SALVATIONIST
Essential reading for everyone linked to The Salvation Army // www.salvationarmy.org.uk/salvationist
21 December 2013 // No. 1429 // Price 60p // Also available digitally
DEITY Y IN DISGUISE They were sensitive souls, They were clever and wise, And they wanted to see With their wizened old eyes W If the omens were true, W Earth sent a surprise? Was Was the Bethlehem child W Really God in disguise? Where the light shed its beam Under starļstudded skies U They found mother and child, Heard the infant’s faint cries; When they knelt with their gifts One can only surmise How the humble folk gasped As the scene met their eyes. Purest gold, spices rare Royal homage implies, But a shed for a king! Why this crib improvise? Was it really a sign W That our world would despise This one hope for us all: God himself in disguise? Stephen Pearson