, advised them of his find ings from the Jewish advisers that the site was Bethlehem. "Go and search diligently for the young child.'' Herod said ingratia tingly, "and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also." The Magi departed, dubious about Herod's intent, but neverthe less with freshened certainty that they neared their objective. The latest turn of affairs was highly encouraging after the fruitless in quiries in Jerusalem. "And, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child' was," Matthew's gospel relates. "When they saw the star, they rejoiced with ex ceeding great joy." It was a short, five-mile ride from Jerusalem south to Bethle hem, and varying theories and traditions from olden times have come down about the star's second appearance. Since it lirst appeared in the east, the earth's course around the sun could have left it obliter ated in the daylight sky for many months before it appeared again in the westerly night sky. Astronomy also has recorded "variable star" those that burst into splendor oriefly only to fade and remain dormant for m ex tended period before exploding again into brilliance. It also has been determined that the dog-star Sirius, brightest of the fixed stars, rose helaically be fore dawn a strikingly rare sight in 5 B.C. on the first of the Egyptian month Mcsori, meaning "Presentation of the prince." Some analysts note that the phrase saying the star "went be fore them,'' in its usual Testa- LAY AWAY FOR CHRISTMAS! APEX World's Most Powerful Home Cleaner! APEX Stroto-Cleon.r 1 Model S502. 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