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No. 76.

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Sac. [Sacramento] City Nov. 17.

Mat. [Matthew] 2:1-12. [centered]

1 "Now when Jesus was born
&c [etc.]"

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12 They departed into their own
country another way."

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Herod had come to his throne
by violence & blood.

Haunted with phantoms of
guilt – he fears the coming of
the prince so generally looked
for.

Schooled in cruelty & crime
he plots his destruction.