The Biblical account of Jesus' birth is brief. No narrative, however, is more universally cherished by Christians than the story of the Nativity. Occurring at a time when Bethlehem was thronged with travelers, the event could have passed unnoticed had it not been for the spiritual vision of the shepherds and the Wisemen.
To the Christian world in general, these visitors to the newborn child represent the awe and adoration inspired by the birth of a Saviour. To the student of Christian Science, the homage of the shepherds and the Wisemen implies a fact of far greater significance: the universal attraction of the Christ, Truth.
It was not the personality of a newborn babe which caused the shepherds to return to their flocks "glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen" (Luke 2:20). No, these gentle folk and the Wisemen caught a glimpse of something beyond the human form. With some measure of spiritual insight, they were attracted to and worshiped the pure idea which Jesus embodied.
