"stars
should fall from heaven," and that all men would shortly be judged
according to their deeds), are both jumbled together in a heap?
FOOTNOTES:
[140:1] Matthew, ch. ii.
[141:1] Bible for Learners, vol. iii. p. 72.
[141:2] Vol. i. p. 145.
[141:3] See Knight: Ancient Art and Mythology, p. 52.
[142:1] Allen's India, p. 456.
[142:2] See Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. i. p. 221.
[142:3] Ibid. p. 261.
[142:4] See Kenrick's Egypt, vol. i. p. 456.
[143:1] See Bunsen's Angel-Messiah, pp. 22, 23, 38.
[143:2] See Beal: Hist. Buddha, pp. 23, 33, 35.
[143:3] See Bunsen's Angel-Messiah, p. 36.
[143:4] Williams's Indian Wisdom, p. 347.
[143:5] See Hist. Hindostan, ii. 336.
[143:6] See Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. i. p. 561. For that of Crishna,
see Vishnu Purana, book v. ch. iii.
[143:7] See Ibid. p. 618.
[143:8] Thornton: Hist. China, vol. i. p. 137.
[143:9] See Anac., i. p. 560, and Geikie's Life of Christ, i. 559.
[143:10] See Ibid., and The Bible for Learners, vol. iii. p. 72, and
Calmet's Fragments, art. "Abraham."
[144:1] Baring-Gould: Legends of the Patriarchs, p. 149.
[144:2] Calmet's Fragments, art. "Abraham."
[144:3] Farrar's Life of Christ, p. 52.
[144:4] Tacitus: Annals, bk. xiv. ch. xxii.
[144:5] Amberly's Analysis of Religious Belief, p. 227.
[144:6] Bible for Learners, vol. iii. p. 73.
[144:7] Brinton: Myths of the New World, pp. 180, 181, and Squire:
Serpent Symbol.
[145:1] Life of Christ, vol. i. p. 144.
[145:2] Matthew ii. 2.
[145:3] See Thomas Scott's English Life of Jesus for a full
investigation of this subject.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE SONG OF THE HEAVENLY HOST.
The story of the Song of the Heavenly Host belongs exclusively to the
_Luke_ narrator, and, in substance, is as follows:
At the time of the birth of Christ Jesus, there were shepherds abiding
in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And the angel of
the Lord appeared among them, and the glory of the Lord shone round
about them, and the angel said: "I bring you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people; for unto you is born this day in the city
of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the Heavenly Host,
praising God in song, saying: "Glory to God in the highest; and on earth
peace, good will towards men." After this the angels went _into
heaven_.[147:1]
It is recorded in the _Vishnu Puran
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