CHAPTER IV.
He at whom Herod had struck was not among the slaughtered innocents.
For Mary had no desire to show her babe to the king.
They kept in hiding with their great treasure.

They remained in hiding a long time.

The rite of circumcision made the boy a member of the nation which God had named His chosen people.

The child's ancestors reached back to Abraham, to whom the promise was made.

And if according to Holy Writ I trace his descent from the race of Abraham, branch by branch, it comes at last to Joseph, Mary's husband.