could "stand over where the young Child lay." It would also explain,
what seems to be implied in the narrative, how it happened that the Magi
alone, and not the Jews in general, perceived the star at its second
appearance.

For myself, the narrative appears to me astronomically too incomplete
for any astronomical conclusions to be drawn from it. The reticence of
the narrative on all points, except those directly relating to our Lord
Himself, is an illustration of the truth that the Scriptures were not
written to instruct us in astronomy, or in any of the physical sciences,
but that we might have eternal life.

"AND THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL, THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THEE THE ONLY
TRUE GOD, AND JESUS CHRIST, WHOM THOU HAST SENT."

A TABLE OF SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

+-------+---------------+-----------------------+
| Page. | Book. | Chap. and Verse. |
+-------+---------------+-----------------------+
| 9 | I. Kings | v. 29-34 |
| 10 | Wisdom | vii. 17-22 (R.V.) |
| 11 | Psalm | viii. 3, 4 |
| 15 | Eccl. | i. 9 |
| 17 | Gen. | i. 1 |
| " | I. Chron. | xvi. 26 |
| " | Deut. | vi. 4 |
| " | Mark | xii. 29 |
| " | Neh. | ix. 6 |
| 19 | Heb. | xi. 23 |
| 20 | II. Pet. | iii. 8 |
| 22 | Psalm | cxi. 2-4 (R.V.) |
| " | Gen. | ii. 3 |
| 23 | Exod. | xx. 10, 11 |
| " | " | xxxi. 16, 17 |
| " | Gen. | i. 14 |
| 25 | " | i. 1 |
| 32 | Exod. | xv. 4, 5 |
| 35 | Gen. | i. 6-8 |
| " | " | i. 14 |
| 36 | " | i. 20 |
| " | Job | xxxvii. 18 (R.V.) |
| " | Num. | xvii. 39 |
| " | Isaiah | xl. 19 |
| 37 | Jer. | x. 9 |
| " | Psalm | cxxxvi. 6 |
| 38 | Heb. | i. 3 |
| 39 |