stable into a palace and the manger into a j throne. It leads us to the feet of Him who \ came to '« visit us in great humility," who re joiced in the companionship ot* the sorrowful j and meek, whose miracles were performd not I only to attest his mission, but to relieve hu man afflictions, and who will come again, in . glorious majesty, to reward suffering virtue j and to vindicate the ways of Goo to man. If, then, we are not able to celebrate this j