Monday Dec. 19. 1955 The Guardian Pajel

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the Magl's story was recorded have appeared as one breathtaking-

s,,,.l..g, where is he that is wrongly or. indeed. that it was iy brilliant star. mm mug of the Jews? for we their imagination. Supporting this theory about the am; seen his star in the east. There is no disputing that the possibility of poor visibility was And are come to worship Ilsl wise men did come to Jerusalem. the Biblical report that the Magi - Matthew ll. 1 and I some extraordinary force com- (or a while lost sight of the star M m. in pelled them to leave their distant and saw it again only after they

Wlialdid the all ," "9 homes and make what, even to- had seen Herod. left Jerusalem, oi the l5fl5lo ''9'"ym'”' 1'' s'- day. is a difficult Journey. and were on their way to Bethle- Miiilllew h Gospel 911' "pond No evidence exists that they were hem rtlmnc” t” mai "uh". ":1: either just merchants or wander- Tl” M58” 7990” that "WY lild Wlni is more. are no in whom... lost sight of the star could also be given by 91- M3lu"Wg'3'g" '3 They hm wmmut doubt come 1” partly explained by the fact that msgjseen by li"Y0"9 ii 3' "1 March 0, I King? the two planets had come together.

, t d d th lted. Fred Hoyle, one of the world; The question of the star, though, Se-1!-jgeralgepfenr g igelzunmwn, N,

foremost asuonnme ., reports that has intrigued men for centuries. m med ,,m "y u mu hed mm . M", l, no record of the gin in some ingenious theories have been Cfmbrldge 13:1, wao wfu also sag any 0i ll" mm” "WW ”' ll” 'd"""d' The 3"" "tmlmmer cretary of the Royal Astronomical time. And Sir Harold Span car -lollln K0010? U571 i 1530l- Wh” Society. the Reverend Che rl as Jones, Britain's Astronomer Royal. iirsi substantiated "19 theory "ill Pritchard (1808 - 1393), decided to - the earth revolves around the sun. Investigate It funhen

) "mm much am” trying '9 mid ' He checked back through the cal- ”l""”"' I" H" l"'””55 he l"'”b' culatlons of both astronomers .-

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ri?-1' . i ' ' A i - i ' t' ' i " ' ' A brilliance why is there no ruuem aalbelns directly above Beihleluur 9 Now when Jew. "futon h H" were u no "term" to R in V. ' 9 tion that 'anybody except the Magi i.e. the star was leading them a' , -. Bl-thlehem of Jndaea den the contemporary Chinese aatrono- a r 0 e e e m saw it? it looks more as ii the in the sense that it and been travel- .. , , oi Herod the llIlf(,l:er;ld;I1:gL. m6? rtgmdl. to h a a S 0 Magi - following out the ilnplica- ling. apparently. aions i-ll-ir WI -, Came wise men ro e are seems never ave I tion: of Numbers xxiv, 17, had route. and 'had come to a stud' JetlllIl9'”' 5"” W ""l”"' '"i15""'"' "W . , , , . , y I 7. , i u iv -. w"' "WW the birth of Christ. been an the lookout for a star lrather than team: to a rtand')

He uld; i-Them is certainly do which would herald the birth of a over Bethlehem."

"i such record in the old Chinese an- kins in Judaea: and as if I star Could something like this be ill- nals of the time. Supernovae "ire llld 8PDell'ed lmlrlclllollsiy or Pro- true answer to the question? Could , , 9. They occur about mu lg videntiallyl in that pa r t i c u l ar the theories of nut: name . on the 300 years. There has not been one quarter of the heavens where ihey,subi'ect be nothing more than in- 5lnc,1g04g' wereglooking for it, at preciselylgenuity?

But there still remains unan- the "gm m0"'e"' H . The question still stands. . . SW9,-ed the quesglun; what lnsplred "Verse 9 of Matthew ii is rathery was the Star of Bethlehem? the Magi to make their journey to puzzlins: how had they lost silzhi Bethlehem in search of a King? gt tllie starldurbizs their riouineart

Suppose, however, that the an- 9' n” my cw" ” 9”" 7 swer is not to be found in astro wel"tih"f' Did lfhe 5”" "' lac" tr” Me" Chrisgmag nomy, but rather in astrology V9 " mn .” mem' 0' dws lb” Y

This Suggestion was put to one Evangelist simply report the thing

i th i i s" d of the world's best known theolo- munei: 2:: e::;,d:D see how in 3 an ' l ."hl , M i R Ill! ' i'r'53.ii..."?.fissz”3Z52Z2ia..Z"n. shun din-me like rim in."-1 Jeni A HGPPY New Y9" , New Tesfament lmm the vulglw salem to Bethlehem, the mflnltesi- Latin. mai movement of a heavenly body 1'0 ALL He mad: this (-nnimeuti "It is a could be observable to men who l ' i weren't using telescopes. It ms , .'.".'.il:.".::l ::':l2:l"i.'l:.2.l.' more '- 1- 30"”'"”"i'-'

