European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Witnesses to the tin mystery and of my birth of Jim h recreated in the series of 10 Lam Gmahl by 10 forerunners and written by he Irmest Lynch of the Trinity in win in  of my Ilion oleum if  fax my in0t by so i Motif def not Fanony known Isaiah our lord god will come with Strong hand to save y name u i am a in baby Lon and a forced into exile by a for i Ahau never be Able to return to mar borne i am old and the enemy occupied uie country Moat of the Yeara of my he he put Down every How of wiped out whole villages and Long Ince destroyed capital what Taw during the Tew Dayi of our a wilful Mili tary Reali Tance to Long ago i too brutal to i a Tab 1 could forget but the the the misery and grief Are indelible they will haunt me our prophets of old foresaw this two centuries ago Amos and Hosea prophesied destruction if Justice and companion were but men would not be they forgot their covenant with they sought not his but their they trusted princes and were now my Hope must be in the for the doors of the past have leaving me penniless and not really for a Man of Faith is never and while 1 was Able to Salvage no other this one treasure the enemy cannot steal or destroy my Trust in Many times in the past my people have endured tragedy and we Are a people acquainted with but always we have believed in gods Power to overcome evil and to redeem his and he has never failed unworthy As we grievous As our faults May yet his love will not desert that is my Trust and Strong even in the midst of this the world is wracked by War morality is prostrate before might cynicism strides Handi hand with sin mans divine rights Are bartered at but this shall not always the Price of our has been the faults of yesteryear Are expunged by our it i tune to recall the prophecies of to proclaim the redeeming Grace of 1 know not How gods will shall be but this i know he will not leave his people though we cannot save by his presence he Wui save his will is lust and his love is infinite and thus no earthly Power can destroy the truth of his one when the world is his perfect peace will come and dwell among full of Grace and our sufferings he win take upon and a new Way of life will be opened unto a Way of peace on Good will toward his Messiah will come and give us the Victory was it not one of my own name who said the people that walked in darkness have seen a great for unto u a child is born the Prince of and consider the work to of Micah though thou be Cyl out of the shall he t come Forth to be ruler of some say my sufferings have deranged that my Hope is a my Faith a to them i fear Trust Assyria will be destroyed and the mighty Nebuchadnezzar perished As a the eternal Power of the part will repent be and prepare the Way of the he will redeem his Messiah will one Day come to save to my fellow refugees 1 repeat Comfort Comfort be my our warfare is accomplished our iniquity is our lord god will come with Strong hand to and the glory of the lord shall be he shall feed his flock like a Walt patiently on our Zacharias cod has chosen me of on instrument 1964 am a priest of the holy Temple at my Dally concern is to serve god at his altar and to walk gladly in his 1 have seen ancient prophecies fulfilled in the restoring of my people to their Homeland and Rny constant prayer has been that we Many prove ourselves sufficiently Faith Ful to receive gods promised the age old Hope of Israel Belore and since the Days of exile has rested on the divine promises made through the prophets and the culmination of these will be the Advent of our and now 1 believe ii May come to pass in my you Are startled so was but let me one year ago if 1 had been asked to name the greatest Joy and the deepest sadness of my my answer to Joy would have been to Burn the in Cense of worship in the Temple of my and to the barrenness of my dear wife Eliz How wonderfully god has changed my lot Row marvellously has he transformed my sorrow into Joy i How awesome is my experience of ills Grace Bow vast is the Joy yet to come by ills Promise for reasons i cannot god has chosen me As an instrument of his purposes and the secret to revealed to me is so overwhelming that until recently i have been unable to speak of it ii All began on the Day when i entered the Templo to offer sacrificial incense at gods Sud the Angel Gabriel appeared unto me and i was but his speech reassured he promised that my prayers had found favor with my would conceive and Bear a boy child of greatness the and stripes before the lord tilled with us holy spirit and a very messenger to make ready a people prepared for lords he will prepare the Way that god might give Light to them that sit in darkness and in the Shadow of death and to guide our feet into the Way of now my cup of Lay for it has come to pass u the Angel by Ion John is a Good child and already 1 perceive the beginnings of greatness in him which will one Day bring repentance to my people and prepare a Way in the desert of their hearts for the coming of the it u u ancient Isaiah prophesied god shall redeem his people and the glory of the lord shall be revealed among but an even greater vision has now been it May be Only a yet 1 cannot dismiss it from my my wife a sweat girl of perfect came la visit her in the sixth month of Elizabeths As Mary entered the my wife sensed the presence of the holy spirit and spake blessed la the fruit of thy gentle Mary smiled and Bald simply i am tha handmaid of the the Angel Gabriel declares i am blessed among for by uie Power of the highest i shall bring Forth a and of his kingdom there shall be no what can one make of that dare i Hope that tha Messiah whose Way my son John is to prepare May be tha child of Mary is this the fulfilment of Salaha prophecy a Virgin shall conceive and Bear and his name shall m called can gods redemption be so neg he with All things Are Page