of the devil really believes that the gospel is good news. But these shepherds believed the message that the angels brought, and their hearts were filled with joy. If a boy came with a despatch to some one here, could you not tell by the receiver’s looks what kind of a message it was? If it brought good news you would see it in his face in a moment. If it told him that his boy, away in some foreign land, a prodigal son, had come to himself, like the one in the 15th of Luke, do you not think that
Page 33