There are several editions of this ebook in the Project Gutenberg collection. Various characteristics of each ebook are listed to aid in selecting the preferred file.
Click on any of the filenumbers below to quickly view each ebook.
| 19608 | (Illustrated HTML file) |
| 10679 | (Plain html file) |
| 16291 | (Plain html file) |
THE STORY OF
THE OTHER WISE MAN
BY
HENRY VAN DYKE
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1896
Copyright 1895, by HARPER & BROTHERS
——
All rights reserved
Contents
——
INTRODUCTION……11
THE SIGN IN THE SKY……13
BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON……33
FOR THE SAKE OF A LITTLE CHILD……49
IN THE HIDDEN WAY OF SORROW……61
A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE……71
ILLUSTRATIONS
——
"'IT IS THE SIGN,' HE SAID"……Frontispiece
"HE CAUGHT IT UP AND READ"……45
"'THERE IS NONE HERE SAVE ME'"……57
"HE HEALED THE SICK"……67
"THE OLD MAN FOLLOWED THE MULTITUDE"……77
"THE OTHER WISE MAN HAD FOUND THE KING"……83
Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul,
May keep the path, but will not reach thegoal;
While he who walks in love may wander far,
Yet God will bring him where the blessedare.
OU know the story of the Three Wise Men of the East, and how theytraveled from far away to offer their gifts at the manger-cradle in Bethlehem. But have you ever heardthe story of the Other Wise Man, who also saw the star in its rising, and set out to follow it, yetdid not arrive with his brethren in the presence of the young child Jesus? Of the great desire of thisfourth pilgrim, and how it was denied, y