What

;:ly3;l::;":xgl&3:::iot: ” ”:l"51':;:';'7 and he l(::llld a mistake. ' i Of Bsirolnlly. llulffellpilireliig algg.-Eggs, 1:113 :93: General M: chant S ' - When t is was rectified, the re- ”If th t , h th t al - ' . "'9" l' "W vised calculations showed that the or supelrenastiialllal lAl.)lleei'l:lll1e;(:l,a gas,2l'pY,:ol,'lte:o,;f.f,:,lm:gt0,:l',i,f;::, GEORGETOWN

He calculated that there must second meeting of the two planets have been a ”cnnjunctiqn" of the would luv, tgkgn plgce not in Plilllel! Jupiter and Slillfll in U16 September. but in December. His mmlill of May. in the year 7 Bi 0. calculations were double - checked

To an observer on earth the two and confirmed by the then Astro- planets would have appeared close game; Roydll together and both would have been To this pl-llclm-d added ill. relatively lie" the 9iil'lli- They claim that any observer in Jerusa- would then have drifted apart and lam that December .. md um come together again in the lollow- Magi were mere speaking ln 5,. ing September. according to his rod e would have seen me my

a heavenly: body of exceptional

GOD BLESS CHRISTMAS

"There are many things fhnss which I might have derived good, by which i have not profited I dare say,” returned the nephew. ”Christmas among the rest. But , I am sure I have always thought 79 9W l"9"d5 ("id Pale

calculations. joined planels app”-emly lmverlng of Christmas time, when it has . G ad whh” ' The spectacle would have been 0V8l' Beililellem. clfme ””"."q' as 3 glmd mm; ' mm 0'' good Wishes R” 0 90d

awe-inspiring. And it would have Elli. he admitted. altholltll lllll kmd' .f0rg””"g' chmnabler meal ch - d Th our many

been particularly impressive to ob- would have appeared so from Je- sum. time; and. therefore, uncle. "Sim" 5" 9 New friends for Cll tltmus

though it had never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I say. Year. God bless it!" echarles Dickens.

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May we have the pleasure servers in Palestine. rusalem. on arrival in Bethlehem From these findings Kepler be- the "star" would have appeared 30 el serving you in the fu- lleved he could settle scholarly be on the distant horizon. disputes which had been waging It was this that apparently made ture, as we have in .the for centuries over the exact date Pritchard dissatisfied with the N of Christ's birth. theory, for dissatisfied he certainly past. it was left to another German Was. astronomer. Christian Ludwig lde- He conceded. however. that the ler U766 . 1846). to elaborate on cociolned planets milzht well have Kepler's theory. He 'checked the been "19 Phenomenon l'6P0Pied by eullgr calculation; and reported St. Matthew since he doubtless had Momagu, that under certain conditions of vl- the story at second hand. sibillty the two planets might well Yet the combined work of Frit- ichard. Kepler and ldeler demons- lirated one significant point: al- though no igpcctacular phenomenon was recorded by contemporary as- tronomers. it did not necessarily

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mean that there was none. For the I ' G efi ' , undisputed linking of the two Yu ehde re n9, planets was not recorded by them. James Hope Moultnn. the histo- Tu Young and Old ' M C 1. rlan who contributed the section on May every heart have nu. mu ay us om." the Magi to the Encyclopsedis of ” l w ll. 1 l l . Religion and Ethics, pointed out , , , h W, M h t 5"” "' "”””""”' wil.hw:lbs: ll: L'f.L'.'.'5ii.g'h and Friends ::::: .;i':..ov.:r::zii..w:: :i.':”::i:iZ f.”'c'if-?.i”"'iii 1" ?ii'i 'i'":."i-...2.::i....;:e. l . -rn-- -H - in a Hi . .: - . ii. ”.”....f”"w'l... oz. Y Y careers some l...2'." ,:e..::e...w.:::ed...::: in or cmm-- cm- HAPPY NEW YEAR May all good things come stair. Star W 'C e em 0 9 Sta ' i ' , wmgg General Repairs inss. Happiness and Joy awaiting To ALL '0 you O. "m Chrmmas lhlaftlltlliel l;,a1:n:(l)1,1el:o:li be?" even more spfigiaaculsarldilnid ll8V';hbf8l! a combpiletellzy nicwnstalr? 'remembercd' Just such a phenom SOURIS PHONE I them this Yuletide Season. till ed . ou ” a ." says r. re oy e. l.i;nun." ””w" S ""'Y 9”” E" 5 "58 "mac" a "is physically Possible. Is it possible that years after the, rune follow you through "It. is possible for a supernova, event someone remembered thell 3", g 39”," g Bum. all the New Year. a 'new star” to explode in the skylphenu Ill recorded by Kepler, PHONE N Lwunm '30”: ;u and burn for about a week or aihut forgot exactly when it hap- M”"'c9"' fortnight. But there is no record otlpcned? l anything like this by the Romans of The Astrnnnlnur Royal. Sir I-la-l MTS. L. H. M the period and they were fairlylrold Spencer Jones. confirmed the. Phmu 6. entogue thorough astronomers. Such a phe-apparent lack of ally supernovae nomenorn was reported about 350 or "new stars" around the time of years later. ' rmv"m:”'ym”y” ”ii 8 Very brizlii -iii" had an i AND MANY THANKS FOR YOUR PATRONAGI peered in the skies about the tlmel

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in question it would almost cer- tainly have been noticed. Withoutl things like street lighting to dis-l tract him, the man in the street then knew the night skies much:

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